'Kickass' POPPIES

Scotch Moss

Chicago Black

Chicago Black Over Cobalt [detail]
2011 Monoprint
22" x 30"

Bloch Museum

Roxy Paine
Ferment
2011 Stainless Steel

Nelson-Atkins Museum
Kansas City MO

Photo courtesy of JAM

Geum X

'Borisii'

SWEATPANTS

Top: @ Dusk
Bottom: @ 8

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Large Hand

Cave Creek AZ




Note: Frontier Airlines sucks.

Richard Makes a Mess w/Trophy Boy 180

Pic by Rich.







Trophy Boy 180
2011 Mixed Media
TK

JOHNSON @ SAFI

Thank you so much Scott. This photo is a wonderful reminder of a great evening for all: Dianne Soffa, Jane Gates, Denise Schanz, and myself. For those interested in more information about Scott's work, please visit The Thick Air link listed on the sidebar of this page.

Photo courtesy of Scott Johnson, 2011.

WALKTHROUGH

Artist Scott Johnson setting up his video: Walkthrough.
Image by: Scott Johnson
Sound by: Ancient Noir and C2011.

Exhibition supplemented with ambient collage music by ATMOS Spheres: a collaboration between KasjaNoova of Antwerp, Belgium, and Scott Johnson.


GALLERY NIGHT:
Friday, April 15
5 p.m.- 9 p.m.

Safi Studios
Marshall Building
Suite LL8
207 E Buffalo St
Milwaukee WI
53202

MARN: Treasure Hunt

Dianne Soffa
Color Samples from a Midwest Summer
2011 Encaustic on Panel
5" x 5"
Edition of 20

Event Price: $50
Market Price: $150

Friday, April 29th, 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Saturday, April 30th, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Westside Artwalk
Samara Studios
5211 W North Ave
Milwaukee WI
53208

Los Angeles

ART IN THE STREETS
April 17, 2011- August, 8, 2011

.Image courtesy of: The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

BLUE MIX

SAFI STUDIOS: Spring Edition*

SPRING GALLERY NIGHT: Friday, April 15, 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.

NEW WORK: by Tom Kovacich (high-gloss color fields paired with new paintings, Marigold, and Geranium), Jane Gates, and Dianne Soffa (who debuts her new painting, Dirty Pink Maybelline);

PLUS: Walkthrough, a new video by Milwaukee video artist Scott Johnson. With its' skyward vantage point and elements of pixelation, electric lines, peaks of houses, trees, clouds, and lens flares, Walkthrough features a soundtrack by Virginia artist Stephen Palke and Matt Boettke of Ancient Noir. This is a vibrant and intelligent video by one of Milwaukee's emerging talents - don't miss it! (note: you may find yourself walking through the images as you enter the gallery.)

Image by: Scott Johnson
Sound by: Ancient Noir and C2011.

AND FINALLY: Beautiful new sculpture by artist Denise M. Schanz; these works play on the delicate human structures of the bones of the ear, juxtaposed into organic forms. One of Jane's former students, Denise joins Safi Studios as a guest artist for spring gallery night.

DETAILS: Please visit the Safi Studios and The Thick Air website links on the side bar of this page.

*Exhibition to be supplemented with ambient collage music by ATMOS Spheres: a collaboration between KasjaNoova of Antwerp, Belgium, and Scott Johnson.

Safi Studios
Marshall Building
Suite LL8
207 E Buffalo Street
Milwaukee WI
53202

MIAD

MIAD Sculpture Studios
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
273 East Erie Street
Milwaukee WI 53202

Plaster: Don't know the artist—and don't care to find out. But, its a beauty regardless. Form and pencil marks suggest (potentially) the lower torso of the human figure. The ambiguity of the shape is alluring—rolling cart and all.

Fish + Escalators

Images courtesy of Rich.

Top:18- Filet o' Fish
Center: Vegas escalator
Bottom: (big eye) LA fish

WPCA

Joe Hill
Carlos Cortez
Linocut 1979

Carlos Cortez and Allied Artists
April 1- May 15, 2011

Walkers Point Center for the Arts
839 South 5th Street
Milwaukee WI 53204

*Image courtesy of WPCA.

SCOTT JOHNSON

WALKTHROUGH:
Video stills courtesy of Scott Johnson.

Gallery Night
Friday April 15 2011
5-9 pm

Safi Studios
Marshall Building
Suite LL8
207 East Buffalo Street
Milwaukee WI 53202

Dieu Donne

Michele Oka Doner
Neuration: Dionysa
2005 [detail]*

*Organic material embedded in handmade abaca leaves.
Photo courtesy of Dieu Donne Papermill: New York, NY.

What are abaca leaves?

SAFI living

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Photo courtesy of Dianne Soffa.

Forget the paintings; studio floor shows something better.