Critical Mass for the Visual Arts is a nonprofit, self-formed visual arts collaborative dedicated to promoting, enhancing and initiating contemporary visual art in the St. Louis region.
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5 Questions- Tim Portlock
We’re back to artist interviews, and this time we’re chatting with Tim Portlock! Tim Portlock’s current work combines special effects software and the visual conventions of 19th-century American painting to creatively simulate contemporary cityscapes. In recent years, his large format print images have depicted imagined landscapes populated with the empty buildings that surround his home in Philadelphia as well as developments in post-boom and bust Las Vegas. Other work utilizes large outdoor video projections onto buildings, creating temporary public art that incorporates new media and the visual language of murals while engaging with architecture and city space. He received a Pew Fellowship in the Arts. His exhibitions include SPRING/BREAK Art Show, PULSE New York, Broadstone Studios in Dublin as part of Photo Ireland (2012); the Tate Modern as a member of the artist collective Vox Populi (2011); Christie’s London, represented by Philagrafika (2012); the International Guerrilla Video Festival in Dublin (2009);This is Not a Gateway, a group exhibition of outdoor video projections in London (2009). He has also exhibited at the 404 Festival in Argentina and Italy, ISEA Japan, and Ars Electronica, Austria
Yvonne Osei and unSEEN Exhibition featured on HEC-TV
unSEEN: Creative Stimulus Award Exhibition- April 1- May 1
Marking the organization’s 12th year of support for St. Louis-based contemporary artists, Critical Mass for the Visual Arts annually awards the Creative Stimulus Award to three artists. Featured in this exhibition are the 2020 and 2021 award recipients: José Garza, Yowshien Kuo, Marina Peng, Janie Stamm, Simiya Sudduth, and Chloe West. Curated by Yvonne Osei. Organized and sponsored by Critical Mass for the Visual Arts in collaboration with COCA’s Millstone Gallery.
Where: Millstone Gallery 6880 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63130
When: Opened April 1- Closed May 1.
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