ArtPrize begins ...

HOW EXCITING - Grand Rapids Michigan is exploding with art, artists and energy!
You definitely need more than one full day to see everything at ArtPrize !!! We hit the big venues (because you have to) and got around to as many smaller ones that we could fit in (to our 1 day), we will have to get back to GR to do the neighborhoods.
Make sure you see the smaller pieces, and out of city center venues - there is a lot of great art out there at places you would not expect!
Below are some diverse talents you don't want to miss at the smaller venues!

Artist: Troy Picou
Title: Water Pony
Venue: Go Java









Artist: Brian Murer
Title: .38 Howitzer
Venue: Purple East









Artist: Patrick Richardson
Medium: Mixed media
Venue: God's Kitchen







Artist: Steven Vinson
Title: The Urban Landscape of GR
Venue: Capsule Gallery







Artist: Audrey Riley
Title: America
Venue: Heartside Park







Artist: Scott Blake
Title: Barcode Bruce Lee
Venue: Stache Gallery







Artist: Alex Schweder La
Title: Evaporative Building
Venue: UICA - Sheldon Exhibition Center









Artist: Peter Sorrell
Title: Ashwan Caban
Venue: Grand Valley Artists at Alten Place

I have to give a big WOW to this one
- the most stunning painting I have seen in a long time!!!!







another one for Grand Valley Artists at Alten Place

Artist: Sayaka Ganz
Title: Emergence
Venue: Grand Valley Artists at Alten Place





Artist: Jiyeon Yim
Title: Emotive Vessels
Venue: Calvin College Gallery









Artist: Jackson Martin
Title: The Redemptive Quality of Life II
Venue: Gillette Bridge






We were beat and needed a rest after all of this walking ... a great place toput your feet up at the end the day - DeVoss Center

Artist: Loud Art
Title: Benchmark Experience
Venue: DeVoss Center

SANG SIK HONG ... different and unique contemporary sculpture

SangSik Hong’s sculptures go beyond the limit of the materials; the images of lips may be interpreted as symbols of desire. Connecting such symbolized images and meaning (power and sex) reveals clearly that his interest is focused on human desires.

“Power is strength, scarce and heading toward eternity. However, the straw, contrary to the properties of power, is a weak structure, easily available to anyone for it is produced on a large scale and a disposable material”. This juxtaposition symbolizes semantic relationships and the structure of desires, connoting the pathos of reality. MORE

“Power is strength, scarce and heading toward eternity. However, the straw, contrary to the properties of power, is a weak structure, easily available to anyone for it is produced on a large scale and a disposable material”. This juxtaposition symbolizes semantic relationships and the structure of desires, connoting the pathos of reality.