by | Sep 18, 2018 | Climate Change, Contemporary Art, Environment, Exhibitions, Group Exhibitions
“The Mississippi River makes meaning of the landscape as it careens through the United States, flowing South from Minnesota through the Midwest, caressing the edges and embankments of Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, and Arkansas, until finally...
by | Dec 9, 2017 | Below Sea Level, Contemporary Art, Digital, Environment, Events, Exhibitions, Gallery, Gulf of Mexico, LiveModelPhotography, Louisiana, Michel Varisco, Michel Varisco Art, Michel Varisco Artist, Mississippi River, New Orleans, New Orleans Art, New Orleans Artist, News, Photography, PortraitPhotography, Solo Exhibitions, UnderwaterPhotography, Wetlands
Below Sea Level, new photographs and assemblages Dec 9 – Feb 25 A Gallery For Fine Photography; 241 Chartres, New Orleans, LA 504-568-1313 A collection of staged, magical realist photographs in which Varisco imagines Louisiana as a modern-day Atlantis with...
by | Nov 27, 2017 | Arts Council of New Orleans, City of New Orleans, Climate Change, Contemporary Art, Environment, Events, Exhibitions, Installation Views, Lafitte Greenway, Louisiana, Michel Varisco, Michel Varisco Art, Michel Varisco Artist, Mississippi River, New Orleans, New Orleans Art, New Orleans Artist, News, On Site, Prospect4, Public Art, Site Specific Installation, Turning
The opening dedication of “Turning: prayer wheels for the Mississippi River” on Prospect.4 biennial opening weekend was a wonderful event. Photo: Julie Dermansky Commissioned by the Arts Council of New Orleans Percent for Art program, the City of New...
by | Nov 27, 2017 | Arts Council of New Orleans, City of New Orleans, Louisiana, Media, Michel Varisco, Michel Varisco Art, Michel Varisco Artist, Mississippi River, New Orleans, New Orleans Art, New Orleans Artist, News, Newspaper, Prospect4, Reviews
John D’Addario profiled “Turning: prayer wheels for the Mississippi River” for the Prospect.4 biennial in The Advocate, read here...
by | Jul 10, 2017 | AerialPhotography, ClimateChangePhotography, Contemporary Art, Environment, EnvironmentalPhotography, Fluid States, Land Art, Louisiana, Louisiana Life, Magazine, Michel Varisco, Michel Varisco Art, Michel Varisco Artist, Mississippi River, New Orleans, New Orleans Art, New Orleans Artist, News, Photography, Reviews, Shifting
Fort Proctor, From the Shifting Series ©MVarisco Big thanks to John Kemp for this comprehensive interview and essay about my work in Louisiana Life...
by | Jul 10, 2017 | Arts Council of New Orleans, Biennials, City of New Orleans, Climate Change, Contemporary Art, Environment, Lafitte Greenway, Louisiana, Michel Varisco, Michel Varisco Art, Michel Varisco Artist, New Orleans, News, Public Art, Site Specific Installation, Turning
Honored to be included in Prospect.4: The Lotus In Spite of the Swamp. Prospect New Orleans...
by | Mar 29, 2017 | Contemporary Art, Installation shots, Louisiana, Michel Varisco, Michel Varisco Art, Michel Varisco Artist, New Orleans, New Orleans Art, New Orleans Artist, News
Soil Solarization Torpedo Grass at Lafitte Greenway Volunteers at the Greenway Volunteers at the Greenway Now for preparing the site where the sculptures will finally go. As in the mock up, we want to restore the little 30′ diameter meadow with wildflowers and native...
by | Jan 31, 2017 | Magazine, Mississippi River, Photography
A dear friend Lara Naughton wrote this wonderful article on another dear friend and teacher of the River Captain Jared Austin. Please check it out! Modern Day Mark...
by | Dec 10, 2016 | Awards, Festivals, Louisiana, Michel Varisco, Michel Varisco Art, Michel Varisco Artist, New Orleans, New Orleans Art, New Orleans Artist, News, On Site, Site Specific Installation, Turning
turning at Luna Fete turning at Luna Fete “Turning” (Prayer wheels in action) at Lafayette Square on temporary loan before it’s final...
by | Jul 11, 2016 | Environment, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Michel Varisco, Michel Varisco Art, Michel Varisco Artist, Mississippi River, New Orleans, New Orleans Art, New Orleans Artist, Public Art, Site Specific Installation, Turning, Uncategorized
“Turning” has image/maps of the Mississippi river in three different phases which are being cut with a high velocity stream of water and garnet powder at a fabrication studio right beside the Mississippi River. Map by Kate Orff / SCAPE from Petrochemical America...
