P.O. Box 4142
Rock Island, IL 61204-4142
(309) 786-2430
E-mail
Todd to find out more about his work and Upcoming Events.
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"Totem
II" - wood, paint & wax - 1998
Todd
McGreevy
Mixed
Media Sculptures
Installation
views from "Kanga@TheMez" Exhibition, November
1998, Downtown Davenport, IA
Currently
on view in Downtown Davenport
Art Under Glass thru May 30, 1999.
These works
were created with salvaged items from the Armstrong
Ladder Factory & Illinois Oil Co. The 100 Year old
facility was demolished last spring. McGreevy utilizes
the wooden machine pattern forms and other found metal
objects to create one-of-a-kind free standing sculptures
and installations.
What's an
Object's URP?
- by Todd McGreevy
Call it the
thrill of the hunt. Call it recycling. Call it found
objects. It's the joy of discovery.
Discover these
and more in the things around you.
Pattern
Rhythm
Balance
Movement
My scultpures
are an attempt to discover the universal repurposing
potential (URP) of the area's (Quad Cities') discarded
and recycled materials and items, such as forgotten
machining parts casting patterns, made of wood in the
1930's and 40's. These dormant objects were salvaged from
the Armstrong Ladder Factory and Illinois Oil Company
pattern works demolished last year in downtown
Rock Island, IL, along with thousands of mailing label
indita plates, with addresses from factories, wholesalers
and retailers from across the U.S. (Please select an
address card for yourself.)
Successful
sculpture can operate on two levels:
1) Provoke
others to discover their own interpretation of an
object's URP for themselves.
2) Utilize an
object's URP to interpret an audience's cultural,
environmental, social or political heritage.
It is my goal
to create works that reflect these two attributes.
 
Left:
"Totem I" - wood, paint & wax - 1998 &
Armstrong Field Ladders - wood & paint - 1998
Right: "Alligator Shoes & More" - wood,
paint, wax, cardboard, string, paper, tin - 1998
McGreevy's
first creation in this series from the Ladder Factory,
"Roll the Presses", is currently on view at the
Blue Cat Brew Pub.
The artist is
available for consultation and commissions, and can be
contacted by phone at (319) 344-6766, (319) 324-0049,
or by e-mail at Todd@rcreader.com
Calendar of
Art Happenings
Gallery Receptions & Events
Artist Reception - Leslie Bell,
oil/acrylic and Joel Ryser, ceramic. MidCoast
Fine Arts Gallery, Mississippi Valley
Welcome Center, Leclaire, Friday Aug. 13..
1999 Bi-State Competitive Art Exhibition Open House
Reception, Davenport Museum of Art,
Davenport, IA, 1:00 - 4:00 pm, Saturday July 10.
Corrine Smith, Dale Osterle & Alan Weinstein
reception, Quad City Arts Center,
Rock Island, IL, 7 - 9 pm, Friday July 16.
"Quilting Past & Present", exhibit
reception, Quad City Arts Center,
Rock Island, IL 7 - 9 pm, Friday Aug. 27.
Art Exhibits
32nd Annual Snake
Alley Art Fair, features 124 selected
artists from throughout the Midwest, displaying their
works on North 6th Street, a unique brick pathway in the
Heritage Hill Historic District of Burlington,
Sunday Jun 20.
Delores Gress Lesser, will exhibit figure studies and
sill lifes in acrylics and colored pencil. Bettendorf
Public Library, Bettendorf, IA,
through Jun 30.
1999 Bi-State Competitive Art Exhibition, Davenport
Museum of Art, Davenport, July 3
through Sept. 5
Beaux Arts Fall Fine Arts Fair, Davenport
Museum of Art, Davenport, Sat Sept.
11, 10 - 5, Sun. Sept 12, 10 - 4.
MidCoast Fine Arts "Art Under
Glass", View the works of Judith
Anderson, Marty Beckman, Kathleen Lawless-Cox, Sara Slee
Brown, Bruce Walters, Dorothy Beach, David Hast, Teresa
Mesich, Kathleen VanHyfte, and Bill Wohlford. Downtown
Davenport, through Tuesday Aug. 31.
MidCoast fine Arts "Art Works
Window Walk", View the works of
Cheryl Hetherington, Marge Schroeder, Ralph Marquis,
Chuck Knudsen, Dan Lawrence, Ina Loewenberg, Kristi
DeMarr, Barbara Doehler, Cathy Bolkcom, Iaccarino, John
Huffman, Kunhild Blacklock. Rock Island District Business
Buildings' Windows, through Tuesday Aug. 31.
Dennis Deakin and Lance Lau, Quad City
Arts Center, 1715 2nd Ave. Rock
Island, IL through Friday Jul 9.
"Artistic Kaleidoscope", presented by Artist
Unlimited. Reher Art Gallery,
Moline Downtown Library, Moline, IL, During Library
hours, through Saturday Jun 12.
MidCoast at the RiverCenter,
View the work of David Zahn on display at the
RiverCenter, 136 E. 3rd St., Davenport, IA, through
Wednesday Jun 30.
MidCoast at the RiverCenter
presents Catherine Jones Davies July 1 through August 31.
Pottery & Poems on Walls, Lori Roderick's pottery and
Beth Robert's poetry. Rock Island
Public Library, Rock Island, IL,
through Wednesday Jun 30.
Keum Won Chang, RK Courtney, Mark Fowler, Akio Hizume and
Tomoko Ninomiya, exhibiting work of local and
international two- and three-dimensional artists, Arts
Iowa City Arts Center & Gallery,
Iowa City, through Friday Jul. 2.
Bob Brehmer & Vicki Racer, MidCoast
Fine Arts Gallery, Mississippi Valley
Welcome Center, I-80 & US Highway 67, LeClaire, Free,
through Jul 31.
Leslie Bell & Joel Ryser, MidCoast
Fine Arts Gallery, Mississippi Valley
Welcome Center, I-80 & US 67, Leclaire, Free, Aug 1
through Sep 30.
Call for Entries
MidCoast Fine Arts 1999 Call
for Entry for exhibits in the year
2000. Deadline August 2nd. for information contact Jodean
Rousey at 309-788-6430.
Quad City ArtsCenter Exhibition
season, from September 2000 - August 2001, Deadline
Wednesday Jun 30. Phone Ryan Burkhalter for information
at 309-793-1213
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