Art Institute and Gallery Opening

When I entered this show I chose work that I knew I could ship easily. I hadn’t thought

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about getting accepted and going to the opening. I did go, and I am glad I went even though it was more than three hours away. Because it was Sunday there was very little traffic. The drive also seems to pass by quickly because I had previously worked in Chester, PA and Wilmington, DE it didn’t seem like I was truly on my way until I was south of Wilmington.

In the end I made it in plenty of time. I passed through the center of town which had a nice park. The gallery is on a nice quite main street that seemed to have many shops and restaurants.

It was a well attended event with numerous artists attending. There were artists from 15 states utilizing different techniques and mediums. Photography,  mixed media, ceramic, welded sculpture, print/bookmaking, and painting.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Best in show: Gail Postal, Liz
Award of Excellence: Lindsey Fryman, You and Me, Us and Them
Award of Excellence: Jess Cross Davis, Artemis
Honorable Mention: Rob Norton, Marboros
Honorable Mention: Kurt Dyrhaug, Crop Wing
Honorable Mention: Margaret Whiting, Tunics of the Eye

Art Institute and Gallery 

212 West Main Street

Salisbury, MD 21801

410-546-4748

RSVP Opening

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Traffic was bad. I was only 45min. late.

I was able to stop and visit a few galleries in Philadelphia on my way to Wilmington. However, it seemed as though the First Friday receptions that are normally open will be open next week.  I stopped at Pentimenti and saw new work by Anthony Demelas. Synesthesia-New Paintings. The opening reception is next Friday, September 16, 5>7:30 pm. The work was visually interesting with longer format paintings. Or at least I thought they were paintings until I spoke with the gallery director Christine Pfister . They are photographs that are painted, then those same paintings are photographed again, then painted…or not. The best work, in my opinion, was the blue piece on the center wall. In this piece he ended with a photograph. This had an antique and modern feeling at the same time. It looked as though you could see parts of a negative, and the coloring suggested elements of reverse coloring. However the overall look and color are very contemporary.

It is a large space with some good work. When entering the gallery there is a nice work by Stuart Lorimer. Swirl, 2010, Oil on linen, 60″ x 72″. A nice clean, fresh painting.

Reception

The work by Coy Gu drew a lot of attention. This was a continuous line drawn with a ball point pen on the wall in a large format. One of my favorites in the show was the work by  Sharon Koelblinger. There is a subtle, abstract, minimal format in which she goes between the flat two-dimensional plane of a photograph, and a three-dimensional pulling of that same plane. This is something that I am working on in a completely different manner in my work in this show. I have three-dimensional objects abstracted to look as thought they are two-dimensional painted on a three-dimensional form.

There was also an artist across the street in the DCAD 15th Annual Faculty Exhibition that I thought was very good Connie Simon. There is a boldness, color, and change in tone with shadow that is a great example of color theory, and dimensional study.

I want to thank the NWAA, and John Vick for including me in the show.

The Drive was easier than the photo suggests, but It was good  to be home.

Home

RSVP 2011–New Wilmington Art Association

I will have two paintings in this show.

Acrylic on Carved Plywood.

41″x 48″

RSVP 2011
September 9th – October 20th

Opening Reception – Friday, September 9th, 6-9 pm
*Hours by appointment

new.wilmington.art@gmail.com

New Wilmington Art Association
605 N. Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware

About the selections
“The paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, and mixed-media and site-specific installations that make up the New Wilmington Art Association’s inaugural annual juried exhibition represent the prodigious creative output of 20 emerging artists. They were chosen from a deep pool of submissions purely on appearances, with knowledge of the artists’ identities coming later.

Installed together, these works – each a compelling expression of singular ideas and outlooks – can be seen to engage the intersection of pattern and space. This is visually apparent in the colorful, fragmented shapes of a syncopated composition, a geometric grid’s regulated linear network, or pieces of material used repeatedly for their totalizing effect. With references to the legacies of Cubism and Minimalism, as well as considerations for architecture, craft, and design, such works are striking to behold. Pattern, however, also suggests a passage of time – as in a habit, a system, or a ritual – and speaks to the cycles of natural and industrial growth and decay. Space carries other, similar parallels. Measured and marked in real terms or through emotional metaphors, it forms the foundation of most interpersonal relationships.

While the overlap of pattern and space pervades this exhibition, it neither defines any one artist’s approach nor was a standard for inclusion here. The notion is instead but one vantage to take when surveying the otherwise diverse works of art in RSVP 2011.”

John Vick /2011

Exhibiting Artists
Amy Boone-McCreesh
Kim Faler
Coy Gu
Amanda Kamen
Kim Knauer
Sharon Koelblinger
Delia Kovac
Patrick Koziol
Stuart Lorimor
Eric Mastrangelo
Cathie Meighan
Sanford Mirling
Jaime Moore
Joanna Platt
Dan Rios
Caroline Santa
Chuck Schultz
Melinda Steffy
Harrison Tyler
Benjamin Weaver

RSVP 2011 / Opening Friday, September 9th

• New Wilmington Art Association supports the careers of artists by providing opportunities for uncensored experimentation, professional presentation, and critical dialogue.