HIVE

It's time to share this video of my first HIVE. This is the second CUBE that I have made, this one being so vastly different, I had to come up with a new way of describing them, so I refer to them as HIVE now.

I began the idea of working with a cube format since 2014 when I had a vision of a giant cube painted and wrapped like my paintings I had just begin creating in earnest a few months before my residency in Tamaqua Pennsylvania. It was there that the dream struck of a giant cube in a gallery space that just happened to be Luhring Augustine. Funny how I tend to visualize things in that space, mostly because it's a gorgeous gallery.

Weeks after this vision I began preparing to make my first CUBE. I didn't have much for materials at the time, seems to be a theme with me, so I made a small 9 Inch CUBE, painted it's chassis blue, wrapped it in blue (inside and out) and painted upon it, the inside and outside.

It was a few years before I was able to begin my second one (this one). This time I was able to begin and finish making it over a period of a year in the studio of Painter Peter Reginato (also a sculptor). After I had the task finished of wrapping each element that I wanted to paint upon, I began painting. Once painting was finished, I had a change of thought for the name of these works of art. I now refer to them as HIVE. This is #1 ('06-03-2018') 16 Inches Cubed. Acrylic on Acrylic Yarn on Painted Wood Chassis.



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Luke Murphy at CANADA NYC

Luke Murphy's exhibition at Canada is one I'm glad to visit again and again.

While I stand here typing this into my phone a skull just ran up the side of his piece titled... '1 Degree Off'. A tall piece at over 100 inches. A slew of vertical clouds stream down the digital surface of the work. Ever changing from green and yellow to...hey there goes another skull. So many variations of colors that a painter like myself just can't help but enjoy. And now my peripheral compels and it's a barrage of yellow with the intermittent skull to give, maybe, a sense of the post modern...who knows. I'm not trying to tell you what he's trying to accomplish here. I am simply enjoying the work in all it's glitchy glory. 

Luke is not afraid to give away information about how they were made. Especially if you have a background in electronics, which I do. To me, the uses of the digital materials makes the work all the more interesting and enjoyable. Eyes darting around the cabling and computers sitting to the sides, obviously a part of the piece. It's haphazard like installation really brings so many things to mind, obviously the installation wasn't rushed, but it looks like it was left there. The cabling and keyboards, just a part of the work really tells you this was not JUST left there, but systematically placed. Maybe

Sitting here in the gallery and thinking about that I can't help but wonder how a collector would place a work from this show in their home. These sculptures in light look fantastic here in the gallery with lots of space around each one, would the power be lost in a smaller more residential space? I don't know, but I wish I could try. Would dig having one of these in my home.

P-10 Tower/Piece of work: 2018

Makes me think of the Grenfell tower in England that was on tv as it burned for hours one early spring morning. 

This is where the viewer gets to do their thing. Use your imagination in each of these works and there is so much you will be surprised with what your imagination helps you with.

Everything Must Go: 2018
On my first visit it was the piece that spoke to me the loudest. With it's slowly changing colors every now and again blasted with what seem to be stamps in the coding, growing from super hot pink to dark dingy browns. A selection of specific ever-changing glitches streams across the second grouping of LED panels in the work. It's placement is one of the most fascinating as it really looks as if it was literally thrown on the ground and the artist saw it and immediately said "that's it!" Makes me wonder what the placement has to really do with the artists thoughts.

Come spend some time with Luke at Canada through July 15th.

And don't forget to see the mystery piece in the exhibition, here's a hint, it's not lit up.

Thanks for your enjoyment. Jeffrey Collins

Jeffrey Collins - Special Event Exhibition NYC

So during my last trip to NYC, I was in the process of making some new work in Peter Reginato's studio. He's been very kind to me in letting me work some in his place. I didn't get too far that trip with my work but I did get the basic structure done for what was eventually to become HIVE #1. A new development in my work, delving into perception and seeing how deep I can get into ideas of perception and comprehension of vision.

I got here in May and began working on the piece again. This time I definitely knew more of what I wanted to do and how to go about doing it. Funny how you think you know what you are doing when trying something new but after you actually attempt it, you are blessed with so many new thoughts on how you will make the next one and the next one. Ideas flow like water. Get out there and stick your hand under the faucet.

Fast forward to June 13th. I had my first one person show at Reginato Studio in Soho. I presented a large group of work to fellow patrons and friends, and the reception was wonderful. Lots of great conversations and lots of wonderful warm feelings after.

When I spoke with Peter about my upcoming trip to the big town, I asked if he'd be into helping me do an exhibition in his loft, he agreed and we sat about making it happen. One thing I really wanted to accomplish was to have two large paintings to really show off the depth of what I do. Unfortunately only one got made but it is a stunner nonetheless. I also was able to finish up a number of Rope artworks for exhibition. So what the public was seeing was a true overview of almost ALL the types of work that I do. From Paintings on the wall to freestanding paintings, to the cube structures.

Well, enough talk. Here's the pics courtesy of Peter Reginato, Allen Strombosky and Francine Tint.

And now photos with people in them....

Art Guerra, Anders Knutsson and John Zinsser

Me speaking with Michael Paoletta.

Brad Darcy and Rodney Dickson

Daniela Zahradnikova and MD Tokon

Anders Knutsson, Peter Reginato and John Zinsser

Allen Strombosky and Jeffrey Kurland

Horst and his lady friends.

Look at that light in the painting. YES!

Peter Reginato and Myself

G Scott Lamanna hanging out.

Jean-Luc Richard checking out a painting

Francine Tint and Daniela Zahradnikova

Rodney Dickson, Myself, Nils Hill and Ivy Dachman 

Francine Tint, Art Guerra and Laura Fay Lewis

Daniela Zahradnikova, The limited edition Peter Reginato bag, Myself, MD Tokon

Laura Fay Lewis and Daniela Zahradnikova

Francine Tint and Myself

Francine Tint with one of the limited edition Peter Reginato handbags.

Francine Tint and Myself

Anders Knutsson and Rodney Dickson talking painting with my painting.

Joyce and Moishe Kampin

Francine Tint

Ivy Dachman and Nils Hill

Jean-Luc Richard with Peter Reginato

Horst Hoetzer, Myself, and Laura Fay Lewis

Wish I could have gotten photos with the other people who were in attendance, so many wonderful people stopped by and we didn't get pics.

Thanks for coming by. The show is still on until the end of the month but you need to get in touch to make an appointment as these are very busy times. THANKS!