Downshifting collective exhibition Redline Contemporary Art Center
2350 Arapahoe Street, Denver, U.S.A.
June 30th – July 23rd 2017
Curated by Ramón Bonilla, Downshifting is a group exhibition that calls attention to the meditative quality of reductive art, which encompasses minimal, post-minimal, hard edge and geometrical work. Reductive art work is typically explored in terms of formal qualities like medium, rarely conjuring conversations that respond or reflect on political realities. For many artists around the globe, however, reductive work can provide a sanctuary from the hyperactivity and sensory-flooding that has come to be our everyday reality.
Working with 12 internationally-based abstract and minimalist artists, Downshifting will transform RedLine’s 6,000-square-foot exhibition hall into a sanctuary of abstract works with programming that explores sensory deprivation rather than spectacle and provocation.
Participating Artists:
Eltono (France)
Louyse Blyton (Australia)
Ramón Bonilla (Puerto Rico)
Sandra Fettingis (USA)
Andrew Huffman (USA)
Kristofer Hultenberg (Denmark)
Michael Mork (Denmark)
Gary Andrew Clarke (England)
Ashley Frazier (USA)
SEIKON (Poland)
Hyland Mather (USA)
Frank T. Martinez (USA)
Generative and participative painting
La Grette Neighborhood
Besançon, France 04/2017
10 days and 180 participants – project organized by Juste Ici part of a CLEA (local contract of artistic education) with la Butte and la Grette schools.
Thanks to the whole Juste Ici team, to the volunteers, to the MJC Grette-Butte, to the 408 residents, to the teachers of la Butte and la Grette schools and all to the children who participated in the painting.
Generative and participative painting
Youth Center, Grésilles neighborhood
Dijon, France 07/2016
2 days and 25 participants – project organized by Zutique Productions and part of a 3 week residence in the Grésilles neighborhood. Painting directed by Pierre-Loup Vasseur.
Generative and participative painting
Champollion Library, Grésilles neighborhood
Dijon, France 07/2016
2 days and 5 participants – project organized by Zutique Productions and part of a 3 week residence in the Grésilles neighborhood. Painting directed by Faustine Labeuche.
Generative and participative painting
EACC, Contemporary art Center of Castellon
Castellon, Spain 10/2016
5 days and 43 participants – project curated by Pascual Arnal for the EACC with the participation of the School of Art i Superior de Disseny and the high schools of La Plana (Castellon) and el Broch i Llop (Villareal).