Lucas STOFFEL About the Artist Lucas STOFFEL starts 2008 off with a bang, his project Made in Taiwan; currently on display at GalleryBar on the LES, has earned himacclaim and landed him the January cover of Next Magazine. http://www.nextmagazine.net
Last years recipient of New Yorks Starving Artist Award and a two - time best - selling artist at the Starving Artist Ball, multi-media pop artist Lucas Stoffel has been commissioned by private collectors all over the world. In 2007 Stoffel was honored as the selected artist for the amfAR Rocks benefit for AIDS research, and went on to be selected to feature his work in AM New Yorks Premiere Art Rocks Event, before being commissioned by Raplh Laruen'sDaughter Dylan, 8 works titled Sweetness for her famed Candy Boutique on the UES for the candy inspired series Sweetness. Stoffel ended the summer of 2007 displaying his Award- winning project iCon at the Prince George Gallery on 27th Street, before heading off to wo rk on his current project in Taiwan.
In addition, his 911 Emergency panels (taken from his award winning iCon project) are currently under consideration to be showcased as a part of World Trade Center Memorial Museum. Stoffel also looks forward to 08 as he plans his intensive look at Japanese culture with his upcoming work Japan-a - nation slated to begin in June.
By challenging the natural aesthetic and tradition of fine art within a digital age, Stoffel merges dehumanized technological and modern graphic aspects with a variety of warm mediums. After emerging from Stoffels photography, each piece then morphs into a dimensional communication that beckons touch and arouses curiosity. Following a degree in design and theatrical arts from Iowa State University, Stoffel studied in Paris where he enhanced his love of pop culture and began to incorporate projections, carbon paper, and newspaper into his designs. An avid traveler, Stoffel recently spent a year on the island of Oahu, where he was a contributing photographer to Hawaiian Airlines Magazine. Stoffel currently makes his home in New York.
Stoffel's work can be seen on Kimora Lee Simmons: Life in the Fab Lane, and VH1's reality showThe Salt n' Pepper Show. You can also spot Stoffel's work in the October '06 issue of Paper Magazine, January '08 issue of Next Magazine, Art Blog: Guerrilla Show, HX Magazine, Gay City News, and more.
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It may seem like the pressure’s only on that first Valentines Day you spend together, but if you buy her that tool kit you’ve always wanted instead of the necklace she’s been eyeing, Feb. 14 can go down in history as a day you want to forget.
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Lucas STOFFEL
Made in Taiwan
GalleryBar
120 Orchard St, Between Rivington and Delancy, New York, NY 100002 [map]
http://www.gallerybarnyc.com
Hours: 1 PM - 4 AM
Cost: Free
This event is appropriate for children
Exhibition Dates: Dec 20th, 2007 - Feb 6th
O pening: Jan 4th 6:00PM - 9:00PM
December 21st, Lucas STOFFEL opens his highly anticipated project Made in Taiwan at Lower East Side hot spot GalleryBar. Owner Darin Rubell thinks Stoffel’s large format canvases work great in the space, “We are excited ab out displaying the work, we've never displayed pieces with such wonderful raw color before.”
Made in Taiwan focuses on the rich color of Taiwanese life, from temple gods and dragons, to the ornate style of a Taiwanese opera. Stoffel was amazed by what he found as he started to dive into this unique culture surrounded by industrial destruction. "Everything I saw was grey, stone smoke stacks, concrete housing, ash rising from burning bins of sacrificial paper... but I would leave this world whenever I steppe d into the elaborate temples.”
Robert Bangiola, Deputy Director for Materials for the Arts, of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, praises, “Stoffel’s brightly colored images of people and structures all convey a warm and welcome composure. In a time when urban society offers a choice between paranoia, caution or conversely a sense of community and sharing, his work opens doors to see our fellow humans in a personal, sweet moments.”
Made in Taiwan will be on display from December 21st, 2007 - February 5th, 2008 at GalleryBar on Manhattan’s Lower East Side between Delancy and Rivington. GalleryBar is open daily as a gallery from 1pm – 6pm, and open nightly as a chic urban lounge from 6pm – 4am. There will be a launch party on January 4 from 6p m - 9 pm celebrating the show, and the release of Stoffel’s magazine cover for Next.
