Gary Justis
- Location
- Bloomington, Illinois, US
- Birthday
- April 04
- Bio
- Gary Justis has worked primarily in the area of kinetic sculpture for the last 32 years. He lived and worked in Chicago from 1977 to 1999. He currently resides in Bloomington Illinois, where he teaches and writes stories about his actual experiences. (please take a look at his "Sculpture" link for more info)
MY RECENT POSTS
- A Professed Reality: two short
videos
April 25, 2012 12:02PM - Veiled Nature: the drawings of
Larry Miller
March 28, 2012 10:04PM - The Roswell Paintings of Shona
Macdonald
March 28, 2012 10:20PM - Layers of Memory
February 23, 2012 08:42PM - Body Powers
February 20, 2012 12:28AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Algis, I love these
scanned flowers...such a
unique
collection of images.
Visuall…”
9:08AM - “Told in the magical
mixing of words and image that
only our
Chicago Guy can
deliv…”
May 15, 2012 10:15PM - “Love this beautiful
stream of thoughts
and
declarations!”
May 11, 2012 09:31AM - “Greg, I'm still
expecting moderate Republicans
to wake up.
They should have a
bet…”
May 11, 2012 09:27AM - “Well said....He saved us
from a potentially
devestating
depression. I am
gratefu…”
May 10, 2012 11:31PM
A Professed Reality: two short videos
Unending Sequence, 2012, macro video, light emitting diode, paper stencil,
dimensions variable
/… Read full post »
Modern Movement, 2009, marker on paper, 24 x 18 inches
Author's Note: These drawngs are true to their actual appearance. They are airy and subtle, and in/… Read full post »
Around
#
5 (small), 2011, oil
on canvas, 19 x 39”
(larger image)
Shona Macdonald’s landscapes offer the simplicity and affirmation of knowing our imaginary wanderings through, around and beyond her images are not thwarted by any limitations. Our ey… Read full post »
I was thinking about how images sometimes take our minds to a place that transcends the very substance that makes up the content of the picture we are looking at. As an addendum to memory, photographs offer a priceless role in helping us to… Read full post »
Body Powers
Waiting for things to heat up in our foundry can sometimes inspire body language that suggests ancient geometries, or architectural edifices.
An Island of Mind and Ocean
That’s me talking to the photographer, Steven Gross, over one of the many breakfasts we shared at Chin’s Diner, at Canal and 18th Street, on the south side of Chicago
© 1982 Steven E. Gross Chicago
These gazes are real, as visual fiction goes, and they serve us with plausible anecdotes for placing synthetic figures in an American landscape. Many have been cast out of their original situations, and are most likely victims, each with an… Read full post »
The Good Days
View of Grove Street from the studio of L.J. Douglas, early Fall, Bloomington, IL, 2011
View of sunrise on Grove Street from the studio of L.J. Douglas, Bloomington, IL, Winter, 2011
As I consider the idea of a timeless image, there is usually… Read full post »
In a small midwestern community of the late 1950’s, there was a pattern in the divination of space and opportunity. There were jobs…good ones. Characters were welcome, taking up the spaces between success and the commonplace. We were coming off of the e/… Read full post »
In universities, Visual Art shares a distinguished place in the area of Fine Arts,
… Read full post »The Buoyant Dogs
Doggone Good Advice
At the age of Ninety-two, Momma knows the uncertainties most people carry as they think about the metaphysical aspects of the human condition, so she joined Netflix and watched the entire series of “Kung-Fu&rdqu… Read full post »
7 Surprises in a Middle-Life
Blubberstick, 5,1/2 years, 2011
In the present, these are a few of the things I have come to like, despite any pretext to dislike them from experience, imagination, or persuasion….
1. Making my sweetheart laugh, until the tears roll down her face, is an… Read full post »
George V Justis 1943 Senior Medical Corpsman
serving primarily in the Pacific Theater
In the times I have stood and thought of this marvelous man, a stoic provider of safety and light, of reassurance…of beginnings, of time and… Read full post »
Dimmitt’s Grove, Bloomington, IL October 2011
My camera is protection against the agents of the unseen worlds, an instrument held snugly between my eye and images that startle the imagination.
At this time of year, in the month of October, w… Read full post »
Letter to an Extraordinary Young Man
Greg Justis, Katie Justis, and Deborah Hartmann, on the occasion of Greg and Katie’s Wedding, October 22, 2011, Louisville, KY
photo by Gary Justis
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
Bloomington, Illinois
Dear Greg,
Plea… Read full post »
The Domestic "53%"
Back to front: Mr Darcy and Lil’ Smoke
53% of our family is feline. They are not empowered with that serious percentage by mere numbers (there are two humans and a dog also) but by the force of their kitty personalities. They demand a full 53% of… Read full post »
The Capricious Woodsmen
Group of men, photographer unknown, early 1900’s (larger)
Re-examining The Proof of Small Acts
The designs of a teenage mind are something we adults regard with wonder and trepidation. We inhibit our determination at… Read full post »
For some people in our age, solitude can be luxury, and during intense activities with the mind or hand, deep emersion makes time irrelevant, at least for the… Read full post »
Homage to Tom Selleck (jokingly referencing his famous mustache, but this form could be easily interpreted as something… Read full post »
(mid 20th Century) Good friends are thrilled to figure out a placement for a newly stuffed chum.
I first heard about Partial Taxidermy (PT) when I was an art student in college. My actor friends used the term to describe people who… Read full post »
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