Opening Reception:
February 17th, 6-10pm

Closing Reception:
March 2nd, 6-10pm

SALT: Studies in preservation and manipulation is the newest exhibition of photographs by Claire A. Warden. In these works, Warden methodically explores the act of preservation by experimenting with botanical specimens crystallized in saltwater and printing each image using a nineteenth-century photographic process. With inspiration drawn from the various botanical illustrations and photographic methods of early herbalists, her work continues to investigate systems of classification and knowledge and ideas of preservation, control and manipulation.

Closing Reception:March 2nd, 6-10pm
My Shenpa series is my personal memorial to a beloved contemporary street artist. Shenpa inspired me to combine impermanent street art with the archaic permanence of clay. Shenpa is attachment, compulsion, and urge. At the subtlest level, we feel a tightening, a tensing, a sense of closing down. Then we feel a sense of withdrawing, not wanting to be where we are. That’s the hooked quality. That tight feeling has the power to hook us into self-denigration, blame, anger, jealousy and other emotions which lead to words and actions that end up poisoning us. When shenpa hooks us, we’re likely to get stuck. The momentum behind the urge is so strong that we never pull out of the habitual pattern of turning to poison for comfort. We could call shenpa “that sticky feeling.” We’re in the habit of associating whatever we’re doing with relief from our own discomfort. This is the shenpa syndrome.

“Shenpa”
by Morgan MacCallum

Opening Reception:
February 17th, 6-10pm

Closing Reception:
March 2nd, 6-10pm

This March, Eye Lounge will be hosting the very popular 6 x 6 show as an Eye Lounge fundraiser. The money generated by this show will be used to make repairs to the gallery, work on special projects like catalogues or exhibits in other cities, and for general operating expenses. Eye Lounge has hosted these shows in the past with great success. www.eyelounge.com

The way it works is that we invite certain artists to make pieces of artwork in a 6″x6″ format that can hang on the wall. These pieces can be as elaborate or simple as you like. You can make one piece or as many as you wish.

We will hang all the artwork in Eye Lounge for Art Detour. The pieces will be for sale, anonymously, meaning we will not have a label next to the artwork. We are asking you to sign the back of your artwork though, so that when someone does purchase it they know who made it.

We will advertise the show with the names of all the participating artists, in all of the Art Detour publications. We will be making and mailing postcards to our extensive list, marketing on Facebook, and we will pitch the story to all of our contacts in the press. So, participating artists will get great exposure over the busiest weekend in downtown Phoenix. All artwork will be sold for $20 a piece, and the proceeds from the show will be donated to Eye Lounge.

Art Detour Benefit Exhibition & Sale
Admission is FREE
Friday March 16 from 6-9pm
Saturday March 17 from 1-5pm
Sunday March 18 from 11-3pm

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To participate please follow these steps:

1. CREATE one or more original artworks on any material. The artwork must be 6″ x 6″ x 6″. This is a maximum dimension in any direction. If you want to frame your piece the frame should be no larger than 6″ x 6″ x 6″. It must be ready to hang. If it is not prepped for hanging we will hang it with thumb tacks.

2. RSVP email or call and give us your name so we know you will be part of the show and we can include you in all the press. eyelounge@gmail.com (602) 430-1490

3. SIGN and PRINT your name on the back of the artwork only.

4. Carefully package artwork. Suggestion – wrap artwork in wax paper and put between 2 pieces of cardboard.

5. If you need confirmation that we have received your artwork, please include a self-addressed stamped postcard which we will mail back to you.

6. UNSOLD artwork will not be returned unless you include a 6″ x 9″ SASE with your submission.

7. Artists must be 18 years or older to participate.

8. Mail the following, must be postmarked by Friday March 2, 2012
-artwork
-submission form
-confirmation card (optional)
-6″x9″ SASE for return of unsold work (optional)

or

9. Drop off artwork during gallery hours at Eye Lounge:
Friday March 9 from 6-9pm
Saturday March 10 from 1-5pm
Sunday March 11 from 11-3pm

Late work will not be accepted.

SEND TO:
eye lounge: a contemporary art space
6×6 show
419 East Roosevelt Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004

9. AFTER THE EVENT
Artists requesting return of unsold postcards and those requesting information about the collector of her/his artwork will
receive notice in 4-6 weeks. Thanks in advance for your patience and support.

Please email us with any questions at eyelounge@gmail.com

Art+Science=Strange Language

Eye Lounge artist members are teamed with scientists to collaborate on
a wide range of topics from Insects’ Sex to Outer Space Spectacles. In
coordination with the first annual AZ Scitech Festival, Eye Lounge
members are working with ASU doctoral students and professors to bring
science to the art gallery.

Art + Science=Strange Language
January, 20th-February, 12th

Opening Reception:
Friday, January 20th, 6-10pm

Closing Reception:
Friday, February 3rd, 6-10pm

What is true love? What is true beauty?

How would you describe it?

It’s sublime.

If you are lucky enough to experience this feeling, you’ll recognize it as the greatest gift one can ever receive. To try to describe it borders on being a disservice, but writers, musicians and artists will continue to do so for eternity because the feeling is all-encompassing you can hardly think of anything else besides that love. It’s the love of a mother for her son, the most beautiful creature she’s ever seen.

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December 2011, PHOENIX – SMOKE & MIRRORS is the newest exhibition of mixed media installation by Sean Deckert. Sean addresses the concept of Urban Heat Island through large lenticular prints, sound, and other ephemeral elements to sculpt a holographic visceral and visual space that mirrors aspects of Phoenix culture.

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November 2011, PHOENIX – CACOPHRODISIAC is the newest exhibition of self-portraits by Daniel Funkhouser and the second with the Eye Lounge gallery. Rendered in a variety of contrasting materials, paint, and experiments with photographic media, this exhibition continues to comment on identity and gender in popular culture.

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eye lounge contemporary art is pleased to present, “Eye Candy: an eye lounge group benefit show” opening on Friday, October 21st from 6pm-10pm. Because the space is paid for through dues and member sales each artist has the complete freedom to exhibit what and how they want. Our annual benefit show helps to buffer the costs of gallery improvements, marketing costs, and support upcoming group exhibitions.

October 2011, PHOENIX – eye lounge is featuring new, small works by current member artists for the annual benefit show. All work is 10″ x 10″ (x 10″) and created for exclusively for this benefit exhibition.  “Eye Candy” will be holding a silent auction in conjunction with the third and first Friday receptions. We are happy to announce extended hours in conjunction with the Evans-Churchill neighborhood tour and the Food Truck Festival on October 22nd from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Additional programming during the month long exhibition, “Eye Candy”, includes:

Puppet show by Dain Gore and Tommy Cannon on Friday, October 28th, admission: suggested donation of $3

Long Shadow Film Festival Pre-Screening on Friday, November 11th, admission: suggested donation of $3