For more information please visit: http://www.lucasstoffel.com/art
GUERRILLA SHOW
December 22nd, 2008
Art and Culture in Alternative Spaces
LUCAS STOFFEL
Last year’s recipient of New York’s Starving Artist Award and a two-time bestselling artist at the Starving Artist Ball, multi- media pop artist Lucas Stoffel has been commissioned by private collectors all over the world. In 2007 Stoffel was honored as the selected artist for the amfAR Rocks bat the Puck Building, and went on to be selected to feature his work in AM New York’s Premiere Art Rocks Event, before being commissioned by Ralph Lauren’s daughter Dylan to do a candy inspired series called Sweetness for her Boutique. Stoffel ended the summer of 2007 displaying his Award-winning project “iCon” at the Prince George Gallery on 27th Street, before heading off to work on his current project in Taiwan. contact: http://lucasstoffel.com/art
The One and Only July 22, 2007
Pop artist Lucas Stoffel explores the iconography of modern American culture, illuminating the harsh superficiality of the symbol by juxtaposing them with ...
Homo Dish - Oct 21, 2005
It was a decided change from the glitz and glam at our next stop, the Starving Artist Ball at the Angel Orensanz Foundation, where many of the aspirational creative types in the crowd probably had their first meal in a while. Ultrasuccessful playwright John Patrick Shanley was on hand to inspire, as was performance artist Bradford Louryk, who performed a scene from his show Christine Jorgensen Reveals, which reenacts the only recorded interview with America’s first post-op tranny. Seen: Robert Lupone, Alison Albeck-Lindland, Michael Clyne, Richmond Shephard, Luke Stoffel, Teddy Bergman and Matt Karson.
January 10th, 2008
Friday evening our recent Next Magazine cover designer and Who's Next 2008 artist Lucas Stoffel celebrated the opening of his new show (and our first 2008 cover) at Gallery Bar on the Lower East Side: A packed gallery and open Christiania Vodka bar toasted Stoffeʼ s clash-ofculture-inspired collection, “Made in Taiwan.”
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2008
- Happy 1st anniversary to the Gallery Bar (120 Orchard St) and the Art
After Midnight party . The weekly Thursday party isn't doing anything special for the night, just doing the regular art and dance party steez. Tonight the art is provided by Lucas Stoffel, a pop-art exhibit called Made In Taiwan. Resident DJs Chris Alker and Sushi Steve will handle the dance party, helped out by guest DJ 5' 5". Expect lots of dance remixes, indie, some hip-hop and a good crowd. No cover, 21+.
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January 3rd, 2008
Ex-Dubuque artist has New York exhibit
Dubuque native Lucas Stoffel will have an artist's launch party Friday, Jan. 4, at GalleryBar on Manhattan's Lower East Side.
Stoffel's exhibit, "Made in Taiwan," opened Dec. 21 and will continue through Feb. 5. Also, he is featured on the Jan. 4 cover of Next, a New York City magazine.
His large format canvanses in the exhibit focus on colorful Taiwanese cultural life temple gods, dragons and opera.
He created the project while traveling in China and Taiwan in September and October, while visiting his sister, Jess Stoffel.
Stoffel was the recipient of New York's Starving Artist Award. His "911 Emergency" panels are under consideration for the World Trade Center Memorial and Museum.
January 14, 2008
Club, Arts, Where to Hear, By Day, DJs 'ART AFTER MIDNIGHT'
Gallery Bar
120 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002
Lower East Side
www.gallerybarnyc.com
Resident DJs Chris Alker and Sushi Steve join forces with Faucet Music, for a Depeche Mode Mix CD release party. Live DJ set by the mix master himself, Derek Marin, and a 100+ CD giveaway. "Made In Taiwan" by Lucas Stoffel on display.
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LUCAS STOFFEL
Pop Artist
"I see the world through art," declares the Iowa-born and Paris-trained Lucas Stoffel, 29. "I'm viewing [it] from a 21st century viewpoint." Evidently that modern, polymodal perspective is appreciated. After winning the 2006 Starving Artist Award and wowing the amFAR Rocks AIDS benefit as the featured artist that same year, Stoffel kept busy in 2007 with a commission by Dylan's Candy Bar titled "Sweetness" and a solo show at New World Gallery, not to mention a six-week trip to China to research his latest series, "Made in Taiwan," an exploration of tribal aesthetics and appropriation now on exhibit at the Lower East Side's Gallery Bar. Utilizing raw digital photos, Stoffel transforms each image into complex yet reductive canvases of vivid color using such diverse elements as newspaper, projections and acrylic paint. The result is undeniably pop.
