Mundie•Art

New drawings from Mütter Museum and elsewhere

2009-06-15T16:20:00.003-05:00

Several new drawings from the Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and other medical museums have been freshly uploaded to Cabinet of Curiosities. These are sketches of interesting specimens I have found during my visits.

Shock & Horror: Human Oddities and Medical Marvels

2009-03-31T22:56:00.005-05:00

From 9 April through 9 May 2009, eighteen new photographs from James G. Mundie's Cabinet of Curiosities will be featured in Shock & Horror: Human Oddities and Medical Marvels at Todd/Browning Gallery in downtown Los Angeles CA. Jim's work will hang alongside vintage photographs by the likes of Charles Eisenmann.

A preview video of the show may be seen here.

Todd/Browning Gallery is located at 211 West 5th Street (between Spring & Broadway), Los Angeles CA 90013.

Image: What Lies Beneath [Museum Vrolik] © 2008 James G. Mundie

Alumni Travel Grant Exhibition

2009-02-25T21:30:00.007-05:00

Alumni Travel Grant Exhibition:

Michael Froio, Jill Greenberg, James Mundie,

and Ann Northrup

February 26 – March 19, 2009
Reception: Thursday, February 26th, 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Felicity R. “Bebe” Benoliel Gallery, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists
237 South 18th Street, The Barclay, Suite 3A, Philadelphia PA 19103

The Center for Emerging Visual Artists is pleased to present an Alumni Travel Grant Exhibition by Michael Froio, Jill Greenberg, James Mundie, and Ann Northrup. These artists have traveled everywhere from Europe to Wyoming in pursuit of their individual projects. The exhibition, presented at the Felicity R. “Bebe” Benoliel Gallery, opens February 26th, 2009 with an Artist Reception from 5:30 - 7:30 PM. Gallery hours for this exhibition are Monday through Friday, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Appointments are available as well.

The Center’s Alumni Travel Grant program helps its alumni take advantage of opportunities involving travel that could have a significant positive impact on their work. Examples include apprenticeships, use of a particular facility such as a world-class foundry or print shop, residencies and international workshops, and other specific projects involving travel.

New website for "James G. Mundie's Cabinet of Curiosities" has arrived

2009-02-25T21:20:00.005-05:00

Sound the trumpets, and open your eyes wide in wonder! The new website for James G. Mundie's Cabinet of Curiosities is ready for visitors.

Here you will see original photographs, drawings and prints based on items from anatomy and medical museums from around the world.

Prepare to be shocked, amazed, enlightened — perhaps even mildly nauseated. Wonders abound! Nature herself is revealed!

Anatomy Specimens as Art: "Cabinet of Curiosities" featured in New Scientist

2009-02-19T22:51:00.004-05:00

I am pleased to announce that ten of my photographs from James G. Mundie's Cabinet of Curiosities have been prominently featured by eminent magazine New Scientist. They have chosen a range of photographs from various anatomy museums in Europe, including Museum Bleulandinum and Museum Vrolik.

This momentous occasion also provides a perfect opportunity to announce that the Cabinet of Curiosities website is now ready for viewing at mundieart.com/cabinet. The site is still a work in progress, but there is plenty of material there to tuck into.

Image: Circulation © James G. Mundie 2008 (Museum Vrolik, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Flickr photostream traffic jam

2009-01-23T13:48:00.012-05:00

In the last several days, the viewing traffic on my Flickr account has gone through the roof. My photostream normally enjoys fairly heavy viewing, averaging 2,500 views a day — but for last three days my photos have received more than 17,000 views each day. Yesterday's traffic alone exceeded the total views for the previous week.

What accounts for this sudden rise in interest? I'm not entirely certain, but much of the traffic seems to be the result of a few related blog postings:

I suppose this is proof positive of the viral effectiveness of blogging. Furthermore, this indicates great interest in the material that makes up my new body of work, Cabinet of Curiosities — the new website for which is coming soon.

In transition

2009-01-15T20:20:00.001-05:00

In transition
Originally uploaded by Prof. Jas. Mundie

When I visited Museum Vrolik in Amsterdam last year there were several cases acting as a temporary 'holding tank' while the display was undergoing reorganization. In one dark corner I discovered these fabulous specimens.

