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JAMES LOPARO
My work in fresco is a bridge to an early
self. I have memories of secret marks in wet plaster, scaffolding and walls
too high, rhythmic sounds from a hawk and a trowel, and of men working on
surfaces to define flat and true. I have those memories, my father's tools,
and the need to go beyond the surface.
As a medium, fresco speaks a language of
matter and process that exceeds any preconceived message from the surface. I
seek to use this language to visualize energy, to capture it, to personalize
it, and to hold it suspended for examination.
My bas-relief frescoes explore man's passion
for creation and destruction. By effacing the fresco's surface to reveal its
anatomy, the duality of man is exposed in layered events. These events
parallel natural energy forces that cause architectural changes in mass and
create visual images of time.
In time man will also change. Perhaps we can
evolve beyond the need to self-destruct and achieve our real possibilities. I
can only contemplate this event and know that self-discovery and art are part
of the process.
James LoParo
Essay:
James LoParo: History Of The Present Tense
Exhibitions:
| 1998 |
Olga Dollar Gallery -
San Francisco, CA
"Abstraction Redefined" Group Exhibition
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| 1997 |
Olga Dollar Gallery -
San Francisco, CA
Solo Exhibition
Il Chirostro Arte Contemporanea
- Saronno, Italy
Connecting "dall' Italia dall' America" Group Exhibition
Centro d'Arte Sotigiu - Biella,
Italy
Connecting "dall' Italia dall' America" Group Exhibition
Lydon Fine Art - Chicago Il,
"Abstraction 97" Group Exhibition
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| 1996 |
Lydon Fine Art -
Chicago Il,
Group Exhibition
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| 1995 |
Lydon Fine Art -
Chicago Il,
2-Person Exhibition
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| 1994 |
Boston College Museum of
Art - Chestnut Hill, MA
"Fresco: A Contemporary Perspective" Group Exhibition
Curator: Stoney Conley
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| 1993 |
Snug Harbor Cultural
Center - Staten Island, NY
"Fresco: A Contemporary Perspective" Group Exhibition
Curators: Robert Bunkin, Leslie Anne Doyel and Sheila Rechschaffer
Parsons School of Design - NYC
Group exhibition in conjunction with Snug Harbor Cultural Center
14 Sculptors Gallery - NYC
Group Exhibition
Curator: Donald Kuspit
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| 1992 |
Frank Bustamante Gallery
- NYC
Solo Exhibition
The Fort Smith Art Center - Fort
Smith, AR
Solo Exhibition
The Merillat Center for the Arts
- Huntington, IN
Solo Exhibition
Lydon Fine Art - Chicago Il,
2-Person Exhibition
Frank Bustamante Gallery - NYC
Group Exhibition
Delaware Center for the Contemporary
Arts - Wilmington, DE
"New Abstraction" Group Exhibition
Curator: Deborah Stelling
The Charles B. Goddard Center for
the Arts - Ardmore, OK
"Contemporary Development of the Artifact" Group Exhibition
Curator: Mort Hamilton
The Art Foundation - Hot
Springs, AR
Group Exhibition
Mid-America Museum - Hot
Springs, AR
"Beyond Dimension" Group Sculpture Exhibition
Curator: Lorraine Benini
Contemporanea Fine Arts - Hot
Springs, AR
Group Exhibition
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| 1991 |
Mid-America Museum -
Hot Springs, AR
"Beyond Dimension" Group Sculpture Exhibition
Curator: Lorraine Benini
The Art Foundation - Hot
Springs, AR
Group Exhibition
Contemporanea Fine Arts - Hot
Springs, AR
2-Person Exhibition
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| 1990 |
Contemporanea Fine Arts
- Hot Springs, AR
2-Person Exhibition
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| 1989 |
Sogni d'Oro Studio -
Cleveland, OH
Solo Exhibition
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