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Saturday, Nov. 25: Closing Receptions for Matthew Hanna and Paolo Marino

 

At Popps Packing:

Homespun, New works by Matthew Hanna

Detroit native Matthew Hanna studied fine art at the College for Creative Studies with a concentration in sculpture.  As a curator, he has organized exhibitions for the Willis Gallery, Grey Gallery, Detroit Artists Market and Alley Culture. As a museum professional, he was worked on exhibitions for the Detroit Artists Market, Pewabic Pottery, Center Galleries (CCS), the Ford Gallery at Wayne County Community College District, and currently at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. As an artist, he has exhibited in many Detroit galleries and widely across the United States including Michigan, New York, Florida, New Mexico and Wisconsin.

“Driven by history, faith and fantasy, what engages me is a spiritual devotion to the ritual of art making itself; pounding images into the surface with common tools and vernacular materials.

I pay tribute to folklore demigods, world book heroes and personal histories. By appropriating and adopting elements from the prevalent images of modern culture I am also critiquing and exploring a path of learning about what makes up our culture; the everyday pieces that shape our lives and our thinking. In other words, the small things that defines us.”

At Popps Emporium

NEIGHBORS,  an exhibition of new works by Paolo Marino

Paolo Marino ( b. Rochester, NY).  Marino holds a BA in Studio Art from Nazareth College in Rochester, and an MFA in Print Media from Cranbrook.  Marino has worked as a movie theatre employee and manager, an assistant at a Montessori school, a teacher, a pizzeria janitor, and a drummer in several bands and a bar. His work has been shown at the International Print Center,New York;Big Car Collective, Indianapolis. Marino recently completed an Artist Resinecy at Pennsylvania State University in State College, PA where he curated a an Exhibition featuring  Detroit artists.

“I find that in all I do, there is some sort of a threshold between fantasy and reality. I work from observation and from my head. I take experiences that I have had and turn them into vignettes, much the way a film director might – or a fiction writer.  All of my work references the ways we ingest fantasy in some way – I make posters, film stills, dolls, models, and videos. And I do so in a way that improvises with my surroundings in order to better reflect them.”

Homespun: New works by Matthew Hanna at Popps Packing

Homespun, New works by Matthew Hanna

October 28 -November 25

Gallery hours: Saturdays 12-5 and by appointment

 

Detroit native Matthew Hanna studied fine art at the College for Creative Studies with a concentration in sculpture.  As a curator, he has organized exhibitions for the Willis Gallery, Grey Gallery, Detroit Artists Market and Alley Culture. As a museum professional, he was worked on exhibitions for the Detroit Artists Market, Pewabic Pottery, Center Galleries (CCS), the Ford Gallery at Wayne County Community College District, and currently at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. As an artist, he has exhibited in many Detroit galleries and widely across the United States including Michigan, New York, Florida, New Mexico and Wisconsin.

“Objects are my “words,” the best way I know how to communicate with others about myself, what I understand of the world we share and the things I’ve experienced in my life. This exploration has continued over two decades, learning new methods and techniques, sifting through the detritus, the everyday images and information-saturated world; considering simple, ordinary things that fill everyday life.

Driven by history, faith and fantasy, what engages me is a spiritual devotion to the ritual of art making itself; pounding images into the surface with common tools and vernacular materials.

I pay tribute to folklore demigods, world book heroes and personal histories. By appropriating and adopting elements from the prevalent images of modern culture I am also critiquing and exploring a path of learning about what makes up our culture; the everyday pieces that shape our lives and our thinking. In other words, the small things that defines us.”

NEIGHBORS by Paolo Marino at Popps Emporium

NEIGHBORS,  an exhibition of new works by Paolo Marino

October 28- November 25, 2017

Gallery hours: Saturdays 12-5PM and by appointment.


Paolo Marino was born in the city of Rochester, NY, and was raised in one of the surrounding suburbs. He has worked as a movie theatre employee and manager, an assistant at a Montessori school, a teacher, a pizzeria janitor, and a drummer in several bands and a bar. He Graduated with a BA in Studio Art from Nazareth College in Rochester, and an MFA in Print Media from Cranbrook. Most recently, he has shown work at the International Print Center in New York, Big Car Collective in Indianapolis, and curated a show of mainly Detroit based artists for his residency at the Pennsylvania State University in State College, PA.

“I think a lot about fantasy. I used to play a lot of video games, and the older I get, the more I realize that the screen I spent so much time looking through was the most accurate representation we have now of how fantasy exists in reality. It is thin but not see through, and goes on into perceived infinity.

I find that in all I do, there is some sort of a threshold between fantasy and reality. I work from observation and from my head. I take experiences that I have had and turn them into vignettes, much the way a film director might – or a fiction writer. I think action movies are modern day history paintings. All of my work references the ways we ingest fantasy in some way – I make posters, film stills, dolls, models, and videos. And I do so in a way that improvises with my surroundings in order to better reflect them.”

Wearable sculptures by Levon Milross

Opening Reception July 29, 2017 7-10PM.

Please Join us in celebrating the wearable sculptural treasures of Levon Milross (AKA Stargazer). This unique collection of garments, headpieces and more are sure to dazzle your imagination and transport you into a fantastical and futuristic world.

