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i m p o r t a n t f o r t h e i r c r e a t i v i t y a n d i t i n s p i r es rest
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F OR YORS E L F BE C AU S E YOU H AV E T H E R IG HT S
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T O D O S O. YOU H AV E A C H AN C E T O C H AN G E E V E R YT H IN G . H OW W ON D E R F U L IT IS !
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P e r s o n a l l y , I w a n t t o s a y t h a t i t i s a r e a l b l essing
вза га лі святкуємо жи т т я .
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So, Pat! Let’s start off with something simple. What are you drinking this fine evening? I am currently drinking a Yuengling lager. My drink of choice, however, is a dry martini. The drier the better. I like olives, especially garlic stuffed olives, but I’ve kinda gotten away from the fruit. Kind of a hassle.
doesn’t give a fuck. It still loves you, but it has a different way of showing it. You’ll be reading a magazine and suddenly there’s this furry fat cat sitting on the magazine and staring you in your face. So how did you get started in art, and how did your distinctive style develop?
If you could sum your work up in one word what would it be? Colorful...that’s good. Obviously, literally. If you look at my stuff it’s over the top color, but stuff that strikes a lot of us personally in a deep way. I had a friend that said “Yeah man. I like your stuff cuz it’s superficial!” He wasn’t trying to be insulting. What you see is what you get. There’s no deeper meaning.”
I have never lived in Harrisburg [city]. I was born and raised in Mechanicsburg and currently live in Lower Allen. Nice thing is I can jump on 15 and be here momentarily. I kinda feel close to Harrisburg. I’m here a couple times a week hittin up HMAC. I work, literally, on the other side of the river. I work in advertising for my day job. A little graphic design.
I just started drawing when i was a very young kid. I just drew. And I think that a lot of parents put crayons in front of their kids and they’ll draw the sun with the happy face but, for me, I kept doing it [drawing]. It evolved, I guess. My art style developed because I have training in fine arts. My Bachelors is in visual arts with an emphasis on graphic design. But I also love graphic illustration from guys like Bernie Wrightson and Roy Lichtenstein. Guys who use extremely hard edge colors, and very graphic. That’s how I got away from the impressionist, sorta painterly style, and got more into the hard colors. Just a personal preference. I love comic books. I work from live models, photographs and imagination. I like monumental composition with emphasis on the foreground and a minimal background. I use a base coat of high-quality house paint and the rest is strictly acrylic.
So what inspires your art?
What’s your favorite comic book?
Just uh...I mean, you see my stuff. Just stuff that is important to me. Women, of course, but also anything that strikes a chord with me. I think they strike a chord in other people too. I’ve used death...sex and death. But where we come from and where we are going is a recurring thing with me. Cats too. I don’t know how the cats fit into to all that. I love cats. I fuckin love cats. I’m an animal person overall.
It’s called Faust. I’m not a comic book guy, though. But I like comic books more as a medium. I like to create characters for stories.
There is no right answer. Whatever somebody feels. If they have any passionate feeling at all, I’m happy. I prefer them to be happy, too, but if it evokes any kind of reaction, that’s cool. If people look at it and feel apathy, that’s not cool. I want to provoke something.
Where are the comic books you created?
I know you do music, as well. What type and how can we hear it?
They’re embarrassing. They’re hidden away. Faust is a good one. Tim Vigil is the illustrator. I’ve met him. They only come out with one or two issues a year. The artwork is extremely involved and detailed. I guess it is more like a graphic novel.
I do electronica. It’s akin to a heavier, harder Depeche Mode. I have a website.
How drunk are you? On a scale of one to ten...I’m probably about a five. What about you? Just out of curiosity. I’m a 0.5. This is my first one. I just got here but, you know...when in Rome! So, next question. Where are you from and how long have you lived in Harrisburg?
What about cats do you like? For instance, you walk in from work and a dog will run up to you panting and jumping all over you, but a cat just
Was he a stoner? Yeah. He is a stoner. He smokes alot, but I love the guy, man! I wasn’t offended because that’s how he interpreted it and it’s totally cool. It’s not like I’m trying to make super deep huge meanings behind my artwork. But it does have a meaning to me, personally. Sex and death, which freaks people out, but it interests me because it is a strong subject matter. And, like I said, where we have come from and where we are going. Death is the end of the line. So I paint a lot of women, skulls, weirdo shit like that because it holds my interest. What do you want people to take from your artwork?
Is Sandman your real last name? Sandman is my real last name. It was given to my German ancestors when they came to America. Immigration changed it.
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There are two types of people in the art world: the artist and the buyer. The artist may be a painter, photographer, musician, sculptor, etc. Their ability, or innate gift, to capture something in their art and expose it to the world is priceless. However, if you are a buyer and are drawn to a particular piece of art for whatever feeling, vibe, or energy it gives you, nothing will stop you from buying it. We are all beautiful, unique creatures who perceive and interpret the world around us differently. This gives us original, subjective feelings and thoughts pertaining to what we are observing. The three-dimensional world that we live in, consisting of intense detail and crazy complexity, allows us to choose what we like. To choose an art piece, that is the question. That amazing feeling when you find something that defines your personality, or suddenly have an unexplained, yet inevitable yearning for, this is what loving art is all about. It’s about that connection you get when you make that drastic consideration to buy. Now, this is all lovely stuff, but what originally, physically connects us to art? Well, many things, but mainly a gallery.
