Showcase Events, INC - Holiday Gift Shows

    

SHOWCASE EVENTS, INC
Holiday Gift Shows  

  

  

Call to Artists

WHAT: Holiday Gift Show events featuring art, crafts, glass work, jewelry, pottery, home decor, woodwork, clothing, holiday decor, gourmet specialty foods and so much more!  

    

WHERE & WHEN: 

        Tacoma, WA                                              October 19 - 23, 2011

        Denver, CO                                                November 4 - 6, 2011

        Salt Lake, UT                                             November 11 - 13, 2011

        Anchorage, AK(Sportsman Show)                March 29 - April 1, 2012

        Denver, CO (Spring Show)                          April 19 - 21, 2012

        Seattle, WA                                               November 10 & 11, 2012

        

NOTEWORTHY:

·      2, 3 and 5 day events offered in 5 well established locations.

·      Juried with category limitations.

·      A paid gate ensuring qualified buyers at each event.

·      A concentrated indoor floor plan maximizing traffic flow.

·      24 hour security.

·      Highly decorated for appeal.

·      Booths include back & side drapes.  Electricity provided in Tacoma,WA &  

 Denver, CO. 

     Tables, chairs, waste baskets, risers and clothing racks available in Denver, CO

 show. 

·      Show programs in Tacoma, WA and Denver, CO.

·      Preview of products on public websites.

·      No application fee, no jury fee and no percentage taken from sales.

·      Extensive marketing in all media - TV, Print, Broadcast, Web and more.

·      Entertainment programs.

·      Cooking demonstrations in all events.

·      Artists In Action areas in all events.

·      Complete information available at  www.ShowcaseEvents.org 

Showcase Events is a professionally managed organization supporting American-based business and approaching 29 years of proven success. We understand the importance of having reliable shows in economically strong markets. Our continued determination to provide the highest quality events, with unparalleled advertising and customer service, sets us apart from other tradeshow producers. We appreciate our region's wealth of talented craftsmen and the strength of our local and regional small businesses.

 

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:

Deadline:  Until filled, we continue to accept applications while space permits.  Please call early for the best booth selection.

For more information:

Please phone 1(800)521-7469 or check us out on the web at  www.ShowcaseEvents.org or

You may email us at Tacoma@ShowcaseEvents.org, Denver@ShowcaseEvents.org or SaltLake@ShowcaseEvents.org 

This call to artists is brought to you as a service of The Art Festival Newsletter,
the nation's only quarterly newsletter dedicated to the success of art festival artists.
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Art League of Long Island - Sunday Arts

See the background story about  this exhibit on SundayArts,  broadcasting on  Thirteen and WLIW21 July 17!    Left to right:  "Arrows" by Doug Reina, "Spring's Welcome" by Melissa Imossi, "Storm Signal" by Iacopo Pasquinelli Featuring the artwork of  Doug Reina, Melissa Imossi and Iacopo Pasquinelli  at the Art League's Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery  Art Exhibition: July 20 - August 14, 2011  Opening Reception: Friday, July 29, 2011, 5pm-8pm   "Brushworks - One Island, Three Views", features recent artwork by these award winning artists - Doug Reina, Melissa Imossi and Iacopo Pasquinelli. Long Island is the inspirational muse for all three artists, however the approach of each artist differs, resulting in artwork that is surprisingly diverse.  Doug Reina, a native of Long Island, studied art at Buffalo State College and later  with various local artists, including Stan Brodsky, Joseph Reboli (1945-2004),  Art Cumings and Christian White.  Melissa Imossi, also of Long Island, moved to Italy, where for seven years  she studied classical realism at various academies in Florence, including the  prestigious Angel Academy of Art.  Iacopo Pasquinelli, an Italian native, studied with noted Florentine painter  Tiziano Bonnani, before moving to the U.S. and falling in love with painting  the exotic Long Island landscape.  The diverse training and backgrounds of each artist has resulted in three unique techniques that are well illustrated by the paintbrushes on the banner pictured above. Doug Reina often uses large paintbrushes to create areas of clean, clear impasto color that is rarely blended, Melissa Imossi uses several coats of transparent paint, blending colors into each other when needed. Iacopo Pasquinelli uses soft brushes to create luminous, panoramic paintings that are carefully blended and full of atmosphere.  Tune in to this Sunday's July 17 edition of SundayArts on Thirteen and WLIW21 to learn more about this exhibit.  The segment will air on Thirteen at 12 noon and on WLIW at 3:00pm.  If you miss the program on Sunday, you can view it starting  Monday afternoon at http://www.thirteen.org/sundayarts/category/sunday-arts-news/  The Art League of Long Island | 107 East Deer Park Rd | Dix Hills NY 11746631.462.5400 |  www.artleagueli.org ...............................

