Dr. Curve Show

[Bob Hancock]

It is with great delight that I announce The Dr. Curve and Alexa Art Show to be presented at Young Harris College in North Georgia from 11 Apr 2013 to 22 May 2013. Some of you may recognize those dates as surrounding the Georgia Mountain Rally in Hiawassee of 3-5 May, which is less than 10 miles away, hence this announcement.

There will be an opening reception on the 11th of April from 6 to 8 PM where-in the esteemed Dr. Curve and his lovely wife Alexa will be engaged in all things artsy-fartsy. I, of course will be there with Canon Point and Shoot in hand, trying to look like I have the foggiest idea what's going on. I'll snap a pic or two....nothing that ck carr would publish....but at least I'm there.

Those of you coming to the GMR who are not privileged to live in these ancient mounds of rock we locals call the Blue Ridge, may come as late as you like, as long as it's not after the 22nd of May.

Here are a couple of "postcards" sent by His Eminence:
Scott Dean
Gallery Director/Adjunct Instructor of Art
Young Harris College
1 College Street
Young Harris, Georgia 30582





The road drawings are from Curve and the Art is from Alexa.

The End.

[Dr. Curve]

Thank you very much for posting this Bob. Alexa and I both want the show to be very good and fun to see. Her natural world paintings and collage works are lovely and intense in the way she is in person...........and my "sport riding road maps" from around the USA speak to the renegade in us all........and the sights one sees when so far out in the back roads.

Hope to see some of the GMR riders at the exhibition on the Saturday when the rally is going on. There will be special parking for bikers and the road maps beg to be studied. Thanks Bob for getting this image up so people will know about it.

[Martin Glasser]

Thanks for the invite,
I may Wing up for the opening.
Had a sampling of both of their fare in Tallahasee.
This is closer!

[Deans BMW]

Jim and Alexa,

Pam and I will be honored and delighted to attend.

Bob, thanks for the posting.

[bradzdotcom]

what....

no pictures?
no video?
no live webcam?

hey doc, since you and the wife are doing a show, how's about you maybe post up some of the artwork for those of us who can't attend?

(post-opening of course).

[Bob Hancock]

brad I'm gonna take some pics...promise.

[Dr. Curve]

We are getting ready now to go and install the show next week. Only a short two and a half days to install but our work is "wall ready" with wires, frames, and surfaces ready to light. I hope the bikers who do visit enjoy the TT maps I have drawn from notes I kept over the years when I spent time just going to "look for roads" like so many of us have done. Here a days, as I get on into the Winter of my riding life, the memories of certain areas of the country and the special roads they have, lingers strong and vivid. Even thought I do not ride like I once did, speed-wise, nor venture as far from home as I might one time would have............the compulsion to capture the roads I remember as special, has turned into a studio task that I am still involved in. At the Young Harris Campus Gate Gallery I will be showing about 15 framed drawings that all are map like in form and done with colored pencil and graphite pencil on heavy weight Rag paper. I will be showing Time Trial routes that at some point touch at least the following states. Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, West Virginia, Maine, Arkansas, California, Washington, Tennessee, Missouri, and Idaho.

While the earlier works from 2004 are simple and straight forward, the later works have increasingly become more complex and detailed. The one time I showed these at a BMW Rally...........there was non stop visitors, but of course they were displayed at the Rally. These being in a museum like setting is different but should compliment both the drawing and the beautiful, haunting, painted compositions of my wife Alexa Kleinbard.

Thanks for the note Dean, that you and Pam will be there for the opening...........the most recent drawing I will be showing is entitled: "The North California, Eureka to Susanville, Chico to Callahas, Zero to Hero and Back Again, 750 Mile Time Trial for Open Road Motorcycles" and it was finished in 2011. Wild Will had some input that was helpful on its route and, as you know, those are some very serious roads, but no more so that some of the others that will be featured in the selection. All open road motorcycle, corner worshipers will enjoy this. Please come if time allows as the gallery will be open all day Friday and Saturday of the rally weekend. Thanks again Bob for posting a picture of the small mail out for the show.

[Bob Hancock]

Jim, if you would like for me to document the "hanging" next week, give me a call and I'll take pics. Nothing posed.....we need to see you two in action.

[Rapid Dog]

...you can't see it
'til it's finished...

[Bob Hancock]

Originally Posted by Rapid Dog

...you can't see it
'til it's finished...

It's finished.....the opening that is. Some pics for you guys. Enjoy.
The stars of the show, Curve and Alexa.

"Glory Roads" go thata way.

But we must have rules 'round here.

Before the lecture begins.

Some further explanations....hit the what?

Two hero's and a fan.

