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The following is a press release from Mana Fine Arts:
WWIII
A Wonder Women Project presented by _gaia and hosted by Mana Fine Arts
March 14 – April 12 2008

The following is a press release from A.M Richard Fine Art:

Reclaimed a group exhibition curated by David Poppie
A.M. Richard Fine Art • 328 Berry Street, 3rd floor • Brooklyn, NY 11211
http://www.amrichardfineart.com/

Tel: (917) 570-1476 • gallery@amrichardfineart.com
For immediate release:

A.M. Richard Fine Art is pleased to announce:
Reclaimed a group exhibition curated by David Poppie.
Works by Ursula Clark, Matt Evald Johnson, David Poppie, Andrew L. Redington and
Roger Sayre.
February 22 nd -March 22nd, 2008

Opening Reception: Friday February 22nd from 6-9pm
Gallery Hours: weekdays by appointment • Fri - Sun 1-6 pm
Gallery Contact: A.M. Richard (917) 570-1476 or gallery@amrichardfineart.com

Reclaimed features five artists pre-occupied with the notion of recycling. The artists
presented have roots in various disciplines, including photography, sculpture, painting
and furniture design. Ursula Clark, Matt E. Johnson, Andrew L. Redington and Roger
Sayre, were asked to conceive two and three-dimensional work from reclaimed objects
and materials. The artist-used materials, the organic and the mass-produced, were
culled from nature and modern life.

For the past few years, DAVID POPPIE has been working conceptually with objets trouvés.
Mr. Poppie accumulates lost or disposable objects and gives them new significance as
contemplative or utilitarian works of art. In the site-specific work, Sense Field , Mr. Poppie
has created a futuristic window screen out of a collection of discarded (and unrecyclable)
plastic compact-disc jewel cases. Stained-glass, a craft traditional tied to
European medieval liturgical architecture –and just as significant as the language of
music and light transmission is to spiritual meditation- has essentially been re-invented
using disposable 20th century electronic appliance packaging. The work’s dimensions
was determined by a window located in the gallery space. Mr. Poppie has created a
luminous work of art that is pliant to a number of domestic and industrial environments.
Mr. Poppie lives and works in Easthampton, MA.

URSULA CLARK, a Brooklyn-based artist, will be presenting Outcrop, a site-specific
installation. Ms. Clark uses soil, moss, branches, twigs, leaves, rocks and pine cones to
create an idealized natural environment. In this aspect she is reverting an architectural
space to a bucolic landscape –one that may or may not have existed prior to the
building’s construction.
The 18th century in Europe saw the emergence of a new type of furniture, referred to as
metamorphic, for its distinctive characteristic of convertability. ANDREW L.

REDINGTON
creates metamorphic furniture from reclaimed materials such as industrial wood pallets,
household goods and assorted plastics. Constructions of elevated containers may result
in both tangible and impalpable forms i.e. a table or a light source. Mr. Redington lives
and works in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

ROGER SAYRE has conceived a series of wall pieces assembled from discarded doors.
Rescued from an urban dumpster, the doors were dismantled, cut in sections and reconfigured
as visual abstractions. The result is a composition of surprising dynamism and
confounding beauty. Mr. Sayre, as artist and curator, is the recipient of numerous grants.
His work has been exhibited internationally. He lives and works in Jersey City.

In his recent sculptures, “bio-industrial abstractions”, MATT E. JOHNSON, questions the
relationship between primary spatial dimensions. The artist pairs salvaged silverware with
reclaimed industrial metal of various finish and composition. Panelized and distressed
stainless steel, chrome and copper are layered in wave formations with heavily forged
elements tightly bound with delicate utensils. Innate strength and homeostasis perspire
from Mr. Johnson’s sculptural manifestations.

(This material was written by the staff of A.M. Richard Fine Art)

Perception of Pattern – an art exhibit presented by ICAP Services North America LLC, conceived and coordinated by Greg Strid, produced by Unpainted Emporium Productions LLC, featuring the art of Megan Klim, David Poppie and Ev Stone.

The art was arranged with the help of Michele Brace, ICAP’s Director of Travel and Entertainment, and her husband, Alan Brace, who has contributed his efforts to several “Art in the Office” exhibits at ICAP’s offices that were coordinated by ProArts of Jersey City.

Photos of the exhibit, which features the work of Megan Klim, David Poppie and Ev Stone, are posted below. Perception of Pattern will be on display until December 14, 2007.

