Gallery 402

Last call to pick up skate decks

2009-01-13T08:01:00.000-08:00

There are still a few skate decks left to be picked up, so if yours is one of them, please email me at gallery402@gmail.com with your name and a description of your deck. The deadline is Tuesday Jan 27th. After this date, remaining decks will be donated to charity.
Thanks again for all of your hard work. The show was an amazing success and you all should be proud!

Gallery402 is in a transition stage and we are hoping to be able to reopen and expose you to new art again very soon. We will keep you updated. Thanks again!

sk8art

2008-06-04T08:28:00.001-07:00

SK8ART was a huge success and I think it shows the amazing amount of tallent that we have right here in the Wausau area. Congrats to all who participated! The Gallery402 show will be up until July 18th, so if you haven't seen it yet, please stop in. Gallery402, 402 3rd St. Wausau, WI 54401 M-F 10-6, Sat 10-4pm. The skate decks hanging in the gallery belong to the following artists:

Age 18 and up:

1st place: Robert Petonquot
2nd place: Kevin Karlen
3rd place: Broegy Pease
Loa Loa
Justin Huebner
Jon Karlen
Emily Schultz

Age 14-18

1st Place: Tor Trong Lor
2nd Place: James Skinner
3rd Place: Aaron Kremer
Anastasia Evans
Janessa Hintz
Mai Nhia Yang
Alex Dreas
Breanne Ament
Rebecca Nelson
Mary Sandrini
Ryan Pependorf
Amanda Hays
Trevor Williams
Jonnie D. Helt
Barbara Delgado
Ben Gering
Brittany Engman
Hannah Thorgerson
Samantha Sackmann
Kirstin Friend
Catie Grifiths
Sara Belec
Whitney Olinger
Dylan Buettner
Nicole Waldhandt
Elizabeth Robinson
Nate Beck
Brent Wisniewski
Jevin Budzynski
Danni Zastrow
Kaitlin Barnett
Jordan Klussendorf
Alissa Rausch
Anton Schafer
Samantha Bogen

Age 9-14

1st Place: Keaton Miller
2nd Place: Nick Hollfelder
3rd Place: Dominic Walters
Crystal Rayone
Trevor Petroski
Marrisa Rhyner
Alex Hollfelder
Logan Warner

skate show

2008-06-04T08:08:00.000-07:00

SK8ART

2008-06-01T21:07:00.001-07:00

SKATERS

2008-06-01T20:59:00.000-07:00

SK8ART OPENING RECEPTION

2008-05-27T20:48:00.000-07:00

SK8ART

2008-05-12T11:01:00.000-07:00

Gallery402 is excited to announce our upcoming exhibit SK8ART, an exhibit of local skate board art and graphics. With over 200 area youth participating, we are exploring skateboard art within our mainstream culture and to acknowledge the creativity that has been emerging from the streets in our own community. Even the biggest skate track opponent would be pressed to prove that skateboarding isn't a creative sport. The creativity is also found on skateboards themselves, where the boards prove that the art of skateboarding reaches beyond the tricks of the trade. Skateboard art demonstrates that some of the most innovative graphics are being generated by youth emerged in this subculture. Local skate artists have joined their passions of art and skateboarding to showcase not only the art of the sport, but the art of the deck itself.

Show dates: May 16th - July 18th
Opening Reception - May 16th Wausau Exhibitour

APRIL 11TH - Body Art

2008-04-18T09:04:00.000-07:00

One of the highest attended shows in the history of the CVA! Thanks to all that made it.
Show is open through May 18th.

APRIL 11TH OPENING - STREET ART

2008-04-18T08:46:00.000-07:00

Jeremy Fish, Gris Grimly, Crash One, Sheppard Fairy, and Lisa L'Adventura. Graffiti found in the Wausau Area.

