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| Ralph Michael Brekan | |
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Ralph Michael Brekan |
| About the Artist | |
I create artwork that defines the world around me. Theme's of popular culture, mass-consumerism and politics fill our waken world and in turn, I utilize these reoccuring elements within my work. I convey the currency of our times both in the subject matter itself and in the media I chose to execute the vision. I draw heavily from the California Assemblage pop art movement and commercial art movements of the 1960's and 1970's. I also enjoy the color theories presented by the abstract expressionists. |
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Aliyah
2007 |
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| An experimental plastic-collage masterpiece, hand-crafted from color theatrical gels (deep-dyed, transparent polyester lighting filters) cut and pasted onto canvas panel. The work is sealed with a glossy finish. Framed in a classy metal frame.
Unique to Brekan's portfolio, this theatrical gel medium has been a part of his artistic palete since 1997. The latest work holds the highest craftsmanship to date.
The work measures 21x27cm. This work was unveiled as a part of an ongoing series in Paris in April of 2007. |
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Stella Artois
2007 |
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| An experimental plastic-collage masterpiece, hand-crafted from color theatrical gels (deep-dyed, transparent polyester lighting filters) cut and pasted onto canvas panel. The work is sealed with a glossy finish. Unique to Brekan's portfolio, this theatrical gel medium has been a part of his artistic palete since 1997. The latest work holds the highest craftsmanship to date. The work measures 21x27cm. This work was commissioned by Mr. and Mrs Bob Reichard of Tempe. |
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Pear
2007 |
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| An experimental plastic-collage, hand-crafted from color theatrical gels (deep-dyed, transparent polyester lighting filters) cut and pasted onto canvas panel. The work is sealed with a glossy finish. Framed in a classy metal frame. Unique to Brekan's portfolio, this theatrical gel medium has been a part of his artistic palete since 1997. The latest work holds the highest craftsmanship to date. The work measures 30.5 x 30.5cm. This work was unveiled at Piece O Mind Gallery in June of 2007 |
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Oranges
2007 |
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| An experimental plastic-collage, hand-crafted from color theatrical gels (deep-dyed, transparent polyester lighting filters) cut and pasted onto canvas panel. The work is sealed with a glossy finish. Framed in a classy metal frame. Unique to Brekan's portfolio, this theatrical gel medium has been a part of his artistic palete since 1997. The latest work holds the highest craftsmanship to date. The work measures 30.5 x 30.5cm. This work was unveiled at Piece O Mind Gallery in June of 2007. |
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Apples
2007 |
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| An experimental plastic-collage masterpiece, hand-crafted from color theatrical gels (deep-dyed, transparent polyester lighting filters) cut and pasted onto canvas panel. The work is sealed with a glossy finish. Framed in a classy metal frame. Unique to Brekan's portfolio, this theatrical gel medium has been a part of his artistic palete since 1997. The latest work holds the highest craftsmanship to date. The work measures 30.5 x 30.5cm. This work was unveiled at Piece O Mind Gallery in June of 2007 |
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Raspberry
2007 |
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| An experimental plastic-collage, hand-crafted from color theatrical gels (deep-dyed, transparent polyester lighting filters) cut and pasted onto canvas panel. The work is sealed with a glossy finish. Framed in a classy metal frame. Unique to Brekan's portfolio, this theatrical gel medium has been a part of his artistic palete since 1997. The latest work holds the highest craftsmanship to date. The work measures 30.5 x 30.5cm. This work was unveiled at Piece O Mind Gallery in June of 2007 |
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Brokeback Cowboy
2007 |
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| Hand-crafted from colour theatrical gels (deep-dyed, transparent polyester lighting filters) and coated in polymer resin, this one-of-a-kind cut and paste collage-painting is the latest fare from American Pop Artist Ralph Michael Brekan. Unique to Brekan's portfolio, the use of unconventional media and techniques have been an ongoing theme throughout his career. True to his use of bold colours and stark contrast Brekan's latest works continue to push the boundaries of form and fashion. The high quality craftsmanship is protected with a resilient glossy finish. Framed in a classy black wood frame. Sofa size.
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| Education and biography | |
| Brekan created his first oil paintings at age 12. While still in high school Ralph excelled in visual and theatrical arts. His senior project (1992) shocked his peers, and much of the academic community who had to endure reviewing his portfolio for possible admission the following year. Inspired by a class field trip to the museum which exposed young Brekan to the works of Wallace Berman, David Hockney and other California Assemblage movement. From that encounter Brekan's bold departure from traditional studio art leap couragously towards the liberated, free-form world of assemblage. Inspired Brekan create a suite of life-sized, half-naked, self portraits using a conventional photocopy machine; what would become Brekan's first "xerox-collage". Using xerographic printing and a radical approach to David Hockney's photo-collage technique, Brekan's creative experimentation earned university-level credits while still in high school. Brekan took a regional art scholorship, pursuing art to Scottsdale Community college, where he studied motion picture and creative writing. Creatively Brekan waxed new artistic visions whilst academicly his ambitions waned. Much attention was focused on socializing on and off campus. It was during these years (1993-1995) Brekan contributed much visual art and multimedia to the Phoenix rave and art-party culture. By 1995 Brekan left college completely to full time pursuit of motion picture and stage projects. Although, he became all but a roaming drug-addled, rock and roll roadie, his best work and years were right around the corner. Pursuing a change in lifestyle, and possible work abroad, Brekan briefly retreated to the Czech Republic (winter of 1995-1996). In Prague, he mingled with expatriates, photographed the landscapes and contributed short stories to the English speaking literary magazine "Optimism" (1996). Ill and broken, Brekan and his fiance Theresa returned to downtown Phoenix. There he began to create his extravagant landscapes of the landscapes around Prague developing his unique collage technique. These works unveiled at his first major collaborative art event, Swirling Daze: Multimedia Arts Extravaganza at the Alwun House in downtown Phoenix (1997). The shows success spawned annual events. In December of 1999, Ralph Michael Brekan was invited to exhibit in the "Millennium Art Exhibition in Great Britain which included hundreds of international artists and celebrities such as Ewen McGregor and Emma Thompson. Brekan's exhibited works sold at auction in Great Britain to benefit the "Diana, Princess of Wales, Children's Hospital in Great Wyrly. Ever-evolving, and influenced by his work in cinema, Brekan continued his exploration of digital media and electronic tools, applying cinema trickery to his digital photomontage series My Love Affair With Barbie. The impact of the series captured brief world-wide attention and sold several international collectors. In 2002, Brekan exhibited at The Global Cafe in London's trendy Soho art's district. The following season produced a show with a gala reception at Agora Gallery in New York. In 2003, Brekan's portrait of Andy Warhol was acquired by Musee Artcolle, the international center for the documentation of the art of collage and assemblage, in Sergines, France. Brekan's further explored photomontage the witty "Patriot Action Figures" collage unveiled at Aldo Castillo Gallery in Chicago on September 19th, 2004. In 2004, Brekan's work traveled to eleven cities, seven countries, and three continents, making Brekan a highly visible artist in the international art scene. Brekan resides near Phoenix, Arizona in the United States of America. He works full-time, creating new artwork regularly. |
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| Future shows | |
| MORE UK AND USA DATES TBA Red Gate Gallery, London, UK February 2008 15th International Collage Contemporain Musee Artcolle, Paris March 2008 Paulina Miller Gallery Phoenix, Arizona 10/07-11/07 14th International Collage Contemporain Musee Artcolle, Paris 03/07 - 04/07 |
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| Website: www.brekanarts.com | |
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