PULSE Paul Villinski’s Butterflies Have Gathered at Lehman
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PULSE Paul Villinski’s Butterflies Have Gathered at Lehman
Paul Villinski's 'Butterfly Machine' at Morgan Lehman Gallery. By . Andy Battaglia. Oct. 1, 2014 8:57 pm ET. Share. Resize. Artist Paul Villinski holds a butterfly at the Morgan Lehman Gallery in.
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Paul Villinski Return Butterfly wall art, Butterfly
Paul Villinski has created studio and large-scale artworks for more than three decades. Villinski was born in York, Maine, USA, in 1960, son of an Air Force navigator. He has lived and worked in New York City since 1982.. Butterfly, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX, exhibited by Morgan Lehman Gallery
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PULSE Paul Villinski’s Butterflies Have Gathered at Lehman
Paul Villinski. Paul Villinski (born 1960) is an American sculptor best known for his large-scale installations of individual butterflies made from aluminum cans found on the streets on New York City. "A pilot of sailplanes, paragliders and single-engine airplanes, [1] metaphors of flight and soaring often appear in his work.
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Artist Paul Villinski Brings Flight to the Gallery with Swarms of
Paul Villinski - Paradigm. on view September 11 - October 11, 2014. This solo exhibition at Morgan Lehman Gallery in Chelsea draws attention to the challenges of sustaining environments for some of New York's native species. Paul Villinski, the artist who has been working with the image of the butterfly for the last couple of decades, this time uses his signature image in conjunction.
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New Orleans Art Gallery All Aflutter Over Paul Villinski's Butterflies
In "Marfa" butterflies seem to be lifting a chair into the sky. Villinski enjoys creating artwork that makes people wonder how it works. Long Island artist Paul Villinski explores flight in.
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PULSE Paul Villinski’s Butterflies Have Gathered at Lehman
Paul Villinski. Beautifully orchestrated flocks of butterflies that form an organic whole. Those are the abstract, three-dimensional 'paintings' by the artist, Paul Villinski. Villinski's butterflies are a definite must-see. Only in Knokke, because Early Birds Art Gallery is the sole representative of this artist in Belgium.
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Artist Paul Villinski Brings Flight to the Gallery with Swarms of
In life and art, Paul Villinski also explores flight. As a glider pilot, he sails the open sky. As an artist, he coaxes clouds of aluminum butterflies into a lyrical orbit. With a lifelong concern for environmental issues, Villinski repurposes discarded materials into art objects- beer and soda cans, vinyl records, musical instruments, shipping.
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Working with repurposed objects like aluminum cans and old gloves, artist Paul Villinski (previously) explores themes of flight, environmentalism, as well as addiction and recovery. His primary muse has taken the form of butterflies rendered in multiples as they swirl across walls, or carefully organize into shapes (fun fact: a group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope). "Underlying.
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Paul Villinski, or how a beer can reincarnates into a butterfly
Monarch butterflies, once an American staple, are now endangered. Their populations reached a historic low of fewer than 29,000 in 2017 — down from 1.2 million two decades earlier. My Back Pages, by Paul Villinski. Photo provided. In 2011, Villinski began working with Dr. Rudolf Mattioni, a leading expert on butterflies and moths.
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Paul Villinski artwork > birds and butterflies Artwork, Abstract
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Butterflies and Birds Sculptures by Paul Villinski Music art, Art
A recent monograph documents three decades of Villinski's studio and public art practice. The 272 page volume features an in-depth, biographical introduction by Lisa Freiman, PhD, and essays by Dan Cameron; Kimberly Davenport; Michele Grabner; Steven Harvey; David McFadden; Rudi Mattoni, PhD; Rick Moody; Robert Preece; Jennifer Samet, PhD; and.
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13 best Paul Villinski Birds and Butterflies images on Pinterest
Paul Villinski explores flight. As a glider pilot, he sails the open sky. As an artist, he coaxes clouds of aluminum butterflies into a lyrical orbit.. Using the motive of the butterfly, Paul Villinski conveys a message of hope and compassion in his work. As a commentary on the origin of beauty, his artwork reach the visitor through a visual.
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Paul Villinski installation of butterflies. Beach inspired decor
Circling the fuselage, wings and tail of Passage, the butterflies appear to assist in the levitation of the glider while also being emblematic of hope and liberation. Paul Villinski: Farther surveys developments in Villinski's practice over the past decade, as well as publicly debuts multiple new works direct from the artist's New York.
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Paul Villinski Lost Gloves and Beer Cans Feather Of Me
--Paul Villinski. October, 2015 ABOUT PARADIGM: In recent years my use of the butterfly as symbol and motif has migrated toward an interest in the creatures themselves. Through experiments rearing several species in the studio, I began to learn the rudiments of butterfly biology, guided by lepidopterist Dr. Rudi Mattoni..
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PAUL VILLINSKI Artists JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY
Paul Villinski is an American sculptor best known for his large-scale installations of individual butterflies made from aluminum cans found on the streets on New York City. "A pilot of sailplanes, paragliders and single-engine airplanes, metaphors of flight and soaring often appear in his work. With a lifelong concern for environmental issues, his work frequently re-purposes discarded.
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Artist Paul Villinski transforms discarded objects into butterflies
Villinski fittingly noted that "it is fraught in all kinds of interesting ways." The new date for Flower Bomber's debut at the Taubman Museum of Art was pushed back to February 9th, 2018. When asked, Villinski did say that he would likely incorporate the story of the recovery into the new exhibition somehow, but was unsure of how exactly he might do that.