Last Week of ‘JUXTAPOZED’ & Robert Williams ‘SLANG AESTHETICS!’ at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art

It’s the last week of ‘Juxtapozed‘ and Robert William’s ‘Slang Aesthetics!‘ at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. With the holiday weekend in full swing, our friends in the Midwest should head out to the Fort Wayne Museum of Art and see these amazing exhibitions that will be closing after Sunday, July 9th.

Slang Aesthetics!‘ showcases the work of influential artists Robert Williams, who is known as the godfather of the low brow and pop surrealist art movements. The exhibition displays paintings, studies, and massive sculptures that are doorways into the mind of Williams.

Juxtapozed‘ co-curated by Andrew Hosner of Thinkspace Gallery, Gary Pressman of Copro Gallery, and Adjunct Curator of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Josef Zimmerman, is the second installment of exhibitions the gallery has brought to the Museum to date. The exhibition showcases new and exciting work from the steadily expanding New Contemporary Art Movement. A continuation of Thinkspace’s mutually reinforced mission to garner institutional exposure and recognition for New Contemporary Art, its history, founders, key players, and artists, the exhibitions celebrate the impact of its most enduring media platforms, Juxtapoz Magazine, and the work of one of its most iconic trailblazers. Now widely considered the largest and longest running art movement in history, the New Contemporary Art Movement encompasses everything from Street Art and Muralism to Pop Surrealism and Hyperrealism.

JUXTAPOZED & Robert William’s ‘SLANG: AESTHETICS!’ Pictorial Tour

For those who are unable to travel to Indiana between now and July 9th, here is a pictorial tour of the group exhibition Juxtapozed and Robert William’s ‘Slang Aesthetics!currently on view at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art.  Our recap of the exhibition opening at the museum is available here.

Available work from Juxtapozed and Slang Aesthetics! can be viewed on the Thinkspace Gallery website.

 

 

 

 

‘Juxtapozed” and ‘Robert Williams: SLANG Aesthetics’ Opens at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art

Juxtapozed and Robert Williams: SLANG Aesthetics! opened on April 21st at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art welcoming over 600 art enthusiasts through its doors. This was the first time Williams has shown in the mid-west, and the exhibition attracted guests from all over the midwest and east coast who drove in to be at the opening. The cities mentioned include Detroit, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis, and Pittsburgh to name a few. The following day Robert Williams discussed the basics of his work and process while always being considered an outsider in the art world.

Artists,  Laurence Vallieres, Cinta Vidal, Kazu, and Meggs were on hand at the opening for Juxtapozed. The museum even picked up pieces by Meggs and Cinta Vidal for their permanent collection to commemorate the shows on site murals.

For more information on Juxtapozed and to view the available pieces from the exhibition, please visit the Thinkspace Gallery website.  The full press release for Robert Williams: SLANG Aesthetics can be viewed here.

Both exhibitions are on view now through July 9th.

Supersonic Preview of ‘JUXTAPOZED’ at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art

Thank you to Supersonic Art for posting a preview of “JUXTAPOZED” at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. The exhibition opens April 21st alongside Robert William’s ‘SLANG! Aesthetics‘. To view Supersonic’s favorite pieces from the show hop on over to their site. You can view the full preview of the exhibition now on  Thinkspace Gallery’s website.

‘JUXTAPOZED’ on Juxtapoz

It’s like art world inception as Juxtapoz Magazine posted a preview of the upcoming “JUXTAPOZED” exhibition at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art.  The exhibition is inspired by the New Contemporary Art movement and its influence on Juxtapoz magazine. The exhibition opens April 22nd in conjunction with  Robert Williams’ “SLANG Aesthetics!”, to view more information on the show visit Thinkspace Gallery’s website.

Juxtapozed, a show title drawn from the magazine of the same name in the imperative tense, celebrates the legacy made possible by Juxtapoz Magazine. The access the publication has facilitated since the early “90s to a widely cast variety of media and expressions has shaped the movement itself and preserved its continued relevance.