Yuletide Surprises Everyday @ 1305!

Confluence stays up 'til November 14th!

Come by the gallery this Final Friday for another chance to meet Rich and see his work! Costumes are welcome as it will be one ghoulish night in OTR!

Confluence @ 1305

Confluence

new work in sound and shape by

Rich Bitting


The natural soundscape is rich with color and nuance beyond imagination. It is from this sonic metaworld that I draw inspiration for my projects.

The human perception of sound has a relationship with the other senses. As I grew to appreciate this relationship between the senses, I began to realize that my musical scores—the physical scores themselves—could serve not only as performance directions, they could convey meaning as visual art in their own right. Visual art—painting, sculpture, etc.—has its own way of expressing rhythms and harmonies. I have created separate works in both visual and sonic media that are representations of these same, intangible ideas.

As a species, we have evolved to rely primarily on our sense of sight. Our brains have evolved to edit our soundscapes, to filter out “perceived” background “noise” and to process only that sound we deem necessary as information. I invite you to close your eyes, open your mind, and listen to the world through fresh ears.

-Rich Bitting 2009

short video from Drawamalgs opening

Drawamalgs @ 1305

Opening Final Friday, August 28th is Drawamalgs, new work by David Jarred.

The exhibition continues through September 19th, with an opening reception on Final Friday, August 28th from 6-11 pm.
Drawamalgs showcases the intriguing visual language of local artist David Jarred, who brings his intuitively generated shapes and forms into focus at 1305 Gallery. His subjects are both recognizable and instantly strange, like deja vu or a visit to some lost place from your childhood. Architectural and mechanical forms saturate our daily lives in contemporary society, the digesting of this landscape ever apparent in Jarred's amalgamations or Drawamalgs. The artist's personality and aesthetic are the filter through which the almagamation takes place, therefore allowing these aspects of himself to be reflected in the work.

Come meet the artist and see the work on Final Friday!
We'll be here from 6-11 that night with food and friends! Regular gallery hours resume for the run of the show: Tues-Sat/ 11-3.

See you soon!

Systems @ 1305

Opening Final Friday, May 29th with a catered reception that evening from 6-11 pm is Systems, new work by Mindy Kober. The exhibition runs through Saturday, June 20th with normal gallery hours Tuesday through Saturday, 11-3 pm.

Mindy Kober brings a series of gouache paintings on paper to 1305 next month, arriving straight from Houston where she lives and works. With them come a range of themes and influences. They could be described as juxtaposed cartoons, out of context environments, or colorful commentary, and you still would only be skating the surface of the work. These surfaces are brightly colored illustrations on paper, manipulating popular iconic American imagery by forcing it into unfamiliar or ironic settings. Often as a viewer Kober's paintings lure you in as simple, fun, and bright scenes that are easily digested. It takes longer examination to see the motives behind the juxtapositions and relationships in the work, which belie political commentary and themes like catastrophe, war, destructive children, and nationalism.

You can meet the artist for one night only on Final Friday, May 29th from 6-11 pm, when she'll be visiting from her home in Texas. You can see the work anytime through June 20th, so make sure you stop in soon!

Thanks,

Lily Mulberry, Director
1305 Gallery
1305 Main St.
Cincinnati, OH 45202
513.659.4987

hit list

Hit List is a look back at some of the most memorable exhibitions in 1305 Gallery's 4 years of operation, celebrating the 4th anniversary of shows on April 24th, 2009. In the spirit of the exhibition Nutshell: a Recent History of 1305 Gallery, the gallery will host work and publicity from 12 shows spanning 2005-2009.

Much of the work comes from the gallery's collection and will be for sale, while some work comes from my personal collection and will be on display to view only. Hit List puts works of different media, makers, and perspectives in one room not to present the work as a group, but as different contributing factions making up the aesthetic of 1305. Guests attending the opening reception will help us celebrate 4 years of shows and counting, looking back at the artists, work, and press that have made the gallery what it is today.

If you can't make it to the opening don't forget that you can stop in on your lunch hour or afternoon out between 11 and 3, Tuesday through Saturday!

Thanks for 4 years, here's to 4 more, and see you all soon!

chrysalide

Opening Final Friday, March 27th is "Chrysalide," an exhibition of new photographs by Camille Cier. From 6-11 pm that evening the gallery will host the artist and her work with a catered reception.

The exhibition continues through April 18th, with regular gallery hours Tuesday through Saturday from 11-3 pm.

Camille Cier graduated two years ago from "Ecole de Conde" in Lyon, France, although she has been working on the series of photographs featured in this exhibition for four years. Cier started the project as a documentary about her cousin Alma when she was 13 years old. "Qui suis je?" (who am I?) is the question teenagers continually ask themselves on the road to adulthood, and "Chrysalide" is a series that focuses on one girl's tumultuous quest to find an answer.