David Poppie’s “Sequence”, “Clouded” and “Ghost” (left to right)

Megan Klim’s “Untitled” 2006 and “Seam #2″ (left to right)

Another shot of David Poppie’s “Sequence”, “Clouded” and “Ghost” (left to right)

David Poppie’s “Facade”, on loan from the collection of Greg Strid

One final view of David Poppie’s “Sequence”, “Clouded” and “Ghost” (left to right)

Ev Stone’s “Flowers Breed Discontent”

Megan Klim’s “Untitled” 2006

Another view of Megan Klim’s “Untitled” 2006 and “Seam #2″ (left to right)

David Poppie’s Teabag and Mixed Media pieces on the trading floor.

Ev Stone’s “Totem”

Megan Klim’s “Fog”

Ev Stone’s Mixed Media Collage

Megan Klim’s “Untitled” 2006, a 10ft. drawing overlooking the trading floor.

Perception of Pattern – an art exhibit presented by ICAP Services North America LLC, conceived and coordinated by Greg Strid, produced by Unpainted Emporium Productions LLC, featuring the art of Megan Klim, David Poppie and Ev Stone.

Patterns can be seen all around us, everyday. And, we all adhere to patterns of behavior. This is how we create order from the chaos that surrounds us each day. Look at the desks that are arranged on the trading floor, the prices that flash on the screen, the cars in the parking lot below, etc. Imagine what your world would be without patterns, and how that would affect your ability function.

The artists displaying their work today have deliberately created patterns to test the perceptions that most people have of what constitutes the world around them. Through rearranging found objects and shapes intentionally created by line, these artists are challenging you to reconsider what you normally take for granted.

David Poppie is currently represented by Pavel Zoubok Gallery, located on 23rd Street in Manhattan, and his latest work will be displayed at PULSE Miami, the international contemporary art fair scheduled for this December. David is quickly gaining the attention of collectors from around the country, selling close to a dozen pieces through Pavel Zoubek Gallery this year, and is scheduled for a solo show next year.

Megan Klim and Ev Stone have shown their work extensively in Hudson County, and will be participating in Art Basel Miami, the high profile international art show that runs December 6-9 of this year. Perception of Pattern will be on display at ICAP Securities 12th floor offices from November 15, 2007 until December 14, 2007.

Artist Statement- Megan Klim

This work takes on an obsessive quality. They are built with repeated shapes- in most cases circles. Each circle is different –some connected, some overlapping, some are joined to others, some are alone. This work is about gesture vs. structure, transparent vs. opaque. I view these as states of being that can reference the many aspects of the human condition

Megan Klim- Gridded, 2007 (Charcoal, Pencil, Ink on Wax on Wood) 11 x 12 inches

Artist Statement- David Poppie
My recent work involves the reclaiming disposable objects in mass to create two and three dimensional works. Pieces can involve tea bags, matchbook strikes, plastic cutlery, etc. These items are generally disregarded and ignored by the everyday person. Through the gathering of the discards of contemporary culture, I ask the viewer to reconsider the function and value of these objects. I also reassign their value by re-contextualizing them by creating a piece of art from them. Besides utilizing the formal issues that interest me, based in the Minimalist school, I also am making a commentary on the disposable nature of contemporary culture.

David’s work can be seen on the web at:

davidpoppie.com

David Poppie- Façade, 1997 (Teabags, Mixed Media) 21 x 28 inches. On loan from Greg Strid

Artist Statement- Ev Stone

My art has evolved from a time in my childhood when I played in the woods along the Wabash River in Indiana. With my sister’s help I constructed a series of stick forts, lean-to’s and hideaways. We created dramatic imaginary tableaux- clashes on horseback, sharpened stick battles, peacetime trading posts- and used yellow creek pebbles as money. I strive to create the objects that would have filled my life if I could have stayed in that imaginary world of childhood. I try to build in the simplest manner, using as little technology as possible. In the process, I am still trying to elevate these found objects to an ordered, ordained and iconic status. This transformation of the ‘mundane’ to the ‘aesthetic’ is fundamental to understanding these pieces. Within these structures I look to find a balance between the tribal or primitive and the man-made or technological, and perhaps between the spiritual and the intellectual. I create spaces to reflect and consider. The collages are reflections of over-stimulus, an all-over explosion to the senses of the too much, too fast media. Responding to the overload of visual information, I recombine the images in a rhythmic way that makes more sense to me, creating a unique object from a mass-produced image.

Ev Stone Flowers Breed Discontent, 2005 (Mixed Media Collage) 35 x 24 x 4 inches