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ARTWORKVISUAL ARTS Since the late 70s GERRY JOE WEISE has been practicing art. Born in 1959 in Sydney, it wasn't until the early 80s after moving to Europe that he began making a career out of the arts, living in Germany, France and Switzerland. From 1999 onwards, he has been living and working in France and Australia.
2nd VISUAL ARTS web-site http://www.gerryjoeweiseartwork.blogspot.com ARTPHOTO web-site http://www.blognow.com.au/gerryjoeweisephoto
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RIVETING NIGHTSCAPES A Panorama Of Nightly Delights by Jan Rubin
A native of Sydney, Gerry Joe Weise moved to Europe in 1980, at the age of 20. In the late 80s, through his friendship with Jean-Marie LeSidaner (international French poet), he was invited to poet meetings, happenings, performances, and the Rimbaud Poetry Festival in France. His poetic "Nightscapes" taken from the "New-Nature / New-Realities", are a new private cosmos that opens up before us in a view, a panorama of nightly delights, under pressure from mortal life on a gravity-bound planet; but still offers an escape. Gerry Joe Weise is dedicated to close observation of nature and detail. He revisits themes such as mountains, plains, trees, water and skies. Weise scans photographic collages of landscape images and digitally manipulates them on his computer. These dark saturated color photos are riveting and breathtaking.
NIGHTSCAPES web-site http://www.blognow.com.au/gerryjoeweisephoto/15274/NIGHTSCAPES.html
Tree Passage, 2006
Blue Horizon, 2006
The Field, 2006
Great Tree 2, 2006
Red Gum, 2006
Ocean View, 2006
Eyscape, 2006
Mineral Water, 2006
Midforest Lake, 2006
NIGHTSCAPES The Artist's Statement 26 April 2006 by Gerry Joe Weise
From the dense and the dark passages found in nocturnal landscapes, one is in waiting. Waiting for the next consequence to happen. Hearing all silence, deafened by the vast spaces becoming claustrophobic, we shall not be the same again. Art has a very long history of evening, nightly, and after dusk works. Creating a mood and pleasure in representing obscurities, and awkward sentiments. These are precisely those moments I have learned to cherish from Prehistoric to Ancient to Modern to Contemporary Artwork. The "Nightscapes" theme I feel, has to have panoramic measurements, to create tension against claustrophobia : a sort of resting against restlessness. Therefore the contradiction is exposed, and we can savor the delicate balance between a panorama wide-open and a small stuffy space. Air has definately color here ! The "Nightscapes" series use a combination of techniques I used for the "New-Nature" photographs and the "New-Realities" collages, and in doing so, hoping to create nocturnal moods unexploited in the color schemes I used beforehand.
NIGHTSCAPES french / francais http://blog.ifrance.com/gerryjoeweise-nightscapes
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South Australia 2006
Slide show : BUSHFIRE : 10 images http://www.fotothing.com/slideshow.php?id=weisebushfire Slide show : SEASIDE/OCEANSIDE : 10 images http://www.fotothing.com/slideshow.php?id=weiseoceanside
DIGITAL COLLAGES The Artist's Statement 26 April 2006 by Gerry Joe Weise
The Digital Collages from the "New-Realities" use a variety of techniques from the "old-school" montage superimposing to "new-school" computer manipulation of the final image. Landscapes can be looked at from a 2 dimensional to a 3 dimensional view. The "New-Realities" theme is trying to obtain a 4th dimensional aspect, the "inner-soul" of the landscape. Some of the works can be looked at by tipping the image around to its side or by standing-it-up upside down. Other works can be looked at from a topographical view, as if the viewer was airborne. I have always respected collage artwork from Modern Art to Contemporary Art, and while creating these works has been a natural on-going process of great passion and desire, it seems I can finally express myself about nature as a whole. One must note that animals and humans do not appear within these landscapes : earth, water, air and vegetation, overwhelm any chance of an animal form making an appearance, and humans seem to be the intruders. Air has a way of being represented in different densities, different colors : yes air has color and form. Minerals give earth different flavors and odors, water creates division and distance, while vegetation creates time and space. It is impossible to escape nature walled up in a city, and do we have to drown out earthly sounds with our mechanics ? Utopia is for amateurs, the sublime is for the unfit, and to hell with political realism on this planet !
The River, 2006
Ghost Gum Wind 2, 2006
Waterfall Crossing 2, 2006
Seascape Frost, 2006
The Bushfire, 2006
DIGITAL COLLAGES web-site http://www.gerryjoeweisecollage.blogspot.com
NEW-NATURE / NEW-REALITIES by Gerry Joe Weise
The New-Nature / New-Realities, for which these works have been based upon, are a departure from the common concerns of today. In that they are not concerned with, and go beyond the immediate surroundings of which we inhabit. The representation of symbolical forms are partially stated. In actuality, they are only impressions, as the human mind always compares to what is already familiar. These are not what they seem to be ! The symbolical ideas are assigned to act out our feelings from the subconscious, our inner selves, even though they transcend the heavens and are beyond a million light years away. Our world is not their world, yet theirs is ours. Their music and language are of a transcendental character; it could be said a priori knowledge and experience. The works therefore have no link to existing history, even though a reference in the titles may lead to imply. In this case it is likened to our Moon, which carries earthly titles upon the lunar surface, a satellite that has been in existence long before the memory of man.
