I don’t have any new art to share this week, so I will take a moment to remind anyone local to head on over to my studio and see me on the 30th.
Here’s your friday night music video:
Archive for St. Louis
Not a Lot New
Posted in Jason Gray with tags City-Wide Open Studios, friday night music video, Jason Gray, St. Louis on July 22, 2011 by Jason GrayBack in Black (and White)
Posted in 35mm, Art, Jason Gray, landscape with tags Jason Gray, St. Louis on April 1, 2011 by Jason Gray
Here are my latest scans from my explorations around the STL of long ago. Enjoy!
All Nikon N80 with Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D lens and Ilford HP5+ 400 Film.
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Black and White Part Two
Posted in 35mm, abstract, Art, art school, Jason Gray, landscape, St. Louis with tags 35mm Film, Jason Gray, Photography, St. Louis on March 11, 2011 by Jason Gray
In the last two weeks, I have switched from focusing on the small patch of woods in the urban park where I work to the more industrial side of St. Louis. My city is a strange place that still makes things, all kinds of things, from chemicals to jet planes. This reality means that there is a lot of space (most manufacturing centers stopped building up and started building out at least by the 1940′s), and since most of my city’s population had left for the suburbs by the end of the 1970′s, that means a lot of empty space. So “space” is what I have been concentrating on lately (with a few exceptions). Enjoy!
All Nikon N80 or Nikon n8008s with Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D or Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G lenses.
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My Best of 2010
Posted in 35mm, abstract, Art, Jason Gray, landscape with tags Best of 2010, Jason Gray, Nikon, Photography, St. Louis on December 10, 2010 by Jason Gray
2010 has been a looonnng year, or at least it’s sure seemed long. This year, I have experienced innumerable highs and lows, which is strange because the entire time while they were happening, I felt sort of distracted. Realizations in hindsight… Anyway, here are 25 of my favorite pictures that I took this year (kind of a tradition now for me). Enjoy!
Returning to the Museum Construction
Posted in Photography with tags Construction Site, Forest Park, Jason Gray, Photography, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis on October 29, 2010 by Jason Gray
I decided that I would return to an old, photo subject for me on Darteboard, the ongoing construction at the Saint Louis Art Museum. Enjoy!
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Los Caminos
Posted in abstract, Jason Gray with tags Jason Gray, Los Caminos Gallery, RJ Messineo, St. Louis, STL Art on September 22, 2010 by Jason Gray
Photo: Scott Groller
If you have moved away from St. Louis in the last 10 years or so, it is your time to miss home. The home zone is now host to a growing array of exciting contemporary arts venues, and given the cost of living, it is a good time to be in the Lou. Of the burgeoning scene, few have the pedigree of Los Caminos, a new joint venture between Cole Root (producer of shows at the Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis and Boots Contemporary Art Space) and Francesca Wilmott (fellow Chicago transplant and former co-director of Chi’s Concertina Gallery, as well as, organizer for displays at Hyde Park Art Center and Art Chicago). The grand opening exhibition (10/2-11/20) features work by Los Angeles’ own, RJ Messineo. If you can make the October 2nd opening at 7-10pm, I highly recommend it!
NY Times Travel Section focuses on my Hometown!
Posted in Art with tags Jason Gray, New York Times, St. Louis on June 25, 2010 by Jason Gray36 Hours in St. Louis
By DAN SALTZSTEIN
Published: June 18, 2010
With its green spaces, varied night life and restaurants, plus a mix of Midwestern sensibility and Southern charm, St. Louis is a city looking to the future.
So who is coming to visit??
STL Street Photography Volume 3
Posted in Jason Gray with tags Jason Gray, St. Louis on June 25, 2010 by Jason Gray
FORM Contemporary Design Show– STL 2010
Posted in Art, design with tags FORM 2010, GMC Motor Coach, Jason Gray, Luminary Center for the Arts, Mandi Gray, St. Louis on June 10, 2010 by Jason Gray
My wife, Mandi Gray, will have her design (pictured above) featured in FORM 2010, at the Luminary Center for the Arts in August. This is a project that she did back when we lived in Chicago, and it is near and dear to her. Her words:
“As an interior designer, it is always fun to work on unique and sometimes unexpected projects. This was definitely the case for me when Rachel Carlson walked into my design firm and asked for information on bamboo. The connection between myself and this soon-to-be client was instant. As our discussion of her motor coach progressed, a remodel project came to fruition. We both believed this project would not be for ourselves soley, but one that could inspire others. A project that was a bit outside the norm that would allow others to think creatively about any space and make design visions come to life.
