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Welcome to STATIKONE.NET.

STATIKONE.NET is an online portfolio for the art works and biography of Rahmaan Statik Barnes. All art work on this website is was created by Rahmaan Statik between the years of 1999 to the present day. Please navigate through out the art work portfolios and send your honest feed back. Please Enjoy!!!!! Thank You.
Sincerely: Rahmaan Statik Barnes
Public Artist, Designer, Fine Artist, Illustrator, Art Teacher

NOW SHOWING

Rahmaan Statik
Creative Liberation
R.G.B Lounge
Open night November 11- Close December 11 2011
1420 N. Milwaukee Chicago
www.statikone.net
statroc@hotmail.com
7734540233

Creative Liberation is the
2011 collection of paintings by Rahmaan Statik on display from November
11 to December 11 2011 at the R.G.B Lounge.The Creative Liberation
exhibition is a depiction of what happens when artist produce art for
personal practice, with no intention of gaining personal commerce. (Yet
every painting on display is to gain personal profits.) This body of
work challenges common ideas of social constructs, and stereo types. The
motive behind this work is to inspire people to produce art that can
save the world, challenge governments, and to liberate artistic
oppressed people. The function of this solo exhibition is to promote
the public taking control of there visual reality and to deregulate all
zoning laws against any form of public art in public space. To have
Creative Liberation is to end all censorship on all forms of art and
return creative control back to the artist.

18th street Pilsen Open Studios
The most current and personal works of Rahmaan Statik
1900 W. Cullerton
Chicago IL 60608
for more info call 7734540233
or go to www.statikone.net
October 15th and 16th

Write Now

September 29, 2011

Join us at the Chicago Cultural Center this Friday (September 30th, 2011) from 5:30-7:30pm for one of the largest typography shows I've ever heard of. Write Now: Artists & Letterforms. Over 60 artists, in all three chicago rooms at the Cultural Center for a 6 month run. Amazing! I can't find the full artist list posted anywhere online so here it is for your reading pleasure.

Artists include: Actual Size Artworks, Nick Adam, Teresa Albor, Dylan Allread, Aviva Alter, Rahmaan “Statik” Barnes, Catherine Bouzide, Drury Brennan, Stephanie Brooks, Tom Burtonwood, Derek Chan, Erik DeBat, Louis DeMarco, Michael Dinges, Dzine, Ken Fandell, Samuel Feinstein, Doug Fogelson, Mike Genovese, Aron Gent, Mario Gonzalez Jr., Dan Grzeca, Matthew Hoffman, Jo Hormuth, Cody Hudson, Industry of the Ordinary, Matt Irie, Carol Jackson, Kathleen Judge, Amos Kennedy, Chad Kouri, BJ Krivanek, Jason Lazarus, Harold Mendez, Adelheid Mers, Jason Messinger, Eddwin Meyers, Ray Noland, Todd Palmer, Jason Pickleman, Jaume Plensa, John Pobojewski, Karen Reimer, Bud Rodecker, Matt Rose, Joel Ross, John Santoro, Zach Shrey, Matt Siber, Nicholas Sistler, Buzz Spector, Christine Tarkowski, Scott Thomas, Michael Thompson, Tom Torluemke, Cecil Touchon, Rick Valicenti, Nathan Veach, Daniel Warren, Ian Weaver, Ian Whitmore, Bernard Williams & Fluxus Mail Art and Concrete Poetry.

Keep yours eyes open for ongoing artist talks and other happenings through the run of the show. The first one of which will be an artists talk with Mike Genovese, Christine Tarkowski and Bernard Williams on Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 6PM at the Claudia Cassidy Theater in the Chicago Cultural Center.

ARTIST STATEMENT: Doctors save lives, police fight crime, and the Artist dictates what we know as Image, Icon, and Form. I live a life-style of observation and creation. I believe that being well informed on the subject of your work and having an organized strategy produces a more intriguing work of art. I believe man has the right to choose his reality. In my reality I have chosen my own destiny; time and fate have confirmed that producing art is my positive contribution to society. The work I produce both symbolizes and creates optimism for life in our industrialized society. It also challenges the over-saturation of mindless sexual and violent images in pop visual culture. I put forth a passionate effort to produce art that has a spiritual, political and urban aesthetic. My artwork has been executed by the use of computer based design layouts and constructed with various art mediums, such as spray paint, oil paint, and acrylic. The subjects of the work include figure studies, human nature and political issues. My goal is to break the preconceived idea of what most people may think aerosol art is, highlighting the difference between aerosol art and graffiti. The spray can is an example of a post-World War II product that was not originally conceived for producing art, but as a household tool. Through the use of the Chiaroscuro technique, combined with classical and modern influences, my work seeks to have the spray can recognize as an artistic medium. Further, the nature of the medium being an aerosol can use for industry and aesthetic vandalism, is an icon for the fusion of art and technology. As such, it is a form of modern art. The historic influences of my work are Alphonse Mucha, Caravaggio and Andy Warhol. Their uses of color, form and medium have proved a good reference for setting my personal standard. Likewise, my contempory influences, which include Mariko Mori, Brat Disney Cook and Zaha Hadid have challenged me to raise my concepts of modern public art. The fusion of art and technology continues with the use of the computer with painting. The fusion of these mediums is what separates the work artists are doing today from the work of the masters. Yet the master standard is as important now, as then. The main principle in the correlation of painting and computer is the creation of order with chaos. This is another tool for the artist to push the envelope that much further. We are living in a digital, information age, where technology grows by the day. This has raised the standard in concept, quality and quantity of work artist’s produce. I hope to continue to always challenge the standard, producing quality original urban contemporary art.

Chicago Artist month 2010 featured artist, Chicago Artist month publications: 2 page spread page 24 and 25

ARTIST BIO: Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, surrounded by urban art and public murals, I became inspired to be involved with the subculture of urban graffiti. A consequent arrest for “vandalism” put me on a mission to legitimize the production of aerosol murals. This became the main focus of my work: public murals that fuse the graffiti aesthetic with a classical training received from the American Academy of Art. As co-founder of RK Design, a graphic arts and mural company, I have produced over 200 murals, multiple CD covers, book illustrations and logo designs. Through the Chicago Public Art Group, as well as Gallery 37, I have instructed children in mural painting techniques, as well as mentored young artists in their craft. I currently work out of my studio in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, where in addition to pieces created in oil, acrylic, graphite, pen & ink, pastels, mosaic tile, spray paint and digital media, I am developing an instructional video on large-scale aerosol pieces.

Time Out Chicago page 1, Public eye article December 2-8 2010 full page spread

A.B.C 7 network television show Shark Tank Back, ground mural and paintings. Week 8 Ep9 Season 2 Aldo Orta 28:11 - 28:14