Show runs thorugh August 26, 2017
Gallery hours: Saturday 12-5 and by appointment.
Contact us at poppspacking@gmail.com

Hamtramck in Translation Workshop

Sunday, July 2 , 12PM – 6PM

Hamtramck in Translation is a free, hands–on workshop lead by Juliette Pepin, current artist in resident at Popps Packing. Inspired by the variety of signs and scripts found all over the city, this workshop will explore and highlight Hamtramck’s unique linguistic and cultural diversity through the creation of unique yard sings.

This is a free drop- in workshop!

12-6PM
All Ages Welcome!
All Materials included! More than 10 different alphabets!
All projects will be digitally archived and shared with participants.

Contact: poppspacking@gmail.com
Location: Popps Packing, 12138 St. Aubin Hamtramck MI, 48212.

Juliette Pépin is a multidisciplinary designer based in Paris, France. She is a communication designer working on the positive representation of cultural diversity though modern means of communication. Her communication design and education project, M.O.T.S, won a Social Design Award in 2016. M.O.T.S is language awareness education tool in which Juliette designed school materials, games and other tools to trigger children interest in cultural diversity through language awareness. Pepin utilizes foreign alphabets that were co-created with teachers, psychologist and education counselors to help frame the activities within a knowledge and experience based context. “Hamtramck in Translation” workshop is a continuation of her interest in socially conscious locally based projects that find unique ways to highlight cultural diversity. http://juliettepepin.com/mots

MOMM and POPP Residency!

Popps Packing welcomes Marion Neumann (filmmaker and cinematographer),  Isamu Krieger (visual artist), and 5 year old daughter Frida from Geneva Switzerland,  our first  Momm and Popp  Residents   thanks to support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation!!

For the month of August, Marion Neumann (filmmaker and cinematographer),  Isamu Krieger (visual artist), and 5 year old daughter Frida will be in residence at Popps Packing as part of our new Momm and Popps residency program for parent artists. Marion will be developing a project focused on mycology and how the highly resilient life cycles of fungi can serve as a powerful learning tool for how humans can relate to each other and protect the world they live in.  Her residency kicks off with a Myco Remediation Workshop with mushroom guru Geoffroy R. Grignon on Friday August 5th, (Details below). Meanwhile Isamu, whose work explores the absurd aspects of a paradoxical world with a deep sensitivity and respect for nature, will be working on a live drawing installation in one of Popps gallery spaces. The Momm & Popp Artist Residency is a pilot program designed to cater to national and international artists with families. The program explores hybrid forms of life and work and provides opportunities for artists, families and neighbors to exchange ideas about art and life in order to learn and inspire each other. 

Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster the arts. For more, visit knightfoundation.org.

Franziska Klose (Photographer, Book Artist),Leipzig, Germany.

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Franziska Klose works explore postindustrial nature and landscapes within a social-historical context. Her works include photography, artist books and field recordings. She returns to Popps for the second time to photograph and research for her new book „ The New Wild–Detroit“.

The book is part of a long-term project that pictures postindustrial landscapes worldwide.  It will combine pictures of urban and industrial vegetation and various farms in Detroit with historical images and texts to describe the permanent change of Detroit’s urban and social landscape.

Klose studied at Bauhaus-University Weimar, at École Supérieure des Arts Visuels Genève/CH and at Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig. She lives in Leipzig, Germany.

More about Franziska Klose’s work here: www.franziskaklose.de, www.frzkrzl.tumblr.com

Yi Zhou (Artist and Designer),  Beijing
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Yi’s projects are drawn from sociological angles, and focusing primarily on the interrelation between human relations and behavior.
At Popps she will continue to develop her performative and intimate project “Body Memory” A project  based on the hypothesis that the body itself is capable of storing memories, as opposed to just the brain. YI will be setting up a Pop Up Body Memory Clinic at some point during her residency and will be looking for stories in exchange for castings.  We’ll keep you posted on the details.
To learn more about Yi’s work here:

 

 

 

Join us Friday August 26 from 6-10Pm for a special residency exhibition around the Popps compound.

Saturday, June 11  2016.

Gallery hours  12PM-5Pm

Last chance to see “In The Wake of The Bind” by David Trautrimus.

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We often speak of old, neglected buildings in anthropomorphic terms as having “good bones”. As such, the spectre of death already haunts the language we use to describe these forgotten places. What if, in their final demise, buildings were released from their foundations? What new forms would they take?

David Trautrimas (Toronto) digitally excavates and reassembles source material to create portraits of structures that exist somewhere between the real and the completely imagined. Roofs collapse and funnel in the elements, walls crumble allowing unencumbered access into the interior and otherwise dark passages reveal themselves to the light. Brick, mortar, wood and stone – once the building blocks of civilization – are reassembled here to present a vision of a world bereft of humanity and one in which architecture experiences an afterlife.
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David Trautrimas is a visual artist whose work explores themes related to architecture and the built environment. He received a diploma with honors from OCAD and a multi-media technical certification from Fanshawe College. Recent solo exhibitions include Eidolon Point at the Prince Takamado Gallery, Canadian Embassy, Tokyo (2015) and Spyfrost Industrial Habitat at Hartell Gallery, Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. (2014). He has participated in numerous museum exhibitions including Imagine Earth at the Korean Arts Center, Seoul Korea (2011) and Empire of Dreams at MOCCA, Toronto (2010). His first major public art installation Ramps & Tread will be installed in 2016 as part of the public art program at Ice Condominiums, Toronto.