As the series evolves we see Alma transition from a girl not yet ready to part with her childhood to a young woman with a sense of peace and identity related to her body and her perceptions. The photographs portray Alma as a character in a story we've all played a role in. Her individual struggles and triumphs come across in a third person narrative that lets each viewer see their own face, their own identity, and their own realizations mirrored and transposed. Camille Cier photographed Alma without giving her instructions or directing her actions, they simply "walked in the places we were discovering together, letting her mind go to her girl preoccupation, her world."

Join us Final Friday to explore the work and meet the artist. Everyone will enjoy a night of good company, good food, and great art at 1305 Gallery!

See you all soon!

Pick a Pocket

Opening Final Friday, February 27th with a reception that evening from 6-11 pm is Pick a Pocket, an installation of new work by Andrew Neyer.
The exhibition will run through Saturday March 21st with limited hours Saturdays from 12-4, and by appointment.
Neyer has created an engaging exhibit that allows 1305 Gallery's guests to "pick-pocket" through the handmade wallets of invented characters brought to life on the gallery's walls.
The viewer enters into a dense crowd of painted figures, and after finding the one of greatest interest, or taking time to investigate each one, they are able to explore the contents of their wallet. The wallets become biographies of the figures in the installation through the varying contents. The piece provides a unique interaction with otherwise static two dimensional characters.
Each wallet contains cleverly crafted checkbooks, credit cards, money, driver's licenses and so on, inviting you as the viewer/pick-pocket to discover the identity of each character by means of the contents of their pockets. Because the characters are motionless and therefore unable to stop you from picking through their pockets, the daring of this action is balanced by an almost clinical, investigative feeling. For me it brings to mind exploring the pockets of someone who is unconscious and sure not to get up, to find out where they live or who to call. For others it could even border on fulfilling cleptomaniacal fantasies- but you must return the goods!
Please join us this Final Friday to do some pick-pocketing of your own while enjoying the neighborhood happenings and mingling with other artists and art lovers!

Requiem @ 1305

image from: "Missing Figures," 2008

Opening Final Friday, October 31st, with a catered reception that evening from 6-11, is "Requiem," new work by Christopher Hoeting. The exhibition continues through November 22nd, with regular gallery hours from 11-3, Tuesday- Saturday.

Christopher Hoeting is a local artist working out of a studio in Brighton, in the west end of OTR. His recent work focuses on themes of loss, death, emptiness, and removal. His work is brilliantly executed through the use of negative and positive acrylic and resin transfers of imagery related to these themes, which are often very personal.
Through his process we sometimes get a negative, clean-but dissolved image that shows us a distorted scene from the past. Colors and figures are blurred and altered. Images overlap and often disappear on the surface. The positive transfers lay within heavy layers of acrylic and/or resin. The thick, almost skin-like masks that the dried layers leave are then mounted on canvas or panels. Hoeting often allows these think but translucent materials to be mounted in ways that allow light to pass through, revealing the density and complexity of the media and imagery. Some of the work derives directly from the actual pieces of material used, which the artist builds and layers in abstract and, relative to the majority of his work, simple sculptural paintings.
These different applications allow the viewer deeper insight into both Hoeting's process and the content of his work. The result is an entrancing mixture of recollections, dissections, and loose or lost feelings. The work is emotionally and materially captivating, a requiem, a song for something past that is very well tuned for this exhibition.

Please join us on Final Friday October 31st for a chance to meet the artist and see his work first! There will be plenty of autumnal treats and costumes are welcome!

The current exhibition, "Inherent," ends this Saturday, so if you haven't made it down yet you still have a few days!

Yuletide Call for Entries

Hey Everyone!

I am organizing the list of participants for this years Christmas show of "gift art!" The exhibition will open Final Friday November 28th, and run through Christmas Eve day.
The format will be the same as in the past, with hopefully some new participants and lots of people returning to participate again. The show will be installed the week before Final Friday, Sunday-Thursday (December 23rd- 27th).
If you need more detailed information about what's expected in terms of work let me know, if you've participated in the past but want to do something completely different and need to run it by me please email or call too. I'll send a contract to anyone who decides to participate after I've got everyone listed.
If anyone knows people who might be interested or seem to fit the bill please forward them this email or my contact info as I'm always looking to expand the type of work and the people involved from year to year!

Inherent @ 1305

Opening Final Friday, September 26th is "Inherent," an exhibition of new work by Lily Mulberry. The exhibition will be in the gallery through October 25th, with a catered reception from 6-11 pm on September 26th. Regular gallery hours are Tuesday- Saturday, 11-3 pm for the run of the show.