The motor coach was a typical 1970’s space, filled to the brim with orange shag carpeting, orange velvet upholstery, and orange plastic side and back splashes. All of this began to change once Rachel and I put our heads together and decided to focus on environmental concepts and a “martini lounge meets zen garden” theme. Our desire was to keep the feeling of traveling in a motor coach alive, but introduce a lush, comfortable, and nature-inspired space for her family to enjoy while vacationing.
Bamboo, chocolate burl cork flooring, eco-resin side and back splashes, jelly bean rocks, and mohair were all used to create the desired look for the space.
Overall, this is still my favorite design project to date. I had an amazing time working on not only the project, but with such kind people. This project may be a bit unusual, but it is definitely a functional, beautiful space for her family to enjoy for years to come.”
The motor coach will be driven down to St. Louis and parked out front of FORM, and everyone is invited to come and check it out!
More on FORM here.
It’s Friday! How about some flowers?
Posted in Photography with tags D300, flowers, Jason Gray, Spring, St. Louis, Tokina 80-200mm f/2.8 AT-x pro on April 9, 2010 by Jason Gray
Posting has been a real chore for me lately, which is why I missed contributing last friday. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I don’t want to post anything, it’s just that my internet connection has been all messed up, ever since the big power surge that killed all of my favorite distractions a few weeks ago, so uploading anything picture-wise takes F-O-R-E-V-E-R. Anyway, I’ll get everything sorted out, but until then, my posts might be a bit scarce. Nothing personal…
All Nikon D300 with Tokina 80-200mm f/2.8 AT-x Pro Lens.
Unfolding: Drawing & Painting from Bulgaria & the USA
Posted in Art, Jason Gray with tags Galina Todorova, Jason Gray, Marbles Art Gallery, St. Louis on March 21, 2010 by Jason Gray
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I was kindly invited to participate in this exhibition featuring new work by Galina Todorova, an emigrant of Bulgaria. For it, I was asked to include one piece of artwork, and I chose a small, oil painting from my “Thread of Theseus” series. If you are in the area, you should definitely stop in and check out the show!
From Galina’s website:
Please, come to the exhibition “Unfolding” – paintings, drawings and more
from Bulgaria and the USA
other participants:
Milena Bochuckova, Mark Dethrow, Jason Gray, Roshelle Jackson, Jan Keller, Stoilka Koparanova, Mincho
Panayotov, Mira Rahneva, Elizabeth Rose, Deborah and Phyllis Santamaria
A project, dedicated to the Artists Fellowship “26-5″
Marbles Yoga Studio and Gallery, 1905 Park Avenue, Lafayette Square, St Louis , MO, 63104,
USA in April 2010
Opening reception – April 3, 2010, 7 – 9pm
Gallery Talk – April 30, 2010, 7 – 9pm
314 791 6466 – Jane Ollendorff
www.marblesyoga.com
There’s Always Room for Polaroids
Posted in Jason Gray with tags Carbondale, Chicago, Jason Gray, Polaroid, St. Louis, William Upski Wimsatt on March 18, 2010 by Jason Gray
My brother and Mandi at Cunetto’s.
What can I say, Polaroid is the Jello of camera gear; everyone loves them, they’re both easy to make, and they are both more fun than the alternatives. Over the years, I shot with two Polaroid cameras, a 600 and a Spectra, and it was always with the spirit of adventure that I took them into the street or around the house. I have read that Fuji will be producing “Polaroid” film in the wake of Polaroid stopping the manufacture of their own. It is news that excites me, because no matter how instant digital has made things, there is still something to watching the magic (or chemistry) of traditional photography unfold into an image right in front of your face that posting pictures on the computer can’t compete with. These shots are of old me and now me, old wife and now wife, Carbondale, Chicago and St. Louis. Enjoy, and sorry about the dust!
Me at 17 in Chicago.
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The Family Who Rock and Rolls All Night Together….
Posted in Jason Gray with tags Jason Gray, KISS, Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G, Nikon D300, Rock and Roll All Night, St. Louis on February 26, 2010 by Jason Gray
My friend Curt, single father of five (two are out of the house) and all around awesome, let me style him and his family’s faces like the band KISS recently. The two littlest ones were impossible to sit still, for the makeup or the portrait, but I was expecting their moving around to be part of the shot, anyway. Two outtakes after the jump.
All Nikon D300 with Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G lens.
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Death to Smokers.
