Foundry Gallery: "Foundry Feb Four - A New Full-Member Exhibit"

FOUNDRY FEB FOUR
A NEW FULL-MEMBER EXHIBIT

PRESENTING WORKS BY:
LINDA BUTTON - DRAWINGS AND OIL
LESLEY CLARKE - ACRYLICS
PETER LOGE - ASSEMBLAGE
EDWARD BEAR MILLER - OIL

EXHIBITION: Wed, Feb 01 - Sun, Feb 26, 2012
OPENING RECEPTION: Fri, Feb 03, 6 - 8pm
LOCATION: 1314 18th Street, NW Washington, DC 20036
CONTACT: 202.463.0203/WEB: www.foundrygallery.org

ABOUT THE EXHIBIT

Paintings by Linda Button explore the visual eloquence of window dressing through drawings and oil paintings that feature the multiple realities of mannequins and the reflections of pedestrians, architecture, sky and bits of flora.


Painter, Lesley Clarke uses acrylics and found objects in complex abstract works focusing on emotion and conflict. Born and raised in Scotland, Lesley's work invites the viewer into the larger experience of both the work and its construction.


Peter Loge works in assemblage, bringing together found objexts and images to represent an idea of an object or emotion, rather than the object or emotion itself. Peter's work shows reflection of the world as we imagine it to be.


Edward Bear Miller is an emerging artist whose recent oil paintings explore a range of subjects: nudes, portraits, cityscapes, the mountainous Adirondacks as well as the parks and waterways of his native Washington, DC hometown. Miller applies his paint rapidly and generously, producing bold, clear images that break down into gracefully abstract brushwork as the viewer steps forward.

FEBRUARY ALL-MEMBERS' EXHIBIT

In addition to the Foundry Feb Four exhibit in the main Gallery, Foundry's Gallery II features member artists' work that has not been shown before at the Foundry. For an exciting array of new artwork that changes monthly and exhibited by a unique group of talented artists, please be sure to visit the Foundry Gallery regularly. All work is for sale. For more information about the Foundry aritsts, please visit our website at www.foundrygallery.org. We can also be found on Facebook!

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR NEW MEMBERS!
(Visit our website for artist application and detail member information.)

Haiti, Wild Portraits, and Worldscapes

This month at Studio Gallery, I've invited two DC artists, Jenna Crowder and Keith Lane to show some of their work. They had been friends of mine for awhile, and I screen-printed some posters for them awhile back which is also when I realized how amazing they are at what they do. They both live in the realm of freelance which is a very unstable world to live in -- freedom is stressful. The show they have showcases work that nobody is hiring them to do, but rather work they honestly enjoy doing.

The first show is their collaborative show, "Reverb + Echo: A Haitian Landscape" based off their collaborative Ornamental Foxes and showcases their work in Haiti. There are 12 pairs of photographs and monoprints. Keith Lane does the photographs and Jenna Crowder does the monoprints. They are meant as pairs. I see them as two ways of seeing one moment. The photographs are the instant response-- they capture the moment in the moment. You see the moment the way your eyes see it. The monoprints are responses after months of contemplation. They start combining voodoo and culture and Haitian symbols. Together they give the viewer a beautiful and complete sense of the place and time.



The lower floor shows their individual fine art, "a pair of scopes". Crowder has created some extraordinary graphite portraits. People have been asking me who these people are, what are their stories, etc because it is so obvious that these people are significant and have stories. Because they're based off of blind contours, they all look a little warped, a little moved about. Keith Lane's landscapes are snapshots from around the world. They range from mysterious to familiar -- the famous streets of Venice to a pure shot of ice. Jenna and Keith have two very different kinds of work, but on walls opposed to each other, they seem to follow a similar journey.


- Fawna Xiao
Director of Studio Gallery
The exhibitions will be up until the 28th of January. Artist Talk on January 14th from 5 - 6 and a Closing Reception on the 28th from 4 - 6.