Harvest Festival - Original Art & Craft Shows

Harvest Festival®

Original Art & Craft Shows

   

Call to Artists

What: Juried Art & Craft Festivals

Where & When:
	Las Vegas, NV	September 9-11, 2011
	Pleasanton, CA	September 16-18, 2011
	Long Beach, CA	September 23-25, 2011
	Ventura, CA	October 14-16, 2011
	Del Mar, CA	October 21-23, 2011
	San Mateo, CA	November 11-13, 2011
	Sacramento, CA	November 18-20, 2011
	San Jose, CA	November 25-27, 2011
	Pomona, CA	December 2-4, 2011

NOTEWORTHY:

• A 3-day indoor event offered in 9 well established locations.
• Juried for handmade products with category limitations. No Imports.
• A paid gate ensuring qualified buyers at each festival.
• A concentrated indoor floor plan maximizing traffic flow.
• One set-up and tear-down, 24 hour security.
• Booth includes electricity, back drape, directory listing and free marketing tools.
• No application fee, no jury fee and no percentage taken from sales.
• Extensive marketing in all media - TV, Print, Broadcast, Web and more.
• Great roaming and stage entertainment, fabulous festival food, special features and demonstrating artists.
• Application and complete information available at www.harvestfestival.com 

Harvest Festival® Original Art & Craft Shows continue to be the leader of indoor festivals in the West. With 39 years experience in established markets, we uphold the commitment to deliver a high quality experience to both exhibitors and attendees. Harvest Festival® has always been the leader in promoting shows with consistently good attendance year after year. The attendees are regular visitors eager to shop for new, unique, handmade art & crafts for gifts or personal use, home or garden and all holiday occasions.

Our marketing team works year round to attract thousands of buying customers at every show with large media campaigns, Internet advertising, direct mail to past attendees, public relations campaigns featuring our artists and much more. Harvest Festival® indoor shows offer the luxury of a climate controlled atmosphere and not having to worry about the weather.  This indoor setting also allows for lighting adjustments and decorations to create a magical marketplace conducive for shopping. You'll find our efforts impressive with hundreds of exhibitors that jury into the shows who usually fare rather well.

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:

Deadline: Until filled, we continue to accept applications while space permits

Notification: On-going

Application is located on our website, www.harvestfestival.com 

For more information, please phone 415-447-3205 or email harvest@weshows.com

This call to artists is brought to you as a service of The Art Festival Newsletter,
the nation's only quarterly newsletter dedicated to the success of art festival artists.
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SCOPE London 11

