Neoplastic Landscapes

Friday, July 2, 2010 from 6:00pm - 9:30pm through July 31st.
The Carreno Studio and Gallery
901 N. Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN
Located 1 block South of the Stutz building, in the Sutton Garten Welding Co. with the entrance is in the rear.
Look for the bright green door.
Free parking in the Sutton Garten Parking Lot.

Neoplastic Landscapes is a series of smoke fired ceramic wall reliefs - a collaborative experimental effort by Soyong and Michael Partington in building ultra-thin modern clay structures and then firing them within the extreme heating conditions of the ancient pit firing process.
Pit (or smoke) fired sculpture is created using natural materials such as leaves, twigs, and wood shavings, that are set on fire in a closed container and allowed to smolder for up to 48 hours. The smoke creates variations of organic shapes and colors on the surface.

This Friday, December 4th join us at our new space in the Murphy Art Center for "Projected Curiosity".
Located at 1043 Virginia Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46203 from 6-11 p.m. Experience new work by Brose Partington and Jeffrey S. Martin.  

OPENING: Dec. 4 from 6-11pm
iMOCA
1043 Virginia Avenue
Indianapolis, IN
317.450.6630
Admission is FREE

A pair of Indianapolis-based artists will be the first featured in iMOCA's at the Temporary Contemporary  in the Murphy Art Center in Fountain Square when their show of installation and sculpture opens Dec. 4

Brose Partington and Jeffrey S. Martin's show, Projected Curiosity, runs through January 16th.

Partington's work focuses on motion and how it effects time, patterns, and the cycles of history. "I have represented my ideas about movement through the use of motors, electronics, and the mechanisms I develop," he said. "Although the creation of the idea and the mechanism are distinctly different processes, if the work is successful, there is an inevitable and natural reconciliation of the two."

Recently, Partington's work has explored the natural world versus mankind's created world. "This work reflects the inherent conflict of space between humans and nature, and it emphasizes how those elements can interact differently," he said. "I want to continue to investigate these ideas and create ways to represent them in urban and natural environments, but instead of using motors and electronics I want to incorporate the existent kinetic energy of objects to power my works."

Our family's wonderful and talented friend Aaron Stout was involved in a car accident and passed away Feb 27, 2009. He was only 29 years old. Aaron was a very creative musical artist who composed and sung amazing music.
http://www.monotremerecords.com/aaronstout/as.php
Aaron, we will miss you!

Sunday, Sept. 28th, Brose Partington installed his latest kinetic work on the Monon Trail in Indianapolis,IN. After months of construction and years of planning with the City of Indianapolis, this new sculpture is now available for everyone to see and try. It's located just behind the Indianapolis Art Center next to the boat ramp.
The full photo is here.
Artist Statement:
“I'm currently building structures as parallels to patterns of natural occurrences. My work examines the subtle movements around us, and the patterns those movements create. I am trying to compare the cyclical patterns found in nature with manufactured objects, environments, and modes of transportation."

Soyong Partington is to speak at "Live Canvas - The World of Art and History" Conversations About Art on Friday, April 25th from 6-8pm.

Soyong studied graphic design under the famous fabric designer Jong Hwa Park and sculptor Jong Myung at Sook Myung Women's University in Seoul, Korea. She was told by her parents to study graphic design in college and not ceramics because they believed that there were too many potters in Korea. Years later Soyong finally gave into her desire to learn ceramics and started taking ceramic classes at t he Indianapolis Art Center. She participates in the Broad Ripple Art Fair and has frequent one-woman shows at various galleries throughout the Midwest.

Soyong is the head of ceramics department at the Sullivan Munce Cultural Center and teaches the popular ceramics and youth camps there. Her art is shown at well-known local galleries and her art work and jewelry is for sale at the Sullivan Munce Cultural Center Boutique.

The "Live Canvas - The World of Art and History" Conversations About Art  series is sponsored by the Sullivan Munce Cultural Center, Zionsville, Indiana. 205-255 West Hawthorne Street. 317-873-6862

"Trophy" - the collaborative installation by Brose Partington and James Darr, was held on Friday April 4th, 2008 at the corner of  State Ave. and English Ave. in Indianapolis, IN, USA. Several hundred art enthusiasts came to view this new kinetic sculpture installation. Photos of the "Trophy" event are posted here.
Click here to see the video of this sculpture. (Note: You must have the latest Macromedia Flash Plugin installed) http://www.macromedia.com/flash/

Brose Partington will be showing a sculpture at the 2007 Primary Colours Toys event.  This year’s art showcase will take place at Gallery No. 2 at the Harrison Center for the Arts (1505 North Delaware St., Indianapolis) on December 7, 2007 from 5 to 10 p.m. Toys exhibits art fashioned around the theme of toys, and invited artists are free to interpret the theme as they see fit.

