"TIME'S UP!" Featuring Vintage and Contemporary Clocks

Opening Reception: Friday, May 3, 5 - 8 p.m.
On view until May 31, 2013

Palette Contemporary Art and Presents "Time's Up!" featuring our collection of vintage and contemporary wall, table and alarm clocks, opening Friday,  May  3, 2013 from 5-8PM. 

Are you tired of looking at your cell phone to see what time it is? Whether you are glancing at the clock while at work, or keeping your eye on time while cooking your favorite dessert, we all rely on that "24- hour- a- day time mechanism".  Since you're spending so much time looking at time it might as well be artistic in design.

Our collection of clocks from range from mid-century key-operated German clocks with kitchen timers to contemporary Italian clocks with lots of artistic pizzazz.  We even have rustic clocks made from recycled materials for those going green. 

Among our vintage clock collection we carry brands such as Junghans, Kienzle, Europa, Bayard, and Mauthe.  All of our vintage time pieces are functioning and have been mechanically restored if needed. Featured in our vintage assortment please consider this 1950s Junghans Max Bill Design, key-opearted wall clock with kitchen timer.

As you know, Palette has carried mid-century clocks for the last couple of years and we recently have branched out to include a broad spectrum of contemporary clocks as well.  By widening our horizon, we have found clocks that suit many different tastes.   The pictured below, Numbers ClocK, made by Italian artist Daniele Belivacqua has something for everyone, whether you are a traveler, golfer, dancer, musician or animal lover, this playful clock is quite fun to look at.  This limited edition clock can also be custom ordered in a variety of colors.

The 4 Digit Vacuum Fluorescent Display clock pictured below is sleek with an industrial appearance.  The one pictured has a base made from cherry wood and we have variety of these available with different exotic wood bases. The tubes were manufactured in the 1990s in Russia and the display digits emit nice green/blue glow. 

So if you find yourself singing songs like Chicago's, "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is", then join us for Artscrawl on Friday, May 3rd from 5-8PM and see what kind of clocks we have to offer. The show runs through  May 31, 2013.

Andrew Van Assche's "Enigma"
Slab-Built Stoneware Clay
Receptions: Friday, 6-7-13 + Friday, 6-21-13, 5-8 PM both evenings
Show Continues Thru 7-3-13

Palette is pleased to present the slab-built stoneware clay offerings of Andrew Van Assche with the aforementioned two separate receptions during the month of June, 2013.

With over 35 years of experience in working with and creating crisp, graphic, and clean-lined ceramics, Andrew has developed an "enigmatic" compositional style which is unique to his body of work.

Utilizing his "slab-built" approach to creating structural forms, he applies color and design to each form via the use of slips and underglaze pencil. Andrew's structures are either functional or non-functional. Along the same lines, we have not seen Andrew create a water-bearing vase as his works typically stand alone unencumbered or allow a few dried flowers to reside in a vase opening.  His oeuvre consists of vases, containers, sculpture, clocks, and wall tiles.  Andrew will have at least twelve new works on display at Palette during June.

Andrew's compositions, though, precisely, and geometrically executed, can be challenging to his viewers.  To quote Andrew, " When I create my narrative (wall) tile pieces, I like to keep the storyline loose and open to interpretation by the observer. I think of the these panels as stage settings that are evocative and that the viewer can interact with intellectually and emotionally. I do this because I often enjoy bringing my own interpretation to art that I encounter." From our wealth of experience in representing Andrew for going on ten years, his works make one think. In the past, with up to 16 wall tiles composing an installation, it's virtually certain that one will get lost in connecting Andrew's verse from tile one to tile 16.This is, of course, assuming that a road has been constructed in the first place. Most often, the interpretative fun in Andrew's work is in the journey you take in thinking that there will be a conclusive endpoint, with any of his works, when in reality, Andrew has planted compositional "detours" which prevent a tidy arrival for his viewers.

Come see and decide for yourselves as to whether "enigmatic" is an appropriately-used description of Andrew's pieces. Regardless, you'll find his works to be thought-provoking and entertaining! Andrew's compositions are especially attractive for a contemporary southwestern setting with his geometric and minimalist pictorial artistry mixed with subdued greens, golds, and reds. Furthermore, our projected show inventory consists of no Andrew piece that has a price over $340. And, Andrew sculptures make TERRIFIC FATHER'S DAY GIFTS, too!

"Not (Necessarily) Your Grandpa's Radio"

July 5 - August 1, 2013

WITH ROOT BEER FLOATS BEING SERVED!

Stay tuned because our  annual vintage radio show, "Not Necessarily Your Grandpa's Radio",  is coming up.  We have over 40 restored radios, including brands such as: Admiral, Coronado,  Crosley,  Emerson, Phillips, Silvertone, Sparton, Stromberg Carlson, and Zenith.  Our radios have both been authentically restored as well as retro-fit to become iPod docking stations, in a number of cases.   Recently, we explored a new “Art Radio”  endeavor in which we had custom cabinets designed and made for a few radio chassis, such as the Sparton 1003 "Chest of Drawers" model  on the front. Our radio repair specialist, Richard Majestic,  and one of our radio cabinet designers, Hershel Weiss, will be present at our opening reception  on Friday, July 5, from 5-8 PM. This show runs thru 8-1-13.

Denver Modernism

August 23 - 25, 2013

SOFA Chicago

Oct. 31st - Nov. 3rd 2013

Palette will return to SOFA (Sculptural Object and Functional Art) Chicago for our 6th year this coming November 2-4, 2013 held at Chicago's historic Navy Pier.  SOFA Chicago, the largest and longest continually running art fair in Chicago, celebrates its 20th year, bringing together exhibitors for across the globe who display contemporary and sculputral art as created in many media including, but not limited to, glass, clay, metal, and wood. Palette will display a spectacular arrangement of international art glass and contemporary jewelry.  Featured artists include: Tami Coatsworth, Paul Harrie, Yukako Kojima, Ro Purser, Mel Stiles, and Aki Takemoto. Palette will offer complimentary SOFA tickets on a first come, first serve basis.

If you would like a complimentary 2013 SOFA Ticket, please contact us via 505-855-7777 or via e-mail at palette@qwestoffice.net. Please provide us with your current mailing address. Your tickets will be sent to you during October, 2013. THANK YOU!

Further show details can be found at www.sofaexpo.com.