Click Here for more information on SCOPE London LONDON − SCOPE proudly returns to London for its fifth year, answering the demand for an alternative platform presenting international contemporary art. After a two year hiatus watching the world markets settle, SCOPE London 2011 confidently returns to London's dynamic East End arts and media quarter. SCOPE's monumental venue, The Old Truman Brewery, perfectly compliments SCOPE's core mission of introducing international collectors to contemporary artpresented alongside museum quality programming, VIP tours, screenings, and special events. SCOPE London opens to Press and VIP's on Thursday October 13th with the FirstView Benefit. This year's London edition brings a real-time international survey of the contemporary art world available nowhere else by focusing on 45 international exhibitors upholding SCOPE's unique tradition of one-person and thematic group shows. "SCOPE London 2011 proves we have watched the market and responded with calculated timing to a wide audience of taste makers who make art their business" says SCOPE President & Founder Alexis Hubshman. "Introducing artists, curators, and cutting-edge galleries to international audiences will make SCOPE London the most comprehensive destination for the emerging art world this October." With over 40 fairs spanning ten years in Miami, Basel, New York, and London, SCOPE Art Show's have hosted an impressive line-up of A-list galleries, blue-chip institutional groups, and respected patrons, garnering critical acclaim, sales of over $150 million and attendance of over 350,000 visitors. Call For Applications SCOPE London Application Deadline July 2211 SCOPE Miami Early Action Deadline July 2911 SCOPE London October 13-1611  Click Here for SCOPE London Application  SCOPE Miami November 30- December 411 Click Here for SCOPE Miami Prospectus

Founded in 2002, SCOPE has grown extensively in both volume and stature. Alexis Hubshman, President of SCOPE explains " We've evolved from an industry niche to an influential global contributor, with ongoing events, educational programs and the SCOPE Foundation 501 (c)3. SCOPE is the dynamic presence in the expanding global art market." with art fairs in Miami, Basel, New York, London and the Hamptons, SCOPE Art Show has gamered critical acclaim, with sales over $150 million and attendance of over 400,000 visitors.  Sincerely, SCOPE Art Show International Contemporary Art Show O: +1 212.268.1522 info@scope-art.com www.scope-art.com

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago - Media News

Anne Elizabeth Moore  First Fridays
UBS 12 x 12: New Artists / New Work: Anne Elizabeth Moore August 6-28, 2011   Chicago-based artist Anne Elizabeth Moore leads Garment Work, a durational collective performance project in which the artist and visitors deconstruct one of America's most iconic fashion elements: denim jeans. Moore turns the gallery space into a performance/workshop/discussion to create a connection between Cambodia's garment manufacturing industry, where the jeans are made; to Michigan Avenue, where the jeans are sold. Garment Work debuts at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, on the evening of August 5 during First Fridays as part of the monthly UBS 12 x 12: New Artists/New Work and runs through August 28, 2011. Her exhibition is a symbolic meditation on the international garment trade and women's issues in developing nations, and presents research about the origins of the jeans and the experiences of their makers and sellers. On Tuesdays and Saturdays during the exhibition, Moore and visitors take the jeans apart by hand. Performance Schedule Friday, Aug 5:               The artist performs during the First Fridays opening Saturday, Aug 6:           11 am-12:30 pm and 1:30-3 pm Tuesday, Aug 9:            6 pm - Artists' gallery talk Saturday, Aug 13:         11 am-12:30 pm and 1:30-3 pm Tuesday, Aug 16:          5:30-7:30 pm Saturday, Aug 20:         11 am-12:30 pm and 1:30-3 pm Tuesday, Aug 23:          5:30-7:30 pm Saturday, Aug 27:         11 am-12:30 pm and 1:30-3 pm Anne Elizabeth Moore is a visual and performance artist, cultural critic, and author. She is the founding editor of the Best American Comics series, co-publisher of the now-defunct magazine Punk Planet, and the writer of Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and the Erosion of Integrity and the upcoming Cambodian Grrrl. She has exhibited in Germany, Austria, and Cambodia, plus at the Armory and the 2008 Whitney Biennal in New York City. She discusses her work in a free, informal gallery talk on Tuesday, August 9, 2011, at 6 pm. UBS 12 x 12: New Artists / New Work The MCA's project series UBS 12 x 12: New Artists / New Work is a series of consecutive exhibitions where a different artist is presented each month. It is designed to highlight new work by emerging artists who are based in Chicago to provide a fresh, up-to-the-minute view of new developments taking place in the studios of our city. Now in its tenth year, the series has presented the work of more than 100 artists and collectives. FULL MEDIA RELEASE AND HI-RES IMAGES
First Fridays August 5, 6-10 pm     The August First Fridays event features the theme of "Innocence." Complimentary hors d'oeuvres from Pucks Café are available, as well as beverages for purchase. Tickets are $18 at the door and advance tickets are $13 and available through the MCA Box Office at 312.397.4010 or www.mcachicago.org. Doors are open from 6-10 pm. A cash bar is open until 9:30 pm. Guests must be 21 or older to enter.
Image: Anne Elizabeth Moore, Garment Work, 2010. Courtesy of the artist. email: ebaldwin@mcachicago.org voice: 312.397.3828 web: http://www.mcachicago.org/media

