Review: Mary Weatherford creates mood poems in neon at LAXART

Mary Weatherford, "Bakersfield Paintings," installation view,
2012.

(Michael Underwood / from Mary Weatherford and LAXART)

Nostalgia for neon signs

gulftoday.ae | Nostalgia for neon signs
DUBAI: Painful Memory brings together seven recent neon works by
emerging
Iranian artist Saeed Farahani for his first exhibition in
Dubai.

Farahani’s fascination with the use of neon as an
artistic medium arises from a
nostalgia for neon signs in Tehran, which
saw its popularity boom across the city’s
landscape during the sixties
and seventies.

These neons heralded modernity and were a symbol of the technological advancements
that had begun in the country at the time.

Neons
also represented a fusion of art and industry, serving mainly the
leisure,
tourism and trade industries. They adorned cinemas, shops,
hotels, clubs, etc.,
creating a man-made light show across the city’s
landscape.

Presented at Gallery 2 at Etemad Dubai, this grouping
together of text and imagery
creates a contemplative environment to
reflect on the simple but poignant messages.

Neons have been made popular by a host of contemporary artists.

Here,
all these neons use the colour of the Iranian flag (green, white and
red)
to evoke the ways in which change is manifested in the memory of
the artist,
one that will undoubtedly be shared by a young generation of
Iranians.

Flavin, Nauman Light Up Neon Show; Flying Carpets in Rome

Flavin, Nauman Light Up Neon Show; Flying Carpets in Rome - Businessweek

A view of "Neon: The Luminous Material of Art." The show runs at the
Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome through Nov. 11

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Neon's twilight won't dim memory of artists' achievements

Neon's twilight won't dim memory of artists' achievements | Daily Progress
Ken Droege remembers his late wife, Ferae, who created neon projects
like this
window frame with a moon and waves at his shop in Columbia.

USA Travel: American Sign Museum in Cincinnati is nirvana for lovers of neon

USA Travel: American Sign Museum in Cincinnati is nirvana for lovers of neon - thestar.com

CINCINNATI — “Advertising,” mystic Thomas Merton wrote, “treats all
products with the

reverence and the seriousness due to sacraments.”

Well, then, I’ve been to advertising’s Vatican and worshipped at the altar like a zealot.

The American Sign Museum in
Cincinnati traces Yankee commercialism from the country’s first
hand-lettered

brands and gilt-edged placards through the garish glare of
neon-backed jetsonian plastics.

Ghostbusters And Marvel Comics Go Neon

With Halloween right around the corner, Diamond Select is releasing some
new neon signs to help light up the night.

The neon signs feature
either Ghostbusters or classic Marvel Comics characters.

Restoring neon signs from city’s past a labour of love for Edmonton shops

Restoring neon signs from city’s past a labour of love for Edmonton shops | Metro

Daryl Blanchett and the crew from Blanchett Neon spent over 100 hours
restoring the Canadian Furniture Co. neon sign.
The red, yellow and
black sign will flicker brightly along with a dozen other nostalgic
signs from Edmonton's past at the new outdoor sign museum.

Winged Butters

What is it about neon on a gallery wall that gets us so switched on?

If I was an artist, I think I'd work exclusively
in neon. In fact it's because I'm not an artist that I'd work in neon,
since I can't think of any more forgiving media for a wannabe
conceptualist to employ. Video will conceal a multitude of sins, it's
true, absorbing any amount of banality and indecision into its grainy
surfaces. But for transcendence that comes with an on-off switch, I'm
pretty sure that you can't beat neon.

Locals Only, Masthead Print Studio

Art: “Locals Only” at Masthead Print Studios | PW Style | A blog about style, fashion, beauty, arts and culture by Philadelphia Weekly


For its new group exhibition, Locals Only, Masthead Print Studio in NoLibs has partnered with DesignPhiladelphia
to celebrate this city’s vibrant drinking culture and that nostalgic
feeling of knocking back an ice-cold beer under a warm, welcoming glow
of a neon sign.