DIGITAL COLLAGE french / francais http://blog.ifrance.com/gerryjoeweise-collage
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Southern France 2005
NEW-NATURE SLIDE SHOW : 10 images http://www.fotothing.com/slideshow.php?id=gerryjoeweise NEW-NATURE web-site http://www.gerryjoeweiseartphoto.blogspot.com
PHOTOGRAPHY
Concert Of Trees, 2005
Hour Glass Spider Tree 2, 2005
Listen To Wood, 2005
Blue Wild Angel, 2005
Spider Tree, 2005
Voodoo Forest, 2005
NATURE versus GRAVITY by Morton Fielding The "New-Nature" series commenced with the introduction of dissonant forms of landscape photography in the South of France. The gradual deformations of images juxtaposed to form pictures no longer controlled by Earth's gravity, sometimes creating a central void, where the viewer is drawn into the image, sometimes turning the viewer upon his head. The exclusion of the human figure where all presence is evacuated, the viewer feels like an outsider in front of the image, as if nature has left mankind out; is a specific intention created by Gerry Joe Weise in what he calls the "New-Nature" series. The most significant characteristic of Weise's photography, is its anti-gravitational aspect, its overwhelming scale in thickness of vegetation, where as silence and cacophony simultaneously carve through the dense air. An instant of bafflement ? Gerry Joe Weise doesn't encourage the viewer to comprehend contemporary nature photography at first glance. Nature versus gravity !
NEW-NATURE french / francais http://blog.ifrance.com/gerryjoeweise-artphoto
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INSTALLATIONS EXHIBITONS & INSTALLATIONS http://www.gerry-joe-weise.blogspot.com LAND ART http://www.gerryjoeweisephotofr.blogspot.com SLIDESHOW = 10 images http://www.fotothing.com/slideshow.php?id=weisegerry
Culture Centre, Les Salvages 2002
Rimbaud Museum, Charleville-Mezieres 1990
Ocre d'Art Culture Centre, Chateauroux 1989
Ocre d'Art Culture Centre, Chateauroux 1989
CROUS Culture Center, Rheims 1987
CROUS Culture Centre, Rheims 1987
GERRY JOE WEISE by Andrew Nuti ART LINE Magazine, England
Gerry Joe Weise is interested in the dimension of life that surpasses traditional urban life. His more external approach juxtaposed with Space and Movement, is enticed by Energy and Creation, and more fundamentally, is guiding his artistic research through guidelines set up in response to them, rather than following 'trendy' patterns. Weise has developed a whole body of theory, thanks to his musical practice, which evolves around the notion of rhythm. Here he has created a symbolic universe of his own.
Saint Denis Basilica, Paris 1988
Saint Denis Basilica, Paris 1988
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INSTALLATIONS french / francais http://blog.ifrance.com/gerryjoeweise-expo
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DRAWINGS http://www.drawings-gerry-joe-weise.blogspot.com A collection of drawings from 1981 to 2001. Different styles and different techniques including new-realism, neo-expressionism, cartoon, surf culture, lowbrow art.
Ward 81 Woman In Bathtub, Frankfurt 1982.
The Olgas - Kata Tjuta, Rheims, 1991.
Phantom and Woman, Darwin, 2001.
WEISE L GERRY JOE WEISE has been experimenting in contemporary art since the late 70s. Anything and everything concerning different cultures, mythology, nature, the Universe, the Cosmos; anything leading up to being an universal artist, and everything concerning different mediums : canvas, wood, bark, earth, metal, stone, photography, video, writing, etc..., has been Gerry Joe Weise's goal in achieving a comment on the Earth and the Universe. In using Lowbrow Art for the following colorful works, Weise is commenting on today's society, consumerism, our weakness, and our pitiful situation on this planet.
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La Tourista, Castelleon Playa Espanea, 1982.
Surfer Bell, Castres, 2000.
One-eyed Girl, Castres, 2000.
WBR
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EARTH SPIRIT Australian Paintings EUROPEAN TOURING EXHIBITION
Eddie Ryan Bangadi & Gerry Joe Weise 2001 GROUP EXHIBITIONS 11 aboriginal artists from the Northern Territory, Australia. England Banggala, Peter Nabarlambarl, Thompson Yulidjirri, Bob Namundja, Bill Namundja, Sonda Turner Nampijmpa, Mary Mullins Jujabilla, Eddie Ryan Bangadi, Maurice Fejo Minnadook, Jocelyn Garrwurra, Celleste Robertson Nangala. DUO EXHIBITIONS Indigenous artist Eddie Ryan Bangadi from the Central Arnhem Land region and contemporary artist Gerry Joe Weise, have gotten together to paint 5 joint/collaboration paintings in March/April 2000 in Darwin N.T., in a mixture of Lowbrow and aboriginal tribal art.