Affordable Art Fair New York City Mike Childs, Endings (Courtesy of RHV Fine Arts) SECOND ANNUAL FALL AFFORDABLE ART FAIR RETURNS TO NEW YORK CITY September 22-25, 2011 at 7W New York(7 West 34th Street) (New York, NY) – The Affordable Art Fair New York City. Shaking up the dusty model of art as an elite pass time, the Affordable Art Fair Fall 2011 will showcase new artists, galleries, programming, and installations!  With the immense success of last year’s inaugural fall installment, and the record breaking attendance and sales of the Spring fair, the Affordable Art Fair NYC Fall edition,  September 22-25, 2011 at 7W New York (7 West 34th Street), is sure to be a must attend event. The Affordable Art Fair celebrates the idea that art is for everyone.  Whether you are an experienced collector or an art novice, this fair is about the joy and excitement that art should bring to your life.  By presenting contemporary art priced from $100 - $10,000, with three-quarters of the work under $5,000, no one looking to own art should leave the fair empty handed.  At this edition, the fair will present nearly 65 international and national galleries exhibiting original paintings, sculptures, photographs, and prints. “We cannot wait for our fall fair to open as it is looking to be even better than our spring edition, which was amazing” says Judith Pineiro, Director of Affordable Art Fair NYC and LA. “With a terrific group of galleries at the fair, we have a great balance of new exhibitors and returning ones.  What our visitors will find thrilling is that we are presenting an entirely new roster of artists from our spring edition.”   The uniqueness of the Affordable Art Fair carries over to the programming the fair offers for its diverse audience.  Whether it is a family outing or a night on the town, you will want to take full advantage of everything offered: Private Preview Party, Wednesday, September 21, is a festive event, where attendees get a sneak peak at the fair before general admission hours. Recent Graduates Exhibition,Photographs, Pictures, and Images, curated by mr. and mrs. amani olu, will feature work by unrepresented recent MFA and BFA students. An engaging panel chat will be held with expert advice on art collecting with Artstar.com.  Visitors will leave this talk empowered to make purchases with confidence! Artists will lead guests through the fair highlighting their top picks!  Hosted by The Art Dossier, this is a rare chance to see through the eyes of an artist. Interact in our Kids’ Studio with balloon artist Larry Moss leading classes!  Hosted by LittleCollector.com, this will get your kids excited about art! A ‘hot topic’ talk with artist Micah Ganske, whom will discuss the intersections of art and technology, also hosted by Artstar.com. Open studios with the Ladd Brothers, hosted by The Invisible Dog, fair goers will get to watch these artists at work! Free Admission hours are back too!  All visitors on Thursday, September 22 from 4:00-8:00PM, can come enjoy the fair, free! Affordable Art Fair Past and Present Twelve years ago, Will Ramsay changed the model of the traditional art fair by creating the Affordable Art Fair, where contemporary art is accessible to all. Now in nine locations around the world, Affordable Art Fair proves that you do not need to be an art expert or a billionaire to have original works of art by living artists in your home or office.  With the fair taking place annually in  Amsterdam, Bristol, Brussels, London (spring and fall), Melbourne, Milan, New York (spring and fall), North London, Singapore, and Sydney, over $270 million worth of art has been sold at the fairs. The success of the brand continues with the estimated millionth visitor to the Affordable Art Fair expected in 2011. When/Where Affordable Art Fair NYC Fall edition September 22-25, 2011 (Private Preview event, September 21, 2011) 7 West 34th Street, NYC www.affordableartfair.us Private Preview Wednesday, September 21: 6PM-9PM Tickets at the Door: $75 per person Advance Online Tickets: $65 per person or $125 for two General Admission: September 22-25, 2011 Thursday, September 22: 1PM - 9PM (Free admission 4PM-9PM)                 Friday, September 23: 1PM - 8PM Saturday, September 24: 11AM-8PM Sunday, September 25: 11AM-6PM            Tickets at the Door: $20                                  Advance Online Tickets: $17                                  Students and Seniors: $15                                   Children under 12: FREE during public fair hours        Media Contact: LaForce + Stevens (212) 242-9353 Brooke Hilton x172 bhilton@laforce-stevens.com Meghan Bailey x115 mbailey@laforce-stevens.com

