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THE MODERN MUSE<\/p>\n

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DAVID BOWERS – AMANDA GREIVE\u00a0– RANDALF\u00a0DILLA<\/p>\n

MICHAEL VAN ZEYL – HIROSHI FURUYOSHI – LINDA ADAIR<\/p>\n

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OCTOBER 27 – NOVEMBER 16, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

EVENING OPENING: OCTOBER 26, 6 – 9 PM<\/p>\n

DAY OPENING: OCTOBER 27, 1 – 6 PM<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe Modern Muse
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The notion of the muse, originating in ancient Greece, stems from the mythological group of sister goddesses said to inspire literature, science and the arts \u2013 they were fittingly known as, The Muses. The muse has persisted through centuries, arousing some of the finest artistic and literary works. The same concept still holds true in a contemporary setting as we now define the muse, in the simplest of understandings, to be a source of inspiration (generally in relation to the arts). The Modern Muse explores how the traditional notion of the muse is invoked by a diverse and eclectic group of contemporary artists and the ways their inspiration manifests itself in their work. <\/p>\n

Over the course of art history, the muse has been front and center in many artist\u2019s work. Oftentimes the central figure of an entire career, the muse \u2013 the person themselves, their fashion, their elegance and mystery \u2013 wholly occupies and envelopes the artist\u2019s mind. The likes of Frida Kahlo (and Diego Rivera), Salvador Dali (and Gala), Rene Magritte (and Georgette Berger), and Picasso (and Marie-Therese Walter) were all most inspired by their partners and lovers \u2013 each muse played a tremendous role in the development of their partner\u2019s body of work. As is the case for David Bowers, he credits his wife as his \u201cultimate inspiration.\u201d Interestingly, Bowers \u201cconcocts\u201d his figures using bits and pieces of his partner along with influences from historical masterpieces, such as Munch\u2019s The Scream and Caravaggio\u2019s Bacchus. Similarly, Randalf Dilla from the Philippines, points to historical masterpieces \u2013 celebrated works of art featured in museums around the world. Dilla describes the feeling \u201calmost like seduction, catching our attention, when seeing other works we admire.\u201d <\/p>\n

Other artists, like Amanda Greive, are more inspired by the journey her muses have taken\u2026 the primary motivation behind her work is to tease out the nuanced emotions embedded within the human condition and confront isolation and anxiety born of gender-based stereotypes. In this most recent body of work, Greive\u2019s muses are not only women but flowers as well. As she says, \u201cthe qualities of one parallel the qualities of the other. Both women and flora can be viewed as delicate and fragile but also strong, persistent and resilient.\u201d The floral elements of her powerful and thought-provoking compositions symbolically draw attention to femininity as a source of possible societal, emotional and personal conflict for the figure portrayed. <\/p>\n

Regardless of what it is about the muse that inspires, it is clear they play a fundamental role in the creation of art; almost as necessary as the paint on a brush. The muse, the artist\u2019s obsession, is disassembled and studied, exposed and presented, admired and revered \u2013 inspiring madness in us. <\/p>\n

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\n\t\tLINDA ADAIR
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\n\t\tHIROSHI FURUYOSHI
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\n\t\tDAVID BOWERS
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\n\t\tAMANDA GREIVE
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\n\t\tRANDALF DILLA
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\n\t\tMICHAEL VAN ZEYL<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe Art Renewal Center
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The Art Renewal Center was founded in 1999 for the advancement of traditional and contemporary representational art.\u00a0 As one of the Internet’s leading art resources, the ARC has become a central hub for the promotion of Contemporary Realism (Post-Contemporary Art) and the resurgence of skill-based training in the visual arts.\u00a0 In addition to their daily blogs and weekly newsletter, the International ARC Salon Competition, dedicated to realist artists, is the largest and most prestigious\u00a0in the USA and perhaps the world.\u00a0 Other features include the ARC’s annual scholarship\u00a0competition that distributes $30,000 each year to students who attend ARC Approved schools, dozens of articles, essays and entire books that can be read online, both historical and contemporary.\u00a0 The ARC museum contains images by over 7,000 of the greatest artists in history with over 80,000 images, many at high-resolution, including a growing number of 21st-Century artists in their Living Master and Artist’s Gallery.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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There is also a third kind of madness, which is possession by the Muses, enters into a delicate and virgin soul, and <\/em>there inspiring <\/em>frenzy, awakens lyrical<\/em>…. But he, who, not being inspired and having no touch of madness in his soul, comes to the door and thinks he will get into the temple by the help of art–he, I say, and his poetry are not admitted; the sane man is nowhere at all when he enters into rivalry with the madman.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Excerpt from Phaedrus by Plato<\/em><\/p>\n

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