The following artists were invited to produce artwork:

Mike Altman	Ryan Alvis	Stan Blevins	Adam Brouillette
Lendell Ervin II	Chris Foster	Blythe Hager	Elizabeth Guipe Hall
Mike Akira Litzau	Ben Long	Kipp Normand	Brose Partington
Heidi Pearson	Brian Priest	Andy Short	Brian Short
Kelsey Smith	Charlie Spear	Dan Thompson	Sarah Zuckerman

Exhibiting artists produce one work apiece and keep all of the proceeds they receive from the sale of their art.
There is no admission fee for this free event, which coincides with the IDADA (Indianapolis Downtown Artists and Dealers Association) First Friday Art Tour.

Griff's film "Any Way" makes it into the  Summer Box[UR]Shorts International Film Festival.

You can view and vote "Thumbs Up" for his film [here] or check out the larger movie player on his web site [here].

"Any Way" won "Best Alternative Film" and overall "Best of Festival" in the annual Frog Baby Film Festival at Ball State University on April 28th 2007. Sixteen student films were shown in the categories of Narrative, Alternative, Documentary and Experimental Film.

Rufus Chickus Magnetus, the family pet, wins 1st place in the online "Picture Perfect Puppy Contest" sponsored by WEtv -  Women’s Entertainment LLC, Jericho, NY

This special online national contest was open to any individual over 18 years of age and was a legal resident of the 48 contiguous United States. The submitted photo entries were judged by a panel composed of the employees of WEtv. Nearly 10,000 photos were judged on a 1-10 scale – 1 being “not cute” and 10 being “too cute.”

Photos, movies and other information is on Rufus's web site at chickus.com

Griff Partington wins "Best Alternative Film" and overall "Best of Festival" for his film "Any Way". Griff's film was one of the independent films from universities around the Midwest that were judged by a faculty panel at Ball State University on April 28th 2007. The annual Frog Baby Film Festival was held at Pruis Hall with an award ceremony following the screenings. Sixteen student films were shown in the categories of: Narrative, Alternative, Documentary, Experimental

Brose Partington was awarded an Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellowship grant during a reception in Broad Ripple on Tuesday. In its 3rd year, the Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellowship was designed to increase awareness and the importance of the contemporary visual arts in central Indiana. The fellowship is intended to reward creativity and to encourage emerging and established visual artists by supporting their artistic development.

The fellowship will all Brose to buy technology, including programmable controllers and motors, to make his art more interactive. In addition, the award will help him defray the cost of traveling to Basel, Switzerland and Istanbul, Turkey, where he is exhibiting installations later in 2007.

The four other recipients of the grant were: Lucinda Devlin - photographer, Brian McCutcheon - sculptor, Casey Roberts - painter, Tom Torluemke - sculptor

The sculpture "TIDE" by Brose Partington (featured at  -SCOPE New York) is to be on display during the Coachella Music Event in CA. "TIDE is as sophisticatedly artificial as any truly moving performance and draws viewers to question the origin of their responses to it." Details of  Brose's "TIDE " can be found here.

Coachella is a three-day annual music/art  festival held at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California.
The event features many genres of music including alternative rock, hip hop, and electronica.
The event has several stages/tents set-up throughout the grounds, each playing live music continuously.
More details here: http://www.coachella.com/

Brose Partington's latest card sculpture will be on display at the Chicago Bridge Art Fair from April 26th to the 30th - 350 West Mart Center - Chicago IL
The goal of the Bridge Art Fair, an international exposition of new art, is to broaden the exposure of emerging and contemporary art and artists by providing a cost-effective showcase for the best in new art from both established and emerging galleries, ateliers, storefronts, artist collectives and artist-run spaces.

For general information, go to: http://www.bridgeartfair.com/

Rufus Chickus Magnetus - the family dog - who won "cutest dog" category in NBC's Dog Show USA by Purina, made a "live" appearance on the NBC Today Show on Sat. Feb. 24th.
The new NYC trip Photos are now on his web site at  www.chickus.com . He also visited his bro - Brose - during Brose's NYC debute at the Lincoln Center for the ~Scope exhibition.
[more on Brose's work at ~Scope NYC...]

