4833 rph — Explore & Discuss

Can we get an update on the piece and where you’re at?
I spent the last week tracing everything out, doing a bunch of painting, drawing, coming up with different characters, working on ideas that I wanted to fit into the show. And the projecting them onto the wall, blowing them up, and tracing them all with pencil, or tracing them with pencil onto the paper. And now as of today I’ve started doing some of the outline work. And I think I’ve decided that pretty much it’s going to be all outline work. I think there may be a few spots where I’ll bring in paint, watercolor, but it should pretty much be all line work. And different types of paper. I’ve got construction paper, I’ve got cardboard, I’ve got these brutal foam boards that I’m going through right now. And then some yarn, and then foam.

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Artist Stan Chisholm gives us insight into the story behind the mascots appearing in ThingsThatNeverReallyHappened . In this second edition we meet “Cape”

While the good of the world is turned on it back and all hope is lost, from the clouds falls a gleeful caped figure oblivious of the duties around him. With his limbs loose, eyes shut and smirk locked in, no woe or foe stands a chance.

Call it giving up, retiring, showing off, testing his new gear, being a sucker, a fallen hero, branching out and discovering new abilities, being humble, stepping down to join the civilians, rebellion, manic-depression, having a good time, or simply loosing a battle to gravity; If he hasn’t heard it he has assumed it’s been said. Plus, never in history has a cause been faithful to only one effect so he’s collecting extra credit on his way down.

Here at the Hyde Park Art Center, we decided to get to know each other a little better by asking 5 questions. Our first interview was with an Istria Cafe Barista.

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Artist Stan Chisholm gives us insight into the story behind the mascots appearing in ThingsThatNeverReallyHappened

ChokingOnTheMagicWord

Witnessing potential sparks endearment. Anticipating that potential manifest or fail sparks a flurry of emotions. When you see someone on the brink and in mid performance it is likely that they can’t see you, for they are alone with the matter at hand. It’s entertaining…harsh, inspiring, comedic, disappointing, fetishized, relieving, sad… …and entertaining.

When you can feel your potential everything regarding it is optional. To keep what you have is not selfish but riveting,and perhaps perplexing. A certain loss of innocence takes place when you share your “magic.” It’s almost worth it to fake it and keep up the show, right?

For more information on Stan Chisholm visit his web page at www.18andcounting.com

We sit down with artist Stan Chisholm as he prepares his newest exhibition ThingsThatNeverReallyHappened, which opens at the Hyde Park Art Center on January 31 in Gallery 5.

What is the thought behind the exhibition? What does it entail? What can people expect to see?
One of the biggest things with this show that’s pretty well known in my work I don’t think is well known as far as my exhibitions go is sticking to strict line work. I’ll do relief sculptures or murals, but they usually start off as graphic line drawings. But this one I want to be strictly that. I want this show to be just a really solid step by step read, because it’s in a hallway and you expect it to be in a certain order, and you expect to be in a cold, almost comic strip (way). You expect to read it as that. I mean it’s not going to be one solid story, so a non-linear narrative, but it’s just on a linear format.

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