Art from the show

Can't make it to the Museum to see our show in person?
We have posted all of the work online:

* Terrence Payne

* Joe Sinness

* Erika Olson Gross

* Jennifer Davis

City Pages on "Flourish" panel discussion

"In the 1950s, the pop art explosion called into question the hierarchy between design made for mass culture versus fine art. From Marcel Duchamp's readymades to Andy Warhol's soup cans, artists (and the institutions that supported them) began to blur the divide between these two expressions of creativity, proposing that work using mass media sources could belong in a gallery or a museum. Since then, the two worlds have continued to dance between each other, with expectations of quality and creativity continually rising for commercial art and design, while fine artists often draw from commercial art techniques.

The creative overlaps of fine art and design are the subject of a panel discussion this Thursday at the Minneapolis Institute of Art's MAEP Galleries.."

Full text here.
See next blog post for full details about the event- This Thurs 12/16!

Panel Discussion 12/16/10

"FLOURISH" PANEL DISCUSSION:
Defining the Sublime with the artwork of Jennifer Davis, Erika Olson Gross, Terrence Payne, & Joseph Siness

Is there a line to be drawn between fine art and design? Is one inherently more valuable to our culture than the other? Does the world of fine art have any influence over how you view your world and the media you view it through? Join the artists of Flourish and the panel of experts they have invited in exploring the answers to these and many other questions regarding the roles of artists and designers in the wild west of modern media today.

Guest panelists for the evening are:
+ Burlesque of North America Founder MIKE DAVIS
+ MCAD Professor TOM GARRETT
+ Space150 Associate Creative Director JASON STRONG
+ bd'm Art Buyer KIM WITCZAK

Each of them will be sharing his or her professional expertise and unique insights on the show. MAEP coordinator Christopher Atkins will moderate the panel and open up the discussion to the audience. Feel free to jump into conversation and bring along your questions!

Fine Art & Design: Panel Discussion
Thursday, December 16, 7-8:30p.m.
MAEP Galleries, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
FREE & open to the public
facebook event page


The discussion will be followed by an informal reception with the artists and panel members in the galleries and many other fun things to see and do throughout the museum in conjunction with the MIAs Free "Third Thursdays".

This should be a lot of fun and a good chance to mix it up with the artists and pros at the show.
We hope to see you there!

SouthWest Journal

Flourish in the SouthWest Journal:

"Four-part harmony

Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program takes a notably populist turn in its latest show to open at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The four-artist bill includes some of the most recognizable young or youngish names from the local arts scene: Erika Olson Gross, Jennifer Davis, Terrence Payne and Joe Sinness.

Sinness, who draws colored-pencil still lifes of tchotchkes and flowers floating in white space, is paired with Olson Gross, who delicately charts a physical and emotional landscape in pencil and gouache. In the next room over, Davis explores her familiar fantasy world, filled with dewy animal faces and dendritic growths, while Payne captures the fleeting thoughts of young women treading uncertain social territories in oversized and stylized portraits.

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Go see it
“Flourish” runs through Jan. 2 in the Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program Gallery at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2400 3rd Ave. S. 888 MIA ARTS (642-2787). artsmia.org"

more Interviews

An interview with Joe Sinness on Local Artist Interviews.

Also Interviewed:
Jennifer Davis here and
Terrence Payne here.

Stayed tuned for -you guessed it!- Erika Olson Gross...

Photos

- Terrence Payne, Jennifer Davis, Joe Sinness, Erika Olson Gross

- in the gallery

Above photos by Lacey Criswell, taken after our artist talk last night.
Thank you to all who attended!

Minnesota Public Radio

A review of "Flourish" by Minnesota Public Radio:

"Artists in Full Flourish"

"Walk into the galleries of the Minnesota Artist Exhibition Program at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and you walk into a richly colored, carefully detailed multiverse of the imagination.

Titled "Flourish," the show is filled with images that draw you in and hold you, some with the lure of comfort and safety, others with the promise of a fairy tale, minus the fairy tale ending."

Click the link above to read the full text.

Exhibition Brochure

Pretty (tough) in Pink

A review of "Flourish" in the today's Minneapolis Star Tribune:

Pretty (tough) in Pink

"...What all four have in common is meticulous drawing styles and abundant illustrational talent. Working with colored pencil, oil pastel, watercolor and other drawing media, they employ graphic devices (ornamental patterns, flattened imagery, linear designs, lots of white space) to narrative effect. Their drawings read like "pictures," in that they hint at stories, relationships or emotional states..."

Also- check out "Flourish" on the Arthound blog, the latest issue of "access+ENGAGE" featuring banner artist Erika Olson Gross and her beautiful drawing from the show and "Jennifer Davis doesn't like to talk about her work" on MplsArt.