Dam, Stuhltrager
presents “TIDE” by Brose Partington
-Scope New York, Lincoln Center
February 22-26, 2007

Last December at -scopeMiami, Brose Partington’s debut with Dam, Stuhltrager garnered rave reviews. A mere two months later, has been chosen as the solo artist for the entire entrance and exit of -Scope New York at Lincoln Center.
A short video of the entrance portion of Brose's -Scope NYC installation is [HERE]

• 18 gear box motors.
• 40 yards of black rip stop nylon fabric.
• "Tide" is a Brose Partington’s latest and largest self contained, mechanical based installation.

The PDF Press Release is [HERE]
The HTML Press Release is [HERE]

Rufus Chickus Magnetus - the family dog - has won the NBC Sport's Dog Show USA "cutest dog" category. Rufus does not paint or sculpt but he sure is a great model for some recent photography on his web site at chickus.com.
Click here for more information online at Dog Show USA!
Decision was made on Sunday, Feb. 18th.

See Brose Partington's newest sculpture at -scopeMIAMI in booth 90 hosted by the Dam, Stuhltrager gallery of Brooklyn N.Y. from December 6th - 10th, 2006.

Miami's alternative art fair, -scopeMIAMI offers an ultimate opportunity for visitors to experience the contemporary art world scene. Challenging passive viewing, -scopeMiami continues to redefine what an art fair is with an artist-designed 40,000 square-foot pavilion, located in Roberto Clemente Park, the heart of Miami’s Wynwood Art District. 90 international exhibitors will uphold Scope’s unique tradition of one person and thematic group shows presented alongside museum-quality programming, collector tours, screenings and special events.

December 6th - 10th, 2006
Roberto Clemente Park
101 NW 34th Street
(at NW 2nd Avenue)
Wynwood Art District
 
Other -scopeMIAMI Event Locations:

The Flamingo Sculpture Garden
Growing a new Sculpture Garden as well, -scopeMIAMI also presents an outdoor exhibit of large-scale sculpture exploring humanitarian, political, and environmental issues.
Flamingo South Beach
1504 Bay Rd
South Beach
December 6th - 10th, 2006
          
The Anti-Fair
5,000 sq ft exhibition of ambitious art that is impossible to display in the confines of an art fair.
Grendel is the place to see HUGE interactive light sculpture, kinetic and multimedia installations.
2834 North Miami Avenue
( NW 29th Street)
Wynwood Art District
December 6th - 10th, 2006
open daily: 9 am - 8 pm
(opening reception: 12-6-2006 from 6-11pm)

Links:
-scopeMIAMI web site - Scope-Art.com
Brose Partington - BrosePartington.com
Dam, Stuhltrager - DamStuhltrager.com

Listen to Brose Partington talk about his new sculpture and recent inspirations for the weekly show, "The Art of the Matter". The thirteen minute interview was broadcast from National Public Radio - WFYI 90.1 FM on July 29th, 2006 - Indianapolis,IN for the weekly show, "The Art of the Matter". The Interview was conducted by NPR host  M. Travis DiNicola.

New sculpture is to be shown in Brose Partington's latest solo show on August 4th (First Friday) to August 26th at Flux Space in Fountian Square from 5 to 9pm.  The featured works were built over the last 9 months in anticipation of this special show. For more details of Brose's new kinetic work, visit his website BrosePartington.com. Photos taken 8/4/06 are here.

Flux Space - August 4th (opening night) 6 - 9pm
1046 Woodlawn Avenue (map)
Indianapolis, In 46203
Hours During Exhibitions:
Thursdays - Saturdays 11am-4pm
Contact:
DeAnne Roth
Tel: 317.636.3243

A new short film was created for the Frog Baby Film Festival at Ball State University. The entire film was shot in one day. The crew began clearing out the house on a Sunday afternoon, and filming didn't end until 7 am the following morning.
The hard work paid off at Frog Baby with Courtney Hawkins winning Best Actress, Heath Benfield winning best screenwriter and best director, and “Makeover” winning best narrative and overall film.
This film was produced by Griff Partington, Ann Thurber, and Heath Benfield. Director of photography by Griff Partington. Lighting by Nick Mitchell. Sound by Dave Ward. Music by Louis Jones.
To see the short film online, go HERE or to download it for your IPod or ITunes HERE.

