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New Group Art Exhibition “Blue” Opens at Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art
26 Sep 2005
"Blue", a group art exhibition featuring new works by Eric Blum, Erin Parish, Alex Weinstein and Nina Zurier along with gallery artists Robert Larson, Katherine Leighnor, Miguel Osuna, Astrid Preston, and others. The exhibition, which explores the concepts, meanings and effects associated with the color blue in art, opens on October 6, 2005 and will run through December 5, 2005. A reception for the artists will be held on Thursday, October 6th from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.
San Francisco, CA -- Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art is pleased to announce "Blue", a group exhibition featuring new works by Eric Blum, Erin Parish, Alex Weinstein and Nina Zurier along with gallery artists Robert Larson, Katherine Leighnor, Miguel Osuna, Astrid Preston, and others. The exhibition, which explores the concepts, meanings and effects associated with the color blue in art, opens on October 6, 2005 and will run through December 5, 2005. A reception for the artists will be held on Thursday, October 6th from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.
The history, value, and meaning of the color blue are continually evolving concepts, engendered by political and cultural constructions. The ancient Greeks scorned the color blue as ugly and barbaric; yet in Medieval and Renaissance Europe, blue was considered to be a warm and precious color. As blue gradually replaced green as the principal color associated with water, it simultaneously adopted a new identity as a cool hue. Beginning in the twelfth century, blue became associated with the cosmos, spirituality and became the color of royalty in France, Germany and Italy. During the American and French revolutions, blue was designated as a symbol of progress, enlightenment and liberty.
Western color symbolism associates blue with a myriad of characteristics and concepts such as peace, melancholy, the infinite, nobility, and democracy. Picasso's Blue Period, which lasted approximately from 1900 to 1904, is one of the most popular references to blue in Modern Art. During this time, Picasso used the color blue to symbolize feelings of misery and sadness in his paintings, which predominantly illustrated alienated members of society. Mark Rothko utilized blue to evoke the emotional effects of isolation, distance and melancholy. Christo and Jeanne-Claude, for their work The Umbrellas (1984-1991), placed 1, 340 blue umbrellas along the Sato River Valley in Japan to reflect the fertility of the well watered landscape.
In this exhibition, Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art continues to investigate the evolving identity of blue by providing a forum for contemporary artists to present their interpretations in painting, photography, sculpture and mixed media.
Eric Blum, Erin Parish and Nina Zurier, are a few of the acclaimed artists are debuting at Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art. While Mr. Blum and Ms. Parish are both based in New York, Ms. Zurier is a local artist who lives and works in Berkeley. All three artists are in the collection of local restauranteur Gary Danko.
Eric Blum was born in Fresno, California. For his paintings in "Blue," Eric Blum employed layers of watercolor and beeswax in varied shades of blue to evoke weightless and distant worlds. His paintings are reminiscent of both sensations and constellations, be they interior or exterior landscapes. Of his work, Mr. Blum writes, "What compels me to make paintings the way I do is no doubt my fascination with the quality of things that implode." Eric Blum recently had his first solo exhibition at Lemmons Contemporary, New York, NY in September 2005. He currently lives in New York.
Erin Parish was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Erin Parish's painting Atlantis at Last (2005) is a lyrical meditation on both the worldly and the ethereal. Painted with both oil and epoxy resin in a vibrant range of blues, the painting evokes the sea, sky and the infinite. The dynamic play between opacity and translucence in Atlantis at Last creates a fragmented mosaic, evocative of a lost world. Describing Parish's work, Grady T. Turrier writes for Art in America, "The affinities of Parish's sky and sea are unabashedly transcendental, and she is equally willing to probe psychic depths....Moving from the ethereal to the physical, Parish conveys a rare unalloyed faith in the spirituality of abstract art." She is concurrently exhibiting her work in a solo show at Winston Wachter Fine Art, New York, NY. She lives and works in New York.
