ARTIST VICKERS UNVEILS SERIES OF FENG SHUI SCULPTURES

Benicia, California artist Marques Vickers has released a new series of Feng Shui figurative torso sculptures. The limited edition series features each of the nine color coordinates of the Bagua Map, the fundamental orientation guide of Feng Shui (‘Wind and Water) positioning. The sculptural works are currently available through Vickers website at www.marquesv.com and over 30+ internet auction sites worldwide. Each custom molded figurative sculpture is individually fashioned with a mixed media composition and sealed in a Dupont IMROM 610 resin for durability and color clarity. The sculptures are designed for display in an interior environment either on a floor based pedestal or positioned on a wall as a relief mounting.
   
Feng Shui, as an expanding lifestyle movement, is integrated into a home and work environment deeply affecting an individuals effectiveness, relationships, health and well being. Harmonizing environments support, heal and inspire through a simultaneous response to function, ambiance and meaning. Proper coordination requires the combined skills of architectural/interior design, geomancy, environmental and psychology participation.

Vickers, 43, was recently selected as one of twenty international artists to exhibit at the MAC 21 International Contemporary Art Fair in Marbella, Spain, July 19-24, 2000. The annual fair is the largest showcase of contemporary international artwork in Spain featuring some of Europes most renowned galleries and art organizations. He was also selected as one of two Americans for the European Art Channel EXPOART 2000 exhibition based in Cologne, Germany.

His sculptural work is grounded in steel, wood and mixed media textile assemblages introducing thematic elements into his work including Iconic Totems (based on contemporary totemic imagery) and Neo-Archetypes (the integration of Carl Jungs theory of universal consciousness). His primary sculptural influences include renowned fellow Benicians Manuel Neri and Robert Arneson and 20th century sculptors George Segal, Constantin Brancusi, Alberto Giacometti, Jean Arp and Henry Moore.
   
As a painter, Vickers' work has evolved towards a liberated expression of Figurative abstraction. Drawing compositional inspiration from European abstractionists Concha Benedito and Luciano Castelli, Vickers' female forms capture expansive dance positions representing transitional passages of movement. The fluidity of these transitions are reflected in the variating color combinations, textured surfaces and sweeping brushstroke techniques.

A native of Vallejo, California Vickers is a 1979 graduate of Azusa Pacific University and has completed post-graduate work in Dijon, France. He is a member of the International Sculptural Center organization in Washington DC and the Pacific Rim Sculptors Group based in San Francisco. Vickers has been represented in the San Francisco Bay Area by the highly regarded Vorpal Gallery in San Francisco. He has shown his artwork extensively throughout the San Francisco Bay Area including recent exhibitions at the Gloria Ferrer Champagne Cellars and Mark West Winery.
   
His work has been profiled nationally in Art Business News, Interiors and Sources, Diablo and Left Coast Art magazines. Regionally, he has been profiled in the San Francisco Chronicle, Contra Costa Times, Napa Valley Register, Vallejo Times Herald, Benicia Herald and by the ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX affiliate television stations. His work is part of the corporate collections of the US Small Business Administration Silicon Valley E-Commerce Center in San Jose, California, Phoenix Rehabilitation Programs, Inc. of Concord, California, United States Consulate in Warsaw, Poland, Farrington Design Group of Atlanta, Georgia, RPD Properties of Century City, California, Graphic Ambitions of San Antonio, Texas and the New England Christian Media Ministries. For further information on the artist contact the Marquis Gallery at (707) 748-1213 or visit his website at www.marquesv.com.
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