Happy new year from Jim, Kate and Declan

2008-12-21T12:25:00.001-05:00

F.A.N. Gallery, First Friday

2008-11-17T21:51:00.002-05:00

F.A.N. Gallery, First Friday
Originally uploaded by Prof. Jas. Mundie

Photographs from Kate's opening reception at F.A.N. Gallery may seen here. The exhibition continues through 29 November 2008.

F.A.N. Gallery is located at 221 Arch Street, Philadelphia PA 19106. Exhibition hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 12-6:00 P.M.

Sally the Cinch (Cheeky Monkey Sideshow)

2008-11-10T15:55:00.002-05:00

Sally the Cinch (Cheeky Monkey Sideshow)
Originally uploaded by Prof. Jas. Mundie

Photographs from Sideshow Gathering 2008, featuring Cheeky Monkey Sideshow, Lucky Daredevil Thrillshow, Olde City Sideshow, and more.

Review of "Kate Kern Mundie: Recent Paintings" in Philadelphia City Paper

2008-11-06T11:07:00.007-05:00

Lori Hill of Philadelphia City Paper chose Kate's show at F.A.N. Gallery as the top pick in her "First Friday Hit List" and wrote a nice review, which reads in part:

Kate Kern Mundie's perspective on urban life is certainly beautiful to witness, especially considering her recent shift in work habits. Mundie always considered herself a plein air painter, taking herself and her canvas outside and getting those perfect in-the-moment flashes of light and shadow. However, personal concerns (including a newborn son) have forced Mundie to pack up her easel and take it inside most of the time. While this initially frustrated her, she has learned to simply shift her artistic focus...

You can read the entire review here.

Kate Kern Mundie: Recent Paintings opens on Friday, November 7th and runs through November 29th. F.A.N. Gallery is located at 221 Arch Street in Old City, Philadelphia. You can see a preview of the show here.

F.A.N. GALLERY PRESENTS "KATE KERN MUNDIE: RECENT PAINTINGS", 7 to 29 NOVEMBER 2008

2008-10-09T13:01:00.004-05:00

This autumn, Kate will have her first major solo exhibition in a commercial gallery when Philadelphia's F.A.N. Gallery presents KATE KERN MUNDIE: RECENT PAINTINGS, from 7 to 29 November 2008. The show will feature more than two dozen new paintings from locations in Philadelphia, Washington DC, St. Louis, London, Paris and Amsterdam.

In describing the appeal of Kate's work, Fraidoon Al-Nakib, founder and owner of F.A.N. Gallery, says, “Kate Mundie's paintings express a love of the city of Philadelphia and its quality of light and architecture. Philadelphia's buildings reflect their roots in European architecture, some of which Kate has recently explored and displays here beside their American cousins. Her use of rich, juicy color wonderfully depicts light and shadow, making the viewer aware of the visual elements in the city that are often overlooked. Kate Mundie's paintings,” says Mr. Al-Nakib, “help the viewer see what is so wonderful about the city.”

An opening reception will take place on Friday, November 7th from 5:00 to 9:00 P.M. Both the exhibition and the reception are free and open to the public. F.A.N. Gallery is located at 221 Arch Street in Philadelphia PA. For exhibition hours and information, please visit www.fanartgallery.com.

PRESS RELEASE

Dear Fleisher: 4 x 6 Inches of Art

2008-10-03T08:46:00.004-05:00

This weekend, you can pick up some great art bargains (including pieces by Jim and Kate Mundie) at Dear Fleisher, 4 x 6 Inches of Art, the third biennial invitational exhibition and sale of original art to benefit Fleisher's education and exhibition programs.

Dear Fleisher 2008 features original art in postcard size (4 x 6 inches) in a range of media. In keeping with Fleisher's mission of access for all, each piece is priced at $50.00 and sold on a first-come, first-served basis — with no presales. Each postcard is signed on the back, keeping the artist's identity a surprise until after the sale and allowing viewers the pleasure of focusing on the strength of the work itself.

This year promises to be bigger and better than ever, with over 350 artists donating nearly 700 original works of art. I did get a bit of a peek at the work yesterday (though not the identities of the artists) and I can say that it's quite an impressive selection of artwork this year.