Nina Zurier was born in Pennsylvania. She received her B.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute and currently teaches there. Her photographic works in this exhibition, three pieces from her Foam series (2003) and a diptych from her Pool series (2004), are abstractions shot with a digital camera.
These works are images of immateriality, yet they simultaneously evoke a sense of physicality. By manipulating the focus and her proximity to the subject, Ms. Zurier creates fields of color which contain figurative references. In Foam, the nebulous shapes of the foam are reminiscent of the curves of the body. While in the Pool diptych, the ripples in the water and the dynamic lines in the pool create vein like patterns. Her work has been exhibited nationally, including a recent solo show at Gallery Saintonge in Missoula, MT.
About the Gallery
Located in the Hotel Nikko at 222 Mason Street, Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art specializes in contemporary painting, sculpture and photography, and provides art-consulting services for corporate and secondary markets. The gallery brings an international array of established contemporary artists' works to the San Francisco art market. The gallery is co-owned by Holly Baxter and renowned San Francisco architect Piero Patri.
Calendar Editors, Please Note:
Group Exhibition "Blue" at Baxter Change Patri Fine Art
* What: New Group Exhibition
* Who: Eric Blum, Elizabeth Hack, Robert Larson, Katherine Leighnor, Ed Martin,
Jeremy Morgan, Erin Parish, Miguel Osuna, Alex Weinstein, Nina Zurier and others.
* When: October 6 - December 5, 2005
* Reception for the Artists: October 6, 2005 5:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m.
* Where: Baxter Change Patri Fine Art Gallery, 222 Mason Street, off the main lobby of the Hotel Nikko
RSVP (415) 397-2000 or at www.baxterchangpatri.com
San Francisco, CA -- Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art is pleased to announce "Blue", a group exhibition featuring new works by Eric Blum, Erin Parish, Alex Weinstein and Nina Zurier along with gallery artists Robert Larson, Katherine Leighnor, Miguel Osuna, Astrid Preston, and others. The exhibition, which explores the concepts, meanings and effects associated with the color blue in art, opens on October 6, 2005 and will run through December 5, 2005. A reception for the artists will be held on Thursday, October 6th from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.
The history, value, and meaning of the color blue are continually evolving concepts, engendered by political and cultural constructions. The ancient Greeks scorned the color blue as ugly and barbaric; yet in Medieval and Renaissance Europe, blue was considered to be a warm and precious color. As blue gradually replaced green as the principal color associated with water, it simultaneously adopted a new identity as a cool hue. Beginning in the twelfth century, blue became associated with the cosmos, spirituality and became the color of royalty in France, Germany and Italy. During the American and French revolutions, blue was designated as a symbol of progress, enlightenment and liberty.
Western color symbolism associates blue with a myriad of characteristics and concepts such as peace, melancholy, the infinite, nobility, and democracy. Picasso's Blue Period, which lasted approximately from 1900 to 1904, is one of the most popular references to blue in Modern Art. During this time, Picasso used the color blue to symbolize feelings of misery and sadness in his paintings, which predominantly illustrated alienated members of society. Mark Rothko utilized blue to evoke the emotional effects of isolation, distance and melancholy. Christo and Jeanne-Claude, for their work The Umbrellas (1984-1991), placed 1, 340 blue umbrellas along the Sato River Valley in Japan to reflect the fertility of the well watered landscape.
In this exhibition, Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art continues to investigate the evolving identity of blue by providing a forum for contemporary artists to present their interpretations in painting, photography, sculpture and mixed media.
Eric Blum, Erin Parish and Nina Zurier, are a few of the acclaimed artists are debuting at Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art. While Mr. Blum and Ms. Parish are both based in New York, Ms. Zurier is a local artist who lives and works in Berkeley. All three artists are in the collection of local restauranteur Gary Danko.