A new collaborative project kicks off at addAcolor.com This web site, the brain-child of Brose Partington, allows visitors to add a color to the large grid on a special web page. When the grid is filled, it will be used in art from Brose and then displayed to the public. If your email is submitted at addAcolor.com, you will be notified by email when his art is completed and on public display. Whenwe ask Brose what gave him the idea to use the Web, he responded, "I want to use unique collaborative ideas for some of my future art work and I thought by using the Web, it was the best and fastest way to start".

 This is Griff’s first attempt at directing a short film. The project was created for Cinema Entertainment Consortium (CEC) at Ball State University. Adam Fischmer wrote “Changes” last semester in a scriptwriting class. Heath Benfield was the director of photographer and helped produce. He was able to get a truck that we could beat up with baseball bats. Richard Abbott was the producer and was also in charge of lighting at the bar. Zach Harris is the lead actor from Ball State’s theater department. Go here to watch the film.

On March 21st, the day after the heavy Indiana spring snow, the IUPUI Cultural Arts Gallery opened its doors to art from Michael and Soyong Partington. The show of their favorite work runs until April 15th, 2006 and is open Monday thru Friday from 9am to 5 pm.
The Gallery is located:
815 W. Michigan St.
University College Room 115
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Griff Partington, film maker and videographer has opened his new web site featuring Emmy nominated videos produced over the last couple of years. www.GriffPartington.com

More videos will be posted as his work escalates during the 2006 year.  Griff will be using high definition camera equipment, actors from the BSU theater department, makeup crew, and a sound crew to mix the audio in 5.1-surround sound this spring of 2006.

In 2005, Griff studied abroad at the London Centre. While attending the program, he created a promotional video for the Center for International Programs at Ball State University. Griff has worked for Caboose Productions in Indianapolis, primarily editing and filming promotional Web videos for businesses. He also has done many freelance video jobs, including his most recent work of filming the Indiana Society of Chicago’s Centennial dinner party for Ball State University.

"Another Perspective"
5 to 9 pm Friday, October 7th, 2005
October's "First Friday Art Tour"

The Madison Studios/Gallery
(Formerly the Bodner Arts Building)
1200 South Madison
Indianapolis, IN 46225 [MAP]

Paintings, fabric, sculpture and pottery from:

• Soyong Kang Partington
• Michael Partington
• Karen Seltzer
• Amy Kindred
• Carol Myers
• D. DelReverda-Jennings

Over 25 other downtown galleries and art venues will participate in Friday evening's festivities during the "First Friday Art Tour" sponsored by IDADA  - The Indianapolis Downtown Artists & Dealers Association.

It has been a busy summer 2005 online. Three family member's art web sites and online store have now been added and updated.

• Brose Partington - www.BrosePartington.com
• Soyong Partington - www.Soyong.com
• Michael Partington - www.MichaelPartington.net

Don't forget our other new "branded" art sites. They were also added and updated this summer to. They include: www.MothersDayEveryDay.com and www.MommasAttitude.com

Sept. 9th - Brose Partington's newest kinetic furniture work was unveiled at the "Hoositz - Young, fun Indy Artists" opening at the Harrison Center for the Arts from 6 - 10 pm in conjunction with the Mass. Ave. Fall Gallery Tour. (1505 North Delaware Indianapolis, IN 46202)
The first photo of this new work is  located here. (A video will be added soon)
See the recent article about Brose's work in NUVO's "30 under 30"  artist list.

I tried a Google search the other night to see how this blog was listed. Well, I found out it's not listed yet BUT I got some interesting results about people with last names of Partington who are artists. There were too many Partington artists from around the world to list. I even learned that many fine artists that came from England in the 1800's moved West and attended Partington Art School in San Francisco CA. I could not find many details on Partington Art School - I'll look another time.

I have included several interesting Partington artists below - no, I have never met them or have any idea if they are related to us or not. Extend this entry to see the list.

After a few weeks, our blog site needs some revamping already. Since several members of the Partington are video artists, we needed some way to play a  video of the art after seeing the photo . A kinetic sculpture built by Brose was our first test. Just go to his photo of  "Black Waves" and click the link in the photo "details" to start the online movie. We will be adding more videos in the future.  Leave a comment to let us know if you like this added feature to our site.
New kinetic sculpture videos were added on Labor Day Weekend in a new gallery of Brose's kinetic sculptures HERE...

My new ceramic gallery store is now open at
http://www.Soyong.com/store/

Make sure to click "View Detail" for any of the new
artwork listed there to see why this store is unique!
I hope you get a chance to experience it soon!