The melee begins at 4:00 PM on Sunday, October 5th - but hundreds of people start lining up to get in long before that because it's a first-come-first-served kind of affair. Image the midnight release of a new Harry Potter book, but with art.

Father and Son

2008-09-21T18:52:00.001-05:00

Father and Son
Originally uploaded by Christopher B. Archer

A lovely portrait photo montage of Jim and Declan taken by friend Christopher Archer in July. Declan would have been nearly 3 months old at the time.

"Inside/Outside" at Station Gallery in June 2008

2008-05-23T19:41:00.008-05:00

James and Kate Mundie will be exhibiting together for the first time in an exhibition called Inside/Outside: Kate Kern Mundie and James G. Mundie at The Station Gallery, 6 to 28 June 2008.

As befits the title, Kate will present recent interior paintings and Jim will be showing landscape paintings, drawings and prints. There will be an opening reception on Friday, 6 June 2008 from 5:00–8:00 PM.

The Station Gallery is located at 3922 Kennett Pike, Greenville DE 19807.

PRESS RELEASE

It's a boy!

2008-04-20T13:21:00.004-05:00

Jim and Kate Mundie are pleased to announce that our son Declan Fergus Mundie was born at Pennsylvania Hospital on Thursday, 17 April 2008. Declan clocked in at 7 pounds 12 ounces and 21 inches long.

Mom and baby are both home now and doing well. So far, Declan seems to be a good natured baby, and hardly fussy at all — a trend we hope continues until he is 25.

Nicola Black Design incorporates James Mundie photograph into new Dr. Sketchy's promo poster

2008-03-27T17:44:00.006-05:00

James Mundie is pleased that one of his photos of the Philthy Britches' own Violet Temper was used by Nicola Black Design to promote the latest installment of Dr. Sketchy's Philadelphia — which will feature Violet and three other dangerous divas from the Philly Roller Girls on the model stand.

Tickets for the 18 April 2008 event can be purchased now through BrownPaper Tickets.

To see more roller derby action, check out James' pics on his Flickr pages.

Photographs from European medical museums

2008-03-18T10:12:00.009-05:00

In 2007, James Mundie received a travel grant from the Center for Emerging Visual Artists in order to visit various medical and anatomy museums in Europe. In particular, he was interested in those museums with extensive teratology — the study of "monsters" — collections. During late January and early February 2008, James traveled to England, France and Holland drawing from and photographing (with permission of the curators of each institution) interesting specimens. This is seed material for a new body of work titled Cabinet of Wonders.

James took thousands of photographs on this trip, and you can see a small sampling of these images here.

Image: Hyperostosis (Musée Dupuytren) © 2008 James G. Mundie

James Mundie receives Individual Creative Artists Fellowship from Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

2008-02-15T11:06:00.005-05:00

Woo hoo! Jim returned from a European trip visiting medical museums to discover that he has been awarded a 2008 Individual Creative Artists Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

From the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts press release of January 31st:

“Pennsylvania takes pride in the artistic excellence represented in these fellowship grants to individual artists,” said council Executive Director Philip Horn. “As creators and entrepreneurs, these artists help Pennsylvania’s creative economy flourish, which in turn enriches the commonwealth’s economy and our quality of life.”

Individual Creative Artists Fellowships are awarded annually in selected categories. The 2008 awards were available in dance - choreography; folk and traditional arts – performing traditions; literature – poetry; media arts – documentary and narrative; music – classical composition; theatre – scriptworks (for playwrights and screenwriters); and visual arts – painting or drawing/artist’s books/printmaking or new technologies/other genres.

The goal of the PCA’s individual creative artists division is to encourage and enable outstanding Pennsylvania artists of all backgrounds to perform their work and display it to the public. The council annually awards fellowships of $5,000 and $10,000.
Recipients are recommended after a rigorous evaluation process where qualified arts professionals review applicants’ work samples and support materials. The review process is anonymous, with the exception of the folk and traditional arts applications.

This year, the council will collaborate with the Institute for Cultural Partnerships, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation and Pittsburgh Filmmakers to provide administrative services for the PCA’s fellowship program.

