Selected Bulletin: Monday, September 10th, 2012
September 10th 2012
Re: Gaia At Baltimore Museum Of Art, Nov 2012
From: Artist Organized Art
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BALTIMORE
GAIA Commissioned
By Baltimore Museum Of Art
Nov 18, 2012 – May 5, 2013
When Baltimore Museum Of Art re-opens its contemporary galleries on November 18 it will include a commissioned work for the space by street artist Gaia. A temporary two-dimensional work will be installed in one of the new spaces of the BMA’s contemporary wing. For this commission Gaia is inspired by the museum’s iconic painting by Paul Gauguin, Woman of the Mango, and its adjacent Remington neighborhood.
Gaia, a Baltimore-based street artist, whose name stands for Earth Goddess, is known for using animal imagery to convey nature’s voice in urban landscapes, often evoking a sense of mythical feedback as an omen from global warming. Other subjects include portraits of urban developers Nelson Rockefeller, Robert Moses, Henry Flagler, James Rouse, Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe. Gaia recently curated the multi-site mural project Open Walls Baltimore (OWB) which was scheduled to include fellow artists Maya Hayuk, Swoon, Chris Stain, MOMO, Freddy Sam, Jaz, Jetsonorama, Overunder, Vhils, Nanook, Mata Ruda, Specter, Interesni Kaski, Ever, Doodles, John Ahearn and Sten & Lex.
The carrier pigeon perched within a hand is an image that I have revisited many times in the past year. Much like the hybridized creatures I have produced in the past, this gesture displays a moment of domination and submission but also of steward and nature. Pigeons are beautiful creatures and one of the few that can tolerate the city. This print is a celebration of a dying urban sport and of an unsung animal.” – Gaia
http://posterchildprints.com/Carrier-Pigeon/
Purchase Gaia’s limited edition print “Carrier Pigeon.”
Size 22 x 28 inches, Edition Limited Edition of 135, Materials: Three Color Hand Pulled Silk Screen on Coventry Rag, 100% Cotton Archival Paper
http://www.artbma.org/reopens_with_gaia.pdf
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