July 6, Tom Krumpak
JULY 6, 2012 KAMIKAZE EXHIBITIONS- PØST
Opening – Paintings 7-8pm
Paintings and a set of music 8-9pm
JAPAN/ MODERN paintings by Tom Krumpak
THE HEADLINES music by Remy, Matt, Greg and Tim
About the artwork- Japan/Modern is a series of
paintings that combine design and structural elements found in traditional
Japanese shoji screened and midcentury modernist American (USA), residential
architecture. The paintings are begun by overlaying and tracing blueprints,
building elevations, site-plot plans, landscape design, garden foliage, tools
from hardware catalogues and contour line drawings of construction materials
from job sites.
Self imposed systems of color distribution and sequencing,
are established to insure an orchestrated, yet varied, visual rhythm, in each
painting.
The construction site of a particular house is also thought
of as poetically related to the “pictorial” construction site of the artist’s
studio. Therefore, information from accumulated items found there such as,
piles of books, musical scores, feathers, seashells, splatters of paint, may be
carefully intermingled with the architectural data, to complete the painting’s
complex structure. The studio, has a room for painting and a room for musical
rehearsal and recording.
About the music- The Headlines, are a Venice,
California folk-soul band. The acoustic guitar led five piece band uses rich
harmony and intelligent original songwriting to evoke the authenticity of early
Van Morrison albums like Tupelo Honey, while paying tribute to contemporary
songwriters like Ryan Adams. The Headlines, are building a new, positive sound that
reflects the diversity of Los Angeles and a desire to encourage progressive
social change.
