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2010
aug days
• greener, whiter, redder vegetables
jun days
• french & american recycled colored plastic
may days
• gray walk through sunny oakland
apr days
• color
concept &
theory widgets and apps
mar days
• red:
a portrait of a artist rothko
feb days
• talking
heads as figure/ground
jan days
• tanja's
black light dance party
dec days
• tootsie roll pop wrappers colors & flavors
nov days
• stephen vitiello's four color sound
oct days
• atmospheric perspective
sept days
• a rainbow
of antioxidants
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aug days
• floor stain colorants
jul days
• minimal colors
jun days
• wildflowers cataloged by color
may days
• tennis court colors
apr days
• morandi's neutral colors
mar days
• grid colorists
feb days
• black as
film noir
jan days
• flood of toxic minerals used in paints
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dec days
• comple-mentary
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nov days
• kettle korn
packaging color change
oct days
• green fluorescent protein
sept days
• red palms - not green
aug days
• blue tunes
jul days
• “blue” - textile museum
jun days
• “fiesta- ware”
colorants
may days
• “blue alchemy” hive gallery
french & american recycled colored plastic
Creative Growth Gallery:
(click on CGAG to learn more about creative growth)
”Straight to the Bone”
collaborative exhibition by French Artist Régis-R
June 4 – July 23, 2010.
images on left
Boxes Régis-R used to ship his plastics from France
and the window ledge of the Creative Growth Gallery filled with colored plastic bottles
Visiting French artist
Régis-R, known as “‘The Prince of Plastic,’ will join Creative Growth as a visiting studio artist for the month. During Régis’ time at Creative Growth, he will bring his practice of sculptural “object sampling” to the Bay Area --- scavenging recycling bins and dumpster's for discarded colorful “American” plastic...”
– Quote from cgac straight to the bone exhibition notes.
LINK to full article posted on creative growth website
images on the left Régis-R at the show's opening and his giant multi-colored skeleton (all French Plastic)
“The colors are vastly different from the plastic found in his native France”.
– Quote from cgac straight to the bone exhibition notes.
However, I talked with Régis and he did not think there was any significant difference.
image on the left above
colored plastic bottles from France, US and other countries.
mage on the left
plastic hanging from warm through cool colors (French plastic)
Creative Growth
Art Center Gallery
355 24th St., Oakland, CA
For more information call 510/836-2340 ext.15
Creative Growth Art Center serves adult artists with developmental, mental and physical disabilities, providing a stimulating environment for artistic instruction, gallery promotion and personal expression. Artwork fostered in this unique environment is included in prominent collections and museums worldwide
LINK to CGAC website
image on the left
detail of plastic hanging
cool colors
“Régis-R traveled around Oakland and Berkeley on his
homemade bicycle, scavenging recycling bins and dumpster's for discarded, colorful American plastic. Régis' eco-conscious way of life and obsession with post-consumer materials has been put to use at Creative Growth, designing on-site, sculptural works with Creative Growth artists:
Click to see CG artists' work below
image on the left
detail of plastic hanging warm colors
Born, trained and currently living in Paris, France,
Régis-R studied architecture and design at the National School of Decorative Arts. Taking a departure from the minimalist designs standards of his time, Regis's work remains committed to expressing poetic, everyday magic, turning our trash into flamboyant masterpieces.
image on the left
chandelier with multi-colored american plastic.
Over the years Regis' work has shifted to larger scale
installations; recent projects include a permanent
installation at Mama Shelter hotel, Paris, designed by
Philippe Slarck and a solo exhibition at the Pompidou
Centre.
– quote from cgac written introduction.
“Lots of my treasures come from streets, second hand shops, industrial design
leftovers...I keep everything, I store everything. I spend lots of time archiving my
stock. I was a stockman in a shop once, so I had to organize a lot of stuff,
maximize space as much as possible.
Straight the bone means ‘let's go to the center’, the essence. Let's get rid of
the futility, the inessential. It's also partially about actual bones, because I did
use the skeleton form for some installations. So there's that additional reference
to my own work.”
– quotes from Régis-R interview with for cgac.
image on left
anatomically correct found plastic skeleton.
image on far left
cg artist's work using recycled plastic
image on near left
cg artist's work using recycled plastic
insects, chandeliers, light-up gas cans – this is artwork
with a message about giving attention to overlooked
materials, excessive consumerism, and getting ‘straight to the bone’ of what art-making and creating is all about.”
– quotes from Régis-R interview with for cgac.
image on far left
cg artist's work using recycled plastic
image on near left
cg artist's work using recycled plastic