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04-25-2008, 08:13 AM
This was in the Inde this week.
http://www.indeonline.com/local_news/x1658001696
http://www.indeonline.com/content/sites/oh-massillon/phillips_art/0/g1a911bd0d5e2deafb8a9af616bac447940f640d95fcae8.jp g
By ERIN PUSTAY
The Independent
Posted Apr 24, 2008 @ 10:00 PM
MASSILLON, OH —
Just because he’s an artist doesn’t mean he has to be.
Scot Phillips refuses to be your cookie-cutter painter. If he’s putting his name on the canvas, you can be sure he’s going to make a statement.
“I’m bored with painting,” Phillips admits. “I’m tired of the log cabins and Thomas Kincaid.”
Phillips recently began experimenting and taking his work to new levels. Last fall, he began cutting shapes out of linoleum and using the pattern to stamp damaged wood and canvas. Most recently, he has been sewing the stamped canvas creations together.
“It’s real ephemeral,” Phillips said. “This is all stuff that is not going to last. It’s all going to rot away.”
Because there’s nothing typical about the art he does, there will nothing typical about the venue in which he shows it.
At 7 p.m. Saturday, Phillips will display his work at 44 and 48 Charles Ave. in downtown Massillon. It will be the second exhibit of the Ananda Center’s “Art Displaced: Neighborhood Natives” series, which showcases the work of local artists in abandoned or empty buildings and deserted spaces in Massillon.
Saturday’s exhibition marks Phillips’ first solo show, though he has shown around the area before.
And it scares the heck out of him.
“A lot of my artwork is really personal,” Phillips said. “It’s scary putting this intensely personal thing out for the public to see. It’s scary, but I like it at the same time. I’m really going to test myself with this show.”
At the same time, though, Phillips plans to challenge those who attend. His work, he admits, is not typical. It’s not what many would consider art. He is hoping that, through the show, he can change your perspective.
“With this show, I am testing what people consider to be art,” Phillips said. “One piece I am working on, I have made hundreds of little collages using newspaper clippings and I am putting them onto buttons. A lot of people say, ‘it doesn’t look like art’ so I get to ask them what they consider art to be.
“I consider most anything art. If you design something or create something, use your hands and your mind, you are creating art,” Phillips said. “If you think of an idea, that’s art. Designers make boxes for animal crackers and that’s art, too. It’s just a different interpretation of it.”
Come to think of it, Phillips won’t be the only artist showing off his work on Saturday. The exhibit will also feature talents of local music artist Acid Pros and local culinary artists from the Hogfather BBQ.
“I believe that these shows are the beginning of something new in Massillon,” Art Displaced organizer Bili Kribbs said. “This is going to be one of those things where you get to say ‘I knew them when.’ A lot of things are going to start to change.”
The first Art Displaced Show, featuring Ron Copeland, was a smashing success, according to Kribbs. More than 200 people attended the event and many purchased some of Copeland’s work.
Although there are 11 more shows to come – including Phillips’ Saturday exhibit – Kribbs promises that each one is going to be unique. If you have been to one, you won’t recognize the next.
“When it comes to art,” Kribbs said, “Scot is one of my heroes. The unexpected follows him everywhere. There is bound to be something exciting or interesting happening at this show.”
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So I will see you all there right?
more info about the show here. http://www.theanandacenter.org/artdisplaced
http://www.indeonline.com/local_news/x1658001696
http://www.indeonline.com/content/sites/oh-massillon/phillips_art/0/g1a911bd0d5e2deafb8a9af616bac447940f640d95fcae8.jp g
By ERIN PUSTAY
The Independent
Posted Apr 24, 2008 @ 10:00 PM
MASSILLON, OH —
Just because he’s an artist doesn’t mean he has to be.
Scot Phillips refuses to be your cookie-cutter painter. If he’s putting his name on the canvas, you can be sure he’s going to make a statement.
“I’m bored with painting,” Phillips admits. “I’m tired of the log cabins and Thomas Kincaid.”
Phillips recently began experimenting and taking his work to new levels. Last fall, he began cutting shapes out of linoleum and using the pattern to stamp damaged wood and canvas. Most recently, he has been sewing the stamped canvas creations together.
“It’s real ephemeral,” Phillips said. “This is all stuff that is not going to last. It’s all going to rot away.”
Because there’s nothing typical about the art he does, there will nothing typical about the venue in which he shows it.
At 7 p.m. Saturday, Phillips will display his work at 44 and 48 Charles Ave. in downtown Massillon. It will be the second exhibit of the Ananda Center’s “Art Displaced: Neighborhood Natives” series, which showcases the work of local artists in abandoned or empty buildings and deserted spaces in Massillon.
Saturday’s exhibition marks Phillips’ first solo show, though he has shown around the area before.
And it scares the heck out of him.
“A lot of my artwork is really personal,” Phillips said. “It’s scary putting this intensely personal thing out for the public to see. It’s scary, but I like it at the same time. I’m really going to test myself with this show.”
At the same time, though, Phillips plans to challenge those who attend. His work, he admits, is not typical. It’s not what many would consider art. He is hoping that, through the show, he can change your perspective.
“With this show, I am testing what people consider to be art,” Phillips said. “One piece I am working on, I have made hundreds of little collages using newspaper clippings and I am putting them onto buttons. A lot of people say, ‘it doesn’t look like art’ so I get to ask them what they consider art to be.
“I consider most anything art. If you design something or create something, use your hands and your mind, you are creating art,” Phillips said. “If you think of an idea, that’s art. Designers make boxes for animal crackers and that’s art, too. It’s just a different interpretation of it.”
Come to think of it, Phillips won’t be the only artist showing off his work on Saturday. The exhibit will also feature talents of local music artist Acid Pros and local culinary artists from the Hogfather BBQ.
“I believe that these shows are the beginning of something new in Massillon,” Art Displaced organizer Bili Kribbs said. “This is going to be one of those things where you get to say ‘I knew them when.’ A lot of things are going to start to change.”
The first Art Displaced Show, featuring Ron Copeland, was a smashing success, according to Kribbs. More than 200 people attended the event and many purchased some of Copeland’s work.
Although there are 11 more shows to come – including Phillips’ Saturday exhibit – Kribbs promises that each one is going to be unique. If you have been to one, you won’t recognize the next.
“When it comes to art,” Kribbs said, “Scot is one of my heroes. The unexpected follows him everywhere. There is bound to be something exciting or interesting happening at this show.”
___________________________________
So I will see you all there right?
more info about the show here. http://www.theanandacenter.org/artdisplaced