Doña Ana Arts Council - 40th Annual Renaissance Arts Faire

Doña Ana Arts Council    

 presents:    

40th Annual Renaissance ArtsFaire  

Call to Artists   

    

WHAT:  Juried Fine Art and Fine Craft Festival

WHEN:  November 5 - 6, 2011

              Saturday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.  

              Sunday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.  

WHERE:  Young Park, Las Cruces, NM  

NOTEWORTHY:

*Approximately 180 artists' booths.

*25,000 - 30,000 visitors each year.

*Jury/Both Fees: $35/$275 (10'x10'); $450 (10'x20'); $100 for additional accepted artist to share booth.

*Friday setup.

*Cash awards.

*For more details about the show, click HERE.

The Doña Ana Arts Council's Renaissance ArtsFaire is an annual event held at Young Park in Las Cruces, New Mexico.  The lake, towering trees and rolling lawns provide an idyllic setting for the Faire.  Unique costumed entertainers, medieval decorations and special food booths add to the Renaissance atmosphere.

The ArtsFaire focuses on a juried arts show wherein the jurors select participants exhibiting only the highest quality arts and crafts.  Artists' booths are supported by performances of music, dance, theater and a variety of food booths, all presented in a Renaissance theme.

The Arts Council's Renaissance ArtsFaire is recognized as one of the finest of its kind in the Southwest.  The event is widely promoted throughout the region.    

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:

Deadline:

July 8, 2011.  Apply online at: www.las-cruces-arts.org 

NOTE: Applications will be accepted through July 22^nd for artists responding to this email. Please mention Art-Linx when applying.  

Requirements: Artwork must be original and handcrafted. (More details are available on our website.) Three images of your work must be submitted, a booth description or picture (renaissance decorations and costumes are required) and jury fee.

This Call to Artists is brought to you as a service of The Art Festival Newsletter, the nation's only quarterly newsletter dedicated to the success of art festival artists.  

For more information, please visit:   www.theartfestivalnewsletter.com 

We also invite you to visit the incredible homepage for artists: www.art-linx.com

Daisy Craddock - New Work

Daisy Craddock
New Work

On Thursday, July 21st, there will be a group of artists with individual exhibitions for the Main Galleries, Sculpture Garden and Carriage House. The work will be on display through August 14th with a reception for the artists on Saturday, July 23rd from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m.

Main Galleries:
Daisy Craddock
New Work

"I count myself lucky to have friends who share a sweeping view of the Hudson River as seen from Mt. Merino, just above the town of Hudson. One has only to look out the window to see an iconic and immediately recognizable landscape. Maybe I'm turning into a lazy plein air painter, but there's nothing finer than waking up to this particular scene of shifting light as it plays over mountains and water. I like to start drawing at dawn, often right from my room.