Eric Blum was born in Fresno, California. For his paintings in "Blue," Eric Blum employed layers of watercolor and beeswax in varied shades of blue to evoke weightless and distant worlds. His paintings are reminiscent of both sensations and constellations, be they interior or exterior landscapes. Of his work, Mr. Blum writes, "What compels me to make paintings the way I do is no doubt my fascination with the quality of things that implode." Eric Blum recently had his first solo exhibition at Lemmons Contemporary, New York, NY in September 2005. He currently lives in New York.
Erin Parish was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Erin Parish's painting Atlantis at Last (2005) is a lyrical meditation on both the worldly and the ethereal. Painted with both oil and epoxy resin in a vibrant range of blues, the painting evokes the sea, sky and the infinite. The dynamic play between opacity and translucence in Atlantis at Last creates a fragmented mosaic, evocative of a lost world. Describing Parish's work, Grady T. Turrier writes for Art in America, "The affinities of Parish's sky and sea are unabashedly transcendental, and she is equally willing to probe psychic depths....Moving from the ethereal to the physical, Parish conveys a rare unalloyed faith in the spirituality of abstract art." She is concurrently exhibiting her work in a solo show at Winston Wachter Fine Art, New York, NY. She lives and works in New York.
Nina Zurier was born in Pennsylvania. She received her B.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute and currently teaches there. Her photographic works in this exhibition, three pieces from her Foam series (2003) and a diptych from her Pool series (2004), are abstractions shot with a digital camera.
These works are images of immateriality, yet they simultaneously evoke a sense of physicality. By manipulating the focus and her proximity to the subject, Ms. Zurier creates fields of color which contain figurative references. In Foam, the nebulous shapes of the foam are reminiscent of the curves of the body. While in the Pool diptych, the ripples in the water and the dynamic lines in the pool create vein like patterns. Her work has been exhibited nationally, including a recent solo show at Gallery Saintonge in Missoula, MT.
About the Gallery
Located in the Hotel Nikko at 222 Mason Street, Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art specializes in contemporary painting, sculpture and photography, and provides art-consulting services for corporate and secondary markets. The gallery brings an international array of established contemporary artists' works to the San Francisco art market. The gallery is co-owned by Holly Baxter and renowned San Francisco architect Piero Patri.
Calendar Editors, Please Note:
Group Exhibition "Blue" at Baxter Change Patri Fine Art
* What: New Group Exhibition
* Who: Eric Blum, Elizabeth Hack, Robert Larson, Katherine Leighnor, Ed Martin,
Jeremy Morgan, Erin Parish, Miguel Osuna, Alex Weinstein, Nina Zurier and others.
* When: October 6 - December 5, 2005
* Reception for the Artists: October 6, 2005 5:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m.
* Where: Baxter Change Patri Fine Art Gallery, 222 Mason Street, off the main lobby of the Hotel Nikko
RSVP (415) 397-2000 or at www.baxterchangpatri.com
e frontier Announces Shade 8
26 Sep 2005
Powerful 3D Design Software Aids Architects, Interior Designers, Product Designers and Character Modelers
e frontier, formerly Curious Labs, publishers of the popular graphic design software Poser announced today that they have released the electronic download of Shade 8, a new version of its very powerful 3D modeling and rendering software. Shade 8 features network rendering, stronger modeling tools including polygon mesh editing, better integration with Poser, a new Toon renderer, faster Radiosity calculation and an improved Callisto renderer. Shade 8 boxed versions are planned to be available within a week.
Shade imports many popular CAD formats to create sophisticated high-end renderings. The software has been a long-time market leader in Japan for over 20 years with over 200,000 users and over 70% market share in the character modeling, product design and architectural design markets.
Market Focus
Shade 8 is designed for the following three markets:
1. Architectural and Interior Design
Architects and Interior Designers will appreciate the lighting, shading and easy accurate dimensions that can be used for quick prototype architectural designs and renderings. Using the huge library of architectural objects or imported files from popular CAD programs, architects and interior designers can build projects and render them with speed and realism.
