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Dali and Disney

March 11, 2015 By John Rankine Leave a Comment

Dali and Disney

From the surreal to the very surreal. That was the experience on my recent travels to Florida that started at the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg and ended at Disney World in Orlando. I think Dali and Walt had similar minds. The Dali Museum is impressive, permanently housing many of the painter’s masterworks. The museum […]

Filed Under: Art Installations, Blog

“Artist Impression Of The Mother” Documentary

November 17, 2014 By vitaminhr08 Leave a Comment

  The “Artist Impression Of The Mother” was a group invitational exhibit involving 40 different local artists put on at The Space last May in Eureka Springs. We asked artists to submit between one and three pieces of work in any medium based on the broad theme of the Mother. The large exhibit was timed for Mother’s […]

Filed Under: Art Installations, Art Shows, Blog, Video

Graven Images

April 30, 2014 By John Rankine Leave a Comment

Graven Images

Scouring local flea markets and garage sales for unusual objects to incorporate into art, I was struck by the inordinate number of plastic and ceramic “chotchkes” I encountered. Bunnies, unicorns, angels, Madonna’s, Santa’s, etc., were found in abundance, and bought and collected for more than a year. My fascination with these objects, and the people […]

Filed Under: 2010 to Current, Art Installations, Art Shows, Found Object Assemblage, Mixed Media, Period Archive

A Community At Peace

April 30, 2014 By John Rankine 1 Comment

A Community At Peace

“A Community At Peace” is a multi-media installation that debuted November 17, 2008 at The Space in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, to coincide with “World Peace Day.” I invited 550 Eureka Spring’s residents to sit for individual portraits while they prayed for, visualized, meditated on, or simply thought about peace. The black-and-white digital photographs were shot […]

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The Chair Series

April 30, 2014 By John Rankine Leave a Comment

The Chair Series

“The Chair Series” was my first foray into found object assemblage. Settled in 1992 in my new,  large studio at the Harris School in Key West, I compulsively collected objects, especially old chairs, found abandoned in the local streets. “Death of a Medium,” was the start of this symbolic journey – an old chair, a […]

Filed Under: 1990's Art, Art Installations, Art Shows, Found Object Assemblage, Mixed Media, Period Archive

Headlites

April 30, 2014 By John Rankine Leave a Comment

Headlites

“Headlites” was a series of found object assemblages inspired by an antique German doll head. Local ceramic artist Lynn Williams cast 25 replicas of the head in porcelain, which I hand-painted and combined with lamp parts and found objects. The sculptures were wired to illuminate and all 24 pieces were exhibited at Rococo Gallery in […]

Filed Under: 2000 Art, Art Installations, Found Object Assemblage, Mixed Media, Period Archive

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