This World We've Built - Interview with Artists Abby Shahn and "Fang"

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Lights Out Gallery

Lights Out Gallery

11 ай бұрын

Abby Shahn has been living and working in Maine since 1969; she is one of the state's most important and celebrated artists. Her work hovers between the figurative and the non-objective, showing that no boundaries are needed. She explains, "I believe that all painting is abstract. However, even in the most non-objective paintings, I always find there is an illusion of space that is a kind of realism." Critic Ken Greenleaf describes Shahn's ability to paint, as being like a highly-skilled jazz performer, she just picks up the horn and blows it, and what comes out has coherence, order, and emotional resonance. She sees rhythm as the basis of all art.
“Fang evokes the pleasure he takes in rescuing discarded objects, of gathering and assembling them. His work is not only about accumulating, for editing is important as well. It is also an on-going process that’s profoundly tied to his daily life. What he describes gets to the core of what assemblage as an artistic practice is about, for it is the putting together, the assembling that produces meaning.”
Fang's statement comes from Véronique Plesch, 2021, Maine Arts Journal.
to learn more about Lights Out Gallery visit www.lightoutgallery.org

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@brud54
@brud54 25 күн бұрын
Let's collect everything we come across and make art. What a concept, not for everyone. Certainly seems to work for you. Enjoy !
@ravenwild5184
@ravenwild5184 23 күн бұрын
It's about seeing the creative potential in everything. I took am an assemblage artist. It started with seeing and saving bottle caps and gum wrappers and anything rusting as a kid and always seeing them as potential art.
@brud54
@brud54 23 күн бұрын
@@ravenwild5184 Thank You for responding Ms. Wild
@loujohnson1664
@loujohnson1664 23 күн бұрын
Just great. Makes me feel like I'm not alone. I've always said that "being creative is like being cursed by gypsies at berth." And yet it is all we can do. So I live with my wonderful curse.
@TheScreamingFrog916
@TheScreamingFrog916 21 күн бұрын
I had not heard that. I can relate. Thanks for sharing, and remember...we are not common, but we are everywhere ☮
@nelsonx5326
@nelsonx5326 23 күн бұрын
A fifth and a case and a weekend to hang with these guys. They remind me of an artist I knew named Terry O'shea. His house was packed with art of his. And his yard too. He was always up to something creative. I'm the kind of artist that likes to have an idea before working. Terry didn't have that problem. He'd just start stacking rocks, or hanging stuff from a tree, or put powdered graphite on the floor against the wall to track the mouse in his house. Terry was the most interesting person I ever met. RIP Terry.
@johnlowe-tq6ey
@johnlowe-tq6ey 22 күн бұрын
Recently I have been thinking about childhood.....as a child the tiniest leaf or pool of water was magical.....then exams and jobs begin....you pretend to be grownup and ACT like a grownup....then the tiny leaf or pool of water is ignored for grownup routines....it's easy to see how the magic goes away......the love and magic is the most important part of life not the act of playing at been grown up.
@sharonjack8582
@sharonjack8582 24 күн бұрын
Really interesting video. I loved hearing them talk. They are the real deal for sure. Thank you so much for creating this video!!
@ravenwild5184
@ravenwild5184 23 күн бұрын
"When your empty your ready for anything". Absolutely! We are all so full of ourselves, beliefs, assumptions and opinions that there is no soace left within for vision which requires us to be present and see the world as it is, not how we've been taught or think it is. See everything as if it's the first time and it can be anything you choose. Very cool...these are my people 🙏💞
@mixedmediaartgirl300
@mixedmediaartgirl300 22 күн бұрын
That's where the beauty was during the multiple times I have lost absolutely everything I had in the world overnight.
@christinajarmolinski727
@christinajarmolinski727 Ай бұрын
Great. I loved them and can understand their happiness. I once headed to Maine, wanted to live and work there as an artist. Too bad I couldn't find what I was looking for...
@allisonlaceyburns