[Bob Hancock]

Art show openings have introductions of the people and the work. Here Curve and Alexa discuss their art.

And now....

Alexa's work. Simply stunning. I had seen some of her stuff before but the clarity and composition just blew me away.

Being a plant person Alexa explains the particular plants and their uses by Native Americans.


You talkin' to me?

[Bob Hancock]

You gotta hear her explain this....I can't do it justice so I won't try.

[Bob Hancock]

Or maybe it's flora encircles fauna....or is it the other way 'round. They might be interconnected.....ya think?

Now zoom in.

And again.

A fine time was had by all.

The end.

[1100s nut]

Thanks for posting this Bob. They are nice looking couple...and doing what they love to do, and doing it together. Amazing talent, great work....wish I had the mind and the creativity to do this kind of work...my mind will only let me enjoy it! Same with music....I can only enjoy it...which probably makes me enjoy it more than most because I can`t even get close.

Be safe,
Lane

[Bob Hancock]

Lane if you are at the GMR you can see it as shown on my first post. Young Harris is about 10 miles away from Hiawassee and the Fair Grounds.

[ridemore]

Hi Lane,
Some of the GMR at Curso riders are talking of riding to Young Harris on Saturday for a bit of culture and to ride the area roads.

Gary L

PS: I know someone that has a spark of interest in your KLR, I'll contact you if their interest intensifies.

[1100s nut]

Great guys! Yea Gary I would love to ride with you guys sat. I had planned to arrive at Curso on thur. but that has been changed to Friday...so I will solo all day friday and set up tent by 5 or so, and be ready to ride all day sat. Thanks for spreading the word on the klr..

Be safe,
Lane

[Martin Glasser]

Crapp, it was last night? Bob you going to BM Atlanta open house, tomorrow?


Jim don't believe any of these motorcyclist, if they praise you, art is for the sake of art and without examining in context they are plebians doing pedantics..One needs a few years of study and cannabian wisdom to understand the irony of your genius..I'll just voice a quiet, 'bravo!"......

[blkduc1]

Hey I really enjoyed seeing the amazing art display by my close friends Dr. Curve and Alexa. It was good to see them, and to see my BRB (blood renegade brother) Bob Hancock there. Please excuse this long post, but I feel compelled to make a few comments based on my observations and knowledge of these two fine people and artists:

Alexa's work is painted on special high-quality boards that she painstakingly cuts into the precise lines that allow her to incorporate shapes of the images she paints as if they literally hang out of the scene. Many of the plants she depicts are of types that can be used for healing in some way, such as blood root. Many of the animals I believe may be those that are, or have been, endangered. The colors seem to blend and flow while being vivid at the same time, all "earthy" and natural in their aura, and many of the scenes seem to "pull you in" to the central depth of the landscape. She explains it all very well, and it makes one want to take special care of our natural and precious environment. ---You have to go see these in person if you can. -- Nothing like it.

And Curve's maps are intricate and just detailed enough. He shows the ROUTE, but not much of the roads that connect , or, are in the central area of the loops. This way, the focus is on the main running-roads he has scoped out so skillfully through the years, and all the intersections, elevations, danger-zones, and small towns are marked. He identifies all the roads in the loops, and provides distances for each segment. He also uses legends to show different characteristics of the roads he wants to document, and provides some profound comments or words of wisdom in limited places on the maps. The riding adventure waiting there in each area seems to sort of radiate out of the paper toward you and pull you over to look more and more closely. I found myself going through the routs in my mind that he drew that I had also been on, (such as the infamous Blue ridge 500) and trying to memorize every little segment of others so I could go run it again, or for the first time, as Curve has laid it out.

These are not just maps -- and unlike modern Google Map cluttered computer or satellite images that anyone can print---they are hand-drawn pieces of art that somehow radiate the "rider's mojo" that the author acquired as he burned off tire rubber for countless miles working out these beautiful, challenging, and exciting routes through hills and curves and "roads less taken" in some of the best parts of America. These span a long time-period in being recorded, and show the true corner-worshiper's enthusiasm for just how important the routs are. These are special roads, and Curve has chosen to share these "secret routes" with us in an honest, open, generous artistic way. Y'all should go see these at full size while on display if you can. And then maybe go RIDE some of them --- at your own pace, of course, NOT the pace the good Dr. may have indicated here or there. Don't be fooled by some comment of "average speed of 47 mph" sounding leisurely and calm....... That takes in all the stops, etc, that eat away speedy-sounding times in a 300 mile curve-day!

- Celebrate the roads, celebrate the art and artists, celebrate the amazing bikes we have, celebrate life and riding free.

Best to y'all ---

dp

[Deans BMW]

Stunning, simply stunning