Monday
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Made With Fireworks! Alexandria Mooney-Jones Opening Reception, July 6 at Tres Leches Art Gallery
Monday, June 26, 2023 at 4:48AM
Made with Fireworks! Art of Alexandria Mooney Jones
Opening Reception: July 6, 5 - 9pm
On view in July, Fridays 12-4pm, Saturdays 12-5pm
Tres Leches Art Gallery, Northrup King Building
Alexandria Mooney-Jones uses fireworks to create beauty and excitement on canvas. No paint...just fireworks! We celebrate this unique art form and are showcasing the work of the Firework Artist this July! Visit us this July First Thursday to discover the fun and magic behind the art.
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Artist statement:
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"Using only lit, burning fireworks, I begin each piece as part artist, part mad scientist. Fireworks as a medium are volatile and unpredictable. All techniques and processes are self-discovered. My first layer is the least controllable of my techniques. Reacting to that layer, I make decisions about composition, selecting areas to mask or burn. Color selection is vague; a “red” could present as burgundy, fire engine red or pink, depending on my distance to the canvas, as well as the dispersion rate. As the fireworks burn, organic dye is vaporized into colored smoke; depending on the technique I am attempting to achieve, the smoke is trapped or manipulated around and through things set on the canvas for different effects. Unexpected compositional effects, such as burn holes and singed areas, happen when the fireworks misfire or expel the contents onto the canvas in a ball of fire. Although unintentional, these incidents become part of my composition-you cannot erase a burn. I am attempting to control the uncontrollable. My work is at the mercy of explosives and fire. Fireworks, as a medium, create a tension that pits celebration against trauma. And in the strongest pieces, neither gives way to the other."
There will be an Artist Talk at 7pm during the July 6 Opening Reception.
Location:
Northrup King Building
Studios 171-173
1500 Jackson Street NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