The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts is a state agency that works to develop and promote the continued excellence, diversity and vitality of the arts in Pennsylvania, as well as to broaden the availability and appreciation of arts throughout the state.

For more information, visit www.pacouncilonthearts.org, or call 717-787-6883.

Kate Kern Mundie exhibits new paintings at F.A.N. Gallery

2007-12-29T16:39:00.000-05:00

Kate Kern Mundie is exhibiting eight paintings in a group show at F.A.N. Gallery, 4 through 26 January 2008. There will be an opening reception on Friday, January 4th from 5:00–9:00 PM.

F.A.N. Gallery is located at 221 Arch Street Street, Philadelphia PA 19106.

Image: Powhatan Creek, oil on paper © 2007 Kate Kern Mundie

New photographs from James Mundie

2007-12-29T16:21:00.000-05:00

Jim has recently posted several new sets to his Flickr photostream, including photographs from knock-down roller derby, the freaky fun of Sideshow Gathering 2007 and the Shocked and Amazed! mini-tour, and the saucy Dr. Sketchy's Philadelphia.

Image: Tyler Fyre (Shocked and Amazed! mini-tour) © 2007 James G. Mundie

NEW: Le Pétomane t-shirt

2007-11-19T11:45:00.000-05:00

Step right up and attire yourself in this fantastic tribute to one of the world's most unusual performers: Joseph Pujol — known on the stage of the famed Moulin Rouge as “Le Pétomane”, the Fartiste.

We kid you not. Pujol was hailed far and wide for the acoustic facilities of his rectum, which he manipulated to create all manner of sounds and left French audiences rolling in the aisles.

This illustration was originally created by James Mundie for volume 9 of James Taylor's Shocked and Amazed: On & Off the Midway, which is available now. But better than just reading about Pujol, you can proudly wear Le Pétomane emblazoned across your chest.

You may now purchase one for your very own through PayPal, or contact us to make other arrangements.

You go away on vacation...

2007-10-14T13:51:00.000-05:00

... and Caramel ceases to exist!

So, how weird is this? We hang Kate's show at Caramel on Wednesday, October 3rd, and we have the opening reception two nights later. Turn out is good and Kate sells a bunch of paintings (yippee!) — which is especially gratifying considering all the money that was spent on framing, advertising, etc. Everything seems spiffy, so on Saturday morning we leave for a week's vacation in Virginia.

We're still on vacation on Friday, October 12th, when I check the email and find a message from the new owner of Caramel — which it turns out shut its doors on Tuesday! What the...?! So, this show that was supposed to be up until Halloween was really only officially visible to the public for three days. Three days! We call the new guy to find out what's going on — because nobody from Caramel ever let on that anything like this was in the works — and basically we need to pick up Kate's work because they want to start gutting the place this week.

Jayzuz... you work really hard to be professional and put your best foot forward and somebody else comes along and screws up the whole thing. This happens time and time again in the art biz, so much so that we've come to expect that every exhibition will have some kind of colossal screw-up either by the gallery itself or a third party. But who winds up looking like a jerk? The artist.

Ah well, on the bright side, the people who bought paintings in the show are going to get them much faster than they expected, and we can spread some of the other paintings around to exhibition opportunities that just popped up.

Kate Kern Mundie: Delaware Valley Landscapes

2007-09-28T14:19:00.000-05:00

During the month of October, Kate Kern Mundie will be showing new and recent landscape paintings at Caramel in Philadelphia. The exhibition begins with an opening reception on October 5th, and continues through October 31st.

Caramel is located at 725 Walnut Street in Center City Philadelphia. Business hours are 7:30 AM to 6:30 PM (Monday—Friday) and 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM (Saturday).

Image: City Hall, oil on museum board, © 2007 Kate Kern Mundie

The American Gallery of Juror Art

2007-09-28T14:08:00.000-05:00

What do you mean you've never hear of it? Clearly, you haven't been paying attention to the latest developments in American legal machinations. All right, neither had we - but here is proof that jury duty pays off.

After Jim posted some sketches he did during jury duty, he was contacted by Anne Reed, a trial lawyer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who writes a blog called Deliberations about the law and the jury selection process. Who would have thought that the humble drawings Jim made that day to pass the time would have found their way into the hallowed halls of The American Gallery of Juror Art?