Street Art is art developed in public spaces — that is, "in the streets" — though the term usually refers to art of an illicit nature, as opposed to government sponsored initiatives. The term can include traditional graffiti artwork, stencil graffiti, sticker art, wheatpasting and street poster art, video projection, art intervention, guerrilla art, flash mobbing and street installations. Typically, the term Street Art is used to distinguish contemporary public-space artwork from territorial graffiti, vandalism, and corporate art.
The motivations and objectives that drive street artists are as varied asthe artists themselves. There is a strong current of activism and subversion in urban art. Street art can be a powerful platform for reaching the public, and frequent themes include adbusting, subvertising and other culture jamming, the abolishment of private property and reclaiming the streets. Other street artists simply see urban space as an untapped format for personal artwork, while others may appreciate the challenges and risks that are associated with installing illicit artwork in public places. However the universal theme in most, if not all street art, is that adapting visual artwork into a format which utilizes public space, allows artists who may otherwise feel disenfranchised, to reach a much broader audience than traditional artwork and galleries normally allow. Whereas traditional graffiti artists have primarily used free-hand aerosol paints to produce their works, "street art" encompasses many other media and techniques such as wheatpasting, stickers, stencil graffiti, mosaic tiling, video projection and street installations. For these reasons street art is sometimes considered "post-graffiti" and sometimes even "neo-graffiti". Street art can be found around the world and street artists often travel to other countries foreign to them so they can spread their designs. It is also not uncommon for street artists to achieve commercial success (Shepard Fairey, Faile, Kaws) doing graphics for other companies or starting their own merchandising lines.

STREET ART - BODY ART

2008-04-01T11:45:00.001-07:00

One night, two galleries, downtown Wausau.

GALLERY402 PRESENTS:

STREET ART
An exhibit of art for public spaces, STREET ART showcases art as a form of communication whether it be the journey of graffiti art on the side of a train or communication through the pages of a comic book. STREET ART is an expression of our youth and the culture that we grow up in. Experience and respond to these world renown original works!

THE GALLERY ON ARTSBLOCK PRESENTS
BODY ART
With its roots in ancient cultures, the ART OF TATTOO is vibrantly alive
today. Respond to the photographed work of five body artists in the Gallery
on ARTsblock. Veering off the concept, the CVA includes creatively
customized motorcycle bodies/parts in the show.
Acoustic performance by, All Fear Aside at the opening reception 4.11.08 5-7pm

Art Classes at Gallery402

2008-03-18T10:31:00.001-07:00

Release Your Inner Artist with Art Classes at Gallery 402!

Join Joel Pataconi, beloved Wausau East Art teacher, as he guides your doodling to HIGH ART!

UPDATED SCHEDULE:
Wednesdays from 6:30p to 8:30p
* April 2 - Colored Pencil Drawings
* April 16 - Doodle Box Creativity Test
* April 30 - Cut Paper Design, Pattern Overlay
* May 7 - Cut Paper Painting

Art Supplies & Non- Alcoholic Refreshments are included! Classes are $25 Each or $85 for all sessions. RSVP HERE or simply call 715.845.2300.

in the Mezzanine at Van Dalfsens!

Joel is educated at the Master's level. In addition to teaching at Wausau East, he has taught Adult Art Workshops at Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. Joel has had his own work shown at juried exhibits throughout Wisconsin and had a solo exhibit of his work at UWMC in 2005.

Coop's 'Good Year' in Swindle Magazine!!!

2008-02-27T11:59:00.000-08:00

The infamous Rubber Track.... Coop's 'Good Year' is one of Gallery 402's favorite pieces. We have had it in the window of the store in the past and most recently hung it for our Valentine show. Now you can see this amazing painting in Swindle, a nationally published art mag. Swindle (www.swindlemagazine.com) Issue 15 has an amazing article on Chris Cooper "COOP" and they use an image of this painting to show his work. Pick up a copy of this at your local bookstore (Barnes and Noble carries it in Wausau). It's almost as good as seeing it in person... not quite, but almost. In case you forgot what it looks like in person, hurry up and stop into the gallery to get one last glance!

You Must Be This Tall To Ride

2008-02-27T08:07:00.000-08:00

Thanks to everyone who made it out to see our special valentines exhibit "You Must Be This Tall To RIde". There was a great turnout at the private event as well as during the 72 hour opening. People left with smiles (or smirks) and enjoyed the racier subject matter. Also, thanks to our neighboring businesses for donating beautiful and tasty food and beverages. Another big thanks to BVO, our jazz DJ, who made the trip up from Milwaukee.
We are currently hanging a Street Art show with an upcoming opening on April 10th. This show will be in conjunction with the CVA's Body Art Show (opening the same evening). The show will consist of graffiti artists, street artists, and the back room is continuing to showcase 4 original paintings from the legendary Robert Williams, creator of Zapp Comics and Juxtapoz magazine. The show is going to be fantastic and we have some exciting surprises for the opening night. Stay tuned and stop in!