2. Product Design and Visualization
Development of product designs are easily created. Shade uses Boolean or Bezier modeling and mesh editing to create the exact shapes needed for projects and visualizations. The animation features help to preview functioning products "in motion" for high-impact presentations.
3. Character Modeling and Rendering
Shade is an excellent tool for creating character models. It also works with Poser. Shade links directly to Poser for importing and exporting figures and poses. Poser users can use Shade to modify models, create props or render images with unlimited size (professional version).
Shade 8 Feature Highlights Include:
• Boolean and Bezier modeling, Polygon mesh modeling and auto-smoothing of curves to detail projects.
• Global Illumination Renderer includes Photon Mapping, Path Tracing, Raytracing and "Radiosity with physics" for photo realistic imagery. Callisto, the rendering plug-in with global illumination and detailed settings, has been upgraded. A translucent shader and metallic shader have been added, and aberration is now supported.
• Introducing ShadeGrid, for improved network rendering. Network rendering and render queue with support for unlimited number of computers (professional version) or one additional computer (standard version). Shade is able to automatically search all available ShadeGrid servers that are running on the same local area network, display the IP addresses in the preference dialog, and put them to work rendering your file.
• Supports pixel depth in 32-bits, 64-bits and 128-bits for all rendering image output.
• PoserFusion 2TM, enables, hosts and playbacks Poser scenes within Shade.
• OBJ, IGES5.3, DXF format support for integration into a CAD-based environment.
• 100 levels of Undo and Redo. ShadeExplorer U.I. improved with instant file preview and added keyboard control.
• Shade integrates with Poser, ArchiCAD, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, as well as other 2D, 3D and CAD applications.
• Over 5000 3D objects available via download! Free limited figures Fei-Fei and Terai Yuki * are included with more than 300 3D objects in the standard version, and 1700 + objects available in the professional version. More content is available via ContentParadise.com.
"Without Shade, images would be impossible to realize in such a short time. The program is rich in features and easy to use to make realistic images." -- Shade 8 artist and BETA tester, Jürgen Schulz, who won the prestigious German Animago Award with a Shade illustration.
Pricing and Availability
Two versions of Shade 8 are available to suit different users' needs:
Shade 8 standard - $199.99 (USD)
• 3D graphics suite for architects, designers, illustrators and graphic artists.
• Special Pricing - Through Oct 15, 2005, English version Poser users can purchase Shade 8 standard for $99.99 (USD). Regular price will be $149.99 (USD) after Oct 15.
• English version Shade 7 designer LE, standard and professional users can also upgrade to Shade 8 standard for $99.99 (USD).
Shade 8 professional - $899.99 (USD)
• Advanced modeling, lighting and rendering tools for architecture and design professionals.
• English version Shade 7 professional users can upgrade for $399.99 (USD).
Purchases of Shade 7 made after Aug 1, 05 are eligible for a free electronic upgrade to Shade 8. * Fei-Fei and Terai Yuki characters are "read only" files.
Shade 8 website: www.e-frontier.com/go/shade.
About e frontier America, Inc.
e frontier America, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of e frontier Inc., designs, develops, and publishes CG software tools for artists, illustrators, designers, and animators. The company is headquartered in Scotts Valley, California. For more information, go to www.e-frontier.com or call 831-480-2000.
About e frontier, Inc.
e frontier, Inc., and its subsidiary companies develop and publish a diverse range of software products worldwide, produce quality CG contents, and publish software-related books and magazines. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. For more information, go to www.e-frontier.co.jp.
e frontier, formerly Curious Labs, publishers of the popular graphic design software Poser announced today that they have released the electronic download of Shade 8, a new version of its very powerful 3D modeling and rendering software. Shade 8 features network rendering, stronger modeling tools including polygon mesh editing, better integration with Poser, a new Toon renderer, faster Radiosity calculation and an improved Callisto renderer. Shade 8 boxed versions are planned to be available within a week.
Shade imports many popular CAD formats to create sophisticated high-end renderings. The software has been a long-time market leader in Japan for over 20 years with over 200,000 users and over 70% market share in the character modeling, product design and architectural design markets.
