Web portfolio updated

I updated my web sit, adding many of recent artworks from this year so far. You are invited to explore it.
I also changed the site's color background and added other graphical elements.
www.altonfalcone.net

Interview on Cincinnati Art Snob blog

Kathy Stockman sent me a series of thoughtful questions and I offered her my responses. I appreciate her interest in my work! Please read the interview:

http://cincy-artsnob.blogspot.com/2009/06/artword-alton-falcone-interview.html

After the Pedestal - Group show in Cleveland, OH

The Sculpture Center

June 5 – July 25, 2009

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After The Pedestal: The 5th Annual of Small Sculpture from the Region

A juried exhibition of small sculpture by artists of Ohio, its contiguous states, and Ontario, Canada. The eminent 2009 juror is Paola Morsiani, Curator of Contemporary Art at The Cleveland Museum of Art and former Senior Curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, TX.

The work I will have present is called Alba, 2009. 8'x4' wall piece, wood, ceramic, steel.
It was begun while in graduate school but recently underwent compositional changes that radically altered its final appearance. I am happy with the outcome.
I will not be able to attend the opening due to other engagements.

The Sculpture Center, 1834 E. 123rd Street Cleveland, Ohio 44106
info@sculpturecenter.org Tel. 216.229.6527 Fax. 216.229.8044

Show at the Carnegie

My work will be one of four one-person shows at the Carnegie Center for the Visual and Performing Arts in Covington, KY in April. The opening is Friday, April 3 as per below:

The Carnegie Presents:
Different Directions
Opening Reception April 3, 2009
6:00 - 9:00pm


National Financial Services Gallery • Paul Pomeranz
Duveneck Gallery • Anna VanMetre
Hutson Gallery • Tammy Gambrel
Rieveschl Gallery • Mike Calway-Fagan
Connector Gallery • Alton Falcone

Dante 100x100 Purgatorio Group Show in Milan, Italy

I was part of a project some years ago in which 100 artists in Italy were selected to interpret a section of the Divine Comedy by Dante. I was given Canto XXVI of Purgatorio. I enjoyed the humility and respect the various poets show to one another - Dante, Virgil, Guido Guinizelli and Arnaut Daniel.
The image is a closeup of an ink I made 0f the face of Dante in this act of respect and humility. The closeup brings out the brush strokes. Only Dante has shadow on his figure since the rest are shadows themselves (or 'shades'). I printed it and hand-tinted it 33 times for the project.

Dante 100 x 100 - Purgatorio
4 aprile al 3 maggio
Sala Francesco Virga
Centro Servizi per la Cultura e l'Impresa
Comune di Inveruno (Milano)
Inaugurazione: sabato (Saturday) 4 aprile 2009 - ore 17.00

For more information:
Cooperativa Raccolto
Cascina del Guado
Parco del Ticino
20020 - Robecchetto con Induno (MI)
tel. 0331/875337 - fax 0331/876557
http://www.raccolto.org