Crystal Kings Blazing wins The Artist Project 2016 Front Entrance Installation competition

Mockup of the Crystal Kings artwork for the Front Entrance Installation at The Artist Project 2016
Mockup of the Crystal Kings artwork for the Front Entrance Installation at The Artist Project 2016

The Artist Project
18 to 21 February 2016
Better Living Centre, Exhibition Place
Toronto, Canada

Opening Night Party
Thursday, 18 February 2016
5-10 PM

Regular Admission
Friday, 19 February 2016
11 AM – 10 PM

Saturday, 20 February 2016
11 AM – 8 PM

Sunday, 19 February 2016
11 AM – 6 PM

Happy Sleepy won the competition for the 2016 Front Entrance Installation at The Artist Project.

The installation consists of two paintings, one on each of the two walls, backed by vinyl banners that seamlessly cover the entire walls.

The work is from our ongoing Crystal Kings project and paintings and animations from the series had been first exhibited in the solo show Let's Glow at the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery in 2012.

The two paintings proposed for the Artist Project were completed in 2013 and the images for the vinyl banners are brand new for this exhibition.

Each wall will have on it one painting that is 36” wide and 48” tall, and 3” inches deep. The painting continues from the front, down the side of the  painting edge, and join up with the wall figures as the vinyl covers the whole wall. The paintings will seem to flow out and infect the wall with the will to grow into crystals.

Perspective view of the Crystal Kings Blazing installation by Magda Wojtyra and Marc Ngui for the Artist Project 2016
Crystal Kings Blazing installation mockup perspective
Geometric, colourful art composition with strong left-right symmetry.
Crystal King Lagoon, 35 feet wide and 11 feet tall, digital image that is printed on vinyl canvas.
Crystal King Destiny, 600" x 134", print on vinyl, 2016.
Crystal King Destiny, 600" x 134", print on vinyl, 2016.
Crystal Kings Blazing left half of the installation
Crystal Kings Blazing left half of the installation
Painting hanging on a vinyl printed billboard background
Crystal King Toad on Crystal King Lagoon installation view of the Artist Project 2016
Crystal King Toad on Lagoon detail view
Detail of Crystal King Toad on Crystal King Lagoon in an installation view from Crystal Kings Blazing at the Artist Project 2016
Painting hanging on a vinyl printed billboard background
Marc and Claire stand with Crystal King Bunny on Crystal King Destiny in an installation view from the Artist Project 2016
Painting hanging on a vinyl printed billboard background
Detail of Crystal King Bunny on Crystal King Destiny in an installation view from Crystal Kings Blazing at the Artist Project 2016

The Paintings

Crystal King Toad and Crystal King Bunny will be hanging in front of the vinyl banners

 

Crystal King Bunny painting by Marc Ngui and Magda Wojtyra
Crystal King Bunny painting in acrylic gouache, gold foil, archival inket on canvas, 36" x 48", 2013
Crystal King Toad painting
Crystal King Toad, acrylic gouache, 22K gold foil, and archival
People sitting in front of the Crystal Kings Blazing installation
Visitors at the Artist Project 2016 bask in the glow of Crystal King Toad (painting) and Crystal King Lagoon (vinyl banner)