ADVISORY/New Exhibition to Open Saturday, March 3, 2001; ``Fabricated Fish Tales'' of Capt. Honk.News/Assignment & Lifestyle Editors & Arts, Entertainment & Sports Writers ADVISORY...for Saturday (March 3) --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 2001
Meet the Artist, Thomas Bintz, aka Capt. Honk
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 3
IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum
Changing Gallery
Artist Thomas Bintz, aka "Capt. Honk honk Pediatrics A widely-transmitted precordial whoop, described as a high-pitched, musical, late systolic murmur in some Pts with mitral valve prolapse–MVP, a sound attributed to resonation of the valve leaflets and chordae; non-honkers with MVP may be made " presents over-sized brightly-colored fish sculptures assembled from jetsam jetsam: see flotsam. , flotsam A name for the goods that float upon the sea when cast overboard for the safety of the ship or when a ship is sunk. Distinguished from jetsam (goods deliberately thrown over to lighten ship) and ligan (goods cast into the sea attached to a buoy). and found shoreline materials, a recycling message with a whimsical twist. Most of his material is collected while walking the shoreline at different times of the year, mainly after storms. These larger than life larg·er than life adj. Very impressive or imposing: "This is a person of surpassing integrity; a man of the utmost sincerity; somewhat larger than life" Joyce Carol Oates. "fish" incorporate such "finds" as bobbers, lures, gaskets, marbles, tires, and foam. Taking recycling to its outer limits, Bintz uses discarded house paints, remnants of spray paint cans, and roof paint applied with sticks, screwdrivers, old brushes, even a caulking caulk·ing n. A usually impermeable substance used for caulking. Also called caulking compound. Noun 1. caulking - a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight caulk gun. His fish assemblages and fish tales have been shown, shared and enjoyed in museums, schools, hospitals, jail, nature centers, aquariums, airports, art centers, universities, hotels, galleries, juke joints, liquor stores, general stores and cafes. The 1996 "Funked Up Fish" exhibition traveled to the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall in Ft. Myers, FL, the Mt. Dora Center for the Arts in Mt. Dora, FL and the Lake Placid Center for the Arts in Lake Placid, NY. In 1998 Bintz was a finalist in the Tampa International Airport Tampa International Airport (IATA: TPA, ICAO: KTPA, FAA LID: TPA) is a public airport located six miles (10 km) west of the central business district of Tampa, in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. "Art in the Airport" Project. "Fabricated Fish Tales" opened in the Tallahassee City Hall Gallery January 4 and will run through February 15. It is sponsored by the Cultural Resources Commission for Tallahassee and Leon County. The exhibit will travel to the IGFA IGFA International Game Fish Association IGFA International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research IGFA Indiana Grain and Feed Association IGFA International Guild of Fine Artists IGFA inert gas fusion analysis IGFA Intergovernmental Funding Agency Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum where it will be displayed from March 3 - June 18, 2001. The local sponsors are the International Game Fish Association and Wheelabrator, the nationally known recycling company, a logical match. The exhibition will then travel to the Museum of Art and History at the Customs House in Key West. Photographs and interviews are available; please contact Linda Irwin at the IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum, 954/924-4317. |
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