GERRY JOE WEISE art photography

Experimental Art Photography

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Gerry Joe Weise biography

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ART PHOTOGRAPHY

GERRY JOE WEISE was born in 1959, in Sydney, Australia. Since the very early 1980s, he has been experimenting, producing, and exhibiting special room installations of note. He also has been performing with poets, example: 1) Jean-Marie LeSidaner with exhibitions, performances, writings etc..., 2) Michel Butor with a catalogue/revue, 3) participation with a "Musical Soundscape" at the Rimbaud Poetry Festival in Charleville-Mezieres in France. He has however, mainly been performing as a musician of which he has released several albums of importance, he has played with John Lee Hooker, Albert Collins and B.B.King, and has been touring around the 4 corners of the world since 1975.
Coinciding with his musical career he has led an important and interesting career in contemporary art, where many of his works can be found in different museums, private and public collections of many different countries. A majority of his exhibitions get treated to special installations based around a theme. His "Colored Pigments on Earth", usually 5 meters in diameter, are very popular. Sometimes the "Colored Pigments on Earth" are created in front of the public at a show-opening, surrounded by his paintings and other installations. Gerry Joe Weise has worked together in joint-paintings with aboriginal artist Eddie Ryan Bangadi, and has stayed on 2 remote aboriginal communities: Manmoyi and Gunbalanya in the Northern Territory of Australia. Apart from living in Australia he has also lived and worked in Germany, Switzerland and France.
His "New-Nature / New-Realities" photography, is based on his ever on-going themes about nature, the Earth, the Universe, symbols, and different world cultures. His experimentation in new-&-old-school techniques has lead to a revolutionary new way of looking at and perceiving nature and the Universe.

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NATURE versus GRAVITY
by Morton Fielding
The NEW-NATURE series commenced with the introduction of dissonant forms of landscape photography in the South of France. The gradual deformations of images juxtaposed to form pictures no longer controlled by Earth's gravity, sometimes creating a central void, where the viewer is drawn into the image, sometimes turning the viewer upon his head. The exclusion of the human figure where all presence is evacuated, the viewer feels like an outsider in front of the image, as if nature has left mankind out; is a specific intention created by Gerry Joe Weise in what he calls the "New-Nature" series.
The most significant characteristic of Weise's photography, is its anti-gravitational aspect, its overwhelming scale in thickness of vegetation, where as silence and cacophony simultaneously carve through the dense air. An instant of bafflement ? Gerry Joe Weise doesn't encourage the viewer to comprehend contemporary nature photography at first glance.
Nature versus gravity !

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ART LINE MAGAZINE Englandby Andrew Nuti
GERRY JOE WEISE is interested in the dimension of life that surpasses traditional urban life. His more external approach juxtaposed with Space and/or Movement, is enticed by Energy/Creation, and more fundamentally, is guiding his artistic research through guidelines set up in response to them, rather than following 'trendy' patterns. Gerry Joe Weise has developed a whole body of theory, thanks to his musical practice, which evolves around the notion of rhythm. Here he has created a symbolic universe of his own.
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NEW-NATURE : Photos Southern France
Gerry Joe Weise SLIDESHOW
http://www.fotothing.com/slideshow.php?id=gerryjoeweise
NEW-REALITIES Collages South Australia
Digital Art PHOTO COLLAGE
http://gerryjoeweisecollage.blogspot.com/
BUSHFIRE Slide show
http://www.fotothing.com/slideshow.php?id=weisebushfire
SEASIDE Slide show
http://www.fotothing.com/slideshow.php?id=weiseoceanside

01) OUT TO THE FOREST

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02) SINGING TREES

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03) WANTED GREEN

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04) CONCERT OF TREES

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05) LISTEN TO WOOD

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06) ROCK ON

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07) HOUR GLASS SPIDER TREE 1

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08) HOUR GLASS SPIDER TREE 2

