A native of Belgium, Guido Maus now resides in the United States, where he is active as a painter and sculptor. Upon moving to New York City in 2000, he maintained a studio in Tribeca for several years, prior to relocating to Birmingham in 2004. With steel as the favorite medium for the artist's outdoor sculptures, the city and its symbiotic connection to that industry made it a fortuitous choice.
Birmingham, Alabama has a quite vibrant and active Art Scene and several galleries like Bare Hands Gallery and Space One Eleven, both non-profit galleries of which the later has constant support and regular event-specific funding from the New York-based Andy Warhol Foundation, show excellent contemporary art by local, national and international artists, and beside very powerful Alabama Folk Art regularly shown in several galleries as well as in ongoing rotating exhibitions organized by the Birmingham Museum of Art, the galleries of institutions such as the Birmingham Southern College, The Alabama School of Fine Arts, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, The Altamont School as well as the nearby Montevallo University, all of which have fantastic art programs, have quasi constantly art shows well worth a visit.
Local artists such as Jim Neel, Darius Hill, John Trobaugh, Amy Pleasants, Randy Gachet, Paul Ware, Binx Newton, Clayton Colvin, Scott Stephens, Rashid Qandil, Pinky Bass, Derek Cracco, Jürgen Tarrasch and Vaughn Randall to name but a very few, are constantly working on new projects, get excellent local exposure through the above mentioned existing chanels, and are getting nationally recognized and shown.
The Birmingham Museum of Fine Art's new curator for contemporary art, Ron Platt, rotates the Museum's quite extensive contemporary art collection as well as the 20th century art collection on a relatively regular schedule, and beside the gorgeous works by artists such as Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Frank Stella and Barbara Hepworth, the contemporary art galleries are a treat !
So, folks, next time you're in Birmingham, check out the local art scene, you'll be amazed.
green: threat level low (from the 'Threat Level - Fascination with Fear' series), 2007
lambda print, edition of five, 30 by 40 in.
all images and material Guido Maus Copyright 1997 - 2009
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