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‘Beyond Minimalism’ Art Exhibition

April 6th, 2013 | No Comments

There’s plenty of time to see the Beyond Minimalism art exhibition I’m a part of at Hudson|LINC Gallery. The show will be on view through Friday, May 3.

Opening night, held March 19, was well attended. Los Angeles artist and designer Sacha Baumann in a very nicely done blog post describes Beyond Minimalism as “really good — bright, playful, tactile,” and offers several interesting glimpses of my paintings on opening night.

Below are photos of my work in Beyond Minimalism:

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From left to right, the paintings are:

Hudson|LINC is open Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and by appointment. The gallery is located on the second floor of the Pacific Design Center’s Blue Building. More at hudsonlinc.com.

— Grant Wiggins


Next Show: Beyond Minimalism at Hudson|LINC Gallery, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, California

March 13th, 2013 | 1 Comment »

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Hudson|LINC Gallery is located within the 1.2 million-square-foot Pacific Design Center, which houses 15 art galleries and more than 130 design showrooms in West Hollywood, California.

My next group show is Beyond Minimalism at Hudson|LINC Gallery at Design Lab at PDC, located within the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California.

Beyond Minimalism opens March 19 and will remain on view through May 3. An opening reception will be held March 19, from 5 to 8:30 p.m.

Hudson|LINC curators Shannon LaBelle and Nick Lisica describe Beyond Minimalism as “a visually minimalist show incorporating works that utilize simplification and possess a straightforward quality. The pieces achieve a directness that allows the viewer to encounter the work in the immediate here and now. The show encourages the viewer to engage with work, whether classically minimalist or not, in a way that is uncomplicated and purely aesthetic.”

Including myself, six artists will show in Beyond Minimalism. The show’s roster also includes Robert Boyd, Doug Edge, David French, Victor Landweber, and Ryan McCann.

Meltdown by Grant Wiggins in Beyond Minimalism
Beyond Minimalism will be the first time in which I exhibit Meltdown, a painting I made in March 2011.

I will be exhibiting five paintings in Beyond Minimalism:

Located on the second floor of the Pacific Design Center’s Blue Building, Design Lab at PDC is a collection of galleries that collectively provide “a platform to explore art that addresses the design center’s unique context of interior design, spanning a variety of disciplines and media.”

Hudson|LINC is open Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and by appointment. Learn more about Hudson|LINC at hudsonlinc.com.

I hope to share installation photos with you next week.

— Grant Wiggins


Design Inspiration: The Fire Trucks of Flughafen Stuttgart

June 22nd, 2011 | 3 Comments

I admit it: I am inspired, in a very nerdy way, by the fire trucks that zoom around Stuttgart, Germany’s international airport, Flughafen Stuttgart.

Painted from bumper to bumper in eye-piercing fluorescent red, the mammoth machines of Flughafen Stuttgart Flughafenfeuerwehr easily catch the eyes of passengers who taxi down the runway of Germany’s Swabian metropolis. These trucks are so bright, I bet they’re visible from outer space!

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Two views of engine 7. Source for top image: http://www.feuerwehr-riezlern.at/. Source for bottom image: flickr.com/photos/ackermann_juergen/.

Not only do I love the fluoro-and-white paint scheme, but I also love the minimal stripes that line the sides of these trucks. What’s more, the stripes collide on each truck’s back panel, forming an angular motif accented by the awesome Flughafen Stuttgart logo and a massive Helvetica number.

I’m envious of the talented person who developed the design for these trucks, which have me thinking I wish I would have thought of that!

Side note: The fluorescent limegreen fire trucks of the Berufsfeuerwehr Flughafen Zürich are worth checking out, too. They make me want to paint exclusively in fluorescent paint from now on.

Grant Wiggins