Art

Join XYandZ for an artist talk with artist Nate Young moderated by Robyne Robinson.

Check out this short video preview for the artist talk:
http://vimeo.com/29984614

Thursday October 6th 7p
3258 Minnehaha Ave S Mpls MN

In Young’s recent work, celebrities, pop stars, and other iconic figures are juxtaposed alongside California license plates. Formally, the drawings are placed next to each other through exacto fine cut-outs; parti...ally readable letters butt up against acutely drawn renderings of Kanye West, Charlton Heston and the late pop king Michael Jackson. The insertion of the portraits into groupings of seemingly arbitrary letter and number systems that half suggest a word or acronym tie deliberate but unstable relationships between them. A dead-eyed gazing Micheal Jackson stares at us from a cut out geometric shape sitting among plates reading “4PRV013” and “3NOH023”. In a similar way that poetry rests on the variable of language construction by placing word choices together, the work’s agency rests in the effectual insertion of the portraits into a setting of letters and numbers that may or may not form a relationship.

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All photographs are 23.5" x 15.5" and are in a black shadow box frame. Price is $250. For purchasing information email: info@thexyandz.com
Image 1 Doomtree by Erik Hess
Image 2 Slapping purses by Erik Hess
Image 3 Mark Mallman by Erik Hess
Image 4 Jeremy Messersmith by Steve Cohen
Image 5 Chris Koza by Steve Cohen
Image 6 Wilson Brothers by Steve Cohen
Image 7 Cloud Cult by Stacy Schwartz
Image 8 Lookbook by Stacy Schwartz
Image 9 Harmar Superstar by Stacy Schwartz
Image 10 Peter Wolf Crier by Stacy Schwartz

Please join us at XYandZ Gallery on Thursday, February 17th at 7pm for a panel discussion with participating artists, moderated by Robyne Robinson. Robinson is a trailblazer in local music and arts coverage--you may remember her 8-year running FOX 9 segment, The Buzz, which aired in the 1990s through the early 2000s. She was the first local TV news journalist to bring consistent, mainstream attention to the dynamic Twin Cities art and music scenes. Robinson will question the photographers about their work, their connection to the local music community, and will prompt them to share some of the stories behind images exhibited in Anthology.

An audience q&a and open mic will follow, inviting attendees to read or tell their favorite personal stories from the Twin Cities music scene. Have an epic backstage memory? A long lost tale of rock n' roll mayhem? Perhaps a personal anecdote inspired by the sounds of local musicians? Bring a memory to share!

Check out video from the opening and the closing, produced by Permanent Art and Design Group
http://vimeo.com/20498048

Broken Crow
WHEN TRU$T IS THE NEW MONEY
Photos by Ted Salzman

Here are a couple pics from artist Sean Connaughty's pod construction at the Walker for Open Field. On Saturday July 17th swing by and check out the pod's and music from Vortex Navigation Company from 6p-7p. Sean will be having a show at XYandZ in the future, so if you miss the pods this weekend you'll get another chance to see them.

I got a chance to catch up with Dane Johnson in LA and check out what he has been working on for his show at XYandZ in August. Stay tuned for more details.

For now check out more Dane at:
http://www.dane-johnson.net/

Photos from Keegan Wenkman's My Life as a Number.

All photographs by Ted Salzman

New shots of the space by our good friend Ted Salzman.

We're open and off to a great start thanks to all 400 of you who came and showed your support for Ryan and XYandZ, at the opening of both Ryan's Show: Ryan Quirt 1982 - Forever. He Was Hip. He Liked to Dance, and the opening of XYandZ.

Here are some pictures of the night.