The gallery, often overlooked, is an important aspect of exposure that has the ability to attract even the most casual fan, or the serious buyer. With the intentions of exposing both the art and it’s creators, a gallery experience can be quite entertaining. The idea is to make it the portal into an eclectic, visual dimension of art. It is a gateway, ushering a smooth transition through creativity; stimulating and inspiring minds to think outside the box. It’s essence lies in the ability to introduce different perspectives on life, expressed with creativity and passion. Able to attract, connect, inspire, or potentially sell the art, these are some of the reasons a gallery can be so epic and majestic. This is the gallery. It is Metropolis gallery in Mechanicsburg, PA. “The name speaks for itself.” says Richard, the owner of Metropolis Collective on 17 West Main Street in Mechanicsburg. He got the idea from the classic movie of the same name (of which he is a huge fan). He said, “The idea of this big, massive building in little sleepy Mechanicsburg with a sign that read ‘Metropolis’ would be funny.”
Though humor was the idea behind the name, nothing could have prepared me for such a strong gallery in such a small town.
standard, but the amazing art and effervescent owner made it memorable and exciting. Everything was unique once you entered. It was like stepping into another dimension. The music My royal blue skirt matched the played at concert volume, enhancing eccentric vibe I felt as soon as I walked the scene even further. It was definitely into Metropolis gallery on October’s First my cup of tea. People stood cluttered Friday of 2013. The vibrant colors and in groups, while the loners gazed at the original, weird, yet appealing art left me strikingly odd paintings. The expressions gazing for minutes on end at each piece. on their faces indicated an inner working I made a brief introduction to the owner, to put together the puzzle pieces each warm personality that he is, and was exhibit offered. Every single person welcomed with a gesture encouraging there was having a good time. I enjoyed me to explore and enjoy the show. Fun, myself while gazing at art, chatting, and eclectic music came from a room in the listening to the featured band for back as I helped myself to refreshments, the night, Buzzchopper, until it was my and tried to decide on which side of time to meet the owner, and ask him a the wall I would start. Many people few questions. were already there when I made my appearance around 7:45pm. The event And so it began with general questions. was until 9pm, but people enjoyed Metropolis Collective opened June 1st in camaraderie and continued viewing until 2013. It has been a success ever since, 10pm or so. featuring famous artists such as Paul and Mark Kostabi. Paul was a founding Upon walking in, you were suddenly member of the band White Zombie. surrounded by white walls, paintings, Joseph Arthur, is an acclaimed printer sculptures, and pieces of unique and designer, and then there was Daisy composition that I can’t even give Berkowitz, from Marilyn Manson’s band. a name to. The set up was gallery Also, Zack Rudy, one half of central
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A few weeks before Eric Papenfuse became Harrisburg’s new mayor, we had a chance to talk with him. He shared with us his thoughts about Harrisburg, and some other unlikely bits of knowledge. We didn’t know if he knew it or not, but the magazine with which he was about to interview wasn’t much into politics. There’s a disingenuous connotation associated with it, and we were mentally prepared to squash all contrived answers to our questions. We made a premeditated decision to not ask questions regarding the election. There are countless avenues that information can be obtained from. We wanted to know about Eric Papenfuse, the man. We met at his headquarters on Third Street, which was heavily under construction. Amidst the sounds of hammering and sawing, we began our interview.
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I remember a time before Cumulus Media (the second largest operator of radio in the country) homogenized the air waves and local music could be heard; if not regularly at least conveniently scheduled on the weekends. This would have been right around 1999-2000. Why is this important? Well at the time there were very few places to actually perform. During this period of time there were only a few places to see music, most of them were far more guerilla. The place I remember with the fondest memories was The Wire in New Cumberland, but there were many other places many far less intended for music. Township Fire Halls and book stores were among the typical make shift location for musical venues; I even remember seeing some really cool shows in a bagel shop. One of the few surviving locations is Championship at 52 Market Street in Lemoyne. This is not to say that you did not find music at places such as bars, but normally the music there mimicked or directly covered the tunes approved by Cumulus Media’s marketing department. In other words all there were, was cover bands at bars. Now while cover bands are how classic music
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Growing up can be tough for anyone. You realize you’re not a child anymore, but you’re also not quite an adult. You’re trying to find an identity. You want to be noticed. You’re trying out new activities and hobbies, making sense of what you’re good at and what you enjoy. You can’t quite pull off the trends, but you can’t break the mold. It’s an awkward period, but it’s a defining period. This is a story about Harrisburg’s growing pains. At the end of the last century, our long-standing definition of a working class steel town had faded far from the glory days of industry in the area. For years, stalling population growth, government mismanagement and corruption. and rapidly declining job market and quality of life has wasted away what little sense of identity and pride in the area. Those who could fled to the suburbs or away from the area, and those who couldn’t watched as the city they loved deteriorated. The city had hit an all time low, just as crime and poverty hit an all time high. Things looked bleaked, but the end of every age means a new beginning. Enter the new age of the city. Periods of stagnancy and decline serve a very important function in the cyclical nature of life; it allows for substantial growth and change. That is the landscape that is visible here, a canvas that has faded so much that it has become blank again. This blank canvas, while a bleak reminder of days past, is, more than anything, a call to repaint this city in our colors. As population growth trends finally began to reverse, and with revitilization blooming positive change across the city, and a more hopeful and inspired Harrisburg is on the rise, we are beginning to build a legacy and a culture that will come to define ourselves and our fair city for years to come. That is precisely what has been happening here; we are rebuilding this city, painting it in an expression of ourselves, but this leaves us to ask, “Who are we?” Finding a voice. Every artist goes through a period of definition early in their career, this is commonly called the creative learning cycle; Imitate, Assimilate, Create. First by learning from other artists that inspire you, and then blending the knowledge and skills together, a distinct style and voice begins to emerge that makes the artist unique. By imitating, we learn how to define ourselves. The evolution of a sense of identity follows a very similar process, we find trends and patterns that already exist, and blend them
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