Joe Sinness

Steady as the Rain, Colored Pencil on Paper, 2010

Gettin' Happy, Colored Pencil on Paper, 2010

The Giving and the Taking, Colored Pencil on Paper, 2010

If Only, Colored Pencil on Paper, 2010

Starting Over Again, Colored Pencil on Paper, 2010

There, Colored Pencil on Paper, 2010

I Wasted My Tears, Colored Pencil on Paper, 2010

Something Special, Colored Pencil on Paper, 2010

For information, availability and pricing information please contact me directly, jsinness@gmail.com.

Joe Sinness

Flourish in Vita.MN and l'etoile

Thank you, Vita.MN.

And thank you, l'etoile!
"Psych dramas, melancholy, apathy and double-entendres, tonight's MAEP group exhibition promises it all and then some, in a visually pleasing fashion, of course. Featuring new works by four Minneapolis artists – Jennifer Davis, Erika Olson Gross, Terrence Payne and Joe Sinness – the exhibit includes Davis' familiar hybrid cast of animal/monster/human experiencing the trials and tribulations of fantasy life and lost innocence; Gross' bucolic landscape sculpture and illustrative paintings; Payne's dark humored pastel narratives; and Sinness' baroque, hyper-realistic drawings for a hodgepodge of chimera-esque local art. On view through January 2nd."

Terrence Payne @ Local Artist Interviews

An interview with Terrence Payne on Local Artist Interviews.

"Terrence Payne has lived and worked in the Minneapolis area for the past fifteen years, building a body of unique and thought provoking work while exhibiting at galleries and universities throughout the united states. His work can be found in private, corporate and collegiate collections throughout the world. Terrence founded Rosalux gallery eight years ago to give local emerging and mid career artists an opportunity to exhibit their work in an environment that would bring them higher visibility while nurturing their artistic callings without the limitations imposed by many commercial galleries. Serving as gallery director since its inception , he has helped over sixty local artists further their art careers through their involvement with Rosalux..."

Erika Olson Gross

Lake North Star


After Six Years


Fair Trajectory


March Birthday


High Waters


How To Draw Boats


Early Summer


What We Made


Dream Quilt

All pieces are graphite, gouache and watercolor on paper, 26"x 33" and made in 2010. For information about availability and pricing please contact me at littledoves@gmail.com.

Erika

Terrence Payne

I'm Much Better At Hiding Than Finding, 60" x 48", oil pastel on paper, 2010


Victory Will Be Mine & I Won't Share It With You, 60" x 48", oil pastel on paper, 2010


Not So Much Lost As Less, 60" x 48", oil pastel on paper, 2010


The Only Thing I Smell Is The Stink Eye, 60" x 48", oil pastel on paper, 2010


It's Not So Much For My Safety As Yours, 48" x 48", oil pastel on paper, 2010


Maybe Next Time You Can Remember To Leave Me A Breathe Hole, 48" x 48", oil pastel on paper, 2010


If My Charms Don't Work Then My Hat Ought To, 48" x 55", oil pastel on paper, 2010


Who Has A Bat In The Cabin? 60" x 48", oil pastel on paper, 2010


For purchase information or more details about my work please contact me directly at tjpayne@comcast.net

Terrence Payne

Jennifer Davis

Reverence, 30h x 24w", acrylic/graphite/charcoal on panel, 2010



Lucky, 30h x 24w", acrylic/graphite/charcoal on panel, 2010



Curious, 30h x 24w", acrylic/graphite/charcoal on panel, 2010



Pair, 30h x 24w", acrylic/graphite/charcoal on panel, 2010



Loop, 30h x 24w", acrylic/graphite/charcoal on panel, 2010



Pivot, 30h x 24w", acrylic/graphite/charcoal on panel, 2010



Magical Thinking, 30h x 24w", acrylic/graphite/charcoal on panel, 2010



Brainchild, 30h x 24w", acrylic/graphite/charcoal on panel, 2010



Circus, 30h x 24w", acrylic/graphite/charcoal/colored pencil on panel, 2010



Secret, 30h x 24w", acrylic/graphite/charcoal on panel, 2010



Falling, 30h x 24w", acrylic/graphite/charcoal/colored pencil on panel, 2010



Beginner, 30h x 24w", acrylic/graphite/charcoal/colored pencil on panel, 2010



Black Sheep, 30h x 24w", acrylic/graphite/charcoal/colored pencil on panel, 2010

I have posted detailed views of all of these paintings on my Flickr page.

For purchasing information or more details about these paintings please contact me directly:
Jennifer Davis
jenniferdavisart <@> gmail.com