One of the 13 pieces in the Gladstone Permanent Collection is being showcased in the latest installment of Missouri Bank's Art as Architectures ArtBoards project. The Missouri Bank Crossroads Branch, 125 Southwest Boulevard, KCMO, will debut 2 large-scale commissioned images by Kansas City artist Derrick Breidenthal on its “Artboards” in time for First Friday. Installed on the exterior, the double-sided billboards rise above the bank, the “Artboards” are visible to the public all hours of the day, and will remain on view through the month of March.
Interested in how technology shapes perception and experience, painter Derrick Breidenthal presents a pair of images that contrast a naturalistic painted landscape with a pixilated, digital representation of the same. In juxtaposing the two depictions, he seeks to provoke consideration of how our digital environment is fundamentally transforming the way we see and experience space and place. “We are quickly reaching a time (some would say we have already arrived) in which the virtual world holds a deeper connection for many than a simple walk in the woods,” he writes. The fact that the large-scale images will be viewed from various distances introduces an additional layer to this dynamic, whereby the images will slip back and forth between abstraction and representation at different rates, depending on proximity.(Excerpt from Press Release)
Interested in how technology shapes perception and experience, painter Derrick Breidenthal presents a pair of images that contrast a naturalistic painted landscape with a pixilated, digital representation of the same. In juxtaposing the two depictions, he seeks to provoke consideration of how our digital environment is fundamentally transforming the way we see and experience space and place. “We are quickly reaching a time (some would say we have already arrived) in which the virtual world holds a deeper connection for many than a simple walk in the woods,” he writes. The fact that the large-scale images will be viewed from various distances introduces an additional layer to this dynamic, whereby the images will slip back and forth between abstraction and representation at different rates, depending on proximity.(Excerpt from Press Release)
Derrick Breidenthal attended both the University of Kansas and Johnson County Community College. His work is featured in collections located around the world, including Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art,Rijeka, Croatia; Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell, IA; Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City; KU Medical Center, W Hotel Collection, Detroit, MI; and Kansas State University. His work has been included in numerous group exhibitions, most recently at Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. In Kansas City, Breidenthal has presented solo exhibitions at the Leopold Gallery, Medium Well Studio, The Arts Incubator and Station A. In 2009, he received an Artist Inspiration Grant from the ArtsKC Fund, and this past year was a resident at the Caye Caulker Study in Belize, Central America. Visit www.breidenthalart.com for more information.
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