VINCE CONTARINO
“Untitled (6)” print

“My work is concerned with exploring the possibilities of abstraction through drawing, collage, and painting. An important part of my studio practice involves searching for thrown away or discarded marks and pairing them with more deliberately constructed forms. While there is room for chance and discovery, I strive to operate in a middle ground that is neither restrictive or self indulgent, continually editing down the paintings to their most important elements.”
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LIMITED EDITION (#18 prints)
archival ink print on BFK Rives
8” x 10” (unframed)
11” x 14” (framed)

LISA IGLESIAS 
“Protectorate”(print)

“Rather than working in a linear path, the projects I make are based on constellations of association. Whether papier-mâché rifle, pencil drawing, or hand-made celebration banner, threads of renewal, re-historicization and futility weave throughout. 

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EDITION OF 20 
(original drawing: graphite on paper) 
11x10” (unframed) 
12x12” (framed)

EMILIANO GRANADO 
Time for Print box set curated by Alexandra Nelson

JULIEN GARDAIR 
ABCKL IS ABEFILTUU - drawing #10

“In this world, hands could be teeth, could be eyes, could be hair, could be mouth…  Forms grow free in drawings, live their transformations in animations and invent absurd subjects in paintings. All is moving back and forth, from the studio to the street and experience to imagination. A space in between where each viewer is welcome to make his own interpretation.” 

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black spray paint on paper 
18”x24” / ea 
2011

*this is a series of 20 drawings, for this edition of Eyelevel Focus VIII we selected two drawings, however, you can view the full series if you set an appointment with us to eyelevelbqe@gmail.com

NICHOLE VAN BEEK 
“shiftfloates”

These paintings were made as part of series called The Subjects, much of which was included in The Teak Obsessions, a book of poetry by Geoffrey Young. The paintings are not direct illustrations of the poems, but rather provide a visual counterpoint. In these works I was striving to reach a balance between continuity (most being meditations on letter-forms) and variation in color combination, composition, pattern, and painting technique

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archival ink print on BFK Rives 
8” x 10” (unframed) 
11” x 14” (framed)

IAN VANEK
Breadbowl Without a Paw 

JEREMIAH MANDEL
“Celebration is a funeral for old ideas. The ones you come back to over and over until they are fleshed out, or not. This book turns those images to stone, solidifying them in whatever state they were found. A proper burial…” 

ANDREW C. ROBINSON
Riot Labels

“This print is part of a larger project titled “Bloodlines”. These hand printed silk screens were run in a small edition and some were used as labels for bottles and vessels used to adorn art objects in a sculptural installation and a series of photographs.

“The labels and text were rendered in a loose gestural form in the spirit of the hands of artists such as  Dubuffet and the content inspired by the graffiti of the Paris protests in May 1968.”

NATALIA PORTER 
“Denture” 
Denture 
Digital drawing cut out 
archival ink 
Dim 4 1/2” X 3” (unframed) 
8” X 10 ” (framed)

”“My training is in the visual arts and industrial design. These disciplines purposefully inform my work. The sculptures, installations and drawings, along with the functional objects and places that I have created all come about through an exploration of ideas that include a balanced experimentation between technological processes and traditional craft. With this in mind, it is important to recognize that I work in response to my surroundings, by interacting with the people, places and objects I come across that I alter in order to assign them expanded meanings and/or additional readings. I create objects and experiences that hopefully lead to critical thought, suggest new ways to perceive reality, and help reduce the boundaries that exist between art and design.”
 

FANNY ALLIÉ
“numbness and tingling” - print

“In my mixed media, sculpture and installation work, the recurrent subject matter has been the body, especially fragmented body parts, acting as receptacles for storytelling. 

I am using the memory of observed and experienced events especially those from my childhood and from the news, for creating installations.

Besides, I explore the notion of trace that indicates the existence of others and my own. Trace also shows the passing of time. Many of my projects suggest the course of time as they examine memories, past actions or incidents, and events that happened at a specific and recorded time.

In my practice, I have a strong interest in the handmade process. I have used several materials such as clay, papier-mâché (I make my own paste using flour, salt and water), fabric, wood, paper, plaster and chicken wire among others. In addition, I am also often drawn to natural materials, available in the every day life.”