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tfs Culture Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011 The Clackamas Print 5 )C Artist Beat By Erik Andersen Co-Editor-in-Chief the Earth is proof that great things can be found just about here, even in the least expect- aces. A four-member heavy rock hand from Beavercreek, the Earth consists of Matt ¡dt on drums, Ryan Keogan ithtn guitar and lead vocals, Adams slapping the bass and ¡Herrick HI on guitar. aw metal vocals have never something I get too much Btfhave always admired the Denial work that seems to be ¡genetic in heavy metal and ock music. Just five minutes ig to this band turned me fan. Keogan was superb on ythm guitar and it’s been a ong time since I have seen me pick as fast and pull out a Kiting guitar solo as good as L who seems to be capable ig it every time. Schmidt on ¡plays with such intensity ombined with Adams’ bass nance, tends to shake the ¡on which you stand. Every ¡like that of the hammer of lashing down. lied in a somewhat wooded ext to a logging company -est house where Schmidt nd the rest of the band prac- AIso on the property is a bam the band has thrown local ¡and shows but more inter- recorded their first demo, only what they had lay- mind o build the necessary ^ ove enclosed place for noise control and quality and spending very little on extra equipment. Move the Earth ¡created a surprisingly legitimate sounding demo. There was something else that 1 thought was very interesting hang ing in the bam, which is more like a man cave than a bam; Gantic’s paintings, clipped onto the sup porting beams across the ceiling bringing color and abstract person ality to the band and their home. Adams is, not just the bass player but their newest member, the one who named the band and an artist. He paints these giant pictures and uses them in shows for stage art. “I’d have to say Lucas is the craziest,” Keogan said. “What? Maybe artistically,” Adams responded. Now inspiration for this talented group are such bands as Across the Sun, Tool and Alice in Chains. Schmidt also throws in the band Mudvayne. On Saturday, Feb. 5, Move the Earth rocked the house at the Hawthorne Theatre, delivering a show that took me into a scene from “Metalocalypse.” In fact now that I think about it, the different personality types but overall hard core rocker mentality reminds me a lot of Dethklok. The crowd raised their hands to the air and cheered as the band performed wave after wave of some of the best heavy metal/hard rock music I’ve heard. Once again, I am shocked by the performance of a relatively new band. For all you “Metalocalypse” watching, Alice in Chains listening, metal heads out there looking for something a little newer than the dusty handful of artists that rule the genre, you absolutely need to check out Move the Earth. To find them and listen to their work, go to myspace.com/movetheearth. - If you or someone you know is in a band or performs any type of music in Clackamas County or at Clackamas Community College, Erik would love to get in touch with you. Feel free to e-mail him at chiefed@clackamas.edu. Ryan Keogan and LucaSTOams perform Saturday, Feb. 5 at the Hawfhorne Theater along with bandmates Matt Schmidt and Pitrfck Herrick. The four talented men make up the heavy metal rock band Mothe Earth. Nathan sturgess ciackamas Print thur Pierson shows his many faces ¡Nathan Sturgess le Clackamas Print it’s fascinating about any i artist is that they have ik nd individual reasons lives for the creative work tjji' Though these motives an \ ague to the viewer and mes \ ague even to the artist (the iction of creating the tries with it a compulsive >n 1110 5 , a M y | | Arthur Pierson, Clackamas unity College’s most recent In display in the Alexander ■■the impetus for self-expres- of this same quality. I putting much effort into abstract art in his earlier feon hit upon the figura- ®s that comprise much of tent work. The incentive for inge came from a need for ® called “given connected- W began sculpting faces ^thought that would be the foiate and explorative for id Pierson. described his journey fc as a sort of continuous ¡Ms Me as he began to reveal fees in his art more explic- 1 1 the course of the last Or so Pierson hasrepeat- edly incorporated human faces in his work, but the materials that surround and envelope them varies greatly from wood and canvas to wire and glass. When Pierson considers his position in artistic traditions, he is hesitant to apply any generalized descriptors to himself. Though, as Pierson describes it, abstract art has tended since the 1960s back towards more realistic themes. “The realism that I’m bringing back to it would still be considered abstract. I don’t see them ay totally realistic; there’s a little bit of surre alism in there as well,” he said. Pierson started formally study- ing art in the 1960s at the Rhode Island School of Design. After fin ishing there he went to work for a graphics workshop headed by George Lockwood, who had a big influence on him. Pierson was later drafted into the military, but when he returned he moved to New York and became involved with many influential artists. One such art ist was Betty Parsons, who ran an important gallery in New York City. Pierson eventually began showing work in her gallery and gained from her insight. His artistic process begins with mental and emotional impulses. As he describes it with the faces, Pierson felt a desire to allow them, to emerge gradually into free space, giving them an environment to connect to. Then he takes that idea and discovers the physical limits involved in creating it by initiating a dialogue with the material itself. “Basically, my process is to start physically building a thought rather than sitting down and sketching it out ahead of time,” he said. Kate Simmons, the CCC art instructor in charge of managing the Alexander Gallery, has a class dedicated to setting up and present ing work in the gallery. This term she had two students that assisted Pierson in organizing and installing his work. “It was challenging,” said Photos by Brad Heineke Clackamas Print Left: Arthur Pierson is known for showing self-expres sion through his artwork. Above: Pierson’s work can be seen in the Alexander Gallery at Clackamas Community College’s Oregon City campus until Feb. 25. Nikelly Ames, one of Simmons’ students. “He didn’t have any set decisions that he wanted ... but it was also easier that way because we didn’t have to try to accommo date what he wanted.” Marie Ramberg, Simmons’ other student, also found it enjoy able but challenging. “His pieces were the same, but different. You had to figure out how to separate them to give them their best advan tage; to shine separately but not to reflect on each other so much that they counteract each other,” she said. Simmons also mentioned the challenge and easiness that Pierson’s flexible and down-to-earth person ality brought to the process. “There were so many ways his work could be exhibited, and to start narrow ing down the different relationships pieces had with each other was part of the challenge,” Simmons said. The exhibit runs until Feb. 25 in the Alexander Gallery in the Niemeyer Center.
