Triple Play is a result of a spontaneous collaborative practice between Angus Galloway, Stacie Rose, and Ron Saunders. Inspired by the creation of the experimental space at Marcia Wood Castleberry, an exciting dialogue emerged between the three artists to discover how their work mingled and could be pushed into new territory as the result of the experiment. Playing in between and against each other’s imagery, color, and style, work was developed through both simultaneous production and alternate possession.
By nature this methodology included a fair amount of compromise, which is not common practice for individual artists. However, for this project, they adopted the assumption that finding common ground would lead them to more freedom and knowledge. With this in mind, their work did not collapse into a single perspective, but rather created a space to investigate true compromise and moments of perplexity in order push the dial closer to individual evolution.
In addition to their already developing collaboration within their separate work spaces, the three artists will also begin creating work within Marcia Wood Castleberry two weeks before the reception. Working together in the physical space and responding immediately to the art as a group will affect their collected efforts, enhance experimentation, and perhaps blur the lines between each artists’ studio practice. The setting aside of attachments is a requirement for true collaboration, and in some circles is the path to enlightenment. By relinquishing their typical studio tendencies, the artists of Triple Play are cultivating their personal practice while creating a collective aesthetic. In the end, the artists are the experiment, and the art the result.
For a live demo and a talk with the artists, please join us on Thursday, May 14th at 6pm.
Angus Galloway was born in Bath, England in 1977. He received a Masters of Fine Art
from Georgia State University where he specialized in drawing, painting, sound-design, and installation. Angus currently teaches as a full time instructor of art foundations at the Art Institute of Atlanta in Decatur and has been the coordinator for Draw@MOCA, a workshop series that specializes in new and innovative approaches to works on paper. Galloway’s artwork has been featured in national and international exhibitions as well as a variety of publications-including Direct Art, New York Art, Burnaway, and Trigger Magazines. He is currently an artist in residence with The Creatives Project at the Goat Farm Art Center in Atlanta.
Stacie Rose was born in Akron, Ohio and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, where she studied art direction and painting. She has shown her work around the U.S. and is included in multiple corporate collections. Recent regional exhibitions include The Rymer Gallery in Nashville, Tennessee, as well as The Kibbee Gallery and Swan Coach House Gallery here in Atlanta, Georgia. She is an active member of The Atlanta Printmakers Studio and was recently awarded their 2015 emerging artist residency. She is a 2013 fellow of The Hambidge Center for Arts and Science and has lived in Atlanta since 2009.
Ron Saunders is a recent transplant to Atlanta from Los Angeles, CA and was born in
Huntington, West Virginia in 1975. He received his MFA in Painting and Drawing from Ohio University in 2002. He has shown his work internationally in a variety of venues such as Cal State, Pomona, Gallery Jung Mi So in Seoul, South Korea, Columbia University in New York, and the Rauma Art Museum in Rauma, Finland. Saunders has received numerous grants including ones from NYSCA, NYFA, The Center for Cultural Innovation, and the Finlandia Foundation. He has been invited to attend four artist in residence programs, including Kunst Doc in Seoul, South Korea, Raumars in Rauma, Finland, Het Wilde Weten in Rotterdam, Holland, and most recently in March 2015, Popps Packing in Detroit, Michigan.
