Friday, February 3, 2012
Acclaimed international artist seeks
philanthropist / art lover / investor to partner on new, permanent work which builds on the legacy of the ephemeral, the bold Paintings Below Zero. Contact Caitlin Hicks caitlinhicks@dccnet.com
Thursday, February 24, 2011
March of the Penguins-Toronto Feb 21
It’s winter everywhere in Canada, and in Ontario, it’s Family Day. We’re here – very last minute – to add a sense of play to the hugely popular outdoor rink at Colonel Samuel Smith Park in Etobicoke on a bitter but sunny Monday in February.
The painting is a fun take off on the road, with yellow stripes, blue and red dashes, green center lines gone curlicew on top of the white ice of the sinuous rink outside the old power plant there. Jenn G had phoned us a week or so prior wondering if we had anything to offer on such short notice. Gord, who is all about rising to the challenge, accepted, and so we were off Friday flying across the country and into another time zone, with last minute squash & hockey cancellations.
We had less than eight hours to do the painting. Warm record temperatures the day before had closed the rink. The surface was being set from yesterday’s melt, and we were holding ourselves upright in the gusty wind and -17 degree wind chill.
Charlotte, wild-haired Zamboni driver and big hearted gal in Gumboots worked right alongside, sometimes on her hands and knees on that hard ice, pushing the paint bucket while Gord dipped the roller and applied the paint in the few seconds before it froze outright.
Alison D scraped paint splotches (also on her hands and knees) off the pristine surface while the young crew volunteered to help us stirring paint in the relative warmth of the zamboni room.
It was beyond cold out there; the ice cracked beneath our feet under a full moon; Gord threw the last bucket down as a signature, along with Charlotte’s ‘baby foot’ and we came into the warm.
Family Day is an understatement of sorts, and a true holiday here. It was March of the Penguins. The only ones who could really skate were the little kids who whipped around under foot, falling and sprawling spectacularly while the rest of us tried to stop short gracefully without causing a pile up.
We met Lea Parrell, professional Arts Producer and Marketer to view sites for LOTUS. Back at City of TO offices, Gord and Julian Sleath hit it off on Tuesday, amid more discussion about LOTUS. In Vancouver, we met with Deborah Jones, of Sponsorship Central to hammer out an approach for the upcoming LOTUS at Van Dusen Gardens this summer.
The painting is a fun take off on the road, with yellow stripes, blue and red dashes, green center lines gone curlicew on top of the white ice of the sinuous rink outside the old power plant there. Jenn G had phoned us a week or so prior wondering if we had anything to offer on such short notice. Gord, who is all about rising to the challenge, accepted, and so we were off Friday flying across the country and into another time zone, with last minute squash & hockey cancellations.
We had less than eight hours to do the painting. Warm record temperatures the day before had closed the rink. The surface was being set from yesterday’s melt, and we were holding ourselves upright in the gusty wind and -17 degree wind chill.
Charlotte, wild-haired Zamboni driver and big hearted gal in Gumboots worked right alongside, sometimes on her hands and knees on that hard ice, pushing the paint bucket while Gord dipped the roller and applied the paint in the few seconds before it froze outright.
Alison D scraped paint splotches (also on her hands and knees) off the pristine surface while the young crew volunteered to help us stirring paint in the relative warmth of the zamboni room.
It was beyond cold out there; the ice cracked beneath our feet under a full moon; Gord threw the last bucket down as a signature, along with Charlotte’s ‘baby foot’ and we came into the warm.
Family Day is an understatement of sorts, and a true holiday here. It was March of the Penguins. The only ones who could really skate were the little kids who whipped around under foot, falling and sprawling spectacularly while the rest of us tried to stop short gracefully without causing a pile up.
We met Lea Parrell, professional Arts Producer and Marketer to view sites for LOTUS. Back at City of TO offices, Gord and Julian Sleath hit it off on Tuesday, amid more discussion about LOTUS. In Vancouver, we met with Deborah Jones, of Sponsorship Central to hammer out an approach for the upcoming LOTUS at Van Dusen Gardens this summer.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
MIAF - Lotus in Motion
We've opened at the Miami International Art Fair. Please have a look at www.lotusinmotionproject.blogspot.com for pics and stories of our adventures in Miami. Tell your friends. Sign up to be notified of new posts. Send us your comments.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Meditation on ice
Here are some images created from the installation in the church at Fortezza di Fenestrelle for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Italy.
These images were created from raw photography of the installation. They were layered, cropped and enhanced by the artist. Each piece of artwork is proofed by the artist, printed on archival paper using archival inks and transmounted on acrylic Sintra Ground.
With these images, the artist focuses on the migration of the crystal structure of the ice and its interplay with pigment.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
ICE in Miami in Winter
Here's the letter of invitation for MIAMI INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR and ART PALM BEACH, from the Associate Director, Aldo Castillo. We met him in Chicago in 2008 at the Consular Ball:
August 18, 2010
Mr. Gordon Halloran
RE: Exclusive Invitation to Gordon Halloran to represent Canada at MIA and Art Palm Beach 2011.
