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Solo Exhibition at Sundance Cinemas Gallery
Photographer Robert Madden selected by Sundance Cinemas
via StudioVox for exclusive Gallery Exhibit
StudioVox is a Los Angeles-based online network for creative professionals and artists. StudioVox serves as the chosen submission and curation platform for artwork to be exhibited at Sundance Cinemas' fine art galleries.
LA BELLE EPOQUE - Robert Madden
LOS ANGELES - April 7, 2015 - PRLog -- Fine Art Photographer Robert Madden was selected by Sundance Cinemas Gallery of Robert Redford's Sundance Group for an exclusive exhibition at their Sundance Cinema Gallery in Los Angeles, CA. The artist’s work was chosen from a group of local artists who submitted their work for consideration to Sundance via an exclusive partnership with StudioVox.
Robert Madden’s exhibition entitled "La Belle Epoque" will run from late March through June 2015. The exhibit is representative of the artist’s emergence into the light of his own purpose and his hope that like the previous era of La Belle Epoque, the modern age of art and its accessibility to viewers will enable all artists to flourish. The exhibit features large-scale, emotionally charged, abstract printed images that have been captured close up in their natural state, with nothing staged or arranged by the photographer. The resulting works are painterly compositions of everyday objects transformed into new meaning and given new purpose.
Robert Madden cites his main influences being the painters of the Renaissance period, the Dutch Masters, the Impressionists and the Modernists for their emotional observations of subjects and their ability to offer perspectives beyond the perception of what is presented physically. The artist’s process involves a period of quiet introspection and observation, allowing the subjects to appear in their natural state. He says this creates deeper meaning and broader possibilities, “I wander into imagination, expanding my understanding and other worlds open to me through scratches, scrapes, dents, and smudges, in rust and decay and things tossed aside. Mountains, forests, plains, oceans and beaches, otherworldly landscapes and beings that inhabit them begin to appear. This stimulates me and connects me emotionally to something I remember, or desire to experience or strive to be.” A reception for the artist will be held on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 7:30PM PST at the Sundance Cinemas Gallery, 8000 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046.
Sundance Cinemas VP of Marketing and Gallery Curator, Nancy Gribler selected Robert to exhibit after having an immediate definitive reaction to his work, "Each and every piece of Robert Madden’s work takes one by surprise. His mixture of mediums neither jar nor shock, but cause one to look closer as each time you see something different." StudioVox CEO, Amanda Slingerland said of Robert’s work, “Robert’s photographs have the dramatic effect of large-scale abstract paintings. His beautifully balanced works move beyond perception contrasting form, color, and texture giving birth to something new and exciting. We are so happy Sundance selected his work for exhibit.”
StudioVox is a Los Angeles-based online network for creative professionals and artists. StudioVox serves as the chosen submission and curation platform for artwork to be exhibited at Sundance Cinemas' fine art galleries in West Hollywood, San Francisco, Seattle, Houston and Madison, Wis.
Find more of Robert’s work at https://studiovox.com/members/rlmadden09
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Contact
Denise Alvarado, Dir. of Communications, StudioVox
***@studiovox.com
via StudioVox for exclusive Gallery Exhibit
StudioVox is a Los Angeles-based online network for creative professionals and artists. StudioVox serves as the chosen submission and curation platform for artwork to be exhibited at Sundance Cinemas' fine art galleries.
LA BELLE EPOQUE - Robert Madden
LOS ANGELES - April 7, 2015 - PRLog -- Fine Art Photographer Robert Madden was selected by Sundance Cinemas Gallery of Robert Redford's Sundance Group for an exclusive exhibition at their Sundance Cinema Gallery in Los Angeles, CA. The artist’s work was chosen from a group of local artists who submitted their work for consideration to Sundance via an exclusive partnership with StudioVox.
Robert Madden’s exhibition entitled "La Belle Epoque" will run from late March through June 2015. The exhibit is representative of the artist’s emergence into the light of his own purpose and his hope that like the previous era of La Belle Epoque, the modern age of art and its accessibility to viewers will enable all artists to flourish. The exhibit features large-scale, emotionally charged, abstract printed images that have been captured close up in their natural state, with nothing staged or arranged by the photographer. The resulting works are painterly compositions of everyday objects transformed into new meaning and given new purpose.
Robert Madden cites his main influences being the painters of the Renaissance period, the Dutch Masters, the Impressionists and the Modernists for their emotional observations of subjects and their ability to offer perspectives beyond the perception of what is presented physically. The artist’s process involves a period of quiet introspection and observation, allowing the subjects to appear in their natural state. He says this creates deeper meaning and broader possibilities, “I wander into imagination, expanding my understanding and other worlds open to me through scratches, scrapes, dents, and smudges, in rust and decay and things tossed aside. Mountains, forests, plains, oceans and beaches, otherworldly landscapes and beings that inhabit them begin to appear. This stimulates me and connects me emotionally to something I remember, or desire to experience or strive to be.” A reception for the artist will be held on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 7:30PM PST at the Sundance Cinemas Gallery, 8000 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046.
Sundance Cinemas VP of Marketing and Gallery Curator, Nancy Gribler selected Robert to exhibit after having an immediate definitive reaction to his work, "Each and every piece of Robert Madden’s work takes one by surprise. His mixture of mediums neither jar nor shock, but cause one to look closer as each time you see something different." StudioVox CEO, Amanda Slingerland said of Robert’s work, “Robert’s photographs have the dramatic effect of large-scale abstract paintings. His beautifully balanced works move beyond perception contrasting form, color, and texture giving birth to something new and exciting. We are so happy Sundance selected his work for exhibit.”
StudioVox is a Los Angeles-based online network for creative professionals and artists. StudioVox serves as the chosen submission and curation platform for artwork to be exhibited at Sundance Cinemas' fine art galleries in West Hollywood, San Francisco, Seattle, Houston and Madison, Wis.
