Rotunda Gallery exhibit imagines wireless tech as art
The February exhibit of the Rotunda Gallery at city hall imagines art in wireless communications technology. John Kokkinos uses combinations of watercolor, stain, limestone, acrylic and rice paper in his exhibit, Digital Labyrinth.
Kokkinos paints on alternate surfaces. Once the paint is dry, it is lifted and collaged on to the canvas. Later, more paint is applied until the painting reaches a visual balance.
"I imagine the billions of daily transmissionsas a dynamic crowd of mind- boggling patterns with their various shapes, sizes, and speeds penetrating every possible layer of global air space," says artist John Kokkinos. "Both old and new cultures inspire the ways I express my subject. Design influences from our popular culture seen in fabric, interior spaces, architecture, advertising, and communications media are easily perceived in my work."
The artist uses alternative tools, and often builds implements in order to move the paint in a new way.
"This evolving process has great appeal for me, and results in something unexpected in the viewing experience of my work," he says.
Kokkinos was born in Greece and lives in Richmond Hill. He has done a number of solo and group exhibitions for galleries across Ontario.
Meet John Kokkinos at the opening reception for Digital Labyrinth:
Thursday, Feb. 6, 5-7 p.m.
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Hockey's Masked Men appear in the Berlin Tower ARTSPACE
An exhibit called Hockey's Masked Men by Michael Slotwinski will be in the ARTSPACE in February. A series of large size oil paintings of famous NHL hockey goalie masks, the exhibit coincides with Hockeytown, a festival celebrating our national sport on Feb. 22.
Slotwinski's controversial and interpretive paintings include many of the iconic goalie masks since the late 1950s, including Jacques Plante, Gerry Cheevers, Tony Esposito and recent masks such as those belonging to James Reimer, Carey Price, and Roberto Luongo.
Slotwinski is a recent honours graduate of the studio arts and dramatic arts programs from the University of Guelph and the University of Western Ontario. His web-based art studio can be found at www.slotsartstudio.com.
For more on this exhibit and Hockeytown, see http://www.kitchenerevents.ca/en/whatson/Hockey-Town.asp
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