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09) SPIDER TREE

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10) BLUE WILD ANGEL

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11) DISTORTED NATURE

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12) VOODOO FOREST

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13) WILD THING

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14) PSYCHO-LANDSCAPE

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15) REWRITTEN NATURE

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16) BOOM BOOM NATURE

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17) HOUR GROWTH

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18) NATURE ONE

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19) WOOD TREE

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20) NATURE CIRCLE SWIRL

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CATALOGUE COVER 2005

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WINDOW TREE 1991

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GERRY JOE WEISE : CURRICULUM VITAE

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GERRY JOE WEISE
Born in 1959 in Sydney, Australia.
Has lived in Australia, France, Germany, Switzerland and USA.
Collections in Mueums, private & public collections.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1985........- La Grande Serre, Gallery, Rouen, France.
1986........- Les Archers Culture Centre, Cambrai, Fr.
1986........- Culture Centre, Gaillon, Fr.
1987........"Transmythic Earth" Installations:
........................Australian Embassy, Paris, Fr
........................CROUS Culture Centre, Rheims, Fr
........................Espace AGF, Rheims
........................Restaurant VO, Rheims
........................Cafe du Palais, Rheims.
1988........- Australian Embassy, Bonn, Germany.
1988........- Australian Embassy, Brussels, Belgium.
1988........-"Earth Church" Installations:
........................Saint Denis Basilica, Paris
........................Saint Remi Basilica, Rheims
........................Church, Viels St Remy, Fr
........................Church, Neuvizy, Fr.
1989........- Espace 13 Culture Centre, Paris.
1989........-"Earth Music", Ocre d'Art Culture Centre, Chateauroux, Fr.
1989........- Espace Tresor, Rheims.
1990........-"The Sacred-Looking Up", Rimbaud Museum, Charleville-Mezieres, Fr.
1990/91...-"Le Chant des Roches" Exhibitions:
.......................Les Loges, Rheims
.......................Radio Station 93 FM, Rheims
.......................Espace AGF, Rheims.
1991........-"Underworld Earth Works", BK Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany.
1993........-"Earth Spiral", CAC, Brussels, Belgium.
1994/95...-"L'Utopie", Ancien College Culture Centre, Sezanne, Fr.
1997........-"Earth Painting", CCA, Munich, Germany.
1998........- LB Art Gallery, Montreux, Switzerland.
2000........- Galerie Jiwini, Albi, Fr.
2000/01...- Out Of Australia Gallery, Toulouse, Fr.
2002........-"Earth Spirit", Culture Centre, Les Salvages, Fr.
2005........-"Distorted Nature", Ancien Temple, Lacaze, Fr.
2006........-"Nightscapes", Jam Factory, Adelaide, Australia.
2007........-"Nature Wide", Junction Gallery, NYC, USA.
2008........"New Real Nature", Culture Centre, Buchholz IdN, Germany.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1982/84...- Schlosspavillon Gallery, Munich, Germany.
1987........-"Grande Prix de France", Ancien College Jesuits Museum, Rheims.
1987/88...-"Rituel Commun / Common Ritual" Exhibitions:
.......................Australian Embassy, Paris
.......................La Lisiere Gallery, Rheims
.......................Clin d'Oeil Gallery, Toulouse.
1988........-"Grandeur Nature", SBAC Centre d'Arts Plastiques, Clamart, Paris.
1989........-"Installation THNO", Sculpture Park, Tinos Island, Greece.
1992........-"Sun Earth", Co-Temporaire Culture Centre, Troyes, Fr.
1993/98...- Ligne Roset Gallery, Rheims.
2000........- City Show Grounds, Caen, Fr.
2000........-"Arts Passions", Town Art Gallery, Boissezon, Fr.
2001........-"L'Esprit de la Terre", CCI, Castres, Fr.
2002........-"L'Esprit de la Terre", Culture Centre, Les Salvages.
2003........-"L'Esprit de la Terre", Town Hall Chateau, Brassac, Fr.
2004........-"Nature Nature", Lac du Merle, Fr.
2005........-"Installations", Sculpture Park, Brassac.
2006/07...- Ligne Roset Gallery, Rheims.
2007........-"Where To Now ?" Artist's Space, NYC, USA.
2009........"L'Esprit de la Terre", Conservatoire, Laon, Fr.

