Feb 5 - Mar 7:
We are inviting individuals and small groups for a unique in-person artist guided "gallery exhibit" featuring larger abstract paintings by Rick Borgia. Each visit will be scheduled to limit visitors to groups of four maximum at any one time. text or call 313-350-2502 for more info and to schedule a visit
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The Color of Place -
This project was funded by a grant from Greater Columbus Arts Council awarded in December 2019. When traveling for the holidays I photographed atmospheric differences in each of three locations visited. When reviewing images taken after returning I realized that the experience of 'being' present at the locations might be impacted by the secondary digital color response and set out to use my memory to identify what I saw as the 'natural' color from that specific moment. The plain fact is to see how digital manipulation of reality these days is everyones' purview. Is it possible that this interaction with primarily square or rectangular screens of various dimensions could be having an evolutionary impact on how are brains are wired? Of the many things we take for granted, gravity, weather, time; it is the idea of color and it's mysterious properties that are the subject of this work.
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My art work explores personal psychic, past-life and sensational experiences where colors and shapes create opportunities to sense other entities and the infinite possibilities in the universe. I am driven to employ a variety of techniques due to a relentless curiosity. I have spent my entire life among the muses with the mission of gathering knowledge and experience in an attempt to translate that art awareness into understanding and communicating my feelings and ideas about existence here on Earth. My diverse range of styles and variety presents a seemingly unfocused artistic journey, yet it is a natural extension of the continuous exploration of contemporary artistic experiences.
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The practice of creating art with various techniques and styles keeps an open door to many possibilities. There will be periods when several pieces share a specific aesthetic and others times where the uniqueness of the piece is just not repeated as a theme. Professional engagements in the advertising and marketing fields over decades also influence what I might consider in planning a creative action; whether a painting, musical composition, story content, etc. As for the past ten years the art disciplines I employ are primarily oil and acrylic paintings on canvas. Going forward, I seek to further perfect and refine both concept and technique to achieve a unified, cohesive and significant body of work.
infinite wonder
Inspiration
forms and colors that act on their own
The action of creating art opens a universe of possibilities
About Rick Borgia
Conceptual Artist/Maker/Doer
I have spent my entire life between and among the muses of music and art; as a painter and designer, as a creative director for a worldwide marketing firm, as a guitarist and vocalist with the music group Mink DeVille, a film composer, graphic artist, music producer/songwriter. With the mission/goal of gathering extensive art knowledge and experience, I attempt to translate that universal art awareness into understanding and communicating my ideas about my own existence. My diverse range of styles and variety presents a seemingly unfocused artistic journey, yet it is a natural extension of the continuous exploration of contemporary artistic experiences. The residual effect of creating art with an undefined style keeps an open door to any and all possibilities, however, it can also produce inertia. There will be periods when several pieces share a specific aesthetic and others times where the uniqueness of the piece is just not repeated as a theme. Professional engagements in the advertising and marketing fields over decades also influence what I might consider in planning a creative action; whether a painting, musical composition, story content, etc. As for the past ten years the art disciplines I employ are primarily oil and acrylic paintings on canvas. Going forward, I seek to further perfect and refine both concept and technique to achieve a unified, cohesive and significant body of work.
RB 11/7
Portrait of Utpola Borah
Extraordinary Vocal Artist and Teacher
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