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Thursday, October 13, 2011
MCA Fall 2011 Open Studio Tour
Monday, October 10, 2011
FOUNDRY GALLERY: "World on a Wire" - Tanja Meski
FOUNDRY GALLERY PRESENTS
WORLD ON A WIRE
new paintings by
TANJA MESKI
Exhibit Dates: Oct 05 - 30, 2011
Opening Reception: Oct 07, 6-8 pm
Location: 1314 18th Street, NW
Hours: W-F 1-7 pm, S&S 12-6 pm
"World on a Wire" presents new works by emerging artist Tanja Meski. Meski was born in Finland, and currently divides her time between the United States, Italy and Finland. The show continues a theme she started when exhibiting in a Group Show at the Foundry Gallery in February 2011. In that exhibit, she presented a piece called "Ocean on a Wire" referring to the Gulf oil spill that occurred in 2010. That piece was intended to critique the slow bureaucratic processes related to the well-being of international waters. Meski, along with millions of observers, was stunned by the unwillingness of U.S. authorities to sacrifice assets and manpower toward immediate rescue operations.
All of Meski's works in the October show are inspired by current global events. The show is a collection of mixed media art on canvas, combining driftwood, shells and other objects collected from various sea shores of the United States.
October Members' Exhibit In addition to Meski's solo exhibit in Gallery 1, Gallery 2 features member artists' work that has not been shown before at the Foundry and is available for purchase. Come meet our artists at the Dupont Circle First Friday Gallery Tour on Oct 7, 6-8pm.
The Foundry Gallery has been bringing local artists and art lovers together since 1971. We are located at 1314 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Regular Hours: Wed - Fri 1-7pm, and Sat & Sun 12-6pm. For an exciting array of new work by an exceptionally talented group of artists, please be sure to visit the Foundry Gallery regularly.
Become a Member! We are currently accepting new member applications. For more information about the Foundry Gallery, our artists, or how to become a member, please visit our website at www.foundrygallery.org.
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WORLD ON A WIRE
new paintings by
TANJA MESKI
Exhibit Dates: Oct 05 - 30, 2011
Opening Reception: Oct 07, 6-8 pm
Location: 1314 18th Street, NW
Hours: W-F 1-7 pm, S&S 12-6 pm
"World on a Wire" presents new works by emerging artist Tanja Meski. Meski was born in Finland, and currently divides her time between the United States, Italy and Finland. The show continues a theme she started when exhibiting in a Group Show at the Foundry Gallery in February 2011. In that exhibit, she presented a piece called "Ocean on a Wire" referring to the Gulf oil spill that occurred in 2010. That piece was intended to critique the slow bureaucratic processes related to the well-being of international waters. Meski, along with millions of observers, was stunned by the unwillingness of U.S. authorities to sacrifice assets and manpower toward immediate rescue operations.
All of Meski's works in the October show are inspired by current global events. The show is a collection of mixed media art on canvas, combining driftwood, shells and other objects collected from various sea shores of the United States.
October Members' Exhibit In addition to Meski's solo exhibit in Gallery 1, Gallery 2 features member artists' work that has not been shown before at the Foundry and is available for purchase. Come meet our artists at the Dupont Circle First Friday Gallery Tour on Oct 7, 6-8pm.
The Foundry Gallery has been bringing local artists and art lovers together since 1971. We are located at 1314 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Regular Hours: Wed - Fri 1-7pm, and Sat & Sun 12-6pm. For an exciting array of new work by an exceptionally talented group of artists, please be sure to visit the Foundry Gallery regularly.
Become a Member! We are currently accepting new member applications. For more information about the Foundry Gallery, our artists, or how to become a member, please visit our website at www.foundrygallery.org.
Stay current with the Foundry, join us on Facebook!
Friday, October 7, 2011
Meditations, Abstractions, and Distractions
One of our interns, Cori Burton (see her work at http://Artbycori.tumblr.com) did a lovely write up about our solo show artist for this month, Carolee Jakes. See her show through October 22nd.
