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Life is Rich and Full
Exhibition
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Life is Rich and Full
new work by Luke Miller Buchanan
paintings at Rebus Works
Opening Reception:
Thursday, June 3 from 6-10 p.m.
drawings at Stitch
Opening Reception:
Friday, June 4 from 6-10 p.m.
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About the exhibition:
Thanks to Dave Delcambre for his coverage of the exhibiition for the Independent Weekly!
Kind words for Luke's work on Goodnight, Raleigh.
Great article and interview with Luke on New Raleigh.
A mention on the new blog, Pieced Out.
Nice post including both shows from Raleigh Rambles.
Fantastic coverage on NC Artblog: Stitch and Rebus Works.
Rebus Works is pleased to announce Life is Rich and Full, two exhibitions of new work by Raleigh artist Luke Miller Buchanan. The main exhibition, of paintings, will open at Rebus Works on Thursday, June 3, with a reception from 6-10 p.m. An accompanying exhibition of drawings will open at Stitch on Friday, June 4 with a reception from 6 -10 p.m. Both exhibitions will continue through July 31.
Luke Miller Buchanan’s painting style deftly integrates site-specific found objects and collected personal ephemera atop a base of photography. Building upon those layers of photography, the paintings feature building facades and architectural elements. The sum--the painting--is made richer through the connections suggested with its parts.
Instead of focusing on the collective but unknown stories (the “spiritual residue and shared memories” as Buchanan calls it) of a building or urban landscape, the artist has chosen places of importance in his life, concentrating on the intersection of personal memory and place for this new body of work in Life is Rich and Full. Having discovered boxes filled with “old school papers, flyers, letters, phone numbers, photos, drawings and notes,” the material informed this new direction, instructing a narrative built between the paintings and locations. Treating these artifacts much like the nuts and bolts attached to past paintings, these paper-based materials also served as time-based reminders, calling to attention songs associated with the place. Because they are tied to distinct moments, the locations (like the Hillsborough street Cup-a-Joe, Wiley Elementary, and Lassiter Mill) connect to his life’s past soundtracks, albums like The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds, Thin Lizzy’s Johnny Fox, and Leonard Cohen’s Songs of Love and Hate, to name a few. Coincidentally, the artist names making mixed tapes (and their covers) his second passion.
In the supplementary exhibition at Stitch, Buchanan has created a series of ink drawings on handmade paper. Buchanan cites his life-long love of drawing as motivation to study architecture but has only recently begun to produce stand-alone drawings for exhibitions. This series features Raleigh buildings like the N.C Equipment Company (now lulu.com’s headquarters), Cameron Court apartments, Raleigh Concrete and Pipe and more.
Luke Miller Buchanan holds a Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture from the College of Design at North Carolina State University. He exhibits his mixed-media paintings throughout the state of North Carolina, including at Block Gallery, Artspace, and Lee Hansley Gallery(all in Raleigh), as well as in recent exhibitions at Labourlove Gallery in Durham and the Green Hill Center in Greensboro. Buchanan was featured in New American Painters (issue #88, 2010) and was awarded the Regional Emerging Artist Residency at Artspace in 2003.
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Luke Miller Buchanan, I Hope You are Keeping Some Kind of Record |
Luke Miller Buchanan, Cup-a-Joe |
Luke Miller Buchanan |
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Luke Miller Buchanan, drawing |
Luke Miller Buchanan, drawing |
Luke Miller Buchanan, drawing |
