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Bill
Miller
Vintage Linoleum Assemblage Paintings
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Paper
or Plastic, 2008, vintage linoleum assemblage, 24" x
32"
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Bill
Miller makes collage paintings from discarded linoleum and
reclaimed vinyl flooring, creating an effect that lies somewhere
between collage and stained glass. Miller’s work has
been recognized for rendering narrative moods and a sense of
common memory. His unexpected use of patterns taps into the
mediums nostalgic familiarity striving to import a sense of
history and story within each piece. Miller began working with
recycled materials as a founding member of Pittsburgh’s
Industrial arts Co-op constructing large-scale sculptures
made of scrap materials in abandoned industrial sites. His
work
has been featured in the New York Times, HOME Magazine, the
Chicago Tribune and on the National Geographic Channel. He
has been working exclusively in vintage linoleum for 12 years
and has been widely exhibited in museums and galleries in
New York, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Diego, New Orleans and
Austin. |
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The Eager Children Cry, 2009, lvintage inoleum assemblage, 32''x40''
Central
Park, Early Spring, 2008, vintage linoleum assemblage, 16" x
20"
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The Children's Hour, 2007, vintage linoleum
assemblage |
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Midsummer
Night's Dream, 2008, vintage linoleum assemblage, 11" x
14" |
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Abraham
Lincoln, 2008, vintage linoleum assemblage, 32" x
28" |
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Atom
Heart Ohio #2,
2008, vintage linoleum assemblage, 12" x 12" |
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The
County Line,
2008, vintage linoleum assemblage, 15" x
28" |
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Blood
in the Sky, 2008, vintage linoleum assemblage, 11" x
24"
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View from Venice,
2008, vintage linoleum assemblage, 11" x
14"
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The Grand Wazoo,
2008, vintage linoleum assemblage, 16" x
20" |
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Antietam,
2008, vintage linoleum assemblage, 8" x
24" |
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The Painted
Canopy, 2008, vintage linoleum assemblage, 24" x
20" |
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My Last
Days on Earth, 2008, vintage linoleum assemblage, 14" x
11" |
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Pink Noon,
2008, vintage linoleum assemblage, 11" x
14"
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These
Woods Are Filled With Hunters,
2008, vintage linoleum assemblage, 8" x
24" |
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Three
Sisters; Three Lives,
2008, vintage linoleum assemblage, 16" x
24" |
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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
AN EXHIBITION OF VINTAGE LINOLEUM COLLAGE PAINTING FROM
ARTIST BILL MILLER OPENS AT FRANK PICTURES GALLERY AT BERGAMOT
STATION APRIL 26.
Bill Miller,
who makes collage paintings from discarded vintage linoleum,
opens his Los Angeles solo show at the
Frank Pictures Gallery at Bergamot Station on April 26th.
Miller finds inspiration from the material, cutting up shards
of old flooring and bonding them on wooden boards with industrial-strength
construction glue, and then layering them with varnish to
create a mosaic effect that lies somewhere between collage
and stained glass. Miller’s work has been recognized
for rendering narrative moods and a sense of common memory.
His unexpected use of patterns taps into the mediums nostalgic
familiarity, striving to import a sense of history and story
within each piece. “A lot of times, I’ll see
a pattern on a piece of linoleum in my studio, and I’ll
see a face in that”, says Miller of his work, “I’ll
see the shape, the color, the gesture in a piece. I love
it when I find the 30’s and 40’s stuff, with
its old floral prints. It’s so powerful.” Miller
began working with recycled materials as a founding member
of Pittsburgh’s Industrial Arts Co-Op constructing
large-scale sculptures made of scrap materials in abandoned
industrial sites. His work has been featured in the New York
Times, HOME Magazine, the Chicago Tribune and on the National
Geographic Channel. He has been working exclusively in vintage
linoleum for 12 years and has been widely exhibited in museums
and galleries in New York, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Diego,
New Orleans and Austin.
Gallery hours Tuesday-Saturday 11:30-7 PM. www.frankpicturesgallery.com
For more information please call Laurie Frank 310 828-0211
or 323 839-6166
laurie@frankpicturesgallery.com
Click for Press Release
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