Reflecting on his journey from cornfields to collectors, Stoffel credits changes in the art scene as his impetus and challenge. "Kids [in my generation], we're not spending our days on 10th and 11th Ave in the galleries, we're hanging out in the East Village. I'm trying to bring my art to an urban environment and reach a broader audience of people our age. I'm trying to change it; art has to evolve." And as with every creative endeavor in New York, forces pushing that evolution are half talent and half hustle.
"I never thought being a painter was such hard work!" Stoffel laughs. In the last two years he's been a "crazy one-man show," juggling advertising, marketing and PR and temp jobs not to mention actual production time. But he's optimistic about where that hard work is leading. "I think [2008] is the year of explosion," he enthuses on his prospects. "People of our age group are starting to see the work en masse. I've made so much headway this year that it's not stopping." With any luck, Stoffel's dynamic, innovative pieces will show a whole new generation of art lovers what's next.
Justin Lockwood
"Made in Taiwan" shows at Gallery Bar (120 Orchard St, 212-5292266) through Feb 6. Visit lucasstoffel.com for more info.
Cover Illustration by Lucas STOFFEL
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Made In Taiwan
Gay artist Lucas Stoffel, recipient of last year's New York Starving Artist Award and a two -time best-selling artist at the Starving Artist Ball, opens his new project of large format canvases focused on the rich color of Taiwanese life, from temple gods and dragons, to the ornate style of a Taipei opera. Commenting on his discovery of a unique culture surrounded by industrial destruction, Stoffel said, "Everything I saw was gray, stone smoke stacks, concrete housing, ash rising from burning bins of sacrificial paper... but I would leave this world whenever I stepped into the elaborate temples." GalleryBar, 120 Orchard St., btwn. Delancey & Rivington Sts. Gallery open 1-6 p.m. daily; lounge open until 4 a.m.
For more information, visit lucasstoffel.com/art.
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Made In Taiwan
Gay artist Lucas Stoffel, recipient of last year's New York Starving Artist Award and a two -time best-selling artist at the Starving Artist Ball, opens his new project of large format canvases focused on the rich color of Taiwanese life, from temple gods and dragons, to the ornate style of a Taipei opera. Commenting on his discovery of a unique culture surrounded by industrial destruction, Stoffel said, "Everything I saw was gray, stone smoke stacks, concrete housing, ash rising from burning bins of sacrificial paper... but I would leave this world whenever I stepped into the elaborate temples." GalleryBar, 120 Orchard St., btwn. Delancey & Rivington Sts. The launch party is early this evening from 4-6 p.m. Gallery open 1-6 p.m. daily; lounge open until 4 a.m. For more information, visit lucasstoffel.com/art.
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ART AFTER MIDNIGHT
Thu 12/31/08 at Gallery Bar 120 Orchard Street
This is a weekly D.A.N.C.E. party on Thursday nights at Gallery Bar by DJ's Chris Alker, and Sushi Steve. The night seamlessly merges art, music, and dancing in a way that seems to have been lost from the LES.
A pop-art exhibit by: Lucas Stoffell, entitled "Made in Taiwan," is currently gracing the walls of the Gallery Bar.
And if you haven't been to Gallery Bar in the L.E.S., you have to check it out. They just celebrated their one year anniversary and it is by far one of the hottest new additions to the area, the venue is an art gallery by that day morphs into a bar/lounge for great DJs and cocktails at sundown. A wide open dance floor, friendly bartenders, and the infamous photo booth make this spot perfect for an impromptu dance party.
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ART AFTER MIDNIGHT
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This is a weekly D.A.N.C.E. party on Thursday nights at Gallery Bar by DJ's Chris Alker, and Sushi Steve. The night seamlessly merges art, music, and dancing in a way that seems to have been lost from the LES.
This week is a very special event. Art After Midnight has teamed up with Faucet Music to bring you the release of a special limited edition cd of classic, rare & exclusive Depeche Mode remixes- Modemix - compiled & mixed together by professional dj/producer Derek Marin. Known for his production releases on many acclaimed labels around the world such as: matterform, a touch of class, swag & plastic city - just to name a few. And Fast becoming well known for his productions currently on itunes & dancerecords.com as well.
A pop- art exhibit by: Lucas Stoffell, entitled "Made in Taiwan," is currently gracing the walls of the Gallery Bar.
And if you haven't been to Gallery Bar in the L.E.S., you have to check it out. They just celebrated their one year anniversary and it is by far one of the hottest new additions to the area, the venue is an art gallery by that day morphs into a bar/lounge for great DJs and cocktails at sundown. A wide open dance floor, friendly bartenders, and the infamous photo booth make this spot perfect for an impromptu dance party.