My new work has been in process over the last year, one which has included immense changes for my family and I. The work reflects on familial relationships and dynamics. It confronts the challenge of building and maintaining a family, the difficulties of uniting separate and distinct individuals and keeping them together. Sometimes as is life it reflects on letting them go, whether because of death or physical separation. In the same way the work looks into the hopes, mysteries, and expectations that coincide with gaining new family members, whether newly born or through marriage or strong relationships. What things are inherent within the individual because of geneology, and what things can unite you to a family member to which you have no blood ties?

I chose to dedicate a large group of work in the exhibition to working out my ideas on finished wood surfaces. The grain of the wood dictates the composition in many of these pieces, and images move in and out of the grain. The peacefullness and natural pattern of the wood surface allowed me to softly illustrate figures and images derived from my perception of relationships and individuals. Often in the work darker ideas are masked with bright colors and fictional representations of individuals.

Another group of pieces in the show includes nontraditional surfaces as well as wood panels. They are more heavily worked and dense. The ideas and images start to overlap and become thick with meaning, though often without answers. These works in their materials are more reminiscent of my previous work.

We'll be here Final Friday, September 26th with lots of food and drinks, and maybe even some family!

Information will also be available that evening regarding participation in the third annual "Yuletide" exhibition this holiday season! We are now accepting applications! Stop by or email for more info...


Lily Mulberry, Director
1305 Gallery
1305 Main St.
Cincinnati, OH 45202
gallery1305@hotmail.com

"Rainbow Park" @ 1305

Opening Final Friday, May 30th with a reception that evening from 6-11 pm is "Rainbow Park," an exhibition of paintings from Minneapolis based artist Georgia Mrazkova. Her work will be in the gallery through June 21st, with regular gallery hours Tuesday- Saturday, 11-3.

Georgia's work is filled with fantasy, enchantment, and a sense of the surreal communication that occurs between the world we know and that which we call "nature." Colors and spaces float and stream together, sometimes puddling up and even dripping down the canvas. Within the bright palette of her paintings you find animals and trees, skys and clouds, and imaginary color-filled voids in between. The pieces themselves seem to be alive, the wind is blowing, the figures are turning.

I was attracted to Mrazkova's work instantly. It is both playful and sublime, there is a soft innocence in the characters she portrays that is offset by the distance you as a viewer feel from their worlds. The division that we have created between the world of "man" and that of "nature" starts to get to you when looking at these beautiful, serene, and magical scenes. I thought it would be a great show for the start of summer, the time when we make our own small attempts to unravel the mysteries of nature.

Collision @ 1305!

Opening Final Friday, April 25th is "Collision," an exhibition of new work by Herb Reith. After a reception that evening the show will run through May 24th with regular gallery hours Tuesday through Saturday from 11-3.

Herb and I first met when he was doing work for his MFA at the University of Cincinnati back in 2002. With our studios across the hall from each other it was easy to share dialogue about artwork, weird collection obsessions, kitsch, music, and what contemporary pop junk can lend to a commentary on the way we live today. The work he did and still does outside of installation work consists primarily of cloth/painting collages that hang like works on canvas.

The themes within his work are drawn from landscape and comic-like imagery. The landscapes take shape through camouflage backgrounds, or repetitive forms both isolated and strewn across a piece of cloth. The discussion takes place through painted and collaged forms that occupy these patterned landscapes, working toward what Reith calls "a more abstract investigation of human's impact on the environment." The title "Collision" reminds us of what can be so unnatural about our lives here on this planet colliding with the natural world. There is a playful irony to many of the pieces, and they don't stick out as socially ambiguous. They are textural, rhythmic, and alive.

Please join us Final Friday for a visit with the artist and his work. He's coming all the way up from Mississippi for the opening, and hopefully this good weather will be with us!

See you all soon!

Leisure & Concern

"Leisure & Concern," an exhibition of new work by lori Larusso, will be opening this coming Final Friday, February 29th @ 1305 Gallery!

Exhibition dates are February 29th- April 19th, including an opening reception with the artist February 29th from 6-11 pm, and a second opening March 28th 6-11 pm. Gallery hours Tuesday through Saturday, 11-3.

1305 is lucky to be able to host the artist and her work for the second time, and now she's much closer to home! After finishing a residency this summer at the Bemis Center in Omaho, Nebraska, Larusso moved to Richmond, Kentucky. Now we expect to see her work at more regional galleries and exhibits which is a real treat!
"Leisure & Concern" as a title for her show belies the two-sided nature of her work. Some pieces seem to soak and saturate the viewer with a sweet, soft, enchanting domestic ecstacy that reminds us of the time of leisure suits and martini lunches. Other pieces speak directly to heavy and relevant undercurrents in our daily "progress" as a society. Suburban sprawl, domestic violence, and social struggles undermine smooth panels of perfectly painted kitchens, neighborhoods, and environments. Often the two sides are so integral to each other that they appear in every piece, latently behind layers of icing and frill.