Works on paper included in this show provided much of the inspiration for the paintings, which were made later on in the studio. What appears to be casual brushwork is often very deliberately based on forms and gestures worked out earlier in drawings. The large diptych, Midday Mt. Merino was based on two sets of drawings made at the end of last summer. While I rely on photos for some kinds of information, they can never take the place of drawing on site.

Some of the smaller paintings recall drawings made last summer in the Berkshires. I've recently jettisoned the dark or colored grounds that I've used for years. This feeling may not last, but at the moment, working over white feels loaded with promise and fresh meaning."

         Daisy Craddock
         2011


Sculpture Garden
Bruce Gagnier

The exhibition of sculpture by Bruce Gagnier will be extended for a second month in the sculpture garden, in conjunction with Lori Bookstein Fine Art.

Bruce Gagnier was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1941. He studied art history at Williams College (1959-1963) and went on to attend the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in the summer of 1963 and Columbia University (1963-1967), where he studied under Nicholas Carone, Peter Agostini and John Heliker.

"I model figures in clay. These five words isolate elements of my work: myself, the figure, the modeling of it, the clay. Modeling is historical, consistent in technique, painterly, and opposed in its purest practice to carving. Clay can be molded to another identity, made into an illusion through light. The figure has a history of being a form of content, a container for a subject. Sometimes, for me, it seems that its strictly carnal self has taken over and that its body has become the meaning. This difference can become a fulcrum between the then and now. Most often, in my work, I look to the figure as a possible container which embodies a search for a somebody, a person who as another self represents something about all of us; of the human in the environment affected by experience, a record of desire and disappointment, the longing for an ideal and the recognition of compromise. The contents merge to the surface, rearranging the anatomy. I participate in this by trial and error. But these bodies are not me, they are other people and because of that, they are more interesting. The work begins in clay, on a wire armature; I begin close to the wire, the interior. I intervene, gauging the person of the figure along the way. I put myself in the work from the inside out. I go back though, cutting in, to inspect and renew the inner life. One also shifts forms, previously defined, in a collage-like way, to rearrange the combinations and thereby adjust the personality of the (now) other person. It becomes very much a spatial game at this point. Marks, elements of work, etc, are left over, not intended as such and remain only as part of the imperfection at helping a subject find itself in the person; of arriving at a smooth and seamless arrangement to outer space. I give them a name. The inner life and history of this being in reality never completes itself but the work ends when an agreement is made between us that experience for the time being has run its course."

         Bruce Gagnier
         2011


Second Floor Carriage House
Ruth Lauer Manenti
paper blankets, glasses and bandages

"I started weaving paper blankets, making drawings of handkerchiefs and photographing plates and chairs as a way of calling attention to the beauty and importance of everyday objects and situations that often go unnoticed. It started when I bought a handmade piece of lace at an antique shop in the country for 50 cents. Later when I tried to find someone who knew how to make such lace I could find no one. We place so little value on hand work. This somehow got me thinking of war and I felt there was some connection between not valuing handwork and killing. Then I began to think about the wounds of soldiers and the art of bandaging. That seemed like another value of cloth and handwork and I started making drawings of bandaged soldiers after photos I found in the newspaper. Since traditionally bandaging was done by nurses who were mostly female, and lace was also woman's work the work I was making became about a woman's way of holding things together through stitching. The work is modest.

There is a saying in India that happiness is in the smallest part of a grain. In that way it makes me happy to offer something small."

         Ruth Lauer Manenti,
         2011


Second Floor Carriage House
Erin Walrath
The Little Things

The poetic language of color and texture, and the altering effects of light and age are things that I am always seeking to capture and communicate in my work. There is something within ourselves that we recognize in surfaces that are distressed, peeling, rotting, unraveling, and fading. These surfaces speak to our mortality on the one hand and on the other, to the love we have for the marks we leave on this material world, even if they, too, are ultimately destined to disappear.

