{"id":32424,"date":"2023-12-12T23:49:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T04:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/five-zucchini.flywheelsites.com\/?post_type=exhibits&#038;p=32424"},"modified":"2023-12-12T23:49:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T04:49:21","slug":"bloodline-the-art-of-john-mellencamp-speck-mellencamp","status":"publish","type":"exhibits","link":"https:\/\/butlerart.com\/exhibits\/bloodline-the-art-of-john-mellencamp-speck-mellencamp\/","title":{"rendered":"BLOODLINE: The Art of John Mellencamp &#038; Speck Mellencamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Top Blue Bar &#8211; Do Not Edit&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#1a3651&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;19px||17px|||&#8221; global_module=&#8221;32001&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; 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Singer-songwriter and accomplished visual artist John Mellencamp (who\u2019s artwork Monstrosity is part of the Butler\u2019s permanent collection on view in the Brown\/Dennison Gallery) along with his son Speck have created a fascinating, two-person exhibition which celebrates figurative expressionism at a very high level.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Director, Louis A. Zona says, \u201cwhat is clear about the art of John Mellencamp is that his works extends the rich tradition of American expressionistic art that harks back to the painterly canvases of Robert Henri (1865-1929) and the so-called early Modernists that flourished in the early part of the twentieth century.<\/p>\n<p>The art of John Mellencamp stretches the American brand of expressionism. He is part of a continuum born in the studio of the Ashcan School, winding its way through the action paintings of the New York School and ultimately to the adventurous canvases of the Neo-Expressionists. It is in the work specifically of the Neo-Expressionists that we find a parallel to the offerings of Mellencamp. Free in spirit, his work punches out at us. His is not a work that dabbles along the edges; it is every bit as strong-willed as the best of the American expressionists no matter the period with which we might make a comparison.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speck Mellencamp was born in 1995. As a young boy, he watched his father painting and was inspired. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design and studied in Greece. Speck also worked at the Butler several years ago. He is now the executive director of the Southern Indiana Center for the Arts.<\/p>\n<p>He and his dad have collaborated on a few paintings. In 2019 Speck exhibited his paintings at the Southern Indiana Center for the Arts along with John and his grandmother Marilyn. Marilyn passed away in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Louis Zona say \u201cSpeck Mellencamp\u2019s paintings pay tribute to the intensity of German Expressionist figurative works. The grouping of figures appears to step out of the darkness, a chiaroscuro effect that is at once heavily dramatic and sculptural. The black serves to accentuate all that grows from it\u2013figures, clothing, and other elements that fill the rectangle. One is easily reminded of the strongly contrasting light and dark of Caravaggio\u2019s religious themes and how they are magnified by figures emerging from the darkness which envelops them.<\/p>\n<p>Speck\u2019s colors, muted but beautiful, add richness to his work, with impressionistic-like highlights contributing much to the overall effectiveness of the paintings. Speck Mellencamp understands those formal fealties which C\u00e9zanne worked toward all his life. Speck is definitely on a lighted trail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Butler is pleased and honored to present Speck\u2019s work alongside John\u2019s at this special time in the Butler\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;gcid-a65cf2a6-a309-4fe8-acbd-c8892e2f73ca&#8221; divider_weight=&#8221;2px&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Do Not Edit&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;77%&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{%22gcid-a65cf2a6-a309-4fe8-acbd-c8892e2f73ca%22:%91%22color%22%93}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Do Not Edit&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;15px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>CATEGORIES:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><strong>DATE:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; 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