Summer Solstice Show and Block Party

Biddle Gallery

2840 Biddle Avenue

Wyandotte, MI 48192

734.281.4779

www.biddlegallery.com

contact person: Karen Thomas

3rd Annual Summer Solstice Show and Block Party 

Friday, June 19, 2009 6:00-10:00PM

Celebrating the start of summer (a day or so early, but we're anxious to get it started after a long winter!) with new art work by nearly 100 Michigan. Live performance by Dune Buggy Attack Battalion. Movies by Davin Brainard, folk art animation by Dave Moroski, and others projected on the wall outside of Biddle Gallery. Block party with our neighbors at Biddle Avenue Florist, attorney Mike Trager, and Downriver Stone Design.  Hotdogs and sushi will be served- what a combination!

Dune Buggy Attack Battalion is a rock'n'roll band from Ypsilanti, Michigan USA. The group was formed in a dimly lit Ypsi basement in 2001 by core members Jet Jaguar, Del Demoni, and Deguello. In 2009 former member J-Roc returned to the Battalion reuniting the classic lineup of the band.   Dune Buggy Attack Battalion have released three albums; 2002's "Obscured By Clowns", 2004's "Children Of The Resurrection", and "Death In The Valley" in 2006. The group was the house band for the late great Rubber Soul record store/coffee house in Ypsilanti and in 2005 was voted "Best Rock Artist" in Washtenaw County by readers of Ann Arbor's Current Magazine.

Attached Image: We've Come a Long, Long Way Together (acrylic on board) by Ryan Weiss

Ryan Weiss is an illustrator and painter who graduated from the Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids. His work often juxtaposes vibrant candy colors against the muted tones of found wood and other industrial surfaces. The scenes he sets are surreal, and he mixes all these wonderful contrasting textures.

Attached Image: Untitled (photograph) by Justin Trupiano

Through his work Justin Trupiano strives to present a “fly on the wall” perspective and let the beauty of the scene speak for itself. An avid environmentalist, Justin is very interested in showing the natural beauty of his subjects. Whether they are organic or man-made everything has it’s own simplistic shape and beauty. In 2008, Justin spent a month backpacking around Italy where he became inspired by the simple way of life so prominent in Italy. He adopted the same simple and minimalist principals in his own life and tries to reflect that in his work. 

Attached Image: Sun Dress (hand cut banana Thai paper) by Bea Reid and Dave Moroski.

Designer Bea Reid teamed up with her her printmaker/artist/filmmaker husband, Dave Moroski to create this one-of-a-kind hand cut dress made with banana Thai paper for Biddle Gallery's 3rd Annual Summer Solstice Show and Block Party.