Culture Centre, Les Salvages 2002 SOLO EXHIBITIONS Gerry Joe Weise has stayed on two aboriginal communities, Manmoyi and Gunbalanya. He has worked with indigenous Kunwinjku band Nabarlek, artist Ash Dargan, frequented the Injalak Arts Council, and he has worked in different aboriginal art galleries in Darwin, Melbourne and Sydney. His reflections on Australian Indigenous Art are presented by a limited amount of works set aside for the "Earth Spirit" exhibitions; especially his colored pigments on a circle of earth, approxiamately 5 metres in diameter, set out on the floor at the exhibition space. EARTH SPIRIT - Australian Paintings Music, photography, installations, catalogues. 3 Exhibitions in France : 2001 - CCI, Castres 2002 - MJC Culture Centre, Les Salvages 2003 - Chateau Town Hall Art Gallery, Brassac
Eddie Ryan Bangadi & Gerry Joe Weise 2001
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http://www.gerryjoeweisepoetry.blogspot.com a month of poetry GERRY JOE WEISE has since the 1980s been working with internationally acclaimed poets : like Jean-Marie LeSidaner (performances, exhibitions, catalogues, magazines), Michel Butor (catalogue/revue), and The Rimbaud Poetry Festival in Charleville-Mezieres (Soundscapes performances). He has also written approximately 80 songs for his several blues/country/rock groups, releasing a dozen different albums.
In french : With Jean-Marie LeSidaner (famous french critic, poet & writer) http://blog.ifrance.com/gerryjoeweise-jeanmarielesidaner
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While GERRy JoE WEiSE is known as an international Australian Contemporary artist, dealing with painting, installations and photography. He is also known around the World as an Australian Blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He has played with B.B.King, John Lee Hooker, Albert Collins, Noel Redding, Eric Clapton, and he has toured Australia, Europe and the USA, releasing several albums.
All compositions by Gerry Joe Weise.
MUSiC LiNKS
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GERRY JOE WEISE Born in 1959 in Sydney, Australia. Has lived in Australia, France, Switzerland, Germany & USA. Collections in Museums, private and public collections.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1985 -La Grande Serre Gallery, Rouen, France. 1986 -Les Archers Culture Centre, Cambrai, Fr. -Culture Centre, Gaillon, Fr. 1987 -Transmythic Earth Installations Australian Embassy, Paris, Fr CROUS Culture Centre, Rheims, Fr Espace AGF, Rheims Cafe du Palais, Rheims Restaurant VO, Rheims. 1988 -Australian Embassy, Bonn, Germany. -Australian Embassy, Brussels, Belgium. -Earth Church Installations Saint Denis Basilica, Paris Saint Remi Basilica, Rheims Church, Viels St Remy, Fr Church, Neuvizy, Fr. 1989 -Espace 13 Culture Centre, Paris. -Earth Music, Ocre d'Art Culture Centre, Chateauroux, Fr. -Espace Tresor, Rheims. 1990 -Looking Up / The Sacred, Rimbaud Museum, Charleville-Mezieres, Fr. 90/91 -Le Chant de Roches Exhibitions Les Loges, Rheims Radio Station 93 FM, Rheims Espace AGF, Rheims. 1991 -Underworld Earth, BK Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany. 1993 -Earth Spiral, CAC, Brussels, Belgium. 94/95 -L'Utopie, Ancien College Culture Centre, Sezanne, Fr. 1997 -Earth Painting, CCA, Munich, Germany. 1998 -LB Gallery, Montreux, Switzerland. 2000 -Galerie Jiwini, Albi, Fr. 00/01 -Out Of Australia Gallery, Toulouse, Fr. 2002 -Earth Spirit, Culture Centre, Les Salvages, Fr. 2005 -Distorted Nature, Ancien Temple, Lacaze, Fr. 2006 -Nightscapes, Jam Factory, Adelaide, Australia. 2007 -Nature Wide Open, Junction Gallery, NYC, USA.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
82/84 -Sclosspavillon Gallery, Munich, Germany. 1987 -Grande Prix des Arts Plastiques, Ancien College des Jesuits Museum (State Council Prize), Rheims. 87/88 -Rituel Commun / Common Ritual Australian Embassy, Paris La Lisiere Gallery, Rheims Clin d'Oeil Gallery, Toulouse. 1988 -Grandeur Nature, SBAC Culture Centre Clamart, Paris. 1989 -Installation THNO, Sculpture Park, Tinos Island, Greece. 1992 -Sun Earth, Co-Temporaire Culture Centre, Troyes, Fr. 93/98 -Ligne Roset Gallery, Rheims. 2000 -City Show Grounds, Caen, Fr. -Art Passions, Town Art Gallery, Boissezon, Fr. 2001 -L'Esprit de la Terre, CCI Chambre de Commerce, Castres, Fr. 2002 -L'Esprit de la Terre, Culture Centre, Les Salvages, Fr. 2003 -L'Esprit de la Terre, Town Hall Art Gallery, Chateau, Brassac, Fr. 2004 -Nature Nature, Lac du Merle, Fr. 2005 -New Realities Installations, Sculpture Park, Brassac. 06/07 -Ligne Roset Gallery, Rheims. 2007 -Where To Now?, Artist's Space, NYC, USA.
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