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Amy's work was featured in the July/August issue of Adbusters Magazine. The issue is titled "Whole Brain Catalog" and is currently on newsstands. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Adbusters is a not-for-profit, reader-supported, 120,000-circulation magazine concerned about the erosion of our physical and cultural environments by commercial forces.
"It’s no secret that the art world is full of fleeting capriciousness and a predilection towards the post-post-post expressions of classic form. With so many artists populating my hometown (New York) and my adopted hometown (San Francisco), it’s easy in this myopic milieu to forget that self-expression (and bold, daring concepts) are not limited to the cultural outposts of either coast."
ArtScuttlebutt.com member Amy Guidry (www.amyguidry.com) loves investigating the hidden aspects of human nature in her art.“In general, I focus on people and the psychology behind people — not just our interactions with one another, but also with the natural world and the animal kingdom,” she explains. Naturally, Guidry’s fascination with psychology fueled her attraction to surrealism as a subject: “Surrealism was the marriage of my two loves: psychology and art. It was just a natural progression for me to find that subject so interesting and to incorporate it into my work.”--- View the article to continue reading. Visit Art Calendar online.
Amy's work was selected as a runner-up in the CQ19 international competition held by Creative Quarterly Magazine. "Creative Quarterly publishes the best work being done internationally in graphic design, illustration, photography and fine art. Published four times a year, it's the only competition accepting entries from all parts of the globe."
For Guidry, who sometimes pours more than 180 hours into a single photo-realistic painting, 6@549 offers explorative opportunities. “We were left to our own devices really, and that was one of the great things about this show, that we had artistic license,” Guidry says. “We’ve worked together so obviously everyone feels comfortable knowing that we’ll all produce good work. It was great to let us go our own way.” Click the View Article link for a PDF, or view the article at theInd.com.
The exhibition features the works of 110 artists from 39 states and the District of Columbia. The art was selected by the juror, Dr. J. Richard Gruber, retired director of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans. Paintings, prints and drawings will be exhibited at the art museum, 112 Lafayette Parkway, while photography, sculpture, ceramics and decorative art will be shown at the College’s Lamar Dodd Art Center. John Lawrence, Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Art and Design, said the event is upholding its tradition of excellence. “The LaGrange National Biennial continues to attract some of the finest and most exciting new works by professional artists from throughout the country,” he said. “While we do not assume that this exhibit is a definitive representation of the new directions of American art, it is testimony to the diversity and vitality of current visual expression.”
“We’re excited about having this year’s Surrealist Salon in the gallery — it’ll be the first time in four years that we’ve hosted a national competition,” John Michael Byrd said. Byrd is special events coordinator for the Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary Art, which once hosted a yearly celebration known as the Surrealist Ball. Well, that event is no more. Oh, it hasn’t ended. It’s just changed, so the ball is no longer just a ball but the Surrealist Salon and Soiree. “We decided to change the name last year, because the event was always about the ball, and we wanted it to be more about the exhibit,” Byrd said.
The Surreal Salon, formerly known as The Surrealist Ball and Juried Exhibition, will run from Jan. 3-28, 2010 at Baton Rouge Gallery (BRG) - inside Baton Rouge’s historic City Park – located at 1442 City Park Ave. This exciting exhibition will feature the work of contemporary artists from across the country shedding light on the lasting effects surrealism – one of the most intriguing movements of the 20th century – has on the way that contemporary art is created in the 21st century.
...This year's entries reflect a resurgence of painting and realistic imagery — apparently at
the expense of sculpture, photography and installation art — despite the fact that painting has been routinely declared dead
for at least the last hundred years. Even so, this does not necessarily portend a return to pictorial stodginess. Many of the
works suggest an engagement with contemporary social, political and environmental issues. For instance, Amy Guidry's
acrylic painting Everything's Coming Up Roses depicts a man in a dark suit, black oxfords and American flag pin of the Bushera
watering roses sprouting from human skulls seen in a terrarium-like cross section of a landscape...
Jurors:
Amy's painting, "Adaptation" was selected for the fifth volume of Studio Visit Magazine, published by The Open Studios Press. The juror was Michael Klein, an independent curator and private art dealer. He is the former Director of the International Sculpture Center and the former Curator of the Microsoft Collection.
Amy has been invited to participate in the GreenScape Exhibit, benefiting the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF). The exhibit will take place at the Cotton Shed Gallery in Savage, MD in conjunction with the Green Life Festival. Half of all proceeds benefit the CBF, which fights for strong and effective laws and regulations regarding pollution and degradation of the Chesapeake Bay. CBF also works cooperatively with government, business, and citizens in partnerships to protect and restore the Bay.
Amy's paintings, "Metamorphosis" and "Adaptation" were selected for the third issue of Studio Visit Magazine, published by The Open Studios Press. The juror was Carl Belz, Director Emeritus, The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University. More than 1,000 artists submitted work.
"Amy’s work has been selected for the Learn Promote Defend exhibition and auction to be held at Mason Murer Fine Art in Atlanta, GA. The event will take place at 7 pm on December 10th, 2008. The exhibit features 37 international artists selected by an internationally recognized panel of jurors..." View Invite as PDF.
"I was thrilled they asked me to participate,” Guidry commented in a recent telephone interview. “In a juried competition there are always thousands of entries and it is difficult to get chosen. There are a lot of good artists competing and I didn’t expect to get in. And being affiliated with a rights organization of this calibre is indeed an honor. It is a benefit that works both ways: it helps me get exposure as an artist, and I am helping expose and promote their ideas to the public." View Invite as PDF.
"The exhibition features contemporary art which interprets and/or comments on American culture and politics, democracy, and current events specific to our country. In this diverse exhibition that includes sculpture, electronic media, textiles, painting, photography, printmaking, drawing, and graphic design, fifteen artists from across the country depicts themes of current Americana." View article as PDF.
"Straight out of Lafayette, Louisiana, arrives portraitist Amy Guidry,
"Artist Amy Guidry held an exhibit titled “Inspirations” at the Zigler Art Museum highlighting her Surrealist pieces that challenge the antiquated views of women often seen in fairy tales. Guidry is shown with Troy Broussard, exhibition coordinator of the Zigler Museum. An installation view of Guidry’s latest series of paintings in the museum is also shown."
"Faces will light up at the St. Tammany Art Association during this month's Second
Saturday Evening Stroll in downtown Covington when STAA hosts the opening
reception for its new show, Many Faces of Portraiture.
Featuring portraits by the likes of Katherine Buchanan, Adrian Deckbar, Alan
Flattmann, Amy Guidry, Peggy Hesse, Bernard Klichman, Isoko Onodera, Lyn
Taylor, Alexander Stolin, Elise Toups, and more, a reception welcoming many of
the exhibiting artists will be held Saturday, September 13 from 6-9 pm at the Art
"Guidry's portrait, 'Cedric,' is now in the permanent collection of the Zigler Art Museum in Jennings. The 26 inch-by-22-inch, acrylic on canvas portrait is part of the museum's Louisiana collection, which also includes works by Clementine Hunter and William Tolliver." View PDF.
Indie Arts Magazine features Amy's New Realm series and Social Commentary series. She was selected as one of their solo gallery artists for the Summer issue. Indie arts uses a video format to interview artists and display fine art, sculpture, and media.
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