PRIVATE OPENING RECEPTION

2008-02-03T08:26:00.000-08:00

FEBRUARY 9TH 6-8PM

Be part of a private, opening reception to kick off the new exhibit!
Learn about the Pop Surrealist genre from Tasha Tatro, Gallery402 curator and view this Sean Barber original painting this night only!
Enjoy a wine tasting with Bruce Conard of Cellar 70
Indulge in hors de oeuvres and chocolate
Live jazz DJ from Milwaukee
Recieve ‘sweet’ gifts and more....

Call 715.845.2300 to RSVP and recieve full details.

Valentines Day Event

2008-01-28T14:30:00.000-08:00

YOU MUST BE THIS TALL TO RIDE

Accompany your Valentine to this Avant Garde exhibit of mature art for a mature audience. Be the first to experience original works by Pop Surrealist Artists Gary Baseman (Cranium, Disney’s Teacher's Pet), Robert Williams (see four original paintings from this originator of Zapp comics), Dave Cooper (creater of the “pillowy women”) and more.

72 Hours of Love to Warm your Valentine's Heart!
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, February 14,15 and 16 4pm-8pm

Be part of a private, opening reception to kick off the new exhibit!
Learn about the Pop Surrealist genre from Tasha Tatro, Gallery402 curator
Enjoy a wine tasting with Bruce Conard of Cellar 70
Indulge in hors de oeuvres and chocolate
Live jazz DJ from Milwaukee
Recieve ‘sweet’ gifts and more....

Call 715.845.2300 to RSVP and recieve full details.

Gary Baseman Visit

2007-12-05T20:24:00.001-08:00

Thanks to everyone who made it to the gallery to see Gary Baseman last Sunday. He gave a great talk and then followed it up with autographs and personal drawings.

Gary Baseman Visiting Gallery402

2007-11-26T07:57:00.000-08:00

Don't miss this event... An afternoon with artist gary Baseman! He will be at Gallery 402 on December 2nd from 3-6pm. Don't miss the opportunity to sit down and talk with this Emmy-winning artist. See you there!
Check him out at garybaseman.com

Doze Green

2007-11-04T15:39:00.000-08:00

Doze Green was born and raised in the upper west side of Manhattan, New York City and was one of the pioneers of the Hip-Hop culture. He first started writing graffiti in his neighborhood in 1974, and started painting subway trains in 1976.

The following year he joined the Rock Steady Crew. The Rock Steady Crew were pioneers of a new style of dance known as breakdancing or B-Boying. The crew first started dancing at art exhibitions and galleries of Soho and the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

During this time Doze was also attending the High School of Art and Design, where some of the most talented and well respected graffiti artists came from. Artists such as Lady Pink, Daze, Ernie Valdez, Seen TC5, Mr. Wiggles, Mare 139, and numerous others. In 1982 Doze showed his artwork in a well known group show at the Fun Gallery. At this same time after appearances in major movies such as Flashdance, Style Wars, and Wildstyle, the Rock Steady Crew was launched into action and the limelight.

From B-boy to graf legend Doze has gone to tagging the hallways of South Bronx projects to designing for clothing lines like Kikwear and Ecko. In the process, he's become a proponent of the avant-garde "fusionistic" art movement.

In the past year, he's been featured on dozens of exhibitions in art galleries from both coasts.

Best known for his characters, Doze has begun to concentrate on canvases that blend wildstyle techniques with metaphysical concepts. "I think I'm at the point where I'm movin' even further, to more distant frontiers like sculpture and 3-D painting".

With pieces ranging from the low thousands to upwards of $12,000, it's obvious that Doze is aiming for the serious modern art collector.

"Probably the biggest challenge and the most fun is painting live," reveals Doze. "There's a communion between the audience, the DJ and myself. The DJ is feeding off the music, and if the crowd is hype, he goes that extra mile. The same applies to me."

