Dettmer’s work has been exhibited and collected throughout the United States, Mexico and Europe. He has had solo shows in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Miami, Atlanta and Barcelona and has had projects exhibited in Mexico City, Berlin and London. He has been represented at several international art fairs including Pulse (Miami), MACO (Mexico City), ARCO (Madrid), Scope (London, Miami), Art Chicago (Chicago) and many others. His work can be found in several private and public collections throughout the U.S, Latin America, Europe and Asia. Dettmer’s work has gained International acclaim through internet bloggers, and traditional media.
Dettmer thoroughly explains his work and his goal in artwork in one of his artist's statements and in an explanation of his work process.
He says, "The age of information in physical form is waning. As intangible routes thrive with quicker fluidity, material and history are being lost, slipping and eroding into the ether. Newer media swiftly flips forms, unrestricted by the weight of material and the responsibility of history. In the tangible world we are left with a frozen material but in the intangible world we may be left with nothing. History is lost as formats change from physical stability to digital distress.The richness and depth of the book is universally respected yet often undiscovered as the monopoly of the form and relevance of the information fades over time. The book’s intended function has decreased and the form remains linear in a non-linear world. By altering physical forms of information and shifting preconceived functions, new and unexpected roles emerge. This is the area I currently operate in. Through meticulous excavation or concise alteration I edit or dissect communicative objects or systems such as books, maps, tapes and other media. The medium’s role transforms. Its content is re-contextualized and new meanings or interpretations emerge. In this work I begin with an existing book and seal its edges, creating an enclosed vessel full of unearthed potential. I cut into the surface of the book and dissect through it from the front. I work with knives, tweezers and surgical tools to carve one page at a time, exposing each layer while cutting around ideas and images of interest. Nothing inside the books is relocated or implanted, only removed. Images and ideas are revealed to expose alternate histories and memories. My work is a collaboration with the existing material and its past creators and the completed pieces expose new relationships of the book’s internal elements exactly where they have been since their original conception."
(http://briandettmer.com/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Dettmer)
New Books of Knowledge, 2009
Altered Set of Encyclopedias
Core 6, 2007
Altered Book
Guide to Useful Information, 2007
Altered Book
Photos/Information: (http://www.flickr.com/photos/briandettmer/3301507760/in/photostream/
Denise PepperMy interests have always centred on the visual stimuli that we encounter in our daily lives. Currently I am experimenting with the use of glass outside of its traditional craft context, expanding its possibilities in contemporary art. A recent series of my work 'Control Briefs' is a series of sculptured women's underwear made in glass; each piece unique, with the mould taken directly from original garments. Glass is a challenging material and each of these sculptures has been created using a glass technique known as pate de verre or paste of glass in which powdered glass is applied as paint to moulds and fired in the kiln. The sculptures are sometimes sexy, sometimes unattractive, bringing their secrets into a public space, touching on notions of voyeurism and alluding to a vestige of femininity that was more restrictive than today's. The work contests ideas behind the beauty myth in which we see both men and women endlessly pursuing the unattainable dream of physical perfection. By creating underwear in the seemingly inappropriate medium of glass, I intend to capture the restrictive and often uncomfortable positions we place ourselves in for fashion. The sculptures are cast directly from original undergarments that I find intriguing, and perhaps once worn for a special occasion, which when reproduced in glass retain the delicate lace patterns and shape of the wearer. The processes used in order to create such technically challenging, visually rich and delicate works are intensive. http://www.emerge-art.com.au/artist_name8  |
A Process Note: Ceramic Sculpture
I generally construct each sculpture by intuitively joining dark and light clays. This is a visual metaphor for the joining of opposites and the union of diversity in life. Then I run the joined clay through a slab roller which intimately fuses the clay and gives me a uniform thickness. I begin construction of the work and it's execution is completed as I stated above and by using techniques such as scoring and slipping joints before I put two pieces together. All the work is allowed to slowly dry to become green ware. It is then bisque fired and either low fired or high fired to different temperatures. The sculpture's titled Ascent 1-4 were fired in a salt kiln. During the firing salt is introduced into the kiln and its reaction with the silica of the clay creates a beautiful dark color with a slight pebbled texture. It is my favorite way of firing clay.My art work is about the excitement of exploring with your eyes, mind and spirit the unique and the mysterious. The work is created to have immediate impact and long lasting power. It is about seeing what you have never seen before. I hope the paintings and sculptures engage you by their power of color, motion and imagery and move you into a sense of wondering and curiosity. Right then and there you are beginning to be pulled in--to be involved in the process of discovering all the variety of shapes, the dark and light spaces in between them, how they're connected, float or seem to move fast accross the paper. I know you will often return to the painting and find new insights and associations with the imagery that will add to your overall sense of experiencing the original beauty of the creative process. These works would enliven and energize any room they are placed in.
(http://www.peterscaturro.com/home)
"TriUnity 2" 
"TriUnity 7-Opposite Side"
"TriUnity 5" |
| Don't Ask Don't Tell No. 1 2009 Air force boots and pins |
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| Eye 2010 Thread, wood, nails, paper, and video production and sound |
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| Piexus No. 3 2010 Gutermann thread, wood and nails |
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| Water Tank E2 2010 Welded galvanized steel water tanks mounted on metal stand |
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| Canary Space Ship (studio view) 2007 Space-specific sculpture: a complex of used birdcages, connected together with metal wire, glue, tape and knitting yarn. Inside the complex were three live canaries with personalized bird bands that featured the artist's studio address, in case the space ship was intercepted by extraterrestrial beings. |
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| Bird Ring 2007 Aluminum alloy |
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| Wait till grows, Swing 2007 Tree, pot, swing |
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| Afterlife 2008 Plant, skull, soil |
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| Oasis 2006 Wood, screws, enamel, plastic, assorted beers |
