TERRY STRICKLAND RELEASES FIRST ART BOOK WITH BIRMINGHAM EXHIBITION 500 BOOK LIMITED-EDITION PRINTED WITH KICKSTARTER FUNDS
Birmingham, November 3rd, 2012: Terry Strickland, Alabama contemporary realist and figurative oil painter is showing 25 new paintings, at a one-day-only exhibit this November at the Art Folk Gallery. The paintings are the result of a two-year project that began in 2010 when Terry asked friends and family to share their alter egos with her.
About The Incognito Project's four parts:
- An Art Event- In 2010 Terry invited friends and family to reveal their alter egos, their secret selves for a portrait series. She held a costume party/photo shoot at her studio.
- Painting the work - She designed and painted 25 paintings over the span of a couple of years.
- A Book- The final product, published by Matter Deep Publishing, is a 9x12, full-color, hard-covered, limited-edition book, chronicles the two year portrait series. It features high-resolution details of the art, written reflections about the subjects, and a foreword by Graham C. Beoettcher, PHD, the American Art curator at the Birmingham Museum of Art.
- An Exhibition of the Ensuing Work- The work will be shown at Art Folk Gallery, Nov 3, 2012, 5-9 pm, Young and Vann Building, 1731 First Avenue North, Birmingham, AL
About the Book:
Matter Deep Publishing ran a successful Kickstarter in August to fund the printing of The Incognito Project book, which will be revealed along with the paintings at the exhibit. It starts at 5:00 pm and will end with the raffle of a Terry Strickland still life, Daydreams: Some Other Self at 9:00 pm. Entries in the raffle can be earned by pre-ordering the book or by purchasing a copy of The Incognito Project book at the event. Pre-order the book http://www.terrystricklandart.blogspot.com/p/incognito-project-book.html
About Terry Strickland:
Her award winning work is highly collected and has appeared in national and international publications such as American Art Collector, Artist?s Magazine and International Artist. She is represented by galleries in Santa Fe, NM; Alexandria, VA; and Cincinnati, OH.
About Matter Deep Publishing:
Matter Deep Publishing, LLC is a small, independent, family-owned publishing company, based in Pelham, AL. Matter Deep publishes all genres of textually-based media from graphic novels to young adult fiction to art books. www.matterdeeppublishing.com
TERRY STRICKLAND
Oct 30, 2012