As a new mother observing my young son learn about the organized world one object, word, and number at a time, the visual universe is once again suddenly simplified into smaller parts. In much the same way, I have found myself seeking, more and more, the lowest common denominators and kernels of beauty in the world of second hand and discarded things.

In the studio, I have settled into a rhythm of 'framing' the poetry of those found and salvaged textures and colors in the simplest means. And it feels good to leave it at that. And the next day I find myself giving in to this very human compulsion to re-complicate things - by assigning and assembling fragments into a new visual purpose. And this tug of war persists, seeming to permeate all aspects of my life.

         Erin Walrath,
         2011


Third Floor Carriage House
Gabriel Phipps
Paintings

"A great teacher of mine once said paint can be anything, a sentiment I very much agree with. I might add that paint can be everything - at once.

Through the use of basic geometric shapes - squares, rectangles and trapezoids - I make paintings that simultaneously reference a number of visual notions and phenomena. Architectural forms derive from rectangularly shaped painting media and are a response to the urban landscape in which I live. Color combinations reference the elements - water, earth, sky, and fire - while also referring to digital light, the vibrant blue of a computer desktop, and childhood memories of Boston's brick cobbled streets and buildings. Figurative content speaks to the experience of confronting somebody within the confines of a rectangle, be it a doorway or a mirror. Pressurized junctions of form, and subsequent deformations of shape, are a nod to aerial photography and environmental forces acting on one another.

Laden with contradictory source material, the geometric units that reverberate throughout the work are at once flat and volumetric, solid and ephemeral, synthetic and organic, static and kinetic, fictitious and real; they are structures seen from above and from the ground; they are free-standing and verge on collapse; they speak of pink flesh, metal shards and glowing television screens; they are somebody who is nobody, someplace that is no place.

The duality of the paintings, their refusal to fit into a single reading, their very instability is what makes them more than the sum of their parts - it gives them vitality and a spark of life."

         Gabriel Phipps
         2011


Fourth Floor:
Jennifer Riley
When Lightning Strikes

"This body of work began as an attempt to make an image of a single galaxy. As I drew this image and looked at the results, it became evident that one system of lines was often overlapping others. Soon I was imagining and drawing galaxies within galaxies; a metaphor I find significant for the complexities of contemporary life.

My approach is more automatic and spontaneous than in previous times. I use pastels because of their immediacy that allows for a wider range of intuitive acts and fluid combinations of forms and colors. It yields (for me something I've been seeking in my work) a gestural approach to geometric abstraction.

My new paintings and drawings continue to reflect an interest in the dynamic of movement that underlies everything that surrounds us. I've long been intrigued by the thought of differing shapes and speed and of time. I'm in awe of the knowledge of the simultaneity of such facts as the movement of tectonic plates beneath the surface of the earth, the molecules that move within apparently inert matter such as granite and of course, the infinite possibilities of space, of what is beyond our planet.

Departing from the exclusive use of rectilinear configurations, in the new work, line is free to meander, loop, entwine and tangle to express abstract states that hang in the balance between looking like something and representing a feeling, and more precisely a state of mind. This body of works concerns itself less with forms culled from history, places travelled, invented or remembered landscapes, but rather the work now is more close to reflecting inner panorama.

Slashes, cluster, snarls of line suggest worlds within worlds and contradictory states of being. Shapes suggest graffiti, forests, flowers and galaxies in which both the macroscopic and the microscopic are simultaneously evoked by the work."

         Jennifer Riley,
         2011

Gallery hours are Thursday through Monday, 11:00 till 5:00 p.m. For further information about the gallery, the artists and upcoming exhibition, visit

www.johndavisgallery.com

or contact John Davis directly at 518.828.5907 or via e-mail: art@johndavisgallery.com.

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