@allisonlaceyburns 23 күн бұрын
what a beautiful presentation this is ! two fascinating daredevils brave enough to stand alone & be totally who they are ! if i could 👍🏻 this 100 times , i would ❤
@meloniesghost
@meloniesghost 11 ай бұрын
LOve it! Rural Maine is rife with folks like this.We are so lucky.
@leeshiflett1863
@leeshiflett1863 24 күн бұрын
Cool folks. Minding their own business and digging it.
@5262janna
@5262janna 22 күн бұрын
Great interview thank you for bringing these two and their talent to light
@TheScreamingFrog916
@TheScreamingFrog916 21 күн бұрын
I love these people and this lovely video about them. Your dedication to creativity is uplifting and encouraging, to all us fellow travelers 🎶☮❤
@Bettinasisrg
@Bettinasisrg 19 күн бұрын
Looks like paradise! No snobs.
@grettamaeB
@grettamaeB 19 күн бұрын
my kinda peeps. Thanks for sharing!
@tradingtanamera
@tradingtanamera 19 күн бұрын
Love your expression of self...you hold nothing back.
@jenm5666
@jenm5666 20 күн бұрын
I love everything about this.
@sweetrebeldy
@sweetrebeldy 15 күн бұрын
I notice the difference between create someting with a theme in mind, or letting go, gettin started and get surprised by the process and the result. My art is always a surprise, an adventure, a child´s play (I´ve worked with oxide too!, always playing with sticks or cans hahaa). But the art market and society absurd rules cause me anxiety and depression. I need only "being" and "making", but sadly, we need to eat, to dress and those things. Huge hug for these kindred spirits♥.Thanks for sharing.
@robertafierro5592
@robertafierro5592 28 күн бұрын
They are THE REAL DEAL!
@laarawilliamsen
@laarawilliamsen 14 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for this video. Abby and Fang, you are two totally creative beings and somehow I am grateful that you have avoided the crush of the high end galleries at least for a lot of your lives. I am also an artist and I don't believe that I can do both: create and market. Two different sides of my life. I choose creativity! Hugs from Laara in Canada
@sylhayes8152
@sylhayes8152 22 күн бұрын
Thank god for people like you. This is art, real creativity. You’d never experience this in a gallery. Your lives are so inspiring. The video maker put stupid unnecessary “creepy “ music in. What a shame.
@lightsoutgallery
@lightsoutgallery 22 күн бұрын
The music was made by Fang, whenever possible we include music that is made by the artist we are interviewing.
@rlchick5774
@rlchick5774 21 күн бұрын
Makes me feel better about me having too much stuff.
@surfergypsy
@surfergypsy 16 күн бұрын
I don’t know why someone chose to use such creepy and harrowing music while we are looking at such beautiful creative expressions.
@xvola6888
@xvola6888 13 күн бұрын
It sounds like the sounds he was creating on that bow thing at the beginning, so I think it could be his very own music
@EmbraceTheJourney
@EmbraceTheJourney 24 күн бұрын
attainment is a fleeting thing...
@karenvanackerlpcsheherhers7810
@karenvanackerlpcsheherhers7810 7 күн бұрын
I love the idea of”reanimating” pieces into art
@jplaut08
@jplaut08 18 күн бұрын
Love these guys…never heard of them before I saw this video. Now i don’t feel so strange. Being creative and having many talents is not so bad after all…
@karskimasa
@karskimasa 18 күн бұрын
Yaşamak başka şey Sanatla yaşamak başka... Bundan daha güzeli bir dost ile sanat yaparak yaşamak... Sağlık ve esenlik içinde olun
@jeanninedelmonte7135
@jeanninedelmonte7135 3 күн бұрын
I just want to know, whose job is it to dust? Definitely a fun place❤
@joysmith1213
@joysmith1213 23 күн бұрын
The walker guy looks like hes high as a kite
@havefunbesafe
@havefunbesafe 24 күн бұрын
To be is to be perceived
@joebentleytheartist
@joebentleytheartist 21 күн бұрын
They look like a Robert Crumb drawing.
@Hugo-nh4yz
@Hugo-nh4yz 13 күн бұрын
😍👏👊
@robertsnearly3823
@robertsnearly3823 18 күн бұрын
That whole place is a piece of art. Imagine trying to find a spot at the Smithsonian and then transporting it there. Wow.
@clairez007
@clairez007 11 күн бұрын
It's a disgusting health hazard
@consciouscoma85
@consciouscoma85 14 күн бұрын
you really hit the nail on the head. intentions kind of mess up art in many ways.
@sylviacarlson3561
@sylviacarlson3561 17 күн бұрын
I thought they were two men? Is the person on the right Abby?
@qso3566
@qso3566 16 күн бұрын
