Paper And Paint: "Blew By You", " Red Means Go...Faster", and "Freakin' Kwik".

After a hand full of multi panel pieces and all their seemingly millions of small pieces of paper. It was time to take a break and get out some paint. These three pieces were fun and fast compared to the paper. The challenge was to have the paper still have resonance against the flatness of the paint. The compositions were driven by forms that collide as if you were seeing the physical edit between to different frames of movement. Sort of a collision. These collage/paintings are on exhibit a Gebert Gallery,Venice. In order "Blew By You", "Red Means Go...Faster",and "Freakin' Kwik".

New Multi Panel Collage, First of 2011: I Am Going To Drop You Off Right Here"

This is the first piece completed this year. Its 42h x 96w. "I Am Going To Drop You Off Right Here" was displayed in Jan at the LA Art Fair in the Gebert Gallery booth. It is on display at the Gebert gallery in Venice.

Multi Panel Collage: "What Speed Limit"

This collage is 30h x 76w. This piece is an explosion of red color blurs and a more panels than any previous multi's. "What Speed Limit" was in the group show at Gebert Gallery in Venice Ca. this Dec and Jan.
If you look closely you might see an image of an eye in the piece, it is a happy accident. It is the combination of two seperate visuals.

A Retrospective 2002 to 2010: Solo Exhibit Gebert Gallery Venice CA

Here is some information about my upcoming solo show that's a retrospective covering imagery from 2002 to 2010. The information on dates is in the invitation below. If you're in Venice, CA or in California, please come by to see the show. These two images were recently completed to be included in the show. The orange and blue is called "Spinout" dimensions are 40" H x 94" W. The other one is called " Four Fast Shifts to Over Drive" dimensions are 24" H x 45" W.

Multi Panel Collage: Screaming With The Windows Up

This collage took four months. It is one of the most ambitious pieces I have done. It was a grind. I am happy with it and happy its done so I can move on to new work. Hope you enjoy it. Screaming With The Windows Up, will be in the anniversary show at Gebert Gallery Venice Ca. The show starts April 23rd. If your in LA please come by and check it out. Cat and I will be there. So if you come by give us a head up.

A Hundred Miles From Anywhere: Almost There.

"Quality is Quantity. The quality of an art object is directly proportional to the quantity of something that it gives to someone who belongs to some constituency of interest" to quote Dave Hickey. This is a thought that has been rolling around in my dome while I work on this piece. I have found that as these collages progress there has been a determination on my part to place as much visual information in them as to capture the act of smashing the side of your face against the window of a car moving at speeds that would be considered reckless. A lifetime of driving in one moment. The result should be a visual that is revisited because you are always seeing something new that you missed at a previous viewing. This is what Peter Frank said about these collages in his review of my show in Venice, California at Gebert Gallery "They seem more immediately connected than ever, both to the experience of seeing things zip by and to the hyper-distortion that results from trying to record such experience through a lens". Here are some shots from last week. This piece is almost finished.

Avenues Of Scraping Steel: Finds A Home In L.A.

Gebert Gallery Venice CA sells Avenues Of Scraping Steel, my largest (6' x 10') collage piece made to date.

If You're In L.A.: Upcoming Group Show

Please Join Us This Friday, May 1st, 7 - 10 PM.

As Our Los Angeles Gallery Celebrates

One Year In Venice With Our Anniversary Group Show

Featuring

Tracey Adams · Dirk De Bruycker · Paul Ecke · Gloria Gaddis

Betty Gold · Bernd Haussmann · Judith Kindler · Perla Krauze

Gregory Lomayesva · Udo Nöger · John Randall Nelson · David Parke

Gay Patterson · Brandon Reese · Lee Silton · Hunt Slonem

Vera Sprunt · Michelle Stuhl · Pamela Sunday · Mark Vinci

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1345 Abbot Kinney Blvd,

Venice, CA 90291

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THE Magazine : Review of Avenues of Scraping Steel at Gebert Gallery, Venice

Mark Vinci
Avenues of Scraping Steel
Gebert Contemporary
Phoenix-based Mark Vinci has long been interested in the abstract evocation of speed. Doing the Italian Futurists one better a century after the fact, Vinci captures -- or perhaps recaptures -- the visual impression of speed as caught out ...read more at
http://themagla.com/cgi-bin/artmagla/review.cgi?ReviewID=217

Avenues of Scraping Steel: A Solo Exhibit at Gebert Gallery Venice California

The show ran from January 16th thru February 27th,2009. Gebert Gallery Venice is a new contemorary space on Abbot Kinney Blvd. The images below give some sense of what a great space it is to show art work. Sandro Gebert Gallery director along with Shawna, and David did an amazing job hanging and lighting the show. They also were great hosts for the opening weekend. Thanks