Laura L. Clemons: Artworks, Outdoor Sculpture

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New Work 2011 -2

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"Departures of Memory"

21 New Landscapes

Mix-Media, Pigment Over Photographs

Outdoor Sculpture

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Outdoors & Garden

In Cast Aluminum or Resin

Videos

In the Moon When the Ponies Shed, c. 1993, Laura L. Clemons
Artist: SadHappy, Music Title: DepthCharge, c. 1991, Producer/Video Artist: Laura L. Clemons
When The Earth Talked Back (Excerpt), c. 1993, Laura L. Clemons
Apollo 8, Sound Image Transcription, c. 2001, Laura L. Clemons
Savior, c. 1991, Laura L. Clemons
A Dream About War, c. 1991-1993, Laura L. Clemons
The Fire, c. 1992, Laura L. Clemons
Here Is Where You Heard The Ocean, c. 1995, Laura L. Clemons

Video Art : Watch Now

All Video Works shot and edited by Laura L. Clemons. Other credits are provided for various contributing music, sound and video editing. Some images and sounds were digitally manipulated from prior sources.Playlist: - In the Moon When the Ponies Shed- SadHappy Depth Charge Music Video- When the Earth Talked Back- Apollo 8: Las Vegas Lights- Savior- A Dream About War- The Fire- Here Is Where You Heard The OceanContact Laura L. Clemons for more information.

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Bio

Artist Statement & Bio

Artist Statement I would describe my creative process as a gathering and assemblage of images and forms, which resolvedly come together to reveal a particular narrative or final image. I have explored these concepts in the formats of mix-media, sculpture, video, interactive digital media, and landscape design. Typically depicted are abstract landscapes and/or forms from the landscape. In them, objects and elements -either natural or man made, have a voice of their own. My processes are inspired by Metaphysics: where objects and their phenomenon, are visually layered through space and time; and Spiritualism: where my depictions of the spiritual and natural worlds in interaction are conveyed in an abstract sense. In capturing and recreating these concepts through art, I am attempting to convey a sense of the historical, spiritual and metaphysical aspects of the natural, cultural and spiritual landscapes.Artists whose processes have inspired me include David Smith, Frank Stella, Robert Rauschenberg, Gary Hill, Bill Viola, Robert Smithson, Robert Wilson, Kurt Weill, Louise Bougeois, and Joseph Cornell. I relate to these artists as many of them did not confine themselves to one form or type of media; instead, they generated works of art that transcended multiple formats: adapting from sculpture moving onto to painting to installation or to theater. For cross boundary artists, it is the recurring themes, shapes, forms, patterns and textures, that become the recognizable elements, or trademarks of style, found across the mediums explored. From Leo Tolstoy, What is Art? 1898:"Art is that human activity which consists in one human consciously conveying to others by certain external signs, the feelings he has experienced, and in others being affected by those feelings, and also experiencing them."BioI grew up exploring wooded, lake-filled and mountainous areas surrounding Seattle, Washington, which inspired my creative work and eventually shaped my lifelong passion to continually explore landscapes, journeying around the U.S. on road trips discovering and photographing forms inherent in nature along the way that would become inspiration for my work. Originally from the midwest town of St. Charles, Missouri, our family would return for various trips to visit relatives and see sight. From a young age, I learned the Midwest and its American values highly contrasted with Northwest values and objectives; and I became fascinated in how natural and cultural landscapes, weather and people could vary from one part of the country to another. At California College of the Arts, in California's Bay Area, I received both classical and modern training in fine art study. My focus was Sculpture and later, I studied briefly under sculptor Joel Fisher, at the Vermont Studio School. In 1992, following a period exploring film and video as art, I moved to New York City to further my career. I obtained a masters degree from the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University, where I merged my film and video work with computer interactive multimedia tools and technologies. During this time, I produced assorted linear and interactive video works and installations; and also taught the first interactive multimedia course in the undergraduate film program at New York University, Spring '96. For the past 9 years, I have been living in the Los Angeles area, exploring southern California desert and mountain landscapes, creating landscapes, mix-media work and outdoor sculpture. I particularly identify with David Smith's 1940's commentary on being an artist: "Lonesomeness is a state in which the creative artist must dwell much of the time. The truly creative artist is projecting towards what he has not seen, and can only take the company of his identity. The adventure is alone and the process itself becomes actuality."