If you dig Doze Green's work check out some of the covers he has done for the Future Primative series including the cover work for the Presage cd. He has also done some work for the Deep Concentration series.

Opening Night October 5th

2007-10-24T15:10:00.000-07:00

This was a great opening of our 2nd show at Gallery 402. Thanks to all that made it and a special thanks to visiting artist Dan Bouthot, from Deer Isle Maine. Dan put on a great screen printing workshop with custom prints just for the opening event. The show consisted of a great lineup of artists. More information and images on the work is to come!

New Exhibit

2007-10-10T13:37:00.000-07:00

Saturday October 13th 4-9pm
New exhibit of work featuring GARY BASEMAN, CHRIS MARS, DOZE GREEN, POOCH, ELIZABETH MCGRATH, DAN QUINTANA, AARON HORKEY, CHRIS RYNIAK, ANNE FAITH NICHOLS, LISA PETRUCI, BEN TOUR, POOCH, AND MARK SMITH

See you there!

Exhibit Tour

2007-09-26T16:35:00.000-07:00

Some pics from Exhibit Tour in Wausau, Saturday September 22nd. There was a fantastic turnout and everyone is pumped for our next opening OCTOBER 13th. We built a wall to show Camille Rose Garcia's 12'6" x 7'6" painting titled 'Milk of Amnesia' for this one night Exhibit Tour event, . The piece looked great and we were so excited to be able to show it. Sadly, it does not fit upstairs in the gallery. Thanks to all that came! We had a great night and look forward to seeing everyone at future events soon.

Jeff Soto

2007-08-27T21:30:00.000-07:00

Through striking visual imagery, Jeff Soto communicates profound visions and fears, nostalgia of his youth, and themes of love, lust, and hope. Soto’s distinct color palette, subject matter, technique and bold themes resonate with a growing audience. Inspired by childhood toys, the colorful lifestyle of skateboarding and graffiti, hip-hop and popular culture, Soto’s representational work is simultaneously accessible and stimulating.  Environmental issues also take precedent for Soto, who is concerned with conflict of humans trying to harness, or take advantage of nature. His paintings exude this tension, as robotic creatures duel, organic tentacles and flower bouquets thrive, and black smog looms amidst floating, ominous skulls.  In 2002, Soto graduated with Distinction from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He currently lives in Southern California, with his wife Jennifer and daughter Shannon.

Scott Musgrove

2007-08-20T09:03:00.000-07:00

Scott Musgrove is the creator and Producer of the animated TV Series Fat Dog Mendoza” (based on Scott’s comic book of the same name). There were 26 half-hour episodes produced in partnership with Cartoon Network UK, Sony Wonder and Sunbow Entertainment. The show has aired in roughly 50 countries around the world. He works as the writer, character designer, and composer of the show. Musgrove also works on many other comics such as Loose Teeth, published by Fantagraphics.

www.scottmusgrove.com

More Opening Night pics

2007-08-08T17:03:00.000-07:00

These are more pics of the fun had at the gallery opening. There are some close ups of the gallery, the loft view, and a photo of Sara, Tasha, and Lindsey.

Opening Night Reception

2007-08-08T08:40:00.000-07:00

Opening Night at Gallery402 was a huge success! Thanks to all that made it! Pictures include a general gallery shots, a detail shot of our new copper etched info cards, Shawn Van Dalfsen with the Lamansky's in front of Keiko Yagishita's "Do you want to go for a walk?", Tasha still in discussion after the show ended with Keith and Tyson.
The gallery is located above Van Dalfsen's clothing boutique, so please check out thier website at VanDalfsen's.com

Before Pics

2007-08-08T08:27:00.000-07:00

This was Gallery402 before the changes took place. Shelves to set the paintings on were replaced with a gallery gliding griplock system. New work was brought in and bookshelves / podiums were built so viewers can sit and read some artist books while looking at work.

Opening Show

2007-08-03T07:08:00.001-07:00

The opening show consists of work from Robert Williams (Saga verse Saga - shown to left, Ron English, Dave Kinsey, John Langford, Keiko Yagishita, Niagara, Scott Musgrove, Shag, Von Dutch, The Pizz, Sean Christopher, Oskana Badruk, and more.