That's what I wondered ... the one with a moustache is a woman???? Geez. 🙄🙄🙄🙄
@robinhendrickson511
@robinhendrickson511 12 күн бұрын
I think it is 2 men. Did I miss something?
@qso3566
@qso3566 12 күн бұрын
@@robinhendrickson511 Yikes. After I read your comment, I looked up the name and believe it or not ... the one on the right IS a woman. 😲😲😲 The moustache is very deceiving. 🤔🤔🤔
@patty6375
@patty6375 12 күн бұрын
Google her....there is more out there.
@karinlease3544
@karinlease3544 9 күн бұрын
Does it matter?
@user-eg3mo3dy5y
@user-eg3mo3dy5y 8 күн бұрын
🤠👍👌🌞🎉
@Tempus-N0X
@Tempus-N0X 23 күн бұрын
Quick question…..have you ever called in T-Rex at least a squatch with your musical musings at the beginning of this video…..👀
@wtb61
@wtb61 18 күн бұрын
They will bust hell wide open!
@Vshamann336
@Vshamann336 13 күн бұрын
well we know where some of the sky trumpet sounds are coming from
@elissalabellelabelle4819
@elissalabellelabelle4819 16 күн бұрын
These are my kid of people. ❤ I love idolatry too. I love garden gnomes 😂❤
@AdelNoakes
@AdelNoakes 14 күн бұрын
'Show me a computer that makes mud pies' 💓
@jamieluce5808
@jamieluce5808 6 күн бұрын
They are kind of unintentionally gangster. 😂
@howieharkema8576
@howieharkema8576 23 күн бұрын
🤍💛🧡💗💚💙💜🤎🖤✌
@pauleliot6429
@pauleliot6429 20 күн бұрын
lol they creep me out
@jamieluce5808
@jamieluce5808 6 күн бұрын
I think they are okay, but the hat over the eyes is a bit strange.
@nancystevens7447
@nancystevens7447 18 күн бұрын
Is everything art? Trash is art,noise is art,mental illness is real people…..God bless.
@user-uj1pk5lk6t
@user-uj1pk5lk6t 12 күн бұрын
I believe we've found where the root source of those unexplainable sounds being heard time to time all around the world. 😅
@projectmoon13
@projectmoon13 7 күн бұрын
Fine line between art, junk and hoarding
@lowe-quay-shush
@lowe-quay-shush 16 күн бұрын
Texas Chainsaw Masacre Origin 3D Imax
@siobhanirish1307
@siobhanirish1307 17 күн бұрын
Just so creepy...disturbing. nothing looks pleasant or light. light as in elevated. I wouldn't like to come across this place. surely, these are two men, too.
@weelass3188
@weelass3188 11 күн бұрын
Creativity keeps your mind sharp. Your body goes to shit though.
@daniesza
@daniesza 18 күн бұрын
Bricoleurs
@sleepyheadsleeps
@sleepyheadsleeps 24 күн бұрын
Looks like the 21st century has missed them. She needs a shave 😮
@neecywatson8250
@neecywatson8250 23 күн бұрын
No a lawn mower 🤣🤣🤣🤣but I ❤️the FREEDOM of their creative lifestyle❤️😎. I’m jealous!!!!!!!
@mmmmlllljohn
@mmmmlllljohn 22 күн бұрын
I don’t think she needs a damn thing … 😘 maybe in your mind … 🥰
@judithtaylormayo
@judithtaylormayo 19 күн бұрын
allot of hot air with little to say for itself.
@rachelisobelataylor4671
@rachelisobelataylor4671 18 күн бұрын
Sounds like you
@ochervelvet9687
@ochervelvet9687 9 күн бұрын
Maybe you lack ears to hear.
@VagoniusThicket
@VagoniusThicket 12 күн бұрын
If drugs could talk .😅
@lacreciaturlington9215
@lacreciaturlington9215 15 күн бұрын
Weird
@andrewjohn4876
@andrewjohn4876 14 күн бұрын
All druggies talk about ‘the now’ ‘no mind’ etc …I mean come on dude!
@EvilAfgPrince
@EvilAfgPrince 7 күн бұрын
you'll never get it.
@joebentleytheartist
@joebentleytheartist 21 күн бұрын
lol thats so not art college.
@user-fs3ur1rl5x
@user-fs3ur1rl5x 12 күн бұрын
Stupid to Stupider to Stupidest. Stupid is not art and I am done with stupid things. Perhaps they could 'discover' a cello and 'discover' Bach.
@clairez007
@clairez007 11 күн бұрын
Filth is not Art .
@jasonballinger3549
@jasonballinger3549 10 күн бұрын
Yes, But art can be filthy …. Open your mind a tad 😊
@user-fs3ur1rl5x
@user-fs3ur1rl5x 24 күн бұрын
Just tiresome, tired trite and exhausting
@TheScreamingFrog916
@TheScreamingFrog916 21 күн бұрын
But aside from that, you still enjoyed it, right?
@sylviacarlson3561
@sylviacarlson3561 17 күн бұрын
really?
@qso3566
@qso3566 16 күн бұрын
That's my take, too. I know art is "subjective" ... but these kinds of people and stories have become boring.
@user-fs3ur1rl5x
@user-fs3ur1rl5x 16 күн бұрын
@@qso3566 ask the Uffizi if they would trade all the Damian Hirst's in the world for one 'David'. Art is not silly/stupid subjective.
@user-fs3ur1rl5x
@user-fs3ur1rl5x 14 күн бұрын
@@sylviacarlson3561 yes, very really. I will add predictable delusional blather.
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