Nanette Wylde at Vino Locale

Nanette Wylde "Portraits" at Vino Locale, September 2008

Redwood City artist Nanette Wylde is exhibiting 'portraits' from three projects at Vino Locale this month.

"ebaybies" are intaglio prints (etchings) based on auction photos of antique dolls. Each ebaybie comes with its own profile or story and an individualized 'Certificate of Rescue.'
http://preneo.com/nwylde/ebaybies/

"Assumptions: Performative Texts" is a series of over twenty photographs of body fragments which are 'tattooed' with descriptive words. This work plays with concepts of stereotyping and judgment.
http://preneo.com/nwylde/assumptions/

"about so many things" is an electronic flipbook which randomly displays the activities of 'He' and 'She' without bias to gender, that is, the activities are drawn from the same pool of possibilities.
http://preneo.com/nwylde/flipbooks/

Bio
Nanette Wylde is a California native who grew up in San Jose. She has lived in many different places, but always returns to the Bay Area because she needs to see the Santa Clara Range from her front yard. She makes her home in Redwood City where she resides with one spousal unit, one amazing cat, an abundant vegetable garden and many fruit trees. She is Associate Professor of Art & Art History at California State University, Chico.

Statement
My work starts with a question. Some unanswered phenomenon will go nagging around my gray matter, repeating itself in hushed, slightly obsessive tones until I satisfy with research–extensive research. And then a response. While it is the research that points me to answers, it is the actual making of the work, completing the project that satisfies the question.

My interests include: language, personality, difference, beliefs, systems, ideas, movement, reflection, identity, perceptions, structures, stories, socialization, definitions, context, memory, experience, change, and residue. These manifest in the creation of socially reflective, language based works, generally of hybrid media.

Meet the artist: Sunday, September 21, 2 - 5pm

Vino Locale
431 Kipling Street
Palo Alto, California
http://www.vinolocale.com

Vino Locale is a delightful wine bar downtown Palo Alto which specializes in local wines, slow food, and local artists. It is just around the corner from the Apple store.

Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11-9, Sundays 12-5. Closed on Mondays.

Last week to view Compassion exhibit in Seattle!

Nanette Wylde has two projects in an exhibition curated in conjunction with the Dali Lama's visit to Seattle. Details on Nanette's project here.

What does Compassion Look Like?
ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle
Through May 30, 2008

For more info click here and here.

Conceptually Bound 3

Conceptually Bound 3 is an exhibition of Artists’ Books, curated by Nanette Wylde, featuring the work of 30 artists.

It opens with a reception & panel discussion on Friday, April 11, 2008, 6-8 pm. Runs through May 25 at The Mohr Gallery, CSMA, Mountain View, CA. Directions here.

Throughout recorded history, books have been containers documenting and transmitting human culture. It is no wonder that contemporary artists have taken their cultural production into book form, and as is the practice of art makers, pushing the concept of what defines a book beyond conventions and mainstream notions.

“The theme of Conceptually Bound refers to the idea that the content of the book is in part expressed by the form the book takes,” says curator Nanette Wylde, a former CSMA faculty member and currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at CA State University, Chico. “The books in the exhibition reference the individual context of what is meaningful in the artists’ lives and many reflect concerns of the broader culture.”

The Qi Project by Nanette Wylde

The Qi Project by Nanette Wylde opens at KCI Art Gallery.

The Qi Project, an installation which investigates humanity, opens at The Krause Center for Innovation Art Gallery at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, Tuesday, February 5th. The exhibition runs through February 29.

The Qi Project is an inquiry into the nature of humanity and what it means to be human at this moment in time. It is the gallery's first projected video installation. Project creator, Nanette Wylde interviewed people in front of a camcorder, via postcard, email, website and telephone. The questions asked were "What does it mean to be human?" and "What is humanity?"

The Qi Project was conceived in 2005 after nine weeks of study and travel in China. The project was conceptualized specifically for the KCI Gallery and its unique circular aspects.

The Qi Project brings together nine years of video people watching, interviews in both written and video form, and welcomes audience participation in the gallery. There is a companion website http://qiproject.net

Gallery hours Monday - Friday, 9 am - 9 pm, Saturdays, 9 am - 5 pm.