Three Solo Shows
July 29 – September 25, 2006

Opening reception Saturday, July 29, 6-8pm
Artist talks at 6:30pm

Hartford, CT—July 11, 2006—Real Art Ways will open three solo exhibitions on Saturday, July 29 with a reception from 6 to 8 pm. The three artists, Bill De Lottie, Nina Levy, and Jason Van Anden, work in very different ways – projects include installation and video; sculpture and photography; and interactive robotic sculptures. The public is invited, free of charge, to the three openings. For more information call 860.232.1006 or visit www.realartways.org.

Participating artists will give brief talks about their work beginning at 6:30pm on Saturday, July 29.

Bill De Lottie:
“ I can not connect these lines with the lines in my face”

Bill De Lottie explores the metaphysical, and embraces process as necessary to artistic expression. He will be working on his installation – tweaking, altering, adding, and adjusting - for the entire run of the show. “The bottom line for me is to create a piece that will enchant, that captivates you to be in the moment as well as unleashing a whole world of thought and fantasy.” De Lottie was selected for the Whitney Biennial in 2000. De Lottie lives and works in Connecticut, and is a true original.

Nina Levy: “Family Resemblance”

Levy creates breathtaking realistic (and darkly comic) sculptures that make manifest the complications of motherhood and family relations. She models her sculptures from observation and then introduces a distortion, alteration in scale, or fragmentation. Levy also produces photographs of herself interacting with sculptural prostheses. Levy has exhibited at the Brooklyn, Neuberger, and DeCordova Museums, and made site-specific outdoor installations at the Aldrich Museum and the MCA in San Diego. Her work is currently featured in the grand re-opening of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.

Jason Van Anden: “Neil and Iona”

Neil and Iona are fleshy improvisational performance robots that interact with one another and their audience emotionally using animated facial expressions, dynamic body language and strangely compelling sounds. Van Anden's cybernetic artworks combine traditional fine art technique and programming expertise with emotional intelligence and humor. Van Anden holds a BFA in Sculpture from Syracuse University and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. His work is exhibited internationally and has received acclaim across disciplines, from art to science to gaming.

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