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Mix-Media

Archives

American Flag & War Series

New Works 2011

New Works

White and Black Spheres c.2011
Shopping Cart and White Sphere
Barbershop Window to Doors, c. 2011
Transistor, Black Sphere, Canyon, c. 2011
Navajo Dream, c. 2011
Flood Waters, Squares, Windows, c. 2011
Trench and White Sphere c.2011
Whitewalls c. 2011
South of the Border Snow Night
Risen from Below White Sphere
Crushed Inbetween White Sphere
Spurred c. 2011
Flood Waters Tropical Fish
Circles of Infinity White Sphe
Desert Place White Spheres
Growth and Decay White Square
Memorial Letter White Squares
Mountains, Windows, White Sphere, c. 2011
Wings White Squares c. 2011
Alpental Incinerator, White Spheres, c. 2011
Crosses Flags White Squares Wa

Departures of Memory:

21 New Landscapes

The recent works in "Departures of Memory" by Laura Clemons, are dark at first view. Inspiration for this series is derived from the dark lithographic sketches generated during the Great Depression and World War I, by artists such as Daniel Fitzpatrick, C.D. Batchelor and Grant Wood. In spiritualism, prayer creates silveryness, and indicates one without earth desires; while golden of spirit, is light of truth; and spheres represent spiritual light and variance. The painted layers in these images explore the spirit world with objects from the natural world founded within the photographic base layer. The series represents mystical and spiritual notions of a time and place long forgotten, awaiting something or someone. Objects and forms are repeated and include white spheres, boxes, vertical poles, telephone poles, pathways, crosses, railroad tracks; where their meanings are up to the viewer's interpretation. The series started as body of 2-3 black and white photographs depicting images of decayed or desolate aspects of American landscape and culture. The photos were juxtaposed together to create a new single image, mounted on museum blackboard, and adhered to foam core. In the next phase, layers of silver, black, white, and sometimes gold pigment powders, were painted in an ongoing process of add/removal, to alter or reveal again the photo image beneath. For several years the works were pursued, set aside and brought back out again; later adding color pigments powders or inks to the imagery; and, mounting the works to 3/4" wood cut against the edges of the small artworks, with a final varnish coat. The works are ready to hang, for sale or exhibition. Contact the artist at the email provided below, for more information on availability.

American Series

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Archives: American Dreams & War Series

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Video

Video & Installation

Images below are from video installations which explore patterns and voices of the natural enviornment against cultural landscapes.The "Watch Videos" link leads to the video player page providing full length or partial videos of installation, video art and exploratory documentary works.

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Sculpture

Series 1
Series 2
Site Specific
Outdoor

Sculpture

Series 1

Series in Bronze, Forged Steel, Plaster

The Crutch
Fountain
Bloom
Fly Away (to Tommy Goodwin)
Fauna

Series 2

Series in Forged Steel & Cast Bronze

He and Her Reaching
In The Sea
City Chaos
Vying Upstream
Torn in Two Landscapes

Site Specific

Site Specific/Environmental

Electric Lines
Electric Lines
Emerging
Infinate Presence
Infinate Presence

Outdoor

Plaster & Steel: Prior to Casting

Lilies Standing

Custom sculptures can be made by request for garden and outdoor sculpture environments.Works are cast in aluminum or resin. Contact the artist at email provided below, for more information on pricing, process and options.

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Photos

Photography

Laura Clemons' photographic works explore landscapes - natural and cultural, decayed and desolate. Bold form and texture are common elements. Works are available as digital glicee print to archival canvas over wood strechers, using pigment ink, guaranteed to last for 75 years, sealed with varnish. Contact Laura Clemons by way of email provided below, to review images, size options and pricing.

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CV: Exhibits, Galleries, Press, Awards

