Sculpture Center Receptioni 2013.01.18: Justing Farris Braun + Jimmy Kuenle

JUSTIN FARRIS BRAUN: THE SWELLING HORIZON + JIMMY KUEHNLE: INFLATABLE WONDERLAND LABYRINTH OF JOY    Friday, January 18  Opening from 5:30-8:00 pm The Artist Talks: Jimmy Kuehnle at 6:15 in the Euclid Avenue Gallery The Artist Talks: Justin Farris Braun at 7:00 pm in the Main Gallery  Both Justin Farris Braun and Jimmy Kuehnle's installations have a strong physical impact that can leave the viewer surprisingly uncomfortable. Justin Farris Braun's dark work considers the apparently irreversible intersection of nature and the manmade, in both the physical reality of detritus across the American landscape and the overlaps of the patterns of nature and the grids of technology. Jimmy Kuehnle's bright, seemingly circus-like installations, which he makes to move the viewer "out of the humdrum of daily existence," can quickly take on a more personally problematic aspect as the viewer becomes active participant while negotiating his inflated spaces and forms. The exhibitions will be on view through February 23  JUSTIN FARRIS BRAUN: THE SWELLING HORIZON about the artist Braun holds an MFA from Ohio State University and a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art. HIs concept-driven work encompasses drawing, photography, sculpture and installation. With exhibitions nationally and internationally, he has most recently collaborated with landscape architect Sarah Cowles for Artisterium 3 in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, and produced site specific installations on the north shore of Lake Superior and in Sao Paulo, Brazil.  Image: Justin Braun, they see themselves from the inside, 2012, mixed media installation. Courtesy of the artist.  JIMMY KUEHNLE: INFLATABLE LABYRINTH WONDERLAND OF JOY about the artist Jimmy Kuehnle researched public art and sculpture as a Fulbright Graduate Research Fellow in Japan after completing an MFA at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His recent work features public performance treks through rural and urban cities in the US including Chicago, Detroit, Austin, St. Louis, Cincinnati, San Antonio, Dallas and New York as well as performances in Japan, Italy and Finland. He worked as a resident artist at Sculpture Space in Utica, New York, at Albion College in Albion, Michigan, and Ateljé Stundars in Vaasa, Finland. In 2010, he exhibited in a survey of international artists in residence at the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro in Milan, Italy. This winter he is working as a SWAP resident at SPACES in Cleveland, Ohio. Jimmy teaches Foundations as an assistant professor at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Image: Jimmy Kuehnle, Polycome Dome Under the Detroit Superior Bridge, Cleveland, OH, 2011, nylon, lights, blower motor. Courtesy of the artist.

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