Neon : Green Again ?

www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/STMG/sott_201209/?startpage=79#/78
Signs of the Times’ reports that Neon and Cold cathode lighting have
recently given the GREEN tick of approval by the UL ENERGY VERIFIED
PROGRAM. Due to efficient energy consumption, increased light output and
also the extreme longevity of neon it has been recognised as a viable
GREEN light source

Tulsa sign artist Sam Karney dies at 86

Sam
Karney didn't need a sign to tell him the score. Although he would've
preferred a life of drawing and painting, he knew he also needed to pay
the bills.

Looking for a trade he could live on, the recent art school graduate found it with Claude Neon Federal Sign Co. in Tulsa.

There, in helping new companies make their marks on the marketplace, Karney made his own in a new medium.

Among his early projects, Karney designed the sign for the original QuikTrip store, at 5204 S. Peoria Ave., in 1958.

Other businesses on the rise - including Ken's Pizza, later to become
Mazzio's, and Drysdale's Western Wear - also came to Karney over the
years.

"He was really proud of the Drysdale's sign," his son Casey Karney said. "It was the biggest he had done.

"It was close to our home, and he liked to drive by there and show it to me."

A longtime Tulsa resident and artist who worked for and later bought Claude Neon, Samuel A. "Sam" Karney died Friday. He was 86.

A memorial service was held Tuesday at Bethany Freewill Baptist Church
in Broken Arrow under the direction of Floral Haven Funeral Home of
Broken Arrow.

After graduating from high school in Muskogee, his hometown, Karney joined the Army and fought in World War II.

A member of the 89th Infantry Division's 353rd Regiment, he served from 1944 to 1948 in Belgium, Austria, France and Germany.

After his discharge, he came home and went to art school in Sarasota, Fla.

Hiring on with Claude Neon in the mid-1950s, Karney worked as an artist and salesman for the company.

An early highlight was working with QuikTrip.

According to QuikTrip co-founder Chester Cadieux, Karney was responsible for the decision to spell it "Quik," and not "Quick."

Karney recommended it, noting that the four-letter "Quik" balanced better with "Trip" visually.

Working for Claude Neon for 20 years on various projects, Karney later joined with two partners to buy the business.

An active member and past president of both the Tulsa Executive
Association and the Oklahoma Sign Association, Karney sold his part in
the business and retired in the late 1990s.

Casey Karney said his father developed a shrewd business mind and shared
it with his children, helping them, too, to become successful.

But Karney was still an artist at heart.

In his spare time, he enjoyed drawing cartoons, many of which appeared in local publications.

He also got into sculpting and, over the years, made a number of bronzes, his son said.

Karney's survivors include his four children, Kip Karney, Casey Karney,
Cindy Jordan and Amy Hatfield; eight grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.

Renovated Nelson's Buffeteria Sign To Hang In New Home

Renovated Nelson's Buffeteria Sign To Hang In New Home - NewsOn6.com - Tulsa, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports - KOTV.com |
TULSA, Oklahoma -

Nelson's
Buffeteria was a downtown Tulsa breakfast and lunchtime landmark.

It
closed almost ten years ago, but reopened on South Memorial in January.

The family wants to hang the old Buffeteria sign at the new place - but that's turning out to be quite a chore.

Matt Johnson is bending some glass for a sign at Acura Neon. He's got his work cut out for him over the next few weeks.

 

Neon words art by lee jung

What The Hellz?! » Blog Archive » Neon words, Art by Lee Jung

'The Light Circus: Art of Nevada Neon' Signs at NMA

Celebrate a bygone era during this exhilarating presentation of vintage
neon signs that once graced some of Nevada's most iconic restaurants,
casinos, hotels, and business establishments. From flashing incandescent
bulbs to candy-colored neon tubes, the nostalgic pieces featured in The Light Circus: Art of Nevada Neon Signs
have not been seen publicly since they illuminated street side locales
decades ago. Presented in the Museum's Feature Gallery, the exhibition
will be on view Oct. 13 through Feb. 10, 2013.