Michael K. Paxton http://michaelkpaxton.com Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:19:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 02.23.2012-Faculty Development Grant and Exhibition Rights, Radicals + Revolutions http://michaelkpaxton.com/02-23-2012-faculty-development-grant-and-exhibition-rights-radicals-revolutions/ http://michaelkpaxton.com/02-23-2012-faculty-development-grant-and-exhibition-rights-radicals-revolutions/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:15:13 +0000 admin http://michaelkpaxton.com/?p=204 I am pleased to announce that I just receiving a 2012 Part-Time Faculty Development Grant from the Center for Teaching Excellence at Columbia College to assist in the extra cost of my artist-in-residence at Air Le Parc, Pampelonne, France this summer.

I was selected and will also be featured in a faculty group exhibition that is in response to this years Critical Encounters: Rights, Radicals + Revolutions. The opening is March 1 and runs through July 2012, Columbia College, Chicago. An image of my large-scale work Big Woods #1 was chosen for the card announcement.

Critical Encounters Faculty Show - Michael K. Paxton

]]> http://michaelkpaxton.com/02-23-2012-faculty-development-grant-and-exhibition-rights-radicals-revolutions/feed/ 0 01.12.2012-Artist-in Residence Announced and Spring Publication http://michaelkpaxton.com/01-12-2012-artist-in-residence-announced-and-spring-publication/ http://michaelkpaxton.com/01-12-2012-artist-in-residence-announced-and-spring-publication/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:00:56 +0000 admin http://michaelkpaxton.com/?p=196 I am pleased to announce that I have been selected to be an artist-in-residence at the Air Le Parc, Project and Research Center in Pampelonne, France for this summer of 2012. There I will have both a living space and separate painting studio at the Center, which is located in the Midi-Pyrenees region of southern France.

I will also be published this Spring in the 2012 edition of Studio Visit Magazine. I was selected by the juror, Trevor Richardson Director of the Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

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I have added some new work to the “Ink on Film” gallery page, which you can see here. Each of the pieces are comprised of chalk, charcoal, gesso, and oil on prepared raw canvas, and are 72 in. x 108 in.

]]> http://michaelkpaxton.com/8-23-2011-new-work-up/feed/ 0 8.23.2011 – Video Excerpt from “Pre-Formed Notes” Now Online http://michaelkpaxton.com/8-23-2011-excerpt-from-pre-formed-notes-now-online/ http://michaelkpaxton.com/8-23-2011-excerpt-from-pre-formed-notes-now-online/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:18:36 +0000 admin http://michaelkpaxton.com/?p=175 An excerpt from a sketchbook performance piece I did in 1979 is now viewable online. See the video below or click here.

Excerpt from “Pre-Formed Notes” – Michael K. Paxton, 1979 from Michael Paxton on Vimeo.

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]]> http://michaelkpaxton.com/7-26-2011-new-site/feed/ 0 7.26.2011 – “Dragline” Video Online http://michaelkpaxton.com/7-26-2011-dragline-video-online/ http://michaelkpaxton.com/7-26-2011-dragline-video-online/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:49:31 +0000 admin http://michaelkpaxton.com/?p=149 An installation video for “Dragline” from the 2009 show titled “plank space,” presented by Columbia College Chicago A+D Gallery is now online. You can view it below, or see it on the Dragline portfolio page, HERE.

Michael K.Paxton Dragline wall drawings in progress from Michael Paxton on Vimeo.

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Nameless 2

Nameless 2

chalk, charcoal, gesso on prepared raw canvas 72 in. x 108 in. 2007

Nameless 4

Nameless 4

chalk, charcoal, gesso on prepared raw canvas 72 in. x 108 in. 2007

Nameless 5

Nameless 5

chalk, charcoal, gesso on prepared raw canvas 72 in. x 108 in. 2007

InstallationView

InstallationView

Open Studio Special Projects for the Public Art Program, Department of Cultural Affairs 2007


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Ghost Mountain

Ghost Mountain

chalk, charcoal, gesso on prepared raw canvas 72 in. x 108 in. 2007

Eruption

Eruption

chalk, charcoal, gesso on prepared raw canvas 72 in. x 108 in. 2007

Rubber Forest

Rubber Forest

chalk, charcoal, gesso on prepared raw canvas 72 in. x 108 in. 2007

Fig Garden

Fig Garden

chalk, charcoal, gesso on prepared raw canvas 72 in. x 108 in. 2007

Installation View 1

Installation View 1

Crown Art Center Loyola University Chicago 2007

Installation View 2

Installation View 2

Crown Art Center Loyola University Chicago 2007


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Installation View 1

Installation View 1

installation view Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago

Installation View 2

Installation View 2

installation view Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago

Installation View 3

Installation View 3

installation view Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago

Installation View 4

Installation View 4

installation view Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago


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Smokehole

Smokehole

chalk, charcoal, gesso, acrylic on prepared raw canvas 84 in. x 132 in. 2010

Harts

Harts

chalk, charcoal, gesso, acrylic on prepared raw canvas 84 in. x 132 in. 2010

Harts Detail

Harts Detail

chalk, charcoal, gesso, acrylic on prepared raw canvas 84 in. x 132 in. 2010

The Strip

The Strip

chalk, charcoal, gesso, acrylic on prepared raw canvas 72 in. x 108 in. 2010

Deepwoods

Deepwoods

chalk, charcoal, gesso, acrylic on prepared raw canvas 60 in. x 108 in. 2010


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