For more info and images please visit the blog or email! Details below!

Come join us Final Friday, Leap Day, for artwork and company that you shouldn't have to wait seven years for...
And if you miss that opening don't forget the second one March 28th!

Backyard @ 1305!

Opening Final Friday January 25th with a reception from 6-11 pm is "Backyard," an exhibition of photographs by Rachel Girard Reisert. All works are pigmented Ultrachrome inkjet prints on Moab Entrada natural white paper in poplar frames.
The exhibition continues through February 23rd, with regular gallery hours Tuesday- Saturday, 11-3, or by appointment.

Throughout the seasons of one year in Tempe, Arizona, Reisert ventured into the backyards of friends and aquaintances bearing witness to those things which resided therein. Rachel's photographs take shape in these backyards, which the artist identifies as "microcosms for the larger world." Mimicking the cycles of life and death that occur and have always occurred in the world, the subjects of her photographs are suspended in some part of that cycle. As is often the case, what appears to be death can actually be the start of new life, or vise versa.

Light and focus are in constant interplay in each piece. The viewer is drawn in like taking a deep breath or viewing something under a microscope, but then suddenly your focus changes and the objects fade and blur. The pieces seem to have their own rhythm in this way, back and forth, in and out, fast then slow, and etc.

In the heart of our frozen city Rachel Girard Reisert has put together an exhibition which can help us acknowledge the essential changes which take place even in the still and cold. What needs to happen between the decay of fall and the rise of spring in order for nature and our own lives as human beings to keep their course? Maybe we need to look a little closer to home for the answers. You might not even have to leave your own backyard...

Please come join us for warm company, good food, and great art this Final Friday on Main Street in OTR!

Yuletide 2007!

Opening Final Friday November 30th with a reception that evening from 6-11 pm is "Yuletide 2007." This is the 3rd annual 1305 exhibition showcasing "gift-art" by local artists!
The exhibition runs through Saturday December 23rd with a last-minute shoppers sale that day from 11am- 8pm.
The gallery will be open seven days a week from 11am- 3pm for this special holiday show, including extended hours Saturday December 1st until 8pm for Main Street's Christkindl Markt!

Artists this year include:
The Shiny Brites: Sara Mulhauser, Autumn Schrader, & Paige Williams
Chad Cully
Jenifer Sult
Katie Swartz
Jackie Mulberry
Jenny Sauer
Katie Whitaker
Jen Edwards
Rich Bitting
Saint Lexi
Christian Schmit
Lily Mulberry

Come check out all the goodies 1305 has in store for the holidays while looking for that perfect gift! All the artists will be featuring personalized gift wrapping with every purchase, so you can leave the gallery ready to put your presents under the tree! Don't let the malls depress and wear you out when you can find unique hand made items for you or anyone on your list at the shops on Main Street and in Over-The-Rhine.

Michael Stillion's "Man-Made"

Opening Final Friday, October 26th with a reception that evening from 6-11 pm is "Man-Made:" an exhibition of new work by Michael Stillion. The exhibition runs through November 24th, with regular gallery hours Tues- Sat 11-3.

Presenting a recently completed body of work, much of which was made during his graduate studies at Indiana University, Michael Stillion brings a show of evolution and deconstruction to the fall season at 1305.
Within his paintings and paper collages there is an immediate sense that objects hold no fixed place, that they are in a constant state of coming together and falling apart. Huts and space stations break down into boards bricks, panels, and lights. Spaces where one might live in a world devoid even momentarily of gravity and natural laws construct themselves in midair.
There is a balance in the paintings between Stillion's loose, free, and expressive use of the medium and the tighly rendered and controlled objects that struggle to make up some undefineable construct. They are playful and inviting, while encasing an ever present sense of "obsession and nervousness."
In the same way the delicate paper assemblages behind glass seem like tiny fragile specimens or pieces of places or things which you can't quite put your finger on.
Stillion's work transports you to an invented space, something both otherworldly and extremely familiar. Like standing in the middle of a corn field looking up at the stars- you feel pulled between the seemingly mundane and the supernatural.

Stop down Final Friday, October 26th for a chance to meet Michael and see his work before anyone else! With Halloween events and holiday goings-on that evening, it will make a perfect whimsical beginning, addition, or end to your festivities! Remember there's always good company and great art in a beautiful neighborhood when you come to Final Friday!

See you there!

Final Friday strikes again!

You've got one more month to check out Alan Vannoy's work before he heads back to Texas! Get in before October 20th!