Capital City Arts Initiative–Mark Brandvik: Relaunch
The Capital City Arts Initiative presents its exhibition, Relaunch, by artist Mark Brandvik at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery. The exhibition will be in the gallery from October 2, 2020 – January 28, 2021. The Courthouse is located at 885 E Musser Street, Carson City. The exhibition is free and the public is cordially invited. The gallery is open Monday – Friday, 8 am – 5 pm.
Brandvik’s Relaunch at CCAI’s Courthouse Gallery revisits his artist residency 5-4-3-2-1 staged at Art Production Fund P3 Studio at The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas in 2014. During the residency, an artwork depicting an iconic image was developed week-by-week and layer-by-layer with the help of a studio assistant and guests of the property under the guidance and direction of the artist. Each guest had the opportunity to contribute to the development of the artwork by adding distinct images and passages to the transparent surface of the corresponding layer for that week using sprays, stencils, and hand painting in an effort to build up the monochromatic color field. Each week a new layer was started and completed with a different CMYK color glaze until the fully realized image emerged. The interactive residency and the historic iconic image both celebrated the individual and collective creative capital required to achieve aspirational goals. The year of that project marked the 45thanniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, and with the artist having completed a personal 50th anniversary Apollo 11 pilgrimage in 2019, Relaunchrestages with a new perspective the final major in-studio artwork from 5-4-3-2-1 along with a selection of artifacts and ephemera related to the project.
The Initiative is funded by the John Ben Snow Memorial Trust, John and Grace Nauman Foundation, Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, Carson City Cultural Commission, Kaplan Family Charitable Fund, U.S. Bank Foundation, NV Energy Corporation, Southwest Gas Corporation Foundation, Steele & Associates LLC, and CCAI sponsors and members.
In addition, support has been provided by Nevada Humanities through Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the CARES Act economic stabilization plan of 2020.