Carolee Jakes’ most recent solo exhibition at Studio Gallery is centralized around three concepts: meditation, abstraction, and distraction. Using mixed medias including painting, drawing, and sculpture, she has created a harmonious body of work that quietly echo each other while also standing alone as strong and determined pieces of art.
The paintings all include a rhythmic quality, with pulsing spheres and flowing brushwork that transform into violent uncontrollable marks. It is particularly in “Meditation: Circles and Sky” that these features stand out. Centered on the wall as the first piece the viewer sees when they enter the gallery space, the eye is immediately drawn to a radiating circle at the bottom left of the canvas. But as one travels closer to the piece, a sculptural element is noted, as there appears to be a textile built into surface, painted and repainted over several times. The viewer is then allowed to travel in and out of the piece, following the ebb and flow of glowing red circles that lead the eye across the painting. Then, much finer details are appreciated: hurried brushstrokes with paint piling on top of itself, layers and layers of color upon color that come together in a melodic way, blending together, but noticeably - gracefully.
As we move further into the show, the view is confronted by three ink drawings, triptych of connecting lines that come together as a surreal space. In “Distraction: Walking Along the Potomac”, “Distraction: Awake at 1 AM”, and “Distraction: Bridges Along the Potomac”, the same ebb and flow quality from the paintings is present, but delivered in a different manner. So much information is present, with so much to offer the viewer, that it is easy to get lost in one moment, distracted, relating certain images to familiar spaces, or simply following one of the many paths and letting it take them away.
Finally, we see a series of portraits of women, all silkscreened on textiles. There is an intimate quality in these pieces; perhaps it is the dated look of the portraits used, or the antiquated textiles used. The portraits are set into the fabric in such a way that they exist within it. This happens in “Patterns” especially, where the twirls of the textile interrupt and breakthrough the portrait at certain moments, making the picture unclear, distant. We sense that we know these women, or that the figures represent women that we have known, but there is something standing in the way of us fully knowing who they are or understanding what it means. A strong sense of nostalgia and sensitivity hits the viewer, as they are brought back in time.
Carolee Jakes’ most recent solo exhibition at Studio Gallery is centralized around three concepts: meditation, abstraction, and distraction. Using mixed medias including painting, drawing, and sculpture, she has created a harmonious body of work that quietly echo each other while also standing alone as strong and determined pieces of art.
The paintings all include a rhythmic quality, with pulsing spheres and flowing brushwork that transform into violent uncontrollable marks. It is particularly in “Meditation: Circles and Sky” that these features stand out. Centered on the wall as the first piece the viewer sees when they enter the gallery space, the eye is immediately drawn to a radiating circle at the bottom left of the canvas. But as one travels closer to the piece, a sculptural element is noted, as there appears to be a textile built into surface, painted and repainted over several times. The viewer is then allowed to travel in and out of the piece, following the ebb and flow of glowing red circles that lead the eye across the painting. Then, much finer details are appreciated: hurried brushstrokes with paint piling on top of itself, layers and layers of color upon color that come together in a melodic way, blending together, but noticeably - gracefully.
As we move further into the show, the view is confronted by three ink drawings, triptych of connecting lines that come together as a surreal space. In “Distraction: Walking Along the Potomac”, “Distraction: Awake at 1 AM”, and “Distraction: Bridges Along the Potomac”, the same ebb and flow quality from the paintings is present, but delivered in a different manner. So much information is present, with so much to offer the viewer, that it is easy to get lost in one moment, distracted, relating certain images to familiar spaces, or simply following one of the many paths and letting it take them away.
Finally, we see a series of portraits of women, all silkscreened on textiles. There is an intimate quality in these pieces; perhaps it is the dated look of the portraits used, or the antiquated textiles used. The portraits are set into the fabric in such a way that they exist within it. This happens in “Patterns” especially, where the twirls of the textile interrupt and breakthrough the portrait at certain moments, making the picture unclear, distant. We sense that we know these women, or that the figures represent women that we have known, but there is something standing in the way of us fully knowing who they are or understanding what it means. A strong sense of nostalgia and sensitivity hits the viewer, as they are brought back in time.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Intern Review: 9/11 Arts Project
One of our new interns, Denise Valdez from the University of Maryland wrote a response to our upcoming show, the 9/11 Art Project. The show is going on from NOW until September 28th; with a reception on September 11th from 4 - 6 PM (which will include poetry and music). Don't forget about First Friday (TOMORROW) from 6 - 8!
