Three of the seasons almost complete. 8 feet tall x 2 feet wide. Summer, Fall and Spring are pictured in this post.

Not Without an Audience Join us on May 14, 2010 for the opening of an exhibition of paintings and block prints by Cornelia Peckart at Hamilton’s premier rock and roll bar This Ain’t Hollywood.

Not Without an Audience is an exhibition created for this live music venue. The spotlight is focused on the audience as they interact before, during and after the show. They are the vital element required for the success and survival of bars, bands and the musical style of rock and roll. Without an audience there is no show.

Cornelia Peckart has created an imaginary audience that fills the wall space with people having a good time. The exhibition will run from May 7 – June 2, 2010.

The series Not Without an Audience consists of six LP sized block prints illustrating a bar crowd scene. The images have a gestural quality with bold lines, which give the work a comic book feel.

Dozens of block prints, applied to wood, glass, paper and steel sheeting show audiences dancing and enjoying themselves. The blocks have been printed in whole or in part adding variety to an ever expanding the crowd.

Originally from Hamilton, Cornelia resettled here in 2008 after twenty five years away. She attended the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto with majors in Installation Art and Printmaking. She has lived, worked and exhibited in Toronto, Ottawa, Pittsburgh, Rotterdam and Berlin.

Recent exhibitions and performances include; A series of ten gouache paintings titled ‘One in Ten’ as part of the September 2010 Good Medicine Show at *Hotshot Gallery on Toronto; A performance of ‘Treat System: Part One’ October 2010 at Nuit Blanche in Toronto; A performance of ‘Treat System: Part Two, A line is a line…’ at the November 2010 James St North Art Crawl in Hamilton.

If you have not had the chance to experience Hamilton’s fantastic, monthly James St North Art Crawl, this would be a great spot to start. This venue is located on the northern-most tip of the crawl at the corner of Murray and James St North, kitty-corner to the old train station.

It is enjoyable to be painting the figure again after a number of years exploring colour through abstract compositions. In these works I want to push perspective and colour on the 8′ x 2′  plywood boards. Taking the phrase ‘They look up to you’ literally.

The 12″sq prints will be printed on plywood and then painted. They will be part of an exhibition at ‘This Ain’t Hollywood’ on James Street North in Hamilton, May 2010. The subject of the prints is the Rock and Roll audience and the prints themselves will have a component which involves audience participation. Weather permitting, a outdoor studio will be set up during the April 8, 2010 James Street North Art Crawl to complete the work for the exhibition in May.