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2019 July 5 to July 29 R3CLA1M: Eric Staib

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R3CLA1M is a Solo Show by local Lansing artist Eric Staib. His work explores the process of recycling, reusing and breathing life and creativity back into materials that would otherwise have been discarded. Cardboard, canvas, paint cans, and even the paint itself has all been given a new purpose in Staib’s work.

Concepts explored in Staib’s pieces involve his desire to use recycled materials in order to confront the reality of being both a family man and an artist – utilizing found materials was born out of necessity, and has evolved into a totally new way of creating and viewing the possibility in recycled materials. The numbers call back to a visual communication of the artistic process and reference the artist’s dyslexia, and the ways he has developed his style to reflect and describe his experiences with the condition.

Artist Website:  https://www.ericstaib.com/

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2019 June 1 to 29 Exhibit – Jill Campbell Flight of Imagination

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Jill Campbell brings her vision to MICA Gallery in an exhibit of both the power of flight and the outer limits of our imaginations. Her mixed media collection will be on display for the month of June. Come down and experience the magic of the Flight of Imagination!

Jill Campbell. Bali In Bloom

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2019 May 3 to 30 Peter Abrami – Patternicity Exhibition

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Peter Abrami is an artist working primarily in painting and drawing with an interest in exploring the connections between human perception, abstraction and cognitive recognition. He holds an MFA in painting from the University of Texas Austin (2015) and a BFA in painting from The University of South Florida (2010). Peter’s paintings and drawings have been exhibited in group and solo shows both nationally and internationally.

See short video on our Facebook site here:
https://www.facebook.com/MichiganInstituteForContemporaryArt/videos/325152621483203/

Notable venues he has had the opportunity to exhibit his work include BRIC Art Center, David Shelton Gallery, Whitdel Arts Detroit, The Royal College of Art London, The DeVos Art Museum, School 33, CICA Museum, Lansing Art Gallery, La Guardia Community College and Atlantic Center for the Arts. Currently Peter lives in Interlochen Michigan where he teaches Visual Arts at Interlochen Center for the Arts.

Sky Net, by Peter Abrami

As an artist, his subject matter stems from his research and observations of early childhood development, particularly the link between visual cognition and play. His interest lies in how our visual perception actually functions.

In his recent paintings, forms that suggest schematic bodily shapes punctuate “fields” of built up color and brushstroke, titled “Face/Fields,” a series of work that plays to people’s desire to arrange visual information into a known or easily understood construct. Pareidolia is the psychological means in which these paintings are activated and reveal themselves.

In another series, “Particulates,” hundreds of individual marks come together to form webs of optical fluctuation. These drawings actively engage with a person’s field of vision, creating a perceived visual sizzle akin to a hallucinatory state. This series of work is a continuation of my research into visual perception and cognition, drawings that hint at an underlying image that is in a perpetual state of dissolve and becoming.

Artist’s Website: www.peterabrami.com

See Event Page Poster here: http://www.micagallery.org/event/peter-abrami-patterncity