Find more of Robert’s work at https://studiovox.com/members/rlmadden09
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Contact
Denise Alvarado, Dir. of Communications, StudioVox
***@studiovox.com
ART TAKES MANHATTAN:
Won a competition and had the following 2 images shown on the lighted billboards of Times Square in NYC for 24 hours.
Won a competition and had the following 2 images shown on the lighted billboards of Times Square in NYC for 24 hours.
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My Artistic Process: Guest Post by Robert Madden
My Artistic Process: Guest Post by Robert Madden by Andrea Garrity on September 25, 2015We have really enjoyed connecting with photographers and learning more about what inspires their craft and how they got into photography. We’ve had many photographers reach out and we wanted to share an example of one photographer’s exploration into their creative and technical process. Thank you Robert for sharing!
An artist must be available to recognize the nuances, the proverbial silver lining, the vulnerability existing in all life, even in the hardest of subjects. Since one can only see that which he is tuned into, an artist’s own vulnerability is paramount, access to it mandatory. An artist must be willing to expand beyond his known capacity, to absorb more life than he has known before. It is our job to witness and record the love, the truth of every situation, for this is the beauty of life. Artists don’t see the world as it is; we see it as we know it can be.
My work has evolved into, what I consider, Abstract Expressionism. I am taking what I’ve photographed, out of the context in which it exists, creating something entirely new from it. It’s an intuitive process, creatively and technically, as I’m not so much a technical photographer, as I am an artist who uses a camera.
I came to photography from a marketing background, so when I decided to give my complete attention to the development of my artwork as a business, I knew there were specific things I needed to put into place.
Before anything else, I wrote a mission statement. It is a concise, specific statement regarding where I wanted to go with the endeavor on which I was embarking. It is a deliberate intention, put to paper, setting a direction for my attention and actions. Now, I can see what I want it to be and, as a result, it becomes more tangible, making it easier to set up practical action around it.
Having this focal point of where I wanted to go, I asked myself, how would my day look if I was living that now? What would a World Class Artist do as a daily routine? I realized right away; I needed to arrange my day as though I was living at this level of involvement, of creativity, as well as the production of my work. If I began living as though I was this accomplished artist, setting my intention with deliberate thought of living from there, all of the people, places and things in support of that idea, would begin to swirl around me. Every cooperative force in Creation aligns with this vibration and pulls matter together to manifest reality, in support of all involved.
I believe no two people ever come together for the benefit of only one. I’ve learned from friends who are photographers, some camera adjustments, where I would start and then stretch the boundaries of what these settings can do. I love my camera because it’s operation is intuitive for me. I learn something new at every shoot, at every conversation, in every editing session, at every gallery opening, in every experience.
When I approach an environment to shoot, I observe, allowing subjects to appear. I shoot every day at dawn or dusk, so this beautiful light and quiet time opens me to deeper meaning, creating broader possibilities. I wander into imagination, expanding my capacity to understand; Whatever one can imagine, exists! Worlds open to me through scratches, scrapes, dents, and smudges; in rust, decay and things tossed aside. Mountains, forests, plains, oceans, beaches and cities, appear along with otherworldly landscapes and the beings who inhabit them.
Uploading the day’s work for editing, is one of my favorite parts of the day. Usually, there are three tiers in this process; 1st are the “Obvious”, 2nd the “Oh Yeah’s”, and 3rd are the “WOW, that’s in there?” If I were to choose which stage of my process I would want to live in, it would be this editing stage. When I see something emerge that’s outrageous in some way, I get so excited, I have to call someone and say, “Look at what I got today!” Fortunately, most of my friends are excited to see, so the response is encouraging. As with every other part of my process, the way I edit is intuitive too. I do adjustments using the shadows, contrast, saturation, sharpness and out pops what has called me to take the picture.
What attracts me is what astonishes me or makes me laugh. This is the thread running through everything I shoot, whether it’s sections of recognizable things, patterned surfaces, or beaten up alleys. This work excites me, stimulates me, connecting me emotionally to something I remember, desire to experience or strive to be. I love a great story, and there’s one in every piece.
Rarely, I will have to crop something or straighten it, otherwise, I enjoy capturing the entire scene in the camera. I don’t arrange anything, brush anything off, set anything up, or touch anything I am shooting. I like the stipulation that it is as I have found it.
As a rule of habit, I like to edit everything I’ve shot on a given day, that same night or at least by the night after. This way I stay current and don’t allow too much of the creative vibration to dissipate before I get to work on them.
It’s important I have fun. It is essential I be creative. For me to approach the structure of a business eagerly, I must find ways of creatively making every task interesting, so I stay interested and the business maintains balance. I’ve established when I photograph and when I edit, which leaves the middle of the day, networking, returning correspondence, publishing work and posting to as many different art/photography sites as is appropriate. Now I can focus on cultivating an audience for my work.
I’m an artist because, as stated in my very first journal, I want to invite people to look at things around them, they wouldn’t usually look at, in ways they wouldn’t usually look. There are worlds of breathtaking beauty all around us. Take some time to enjoy.
— Robert Madden
VIEWBUG AWARDS
TROJAN WARRIOR
Winner of MEMBER SELECTION AWARD
Winner of MEMBER SELECTION AWARD
BUSY BRANCHES
Awarded for SUPERB COMPOSITION,
OUTSTANDING CREATIVITY and PHOTO TRIFECTA!
Awarded for SUPERB COMPOSITION,
OUTSTANDING CREATIVITY and PHOTO TRIFECTA!
WE MUST WORK TOGETHER
Winner of STAFF WINTER SELECTION 2015
Winner of STAFF WINTER SELECTION 2015