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Tim Englert at the Ju Ju!

July 29, 2009

Recombinant Detritus:
Found Object Reconstructions
by Tim Englert.

Opening Reception Friday August 7th, 2009. 7pm to 11pm.
The show will continue through Wednesday, Sep. 2nd.

Pinball hours are 6pm to 12pm Fridays and Saturdays.
Sundays from 4 to 8pm.
Now we are also OPEN during Farmer's Market Tues and Sat mornings, 10 to 2.
Gallery is open from 9am to 9pm Monday thru Sunday
(Foyer is open so gallery is always viewable)

Admission for this opening: $10

Tim Englert-

As humans, we depend on pattern recognition to make sense of our world. As modern, media saturated humans we are surrounded from birth by unlikely patterns and images which become part of our reality. Animals of every sort walk on two legs, wear clothes and talk. Even inanimate objects such as food items or cleaning supplies sprout arms, legs and faces while urging us to buy them.

In these sculptures, replicas of natural objects and decayed artifacts are arranged in patterns which our senses recognize as face-like, and as such transmit the emotional content we have learned to associate with the language of facial features.

The pieces are made of gypsum cement, cast in rubber molds which have been taken from various objects found along beaches, old dumps or alongside the road. The castings are painted with oil based enamel paints and then assembled, acquiring their attributed personalities according to the look and placement of the various components. They go through several stages and identities before finally being epoxied into the static personality they will exhibit for the rest of their inanimate lifetimes.

Masks have been made and used by people since pre-history and seem to be a basic part of our nature. These current mask/sculptures are a progression of similar pieces done in the 1980’s and 90’s which used the found objects themselves. By making molds from the original objects and then casting copies, a single treasure of industrial detritus may be reborn many times in new and unexpected ways.

Bio:

Tim Englert has a Master’s Degree in Art (Ceramics) from Humboldt State University and exhibited widely during the 1970’s and 80’s. Currently he is a licensed contractor and partner in Blue Lotus Project, a residential design/build company in Alameda CA.

He has contributed on several sculptures at the Burning Man Festival and recently rebuilt a vintage aluminum travel trailer into a modern office which may be seen at http://www.bluelotusproject.net.

Curator’s Corner:

Tim is a man of many talents and he always surprises me with what he comes up with. This show is something near and dear to me; putting together discarded objects and using the mysterious workings of the human mind to symbiotically create something new. Thanks Tim!

The Gallery

The Lucky Ju Ju Pinball Gallery is a unique underground arena for vintage pinball machines and a showcase for artists. We are in our seventh year and this is the 56th art show presented since the opening of the “Trans –View” gallery. This art show is not free but the cost includes admission to the pinball arcadium where you can enjoy our fine selection of vintage games. Since it is well hidden and many are not adept with map quest, here are directions: Come to Alameda via the Alameda Tube (Webster St/Oakland) and continue on Webster. After 4 signal lights, turn left onto Santa Clara. Take the first Left into the parking lot; we are in the door that opens into the lot. Although the Pinball Arcadium is open on Friday, Saturday & Sunday nights, the Gallery, in the foyer, is always viewable from 9am to 9pm daily. The Pacific Pinball Museum is a 501 c 3 non profit.