Coming from a family of artisans, Loveland, Colorado artist Aaron Ristau has a fascination for creating kinetic light sculpture with plasma illumination technologies that blend nostalgic aesthetics with modern function.
From a vintage 1930’s Artistic brand of permanent wave hair curling machine, “Useful Fiction” evolved through conversations with the work’s collaborator/collector and his recollection of reading Malcom Gladwell’s book What the Dog Saw. In this book, Gladwell was re-telling the history of women’s hair dye. During the 1950’s, several legendary women […] Read more »
I am having a busy and fun February. I’m Showing in Fort Collins and Loveland Colorado, as well as Marietta, Georgia, and Lowell, Massachusetts this month. Here are a few images of new, smaller works. And a couple of shots from recent Opiate Gallery shows in Fort Collins. A Neon sculpture […] Read more »
What a beautiful 4 page article! I am looking for help translating. Google translator is nice, but as expected it does not catch everything. See the current translation/ hack on my page here Read more »
ARTIST AARON RISTAU SHOWCASED AT ART LAB LOVELAND Gallery to Host Opening Reception August 13th Loveland, Colo. (August 3rd, 2010) – Artist Aaron Ristau’s most recent artwork will be debuted to the public at his upcoming exhibition, “Aaron’s Art Lab 2010.” Art Lab Loveland will host Ristau […] Read more »