Exhibition2011, "Compilations II", Gloria Delsen Contemporary Arts, Los Angeles, CA, GDCAgallery.com2011, "SNAP TO GRID", Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA 2011, I ART U Downtown LA, Los Angeles, CA1999, Group Show at The Atrium, RealNetworks, Inc., Seattle, WA.1998, Art Space Gallery, Seattle, WA.1991, "Works of Assemblage", mix-media painting, OK Hotel Gallery, Seattle, WA.1989, "American Field and Stream", solo show, painting & sculpture, AFLN Gallery, Seattle, WA.1989, "Second Annual Retrospective", sculpture, AFLN Gallery, Seattle, WA.1989, "15 Northwest Women Artists", sculpture, Linda Meier Gallery, Seattle, WA.1988, "The Survival of Love and Land", sculpture, Artworks Foundry Gallery, Berkeley, CA.1988, Sculpture installation, The Lobby, Seattle, WA.1988, Sculpture installation, The Alice Hotel & California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA.1988, Group Show, AFLN Gallery, Seattle, WA.1987, "New Works in Bronze", Artworks Foundry Gallery, Berkeley, CA.Film/Video Screenings1999, "Images", linear single-channel video projection, The Last Supper Club, Seattle, WA.1999, "Emerald Reels Super-8", Alabi Room, Seattle, WA.1999, "Pulse Stream", linear single-channel video projection, The Last Supper Club, Seattle, WA.1998, Video shorts & assembled photographs, ArtSpace Gallery, Seattle, WA.1997, "ArtsEdge 97", Seattle, WA.1994, "4th Mondial De La Video", "The 16th Annual International Festival of Film and Video", Centre De Creation, Formation etDiffusion Multimedia, Bruxelles, Belgium.1994, "Environments ", The Kitchenette at the Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY.1994, "New York Expo of Film & Video", New York, NY.1994, "The Tenth Annual Rio Cine International Film and Video Festival", Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.1994, "The American Film Institute's 13th National Video Festival", American Film Institute, Hollywood, CA.1994, "Unga Atalante", film/video screening, Goteberg, Sweden.1994, "Axlegrease", televised cable program, Buffalo Media Resources, Buffalo, NY.1993, "Act of Video", Downtown Community Television Center, New York, NY.1993, "Video Artists from The Kitchen Annex", The Kitchenette at the Thread Waxing Space, NY, NY.1993, "Lights, Camera, Women!", New York City Office of the Mayor, New York, NY.1993, "Association of Independent Film & Video at Anthology Film Archives", New York, NY.1993, "U.S. Super-8 Film & Video Festival", Rutgers Film Co-op, Rutgers University, NJ. Toured: The Knitting Factory, New York; 911 Media Arts, Seattle; Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester.1993, "Open Screenings", The Knot Room, The Knitting Factory, New York, NY.1992, "Gut Reaction; Artists Respond to Media and War", OK Hotel Gallery, Seattle, WA.1991, "Northwest Music Videos Showcase", 911 Media Arts, Seattle, WA.1991, "Open Screening", 911 Media Arts, Seattle, WA.1991, Music Video Premiere & weekly play on "Bombshelter Videos", KTZZ TV, Seattle, WA.Video Installation1995, "Inter-Act: Electronic Art Channels", microcomputer-controlled interactive sound with video installation, Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ.1994, "MPS Thesis Exhibit: Technical Preview", Interactive Telecommunications Program, computer interactive sound w/ video installation, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, New York, NY.1993, "Digitalectric", quadraphonic sound w/ single-channel video installation, Ward Nasse Gallery, New York, NY.1992, "Videogasm", single-channel video installation, OK Hotel Gallery, Seattle, WA.1991, "24-Hour Delay" & "Collateral Damage", projected super-8 film installation, Galleria Potatohead, Seattle, WA.Awards1994, Gold Award, Documentary Category, "New York Expo of Short Film & Video", New York, NY.1994, Honorable Mention, Experimental Category, "The American Film Institute's 13th National Video Festival", Hollywood, CA.1992, Honorable Mention, "U.S. Super-8 Film & Video Festival", Rutgers Film Coop, Rutgers University, NJ.Press & Reviews1994, "Downtown Cinema", DT 20 Magazine, New York, November 23.1994, "Review of the New York Exposition Film and Video Festival", Washington Square News, New York; November 4.1992, "Eight is Enough", US Super-8 Film & Video Festival", J. Craig Sherman, Independent Film/Video Monthly, New York; May.1992, "Videogasm Showcases TV's Versatility", David Berger, The Seattle Times, Seattle; January 3.1990, "Remembrance of Art Works Past", Dick Moore, Northwest Art Gallery Magazine, Seattle; Nov.Published1995, "Words On Works", Ed: Judy Malloy, Leonardo Magazine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, Vol. 28, No. 4.Collections 1993, The Kitchen Video Collection, Center for Video, Music, Film, Performance & Dance, NY, NY.1992, Tape House Digital, New York, NY.1988, Artworks Foundry Gallery, Berkeley, CA.1988, Island Dentistry, Seattle, WA.Education1994, Masters, The Interactive Telecommunications Program, New York University, New York, NY.1988, Bachelor of Fine Arts, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA.1989, Sculpture Interim Under Joel Fisher, Vermont Studio School, Johnson, VT.BirthplaceSt. Charles, Missouri

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