Michelle Weinberg
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Higher Ground, 2007, gouache on paper, 22" x 36"
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Michelle Weinberg is inspired by the local and the sublime distilled from settings in nature and the urban environment, and from these she crafts a vivid contemporary folklore.
Her enthusiasm for signage, crooked geometry, interlocking modules, apocalyptic wallpaper, and imaginary terrain is matched with her obsession with pattern, vivid color, the jetsam and flotsam of commercial and popular culture, and a constantly shifting pictorial space. Weinberg's Indian miniature-like urban vistas destabilize the familiar and invite viewers to access the way in which contemporary life is stylized and fantasized via pictures.
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Red Brick Alley 3,, 2007 gouache, 13
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"My goal as an artist is to use imagery to penetrate the veneer of everyday appearances, to activate and bring to the surface latent and surprising possibilities within. My process is about the freedom derived from re-arranging a set of givens from the visible world. "
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Higher Ground, 2007 gouache, 26" x 32"
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Product Placement, 2007 gouache, 22" x 26"
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Enter Here, 2007 gouache, 15" x 11"
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Weinberg is the recipient of many fellowships and awards including a 2008 South Florida Consortium Award in the Visual and Media Arts, Fundación Valparaiso in Spain, Altos de Chavon in the Dominican Republic, Millay Colony, MacDowell Colony, an Individual Artist Fellowship and an Artist Enhancement Grant from the State of Florida, a FIVA Fellowship from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, a Visual Arts fellowship from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Eastern Frontier Society in Maine, and the New England Foundation for the Arts among others. In New York City, Weinberg’s work is represented by ARENA, and Riva Blumenfeld Fine Art. In Provincetown, MA, her work is found at The Schoolhouse Gallery. In Miami, she exhibits her work in non-profit alternative spaces, and has created murals and other public art works.
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Intellectual Property Owner, 2006 gouache, 17x13"
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