Tag Archive: Wonder

1. Post Mo’ Bills

   June 18, 2014 3:40 am Comments Off on Post Mo’ Bills

   

   Minneapolis – Friday June 20, 2014, 7:00 – 11:00 p.m. – opening night reception for Gamut Gallery’s “Post Mo’ Bills;” the exhibition runs through July 16. Gamut Gallery will be transformed into a graphic communications hub through the display of editioned screen prints by many of the Twin Cities’ finest poster designers.

   Sometimes the easiest way to advertise a garage sale or a concert is to staple flyers to telephone poles. But in many U.S. cities, it is illegal to post handbills on public or private property. These local ordinances are similar to anti-graffiti laws. Wheat pasting posters is considered vandalism. Property owners complain that flyers look “messy.” And yet, our visual landscape is already cluttered with corporate advertisements on billboards and bus shelters. If grassroots flyering is forbidden by law, how is someone supposed to find their lost cat? How should political activists communicate their messages supporting social change? Where is the place for artists’ expression in the public space?

   From the psychedelic animal art of Chuck U, to the politically-charged prints of alternative arts veteran Ruthann Godollei, “Post Mo’ Bills” is a feast for the eyes. The interior of the gallery will feel urban, with a wall designed to resemble the multiple layers of overlapping handbills and postcards found on outdoor notice boards. Visitors to the gallery are encouraged to add their own messages to the existing flyers on the bulletin board. This will be a participatory exhibit, one that challenges civil authorities warnings to “post no bills.”

   Artists Featured: Burlesque of North America, TOOTH, Ruthann Godollei, Chuck U, WUNDR, Andrew Gramm, Biafra Inc., Boxy Mouse, Emily Janning, Erik Farseth, Gilpin Matthews, Heather Wayne, Jonas Criscoe, Lauren Schuppe, Maura K. Williams, Pseudo Manitou, Jon Reese, Lizardman, The Abstracted

2. “Almost Yesterday” Opening Reception

   September 12, 2013 8:37 pm Comments Off on “Almost Yesterday” Opening Reception

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   

   
   

   

   

   
   

3. Almost Yesterday

   August 11, 2013 1:20 pm Comments Off on Almost Yesterday

   

   MINNEAPOLIS – September 7, 2013, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m. – opening reception for Almost Yesterday; the exhibit runs through October 12.  Eleventh Wonder’s current objective is to beautify the city.  Along the way “WUNDR” has become one of the most prolific and recognizable street artists in Minneapolis.  As the world begins to differentiate between traditional graffiti and fine artists that use streets as a canvass, WUNDR has developed a way of bringing his art into the gallery setting without losing the city.  During his street art adventures, he explores alleyways and second-hand shops for abandoned treasures.  Any once-loved item that evokes the right sort of nostalgic vision of yesterday is fair game to become a background for the distinctive characters of Eleventh Wonder’s world.

   WUNDR applies acrylics and found materials to his rescued objects. Some are painted as is, others are harvested for fabric and stretched onto a frame.  The Almost Yesterday all-new works incorporate this artistic reclaiming.  Meanwhile, in the city surrounding Gamut Gallery, one might be lucky enough to spot one of the birds he has released.  He creates these birds in his signature style by painting on sturdy cutouts. He then creates impromptu art installations by hanging them in public spaces, possibly to be taken home by a fellow rescuer.  His vision of freedom with these birds is distinct from the gallery.  As with his murals, he sets them free to be received for free.  This exhibit is an opportunity for the public to show support for a devoted artist.

   Eleventh Wonder produces art in a variety of media; including conceptual street art installations, spray painted murals, and illustration. He has exhibited locally, holds a degree in graphic design, and has worked professionally as a muralist.  His signature characters began to develop in 2005.

   “WUNDR’s art work is often a reminisce of childhood, with a thirst for adventure, and an abstraction of our environment.  His characters are not a representation of any specific individual, but are molded from pieces of all of us.  They are inspired by mental snapshots of our society, childhood associations, abstractions of feelings and emotions, self reflections and by the people that we interact with daily.”  – EleventhWonder.com