FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 27, 2015

Contact: Joy Reed Belt

405/528-6336  

jreedbelt@jrbartgallery.com

EVENTS:
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, September 4th, 2015

6:00 – 10:00 PM

JRB ART PRESENTS DAVID CRISMON, JOSEPH MILLS AND JOSE` RODRIGUEZ IN SEPTEMBER

            OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – “Dislocated Histories” by David Crismon, urban photography by Joseph Mills and encaustic paintings by Jose` Rodriguez welcome visitors to JRB Art at The Elms during September.  All three shows open with a reception on Friday, September 4, 2015, from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. at JRB Art at The Elms during the monthly Gallery Walk in Oklahoma City’s Paseo Arts District.  The exhibits run through September 27^th.

            In his oil paintings on metal, David Crismon manipulates images from the past to accentuate the alterations that occur when reconstructing historical information. In creating his work Crismon digitally alters large reproduced images of art, splicing them into fractured tiles before painting them onto metal.  The works become translations of photographed history that has become marred and transformed with the erosion of time. 

            As stated by Crismon “I feel it is appropriate to use an ‘old’ process, such as painting, to speak to these ‘new’ processes or technologies such as digital imaging, scans and photocopies.  In viewing various historical works, neither the past nor the present exist without the interference of the other; some information has been duplicated, altered or is missing altogether.  I want to show the process of recovering and constantly revising the past; to show history being altered into mere data. I refer to previously existing paintings, but ones done prior to the  introduction  of  the film  camera or high  speed  printing  processes.

E-translating these images into the present is a way for me to pay homage to painting and its traditions, and encapsulate how technology shapes our perceptions of modern experience.”

Currently a professor of Fine Arts at Oklahoma Christian University and a lecturer at the University of Central Oklahoma, Crismon teaches art history, design history, painting and drawing. His works have been exhibited at 20 solo and 30 group exhibitions nationally including the Michael Berger Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Mainsite Contemporary Art Gallery in Norman and JRB Gallery, Oklahoma City. He earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Kansas City Art Institute and a Masters of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Oklahoma where he also served as University Gallery Director.

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JRB Art at The Elms presents a diverse roster of emerging, established, and internationally exhibited artists who create in a wide range of media, including paintings, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, glass, fine crafts, functional objects, fiber art and photographs. This 8,000 square foot, award-winning gallery in Oklahoma City’s Paseo Arts District changes its exhibits monthly in a gracious environment that fosters a dialogue between the arts and the larger community while providing quality art for first time buyers as well as individual, corporate and museum collections.

JRB Art at The Elms, the former home of Nan Sheets which was built in 1920, is located at 2810 North Walker and is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10-6 and Sunday 1-5.
Phone: (405) 528-6336  Website: www.jrbartgallery.com

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