I grew up in …. two quaint little towns, Lindsay and then Strathmore, California. These neighboring towns are in the central valley, nestled up against the Sierra Foothills. Lindsay is known for its olives, Strathmore, hmm – last year the high school football team made it to the state finals. Both of the town’s economies … Continue reading Shane Guffogg – Interview with an Artist
Shane Guffogg’s “The Observer is the Observed” solo exhibition (consisting of 73 paintings and 3 sculptures) and spans 27 years of the artist’s career, continues to soar overseas. The exhibition opened in (2015) at The Academy of Fine Arts Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia and was recently at (2017), The Gallery of the Museum Center, Baku, Azerbaijan. Below … Continue reading Press continues for “The Observer is the Observed” exhibition
ECHO – The Political Newspaper of Azerbaijan http://www.ru.echo.az O.Bulanova published February 28, 2017 (translated from the source from Azeri/Russian to English) The Museum Center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Baku, Azerbaijan Republic opened an exhibition of American artist, Shane Guffogg. Organized by several organizations: the International Art Agency Marika Parsadanelli, Parisian … Continue reading “Свет и символика Шейна Гуффогга в Баку” “Light and Symbols” Shane Guffogg in Baku
АМЕРИКАНСКИЙ АБСТРАКЦИОНИСТ ПРЕДСТАВИЛ СВОЮ КОЛЛЕКЦИЮ В БАКУ (Excerpt) (translated from Azeri) Shane Guffogg was born in Los Angeles, where he received his art education at the California Institute of the Arts. From 1989 to 1995 he worked with Edward Ruscha – creator of the famous “text painting”. Guffogg is a modern abstract art school. He writes in … Continue reading American Abstract Presents his Collection in Baku
SHANE GUFFOGG: “THE OBSERVER IS THE OBSERVED” INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM EXHIBITION NEXT STOP BAKU FEBRUARY 21 – APRIL 10, 2017 National Art Museum of Azerbaijan The traveling exhibition “#GUFFOGG” consists of 73 oil paintings, small to large scale and a recent series in Murano glass. The work spans 27 years of Shane Gufffogg’s career; rarely has an artist been given such an … Continue reading Next Stop Baku “Observer” Opens February 2017
Guffogg: “When you’re treading on new territory, whether it’s new to you or new to the world, it’s difficult. You have to throw caution to the wind and say, “I’ve got a need to do this so I’m going to do it.” Honor your gut and go for it.” Continue reading LE – Lifestyle Edition (29) Focuses on Shane Guffogg: “Uncommon – Los Angeles Art”
Shane Guffogg: “The Observer is the Observed” Museum Exhibition Catalogue is now available for purchase. Patrick Carpentier Presents, MUSEUM OF THE ACADEMY OF ART OF RUSSIA 199034 ST. PETERSBURG, UNIVERSITETSKAYA EMBANKMENT AUGUST 8 – SEPTEMBER 27, 2015 This 176-page luxury catalog features a foreward by Paul Ruscha, with lush color images of all the paintings in … Continue reading Shane Guffogg: The Observer is the Observed Museum Exhibition Catalogue
Thoughts become words – words have meanings that define thought; a brushstroke is a thought. It takes countless brushstrokes to make an image that can potentially be read like a word. I am forever dancing with the invisible, trying to entice it into manifesting into my/our world. Thoughts and words can be guides for how the invisible … Continue reading The Four Quartets
“Painting is a physical activity, which is, in reality, just the act of smearing paint on a canvas, simple, direct, tactile. At times I like to trick myself into thinking it really is that simple? But every moment of my existence – past, present and future – feeds into the “smearing of paint.” –Shane Guffogg Continue reading Notes on Studio Life
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