#lane twitchell

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Opening Friday, Sept. 6: Portrait of Zuck

Opening reception:  Sept. 6, 6-8 p.m.  Exhibition continues through Sept. 29.

Lane Twitchell     Winter’s Discontent #3 (so-so)

Oil on cut olefin, mounted to polyfilm stretched over mixed media on cut olefin on canvas, in barnwood frame       26 x 26 inches

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Opening Friday, Oct. 26: Total Power Exchange

Opening reception:  Oct. 26, 7-9 p.m.  Exhibition continues through Nov. 18.

Lane Twitchell     Drip Dropped

Urethane on hand-cut olefin with rice paper insets on panel     60 x 60 inches

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Total Power Exchange

October 26 – November 18

Galerie Manqué presents Total Power Exchange, featuring work by Luke Barber-Smith, Bob Bicknell-Knight, Claire Jervert, George Metesky, Lane Twitchell and Thomas Yeomans.  The show’s title, Total Power Exchange, is a tongue-in-cheek reference to an extreme form of BDSM, used here as a metaphor for the largely involuntary ceding of ever more power and control on the part of the individual to larger forces, whether corporate or state. 

Lane Twitchell’s Drip Dropped evokes the immense power and influence of the oil industry.  The hand-cut Olefin-on-panel piece contains numerous visual motifs derived from a typical gas station (including literally overarching gas-pump nozzles) that have been exploded and reassembled in an almost kaleidoscopic manner.  The final effect is that of a stained-glass window from the Church of Big Oil.   

Bob Bicknell-Knight’s Unattended Bag takes the form of a custom-made handbag featuring slogans from a recent Facebook advertising campaign launched in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The unattended bag, referencing the continued threat represented by unattended luggage in public and private spaces, contains a shredded copy of the New York Times accompanied by a 3D print of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s head. The attached USB contains all of Bicknell-Knight’s Facebook data since joining the social media platform over 10 years ago. 

In Claire Jervert’s almost miniature-scale drawings of drones, the unmanned aircraft appear on sheets of paper that are otherwise blank. The placement of the image transforms the void of the paper into a vast expanse of sky, through which the drone approaches.  Additionally, all of Jervert’s drones are military in origin, and so are presumably not entering our space with the purpose of delivering a package from Amazon. 

The painting by George Metesky, Aerial 2, is an overhead view of an actual maximum-security penitentiary complex in the U.S.  The structure is rendered in a visual idiom of bright colors and simplified, toy-like forms that are reminiscent of vintage or low-end video games.  This entertainment-culture lens is used to view a deeper and darker layer within the same society, one in which a larger percent of that country’s population is incarcerated than any other. 

Thomas Yeomans’ video, Nailing the Colours, combines several elements—passionate text, stirring music, emotive visuals—that are commonly found in various forms of propaganda.  However, despite the seemingly hortatory and apocalyptic content, any distinct ideological position or goal remains ambiguous. Part of Yeomans’ intent is to leave the viewer uncertain of exactly who is attempting to manipulate them, but with a heightened awareness of the tools that are employed to do so. 

A photograph by Luke Barber-Smith gives a view of the post-bankruptcy Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, NJ.  Following the removal of the immense letters from the top of the building, only faint traces remain of the defunct business’s name. Barber-Smith has digitally desaturated the image and immersed the structure in a kind of thickening fog, producing a distanced-in-time effect that brings to mind Shelley’s Ozymandias.  

The exhibition was organized by gallery curator George Metesky.

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Opening Friday, October 26, 7-9 PM.

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Lane Twitchell   Mini Cataclysm #2

Urethane on cut olefin mounted to poly film over stretcher   12 x 12 inches

In small, Fri-Sun 1-6 PM, now extended through July 1.

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Lane Twitchell   Mini Cataclysm #1

Urethane on cut olefin mounted to poly film over stretcher   12 x 12 inches

In small, Fri-Sun 1-6 PM, through June 24.

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Silver and Gold Soiree: Silent Auction and Raffle to Benefit the Orchestra of Southern Utah

Friday, May 8, 2015

5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Iron Gate Inn and Winery 100 N. 200 West Cedar City $5 per person Call 435-233-8213 for tickets (Tickets are required and must be purchased in advance.) The Orchestra of Southern Utah continues to increase the offerings of live music, but tickets alone cover less than 10% of annual costs and we are hesitant to raise those prices because we want to keep the music accessible for our community.  Additional funding is therefore essential to helping the orchestra thrive and your support is much appreciated. OSU is honored to have received several high quality pieces of art in support of our fundraising efforts from Lane Twitchell, a visual arts professional who works in New York City on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts.  He has produced a body of museum quality paintings over the course of his focused studio career as well as design work and commercial imagery for publications and corporate clients. To see additional works: http://lanetwitchell.paspartout.com/pages/portfolio

More info on blog: http://osucedarcity.blogspot.com/