There are still many other big names to be shown in future shows such as Gary Baseman, Pooch, Shepard Fairy, Dave Cooper and more.

We will be posting individual pieces along with artist bios in the weeks to come, but we all know they are much more impressive in person, so we look forward to seeing you at Gallery 402
402 3rd St. Wausau, WI
Located in the Mezzanine of Van Dalfsen's

Grand Opening!!!!

2007-07-26T10:25:00.000-07:00

We are proud to announce the grand opening of Gallery402. We look forward to seeing you all there next Saturday, August 4th from 6-8 at 402 3rd Street Wausau, WI.

Gallery 402

2007-07-19T08:52:00.000-07:00

Less than 3 weeks until the AUGUST 4TH Grand Opening! We are extremely excited and looking forward to seeing you all there. The marketing is almost done, so now it is time to start the physical changes within the space itself! We will keep you updated.

Ben Tour "Ghost"

2007-07-09T08:27:00.000-07:00

Niagra

2007-07-01T15:10:00.000-07:00

This piece is currently hanging in Gallery 402. It is titled "Opium House" by Niagra.
Niagra materialized on the scene in the late 70's as front person for the noise band DESTROY ALL
MONSTERS. Fellow band mates read like a who's who, including Mike Kelley, Jim Shaw (big time artists), Ron Asheton (Iggy and the Stooges guitarist), Mike Davis (MC5 bass player). Niagara took Destroy all Monsters from noise to punk in the 80's. Aside from singing and self-destructive stage habits, Niagara designed the band's posters, singles and album art.

Her early cover art, done in pen & ink and gouache, appear to be self portraits. Her fierce female depictions of femme fatales plumb the depths of trash culture. "It's the men who cry in my paintings," Niagara muses. She later showed "Warholistic" use of colour on her large canvases and actually met Andy Warhol in the late 70's. Colonel Galaxy, Niagara's promoter/body guard comments, "Niagara paints off register to make it look like a bad silk screen but she does it with such precision, people still think they're done by machine. Warhol would love it."

Niagara’s lethal beauties, accessorized with guns and switchblades, make no apologies and leave no survivors. She amplifies her subjects with bitingly humorous captions like: I Lied, Over Your Dead Body, Geisha This and Here’s For Your Bad Manners. “I paint real strong women; a Niagara girls [is] revengeful, but she gets her own way,” the artist explains and adds matter-of-factly, “There’s a lot of crime in my paintings.” Criminal violence is emblematic of the artist’s Detroit home, but her voluptuous felons may jolt Washingtonian sensibilities. Even so, viewers are bound to find her glamorous she-clones more charming and less abrasive than their maladjusted pulp-film cohorts and Niagara thwarts the possibility of her malevolent heroines eliding with the objective world by emphasizing their pictorial status. Exploiting the flatness of her media, she abstracts textures and compresses figures and backgrounds into precisely cropped frames, constructing a format which gives the unmistakable impression that the Niagara Woman and her occasional antagonists are the only personae that could possibly inhabit their borders.

Niagara’s painting and graphic techniques are as strong and appealing as the characters to which they give being. With fluid lines and gracefully contoured areas of bold color she composes tightly-constructed and harmoniously balanced designs. Her crisp, fresh and immediate pictures demonstrate her aesthetic philosophy: “I don’t care about making art that only talks to other artists.” Her artistic career began in the 1970s when she studied painting at the University of Michigan. Soon thereafter she invented her signature “Niagara Woman.”

Whereas her pictorial style and subjects are indebted in part to the pop masters Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, Niagara ascribes her most powerful influences to the Pre-Raphaelites and Art Nouveau artists Alfons Mucha and Aubrey Beardsley. Her linear technique and application of oriental graphic designs reveal the aesthetic impact of her nineteenth-century predecessors. On her fascination with their predilection for morbid eroticism, she comments “I like all that dark stuff.”

The begining of a new gallery

2007-06-28T18:04:00.000-07:00

It is all in the works....

The grand opening is set for August 4th but please stop in before then and take a peak. More photos and artist info to come!

Gallery 402
402 3rd Street.
Wausau, WI
54401