Dear Gordon,
It is a privilege to invite you to be the exclusive public art installation artist to be featured in the upcoming MIA—Miami International Art Fair and Art Palm Beach fairs in January, 2011. Given the fact that your work is a strong representation of current international trends within worldwide public art, we believe that your participation will highly promote “the Arts of Canada” and would be an excellent addition for our art fairs. Your installation ice works reflect the very best in contemporary international art of today.
We propose that your exhibition space in each fair be approximately of a 700-1000 square feet. Because of your importance, we also would be delighted to invite you to be part of a panel of the fair’s lecture program entitled “Artists Conversations” scheduled throughout the fair and around your exhibition.
Prestigious American & international galleries and collectors gather in exciting Miami Beach for MIA and Art Palm Beach. A fair featuring one-artist shows, group exhibitions, photography, projects, installations, video art, symposia, featured country sections, and numerous fair related social activities attracts collectors from throughout the US, Latin America, and Europe.
In January 2010, MIA attracted more than 17,000 visitors, Art Palm Beach, 24,000. Each fair has garnered positive reviews from exhibitors, collectors, curators and press. January commences the high-season in Miami Beach as Latin Americans, Europeans, Canadians, and winter residents from throughout the US return each year.
Organized by IFAE, (founders of Art Miami in the same venue in 1991), the dealer-oriented management team has more than 20 years experience producing major international fine art fairs throughout the world including major fairs in Palm Beach, Chicago, New York, Los Angles, Dallas, and Hong Kong.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any additional questions you may have regarding this privileged invitation.
Best Regards,
Aldo Castillo
Associate Director, MIA
August 18, 2010
Mr. Gordon Halloran
RE: Exclusive Invitation to Gordon Halloran to represent Canada at MIA and Art Palm Beach 2011.
Dear Gordon,
It is a privilege to invite you to be the exclusive public art installation artist to be featured in the upcoming MIA—Miami International Art Fair and Art Palm Beach fairs in January, 2011. Given the fact that your work is a strong representation of current international trends within worldwide public art, we believe that your participation will highly promote “the Arts of Canada” and would be an excellent addition for our art fairs. Your installation ice works reflect the very best in contemporary international art of today.
We propose that your exhibition space in each fair be approximately of a 700-1000 square feet. Because of your importance, we also would be delighted to invite you to be part of a panel of the fair’s lecture program entitled “Artists Conversations” scheduled throughout the fair and around your exhibition.
Prestigious American & international galleries and collectors gather in exciting Miami Beach for MIA and Art Palm Beach. A fair featuring one-artist shows, group exhibitions, photography, projects, installations, video art, symposia, featured country sections, and numerous fair related social activities attracts collectors from throughout the US, Latin America, and Europe.
In January 2010, MIA attracted more than 17,000 visitors, Art Palm Beach, 24,000. Each fair has garnered positive reviews from exhibitors, collectors, curators and press. January commences the high-season in Miami Beach as Latin Americans, Europeans, Canadians, and winter residents from throughout the US return each year.
Organized by IFAE, (founders of Art Miami in the same venue in 1991), the dealer-oriented management team has more than 20 years experience producing major international fine art fairs throughout the world including major fairs in Palm Beach, Chicago, New York, Los Angles, Dallas, and Hong Kong.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any additional questions you may have regarding this privileged invitation.
Best Regards,
Aldo Castillo
Associate Director, MIA
Monday, June 28, 2010
Sponsorship Central
Great news, latest news:
We are working with a sponsorship guru, Deborah Jones to fulfill the prestigious invitation to Miami International Art and Art Palm Beach.
Sponsorship Central is one of North America’s fastest-growing sponsorship consulting groups, with decades of experience linking over 100 events and thousands of sponsors in Canada and the United States.
Led by Deborah Jones Sponsorship Central is backed by an enthusiastic team of assistants, marketing professionals and researchers.
Best is, she’s really easy to work with!
We are working with a sponsorship guru, Deborah Jones to fulfill the prestigious invitation to Miami International Art and Art Palm Beach.
Sponsorship Central is one of North America’s fastest-growing sponsorship consulting groups, with decades of experience linking over 100 events and thousands of sponsors in Canada and the United States.
Led by Deborah Jones Sponsorship Central is backed by an enthusiastic team of assistants, marketing professionals and researchers.
Best is, she’s really easy to work with!
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Invitation
MIAMI INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR and ART PALM BEACH have invited Gordon Halloran to create a feature installation at the January 2011 event. MIA is skedded for the 12th to 17th, ART PALM BEACH takes place the following week: 20th - 24th.
This past January 2010, MIA attracted over 17,000 visitors and collectors from around the world, in a city that has become an established international destination for the business of art.
24 - 30,000 people attended ART PALM BEACH in 2010. The fair brings together galleries, affluent international art collectors & cutting edge art projects, tours, lectures and symposia.
Go to: www.posticegate.blogspot.com for more info about the artist since ICE GATE at 2010 Olympic Winter Games closed.
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