Posted in Jason Gray with tags Jason Gray, Painting, Smoking Ban, St. Louis on February 5, 2010 by Jason Gray
Watercolor, Graphite, Charcoal and Tempera on Paper, 4″ x 6″
Ok, not literally. Actually, St. Louis is finally approaching a city-wide ban on smoking in restaurants and bars, and listening to all of the resultant bickering led to the creation of this little work. A few years ago, when I was still living in Chicago, I experienced all of the same sort of back-and-forths that I see here today. Chicago was another city that seemingly couldn’t “see” itself as a non-smoking town, and a lot of establishment owners were worried that they’d be closing down. Guess what happened? Smoking was banned, and business actually went up. To be honest, I am mostly ambivalent to the topic; I have been a smoker and I am now a non-smoker. However, I do think that it is important that everyone is provided with a smoke-free workplace, but on the other hand, I think that laws that restrict smoking outside, or in your own apartment, are a bit oppressive.
Found this tonight…
Posted in "But Is It Art?", Jason Gray with tags Jason Gray, Slap in the Face, St. Louis, White Flag Projects on January 22, 2010 by Jason GrayTheir statement: “White Flag Projects presents the Provincial Gallery Simulator. White Flag believes that negligent provincial art galleries operate with undue pretense, and abuse their inflated authority to routinely betray the good will of their patrons by exhibiting art they know to be compromised, by misrepresenting their motives and expertise, by effectively defrauding both their artists and clients, and by generally diminishing the environment for meaningful contemporary art as a result of their perverse curatorial behavior.
This video documents those patrons abused by the provincial gallery system between February 14th and February 17th, 2008, in the Front Room of the Contemporary Art Museum-St. Louis.”
White Flag Projects is a Contemporary Art Gallery in St. Louis. See more slaps here.
Gobbled
Posted in Jason Gray with tags Barbie, Downtown, Jason Gray, St. Louis on November 27, 2009 by Jason Gray
Somehow, when my mother asked me to take a few pictures of the family this Thanksgiving, I don’t think that she meant for me to include Dr. Barbie. But what can I say, she looks pretty good for 50 years old…
Anyway, other than taking family photos, I haven’t shot a whole lot aside from the work I am doing on my “Identity Project”. However, Mandi and I did get a chance to go downtown the other day, and I took a couple that I guess I could share after the jump.
Barbie- Nikon D50 with Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G Lens.
All others- Nikon D300 with Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-x Pro Lens.
Summarizing Summer
Posted in 35mm, Jason Gray with tags Chicago, Jason Gray, Photography, St. Louis on November 20, 2009 by Jason Gray
I finally developed the five rolls of film that I’ve had sitting around since the end of summer, and here are some of the highlights. They were all shot in the St. Louis environs with the obvious Chicago exception. Viva la 35mm!
All Nikon N65, N80, or N8008s with either the Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D, or Nikkor 35-135mm f/3.5-4.5 AF Lens attached and Fuji Superia ISO400 Film.
Raked Mog
Posted in Jason Gray with tags Grand Basin, Jason Gray, St. Louis on October 30, 2009 by Jason Gray
Here are a couple of new images that I took the other night. I wish that I could share what I have been working on, but not yet.
Both Nikon D300 with Nikon 50mm f/1.8E Lens (30 year old lens that Nikon refused to label “Nikkor” because of plastic components; what happened to that approach?)
Shazam!!
Posted in art fair, craft, Jason Gray, performance with tags Big Ass Indie, Jason Gray, Leslie and the Lys, St. Louis on August 1, 2009 by Jason Gray
Me and Leslie Hall from Leslie and the Lys (I picked her up in the lobby).
Last night was the opening for the Big Ass Indie Art and Craft Show, and it was undoubtedly the most fun that I have ever had at one of my own art shows. There were performances by Clownvis Presley, burlesque dancers (Lolla Van Ella, Michelle Minx), and Leslie and the Lys, plus, a ton of art. The place was so jam-packed last night, that I’m going to have to go back today and really check everything out. More pics after the jump.
All Nikon D50 with 50mm f/1.8D Lens attached.
Urban Art Awakening
Posted in openings with tags Art, digital, Photography, Soulard Art Market, St. Louis, Urban Awakening on March 31, 2009 by Jason GrayI was recently included in this event at the Soulard Art Market and Contemporary Art Gallery in St. Louis. I have no idea who else is showing, but it was juried by Kate Poss of Art St. Louis and Washington University, so I expect that it should be interesting. I won’t actually be in attendance for the opening, but I am thinking about sending my brother down there to stand in. If anyone makes it there, please let me know how it went.
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