The 9/11 Arts Project Show has inspired many artists to show their perspective on a catastrophic day from that time until a decade later. Entering the show the audience not only sees the artwork visually but can read the impact it had through text. The work of Langley Spurlock “At The Time” has six mounted pieces poetically written that goes from the confusion of the people, to the loss of someone they knew. Beautifully written it is short and to the point but with much power and connects the audience to feel a sense of loss and connect with that day or with any type of loss.
Langley Spurlock's "At the Time"
Suzanne Yurin’s piece “Rising” gives a visual impact with her mixed media piece. She clips pieces of newspaper or magazine that show a devastating day for all of the United States, and the people in the mist of dust we saw in 2000 in our tv screens. Through this painting the audience relives the past going from darkness, to loss, to unclarity. This piece gives anyone the sense of how the United States viewed New York; a state of uncertainty, a place in shambles, the sky was never clear just patches of fog.
Suzanne Goldberg’s “Devastation 9/11”portrays the 9/11 firefighters looking into the city. Some are alone and some are in groups. Putting them in the front of the painting makes the city look big to them, the rubble, towers and color depict the gloom and fear of the people. These firefighters are the heroes people saw and even though it was a huge challenge for them to go through countless times into dust they were the ones that never gave up on the huge task of saving people.
This show not only brings back feelings of unclarity and loss but shows that even through time there is still something that is missing, something and countless people that died on such a tragic day. Through it the pieces we learn about a day in the United States whether someone lived it or not, the audience will experience a day that will not be forgotten.
The 9/11 Arts Project Show has inspired many artists to show their perspective on a catastrophic day from that time until a decade later. Entering the show the audience not only sees the artwork visually but can read the impact it had through text. The work of Langley Spurlock “At The Time” has six mounted pieces poetically written that goes from the confusion of the people, to the loss of someone they knew. Beautifully written it is short and to the point but with much power and connects the audience to feel a sense of loss and connect with that day or with any type of loss.
Langley Spurlock's "At the Time"
Suzanne Yurin’s piece “Rising” gives a visual impact with her mixed media piece. She clips pieces of newspaper or magazine that show a devastating day for all of the United States, and the people in the mist of dust we saw in 2000 in our tv screens. Through this painting the audience relives the past going from darkness, to loss, to unclarity. This piece gives anyone the sense of how the United States viewed New York; a state of uncertainty, a place in shambles, the sky was never clear just patches of fog.
Suzanne Goldberg’s “Devastation 9/11”portrays the 9/11 firefighters looking into the city. Some are alone and some are in groups. Putting them in the front of the painting makes the city look big to them, the rubble, towers and color depict the gloom and fear of the people. These firefighters are the heroes people saw and even though it was a huge challenge for them to go through countless times into dust they were the ones that never gave up on the huge task of saving people.
This show not only brings back feelings of unclarity and loss but shows that even through time there is still something that is missing, something and countless people that died on such a tragic day. Through it the pieces we learn about a day in the United States whether someone lived it or not, the audience will experience a day that will not be forgotten.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
FOUNDRY GALLERY
FOUNDRY GALLERY PRESENTS
MIX NO MATCH
new paintings by
JULIA LATEIN-KIMMIG
Exhibit Dates: Aug 31 - Oct 02,2011
Opening Reception: Sept 02, 6-8 PM
Location: 1314 18th St, NW
Hours: Wed-Fri 1-7 pm, Sat/Sun 12-6 pm
A love for life's colors, an appreciation for objects and painting tools with character and a respect for composition and dynamic tension find their way into the artist's paintings.
