Ri(Z)ky Art Gallery

Introduction

Welcome to THE one and only "Ri(Z)ky Art Gallery"

Located in the beautiful city of South Beach, Miami, Florida

Owned and operated by Mohamed Rizk

Specializing in Sculptures

"Risk"

Artists being shown:

Marisol Escobar
Neil Dawson
Dennis Oppenheim
Chen Wenling
J. Seward Johnson
Paige Bradley
Sayaka Ganz
Louise Bourgeois
Arran Gregory
Jean Shin

This show is all about showcasing these amazing artists' works. Each of these artists share a connection of making sculptures that hold a deeper meaning than what is really shown. These connections are shown through both the art and how each artist presents them. These artists are essential to this Exhibition because they perfectly fit the theme. These artists all show great knowledge of knowing their work and do a fantastic job in showing it.

"What You See Might Not Be Real"

Artist: Chen Wenling
Title: "What You See Might Not Be Real"
Media: Painted Bronze
Dimensions: 95 x 114 x 58 cm (37.4 x 44.9 x 22.9 in.)
Date- 2009

Artist Bio- Chen Wenling, born in 1969, is an artist of Chinese heritage. He is a sculptor who was born in Anxi, a small village in the Fujian Province of China.His family was poor and could not afford to buy him new toys, so he used clay that was really avaliable in his surroundings to make sculptures to play with. From these humble sculpting beginnings came the desire to study art as a profession. He decided to attend the Xiamen Academy of Art and Design, and he graduated in 1991. Not content yet with his education, he studied sculpture at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, graduating in 1994.

Art Description- Strong and farting bull represents Wall Street (In Chinese slang, to fart means to bluff or lie) And the man being shoved into the wall is Bernard Madoff, biggest con man of all time. Huge cloud coming out bulls rear not only refers to end of a greedy era but symbolizes danger of virtual bubbles in international financial markets.

http://thedesigninspiration.com/articles/amazing-bull-fart-sculpture-by-chen-wenling/

Connection- Relates to this theme because it has a deeper meaning than what it is shown and represents something bigger than what is initially shown.

"Emergence"

Artist- Sayaka Ganz
Title- "Emergence"
Media- Recycled Plastic Parts (Utensils, toys & metals)
Dimensions- Night(Black) 72" x 50" x 17" Wind(White) 63" x 78" x 26"
Date- 2008

Artist Bio- Sayaka Ganz was born in Yokohama, Japan and grew up living in Japan, Brazil, and Hong Kong. She has been living and working in Indiana for 15 years. Received Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Indiana University Bloomington and continued to create welded sculptures of animal forms independently. In 2008 she received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Bowling Green State University.

Art Description- Using consumer plastic objects as materials, Sayaka's recent sculptures depict animals in motion with rich colors and energy. "By building these sculptures I try to understand the human relationship that surround me. Its a way for me to contemplate and remind myself that even if there is conflict right now there is a way for all the pieces to fit together."

http://strokesofnature-artgallery.blogspot.com/2012/05/emergence-sayaka-ganz.html

Connection- This piece of art was chosen and related to the theme of this exhibit because it continues the pattern of pieces that a deeper meaning to what they show.

"Sound Wave"

Artist- Jean Shin
Title- "Sound Wave"
Media- Melted 78 rpm records on wooden armature
Dimensions- 5.2ft H x 7.7ft W x 8.8ft D
Date- 2007

Artist Bio- Jean Shin is recognized for her monumental installations that transform everyday objects into elegant expressions of identity and community. Her work has been widely exhibited in major and national museums including the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Smithsonian, and the Museum of Modern Art. Born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in the US, Shin attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 1999 and received a BFA and MS from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.

Art Description- Records were melted and sculpted to form a cascading wave, dotted with bursts of colorful labels. The resulting structure speaks to the inevitable waves of technology that render each successive generation of recordable media obsolete. The piece also aiums to physically manisfest the ephemerality of music as well as one man's musical tastes, as represented by his personal record collection.

http://jeanshin.com/soundwave.htm

Connection- This piece relates in the sense that it may seem as just a interesting sculpture to look at it has a meaning behind it that makes the viewer have to think about it, chosen because it continues the theme of the exhibit.

"Maman"

Artist- Louise Bourgeois
Title- "Maman"
Media- Marble, Stainless Steel, Bronze
Dimensions- 927 x 891 x 1024 cm
Date- 1999

Artist Bio- Louise Bourgeois was born in Paris in 1911. She studied art at various schools there including Ecole du Louvre, Academie des Beaux-Arts, Academie Julian and Atelier Fernand Leger. Immigrated to the US in 1938 and continued her art studies at the Art Students League in New York.

Art Description- This sculpture, which depicts a giant spider, is among the worlds largest. The title is the familiar French word for Mother. Created in 1999 by Bourgeois as part of her inaugural commission of the Unilever Series at London's Tate Modern. It is supposed to allude to the strengths of Bourgeois' mother, with metaphors of spinning, weaving, nurture and protection.

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/bourgeois-maman-t12625

Connection- This piece was chosen due to the connection it has with the theme as well as the deeper meaning behind it, which is the reason behind most of this art being chosen.

"WOLF"

Artist- Arran Gregory
Title- "Mirror Wolf"
Media- Fiberglass, Mirror
Dimensions- 1850 x 1000 x 850mm
Date- 2012

Artist Bio- Born in 1987, Arran Gregory is widely acclaimed for his geometric sculptures of the natural world. His experiments are a visual insight into man's relationship to nature and the emotions it provokes within us as humans. Arran studied Art Foundation at Chelsea College of Art & Design in London where he went on to achieve a first class BA honors degree in Graphic design for communication.

Art Description- This work represents a formalized approach to naturalistic form that uses material and color to interpret and abstract that naturalistic form towards artistic ends. Being the third installation from the mirrored animal series, Mirror Wolf experiments again with a reduced, geometric structure as developed previously.

http://www.evolo.us/architecture/wolf-arran-gregorys-faceted-mirrored-sculptures/
http://www.arrangregory.com/work/mirror-wolf/

Connection- Getting away from the deep meaning sculptures, this piece was just appreciated due to the structure and stature of the piece. Chosen due to this and the theme of the exhibit.