GERRY JOE WEISE : BIBLIOGRAPHY

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- 1986 Oct, catalogue, "Gerry Joe Weise - Mythorythmique", Centre Culturel Les Archers Cambrai, édition Les Archers Cambrai, Fr.
- 1987 Sept/Oct, catalogue, "Gerry Joe Weise", Centre Culturel du CROUS Reims, édition Antigone Reims, Fr.
- 1987 Dec, magazine, Artension N°1, "Gerry Joe Weise au CROUS" by Jean-Marie Le Sidaner, Paris, Fr.
- 1988 Feb, magazine, Artension N°2, "Rituel Commun / Common Ritual - Gerry Joe Weise & Jon Cockburn" by Jean-Marie Le Sidaner, Paris Fr.
- 1988 May, livre de poche, Flache N°1 "Michel Butor", édition Musée Bibliothèque Rimbaud, Charleville-Mézières Fr.
- 1988 May, catalogue, "Grandeur Nature", Centre d'Arts Plastiques Clamart Paris, édition SBAC Paris Fr.
- 1988 Sept/Oct, magazine, Art Line, "Australian Artists in Paris" by Andrew Nuti, AGP Press London England.
- 1989 Feb/March, catalogue, "Gerry Joe Weise - Music", Centre Culturel Chateauroux, édition Ocre d'Art Chateauroux Fr.
- 1990 Jan/Feb, magazine, Artension N°13, "Gerry Joe Weise" by Jean-Marie Le Sidaner, Paris Fr.
- 1990 Feb/April, catalogue, "Gerry Joe Weise - The Sacred", Galerie Contemporaine Musée Rimbaud Charleville-Mézières, édition Musée Rimbaud Charleville-Mézières Fr.
- 1990 June/August, magazine, Marges N°2, "Aparté - Gerry Joe Weise - Sauver l'infini" by Alexandre Ban & Jean-Marie Le Sidaner, édition Ad Hominem Reims Fr.
- 1991 Jan, magazine, Artension N°20, "Gerry Joe Weise - Le Chant des Roches" by Jean-Marie Le Sidaner, Paris Fr.
- 1991 April/June, magazine, Marges N°3, "Peintres Du Monde" by Gerry Joe Weise, édition Ad Hominem Reims Fr.
- 1991 Nov/Dec, catalogue, "Gerry Joe Weise - l'Utopie", Espace AGF Reims, édition AGF Fr.
- 1993 April, magazine, CAC Mag, "Gerry Joe Weise - Earth Spiral", édition CAC, Brussels Belgium.
- 1997 Jan/Feb, catalogue, "Gerry Joe Weise - Earth Painting", CCA Munich, Germany.
- 1999 Nov/Dec, catalogue, "Aboriginal Art - the Ol' Fellas" par Gerry Joe Weise, Gallery Press Melboune Australia.
- 2006 Feb, magazine, "Nightscapes - Gerry Joe Weise", Jam Factory Adelaide, JF editions Adelaide Australia.
- 2007 Oct, catalogue, "Where To Now", Artists Space New York, Art Now editions NY USA.
- 2007 Oct/Nov, magazine, Art Zac N°72, "Where To Now Artists" by David Kellner, Art Zac editions NY USA.
- 2007 Nov, catalogue, "Gerry Joe Weise - Nature Wide", Junction Gallery NYC, Zart Press NY USA.
- 2007 Dec/Jan, magazine Art Zac N°73, "Gerry Joe Weise and Nature Art" by David Kellner and Catherine Defrisco, Art Zac NY USA.