A wild variety of brushes, pieces of torn discarded drawings, neglected studies and street finds get a second chance on life, making it onto the canvas and taking the artist on a unique journey.
The result opens a window in how Julia Latein-Kimmig interprets her mix of what is obvious to the eye as well as to what is easily passed by and overlooked.
The artist dedicates 50% of the artist share of sales to Somalia famine relief.
September Members' Exhibit. In addition to Latein-Kimmg's solo exhibit in Gallery 1, Gallery 2 features member artists' work that has not been shown before at the Foundry and is available for purchase. Come meet our artists at the Dupont Circle First Friday Gallery Tour on Sept 02, 6-8pm.
The Foundry Gallery has been bringing local artists and art lovers together since 1971. We are located at 1314 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Regular Hours: Wed - Fri 1-7pm, and Sat & Sun 12-6pm. For an exciting array of new work by an exceptionally talented group of artists, please be sure to visit the Foundry Gallery regularly.
Become a Member! We are currently accepting new member applications. For more information about the Foundry Gallery, our artists, or how to become a member, please visit our website at www.foundrygallery.org.
Stay current with the Foundry, join us on Facebook!
A wild variety of brushes, pieces of torn discarded drawings, neglected studies and street finds get a second chance on life, making it onto the canvas and taking the artist on a unique journey.
The result opens a window in how Julia Latein-Kimmig interprets her mix of what is obvious to the eye as well as to what is easily passed by and overlooked.
The artist dedicates 50% of the artist share of sales to Somalia famine relief.
September Members' Exhibit. In addition to Latein-Kimmg's solo exhibit in Gallery 1, Gallery 2 features member artists' work that has not been shown before at the Foundry and is available for purchase. Come meet our artists at the Dupont Circle First Friday Gallery Tour on Sept 02, 6-8pm.
The Foundry Gallery has been bringing local artists and art lovers together since 1971. We are located at 1314 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Regular Hours: Wed - Fri 1-7pm, and Sat & Sun 12-6pm. For an exciting array of new work by an exceptionally talented group of artists, please be sure to visit the Foundry Gallery regularly.
Become a Member! We are currently accepting new member applications. For more information about the Foundry Gallery, our artists, or how to become a member, please visit our website at www.foundrygallery.org.
Stay current with the Foundry, join us on Facebook!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Studio Gallery: Intern Review
Amy B. Davis
"Lydia"
It's grotesquely pure and lucid. Amy B. Davis's "Lydia" is a portrayal of a figure, sitting upright and is of no distinct detail as it fades into the background. Although faceless and obscure, it embodies moments of tradition with its painterly force, but also advocates for more than the simple aesthetics of beauty and attraction. Its biomorphic and organic shape of a head defined by a deep red can suggest an intimate nature and concealed sense of a perishable life. It represents the beginnings of a solidified reality with its imitation of the most basic forms. Moreover, it feels as if this painting transcends both time and space as a person inhabiting such a state can neither feel the physical and emotional consequences of imminence and proceeding time. Perhaps, it is a longing of the artist to be in such a place where compliance to immortality is both elementary and facile.
Priscilla Son
University of Virginia '13
Swiss Style: Fashion and Jewlery Design
Opening reception Friday, September 16, 6:00-8:3 PM featuring wine from Geneva.
Come to the Alex Gallery, from September 16 to October 14, to experience contemporary fashion and jewelry designs from 10 top graduates of the Geneva University of Art and Design/ Haute école d’Art et de Design Genève. This institution, one of Switzerland’s most prestigious design centers, continues the Swiss search for quality which has earned the country a solid reputation for perfectly functioning and fresh design.
The collection reflects diverse design talent, with items ranging from gowns to casual wear, footwear and jewelry. These inventions play with unique materials, illustrating techniques that mix know-how and new technologies. Many of the pieces were created for big name designers including the Martin Grant fashion house in Paris and the Brazilian shoe brand, Melissa. Outfits worn by the Swiss Pavilion guides of the World Expo Shanghai will also be on display. A projection will show the latest runway show of the Geneva University School of Art and Design, as well as varied student design creations.
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