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Begun in 2014, Color Volumes is a series of mixed media objects that explores the theme of restraint via the diffraction of LED Light through various mediums. Organized into numbered "volumes" of Blue, White and Red light, the finished sculptures have been further studied by photographs in the DETAILS series. |
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The Details series began with the realization that the Color Volumes series of LED sculptures represented unique and alien landscapes when gazed at outside of context. I wanted to share the memories and emotions evoked by this deep contemplation of my own work, and so I began to photograph in close-up, creating details of segments measuring less than a few inches. |
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An exciting adventure marked by collaboration and the exploration of new mediums, #Bookdress was born in the FOOTKNOTS installation at Project Space Envelope, where I created world composed of the remnants of a thousand books. A friend volunteered to inhabit the space during the course of the installation and so the first #Bookdress was created. A total of 11 dresses were made in the series, a number of them for poets who were dressed in their own poems. The photographs in this series were taken by Kyna Damewood during a photoshoot that I organized and directed at The Strand Booksellers: the place where much of the book material came from in the first place. |
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if things disappeared over the course of a day is series of transfer and watercolors created in collaboration with the poet Denver Butson. Each of the 16 panels was created by transferring a poem from his book the sum of uncountable things and letting frozen watercolor drip out onto the poem over the course of 4 hours. Browse Art from if things disappeared over the course of a day |
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First shown at the FOOTKNOTS installation, the Spines series are 9 foot towers composed of excess books sold in bulk from The Strand, collected from the streets, and donated by Libraries during my 1 year residency at a studio overlooking Union Square. The series attracted much attention on the way to their first exhibition: without funds for a truck, I carried them on my back one at a time to the Lower East Side gallery where they were being shown. I remember these walks being filled with a strange mixture of exhaustion and delight, for they were full of strange encounters, including one with the man behind the lens of Humans of New York. |
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Photo by Rachel Eliza Griffiths |
Photo by Rosaire Appel |
Photo provided by Joseph A. W. Quintela Studios |
Photo by Rachel Eliza Griffiths |
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Bio: Joseph A. W. Quintela creates art that explores themes of natural affinities, material excess, and a curious interplay between the exuberant and the meditative. His practice harnesses a fluency in a variety of media including paint, LED light, books, and culinary ingredients. Solo exhibitions in New York have included Between Two Worlds (2016), The Quarters Project (2015), Portrait of the Cast of You in Eye (2013) and FOOT | KNOTS (2012). Ongoing displays of his work are displated at The Strand, Central Booking (LES), and Salinas Restaurant (Chelsea) Everyone Walked, A Period, (2012) permanent collection, Rare Books Room Photograph Courtesy of The Strand Booksellers
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