digital life drawing on ipad

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 by Ray Horacek
One of my first forays into digital life drawing, this one was from a moving session where the model is in constant motion.
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Shell Art Award 2010  シェル美術賞 2010年

Saturday, September 18, 2010 by Ray Horacek
Today I brought 3 of my recent pieces to a random warehouse to be entered into the Shell Art Award 2010 competition, fingers crossed!

今日新しい三つの作品をシェル美術賞2010年に申し込むために分からない倉庫に持って行きました、どうになるかなー?

http://www.showa-shell.co.jp/society/philanthropy/art/apply.html
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EMOTISCAPES exhibition at ARTCOMPLEX!!

Saturday, August 28, 2010 by Ray Horacek

Come see my first exhibition at a professional gallery!
See the info below.

始めてのプロなギャレリーのエキシビションですので、見に来て下さい!
下記の案内をご覧下さい。

http://www.gallerycomplex.com/schedule/ACT103/emotiscapes.html
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EMOTISCAPES exhibition

Monday, August 2, 2010 by Ray Horacek



“emotiscapes” is a series of portraits of family & friends inspired by charles darwin’s “the expressions of the emotions in man and animals”, and each work strives to flesh out a different one of darwin’s archetypes of human emotional expression with its own unique touch, color, and composition. every individual shows a certain face to the world, but occasionally a rich flash of emotion flows dramatically through its features. through the opposing approaches of gesticulation and delineation he has culled from america and japan, he strives to capture the power of the fleeting emotion and in contrast intricately map out and break down the resulting features. the works aim to challenge the traditional ideals of portraiture in the depiction of the subject and in the frame, which is brought into the composition and realized through taping inspired by the screenprinting process.


August 20th-22nd, 2010

20th Opening reception 18:00-21:00

21st & 22nd 11:00-17:00


KAIS

2-7-16 Kami-Osaki Shinagawa-ku 141-0021 Tokyo

10 minute walk from JR Meguro Station East exit

Free admission


emotiscapes(エモティスケイプス)は、世界各地を巡りながら描き続けているスケッチが基になっています。 今回のポートレートのシリーズでは、チャールズ・ダーウィンの著書である「人及び動物の表情について」を基盤とし、ダーウィンが考える人間の感情表現を独特のタッチや色、構成で具現化することを試みています。 人は誰でも世間に向ける顔を持っていますが、偽りのない感情が溢れ出る瞬間があるはずです。そんな一瞬を、アメリカと日本の文化の違いを排除した上で独特の感性で切り取り、力強く 、かつ繊細に仕上げています。又、スクリーンプリンティングの作業中に編み出したテーピングを用いたフレームなど、 伝統的なポートレートの描写に新しい技法を取り入れることにもチャレンジしています。


2010 820-22

820日 オープニングレセプション 18:00-2


1:00

821,22日            11:00-17:00


KAIS 

〒1410021品川区上大崎216 

JR目黒駅 東口 徒歩10

入場無料

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solo show at M & colab live painting event to kick it off!

Monday, April 5, 2010 by Ray Horacek



i will be showing my recent screenprints & drawings at M in daikanyama from this friday 4/9 to thursday 4/15, and the show is being kicked off this friday with an event called 'mashup' which will bring together myself and 3 other artists doing collaborative live painting:
for everyone who came to my FACELLATIONS series opening at KAIS in february this event and the show will build upon that, and for everyone who wasn't able to make it this is your chance!
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GEISAI 14 on 3/14

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 by Ray Horacek
i'll be presenting my FACELLATIONS screenprints at GEISAI 14 on march 14th. GEISAI is a giant art show/competition created by takashi murakami to help the struggling art scene in japan. unfortunately i'll only be able to stay until about 3pm, then i have to run directly to the airport to catch a 6:30pm flight to LA. wish the timing was better, but busy is good..
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the process

Sunday, February 28, 2010 by Ray Horacek

this series marked my first screenprinting work since my summers printing T-shirts during college. it's a beautifully rich process that has developed through innovations in many countries over a period of thousands of years. here are some pics that i took over the course of this series.
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FACELLATIONS opening - pics!

Thursday, February 25, 2010 by Ray Horacek



the event was a success in so many ways - what a great way to celebrate the studio, the series, and the potential for all different types of events that we might be able to hold in this space. there was a total of almost 200 visitors throughout the evening, and red bull was generous enough to sponsor the event in their usual stealth. thanks to kotaro, yumi, yuko, mizuki, michiyo, arnar, jumpei, tim, and felix for all your help in making it happen!

you can see pics of the event here.
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FACELLATIONS opening information

Thursday, February 11, 2010 by Ray Horacek


FACELLATIONS
Opening Reception

February 20th, 2010
17:00-21:00
KAIS, Meguro, Tokyo
(please see the attached map)

Please join me for the opening reception of my recent series FACELLATIONS this Saturday evening at my new studio in Meguro. As this is the first event at the studio, it is also a celebration of its completion.

FACELLATIONS is a series of hand-silkscreened prints of drawings from the past year. Inspired by life in crowded cities, my relentless travel schedule, and elements of mathematical tessellations and bacteria colonies, the works are a light-hearted commentary on the relationship of human beings to their surroundings and to each other in an increasingly crowded world.


FACELLATIONS
オープニングレセプション

日時:2010年2月20日(土)17:00~21:00
場所:目黒KAIS
添付の地図をご確認ください。

僕の最近の作品である「FACELLATION」シリーズのオープニングレセプションを今週土曜日、開催します。僕の新しいスタジオ初のイベントでもありますので、是非遊びに来てください。

「FACELLATIONS」は、この1年の作品をシルクスクリーン技法で表現したものです。
忙しない街での暮らし、容赦ない出張スケジュール、数学的な平面充填、バクテリアコロニー(培養媒体上で目に見える大きさに成長した単細胞生物の集合体)などから発想を得ています。これらの作品は、徐々に混み合っていく世界の中で起こる、人間を取り巻く環境とお互いの様子をユニークに表現しました。

http://www.rayhoracek.com
ray@rayhoracek.com
09031385767
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