ART TALK! 4 Artists-In-Residence Talk Art at Bemis.
Above: One of Matthew Radune’s projects
Head to the Bemis to hear current artists-in-residence Matthew Radune, Eric Zimmerman and collaborators Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom, of Ghost of a Dream, present their work during the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts’ First Thursday Art Talk on February 2, 2012 at 7:00 pm. As always, Art Talk is free and open to the public.
Matthew Radune has worked on a series of collaborations under the name The Wilding Corporation that explore human ecology, focusing on the relationships between humans and their natural, social and built environments. Eric Zimmerman’s intimate graphite drawings, sculptures and writings examine romantic myths and symbols of the American West. Ghost of a Dream recreates opulence out of aspirational cultural items like spent lottery tickets and romance novels that typically end up in the trash.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Matthew Radune is an architect, artist and DJ based in Brooklyn, NY. Radune received a BA in Environmental Studies from Oberlin College in 1999 and an MA in Green Architecture and Urban Planning at Rice University in 2005. His work has been shown nationally and internationally and been written about in Art in America, Dwell, Metropolis and Mark Magazine.
Eric Zimmerman
Eric Zimmerman is a artist and writer based in Trivoli, NY. Zimmerman received a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2002 and an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005. Zimmerman’s work has been featured in solo exhibitions at Art Palace Gallery in Houston, TX, The Old Jail Art Center in Albany, TX and the Austin Museum of Art, in Austin, TX and as part of group exhibitions in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago. In addition to his studio work, Zimmerman is editor of the contemporary e-journal …might be good. His critical writing has appeared regularly in Glasstire and Art Lies.
Ghost of a Dream
Ghost of a Dream is a collaborative duo composed of Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom based in Boxford, MA. They attended the Rhode Island School of Design where Eckstrom received an MFA in Painting and Was received an MFA in Sculpture . They have exhibited nationally and internationally, including shows in Beijing, Copenhagen, Bologna and Berlin. Ghost of a Dream has been awarded the Young Masters Prize, an IAAB Residency, Artist Projects Material Fund from RISD, Oxbow Fellowship, and a DUMBO Improvement Grant. Their work has been written about in publications such as Whitewall Magazine, World of Interiors, City Weekend Beijing, The Independent in London, Global Times Beijing, Time Out and Intersection Magazine.