Market Focus
Shade 8 is designed for the following three markets:
1. Architectural and Interior Design
Architects and Interior Designers will appreciate the lighting, shading and easy accurate dimensions that can be used for quick prototype architectural designs and renderings. Using the huge library of architectural objects or imported files from popular CAD programs, architects and interior designers can build projects and render them with speed and realism.
2. Product Design and Visualization
Development of product designs are easily created. Shade uses Boolean or Bezier modeling and mesh editing to create the exact shapes needed for projects and visualizations. The animation features help to preview functioning products "in motion" for high-impact presentations.
3. Character Modeling and Rendering
Shade is an excellent tool for creating character models. It also works with Poser. Shade links directly to Poser for importing and exporting figures and poses. Poser users can use Shade to modify models, create props or render images with unlimited size (professional version).
Shade 8 Feature Highlights Include:
• Boolean and Bezier modeling, Polygon mesh modeling and auto-smoothing of curves to detail projects.
• Global Illumination Renderer includes Photon Mapping, Path Tracing, Raytracing and "Radiosity with physics" for photo realistic imagery. Callisto, the rendering plug-in with global illumination and detailed settings, has been upgraded. A translucent shader and metallic shader have been added, and aberration is now supported.
• Introducing ShadeGrid, for improved network rendering. Network rendering and render queue with support for unlimited number of computers (professional version) or one additional computer (standard version). Shade is able to automatically search all available ShadeGrid servers that are running on the same local area network, display the IP addresses in the preference dialog, and put them to work rendering your file.
• Supports pixel depth in 32-bits, 64-bits and 128-bits for all rendering image output.
• PoserFusion 2TM, enables, hosts and playbacks Poser scenes within Shade.
• OBJ, IGES5.3, DXF format support for integration into a CAD-based environment.
• 100 levels of Undo and Redo. ShadeExplorer U.I. improved with instant file preview and added keyboard control.
• Shade integrates with Poser, ArchiCAD, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, as well as other 2D, 3D and CAD applications.
• Over 5000 3D objects available via download! Free limited figures Fei-Fei and Terai Yuki * are included with more than 300 3D objects in the standard version, and 1700 + objects available in the professional version. More content is available via ContentParadise.com.
"Without Shade, images would be impossible to realize in such a short time. The program is rich in features and easy to use to make realistic images." -- Shade 8 artist and BETA tester, Jürgen Schulz, who won the prestigious German Animago Award with a Shade illustration.
Pricing and Availability
Two versions of Shade 8 are available to suit different users' needs:
Shade 8 standard - $199.99 (USD)
• 3D graphics suite for architects, designers, illustrators and graphic artists.
• Special Pricing - Through Oct 15, 2005, English version Poser users can purchase Shade 8 standard for $99.99 (USD). Regular price will be $149.99 (USD) after Oct 15.
• English version Shade 7 designer LE, standard and professional users can also upgrade to Shade 8 standard for $99.99 (USD).
Shade 8 professional - $899.99 (USD)
• Advanced modeling, lighting and rendering tools for architecture and design professionals.
• English version Shade 7 professional users can upgrade for $399.99 (USD).
Purchases of Shade 7 made after Aug 1, 05 are eligible for a free electronic upgrade to Shade 8. * Fei-Fei and Terai Yuki characters are "read only" files.
Shade 8 website: www.e-frontier.com/go/shade.
About e frontier America, Inc.
e frontier America, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of e frontier Inc., designs, develops, and publishes CG software tools for artists, illustrators, designers, and animators. The company is headquartered in Scotts Valley, California. For more information, go to www.e-frontier.com or call 831-480-2000.
About e frontier, Inc.
e frontier, Inc., and its subsidiary companies develop and publish a diverse range of software products worldwide, produce quality CG contents, and publish software-related books and magazines. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. For more information, go to www.e-frontier.co.jp.