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July/August 2016

Ogunquit Art Association

// Current Exhibits, Current Issue, Exhibits, July/August 2016, Uncategorized, Visual Arts

Members Shine in Summer by Greg Morell Sometimes the stars align for an arts group. Such was the case for the venerable Ogunquit Art Association, currently celebrating seven decades of painters and sculptors drawing inspiration from the dramatic coastline of southern Maine. In the founding years of the organization, the collective of artists was bequeathed the largesse of the Ogunquit Playhouse — a very desirable parcel of Perkins Cove real estate in which to build their home. They then secured plans for their smartly designed showplace, the Barn Gallery. Make no mistake, the gracefully appointed edifice that welcomes visitors to the vacation hamlet of the Cove bears very little resemblance to a barn. The complex is favored with 4,000 feet of indoor exhibition space divided into three separate galleries, an outdoor walled sculpture garden that ambles around the perimeter … [Read more...] about Ogunquit Art Association

Jul/Aug 2016 Centerfold

// Centerfolds, Current Issue, July/August 2016

    Artscope 62, July/August 2016   art: Sweet Air artist: H. Grey Park IV medium: oil on linen, 24" x 64". " At a young age, H. Gray Park was already identified as a natural talent and was placed in talented and gifted programs. During his third year of college, Gray spent four months in England at the Winchester School of Art. He then painted in Scotland for several months the following year, inspired by the fishing villages and the shapes and colors of the boats, capturing the essence of his subject matter. Gray is a plein air painter, known for large East Coast landscapes from life. Other creative interests also lie in the restoration of antique boats, antique paintings and other inspired metal projects. Judges: Steve Cawman, Center for Contemporary Printmaking / Jonathan McPhilips, Coastal Maine … [Read more...] about Jul/Aug 2016 Centerfold

CoSo’s Salute to Summer

// Current Exhibits, Current Issue, Exhibits, July/August 2016

From Ship to Shore to Newbury Street by Molly Hamill “Ship to Shore,” the 2016 juried summer members’ show at the Copley Society of Art, brings a plethora of vibrant work to their Newbury Street gallery. Juried by Austen Bailly, curator of American Art at the Peabody Essex Museum, the show includes over 30 works in a wide range of style, medium and technique. The paintings, photography and monotypes Bailly selected are a wispy, summery collection of landscapes, seascapes and still lifes, which together evoke a distinct and welcome sense of season. With over 300 artist members,the Copley Society has a deep pool of talent from which to draw — and the high caliber work in this show makes that clear. Don Dalton’s delicate watercolor, “Downeast Sunrise,” beautifully captures the particular moist, early morning heat that saturates a rocky shore with the warm anticipation of … [Read more...] about CoSo’s Salute to Summer

Speaking a Different Language

// Current Exhibits, Current Issue, Exhibits, July/August 2016, Visual Arts

The Walshes in Williamstown by Elizabeth Michelman In most advanced art museums, it’s almost unthinkable to present an exhibition without resorting to curatorial explanations. Language is deemed essential to orient the viewer to historical information and current critical jargon. Without it, Lisa Dorin, deputy director of curatorial affairs at the Williams College Museum of Art, could hardly impart knowledge about today’s art and artistic legacy to culture-hungry college students. But she gamely rolled with the punches when Dan and Lexa Walsh arrived to create a large-scale installation that challenged many robust conventions of the exhibiting institution. The installation/exhibition that resulted, “Both Sides Now,” is powerful, subversive and sometimes just plain funny. Every museum could learn from it. Many things are odd in this collaboration between the … [Read more...] about Speaking a Different Language

Of Water and Bone

// Current Exhibits, Current Issue, Exhibits, July/August 2016, Visual Arts

Mother/Daughter Mandle in Newport by Suzanne Volmer “Of Water and Bone,” a mother and daughter exhibit created collaboratively by Gayle Wells Mandle and Julia Barnes Mandle, presents itself as a conceptual umbrella and makes a cohesive statement that communicates a composite view of the artists’ individual and shared perspectives based upon their experiences. The artists’ aesthetics have gravitational pull toward process charged with cultural awareness and investigatory layering of content worth contemplating, especially in an election year. Gayle explores global issues of water sustainability and Julia examines the topic of immigration. The exhibition is on view at the Newport Art Museum through August 9. Both artists are mindful of the discrimination that women face seeking opportunities, so in showing collaboratively they prefer using the gender neutrality of their … [Read more...] about Of Water and Bone

Everything’s Purrfect in Worcester

// Current Exhibits, Current Issue, Exhibits, July/August 2016, Visual Arts

WAM Exhibit is the Cat's Meow by Brian Goslow “Meow: A Cat-inspired Exhibition” is the kind of show many museums have been presenting of late that utilizes a theme aimed at attracting a larger cross-section of potential visitors — and with rare exception, who doesn’t like cats? While my wife wondered why the Worcester Art Museum didn’t try to secure Roy Lichtenstein’s “Laughing Cat,” early Andy Warhol feline favorites “25 Cats Named Sam and One Blue Pussy,” “So Happy” or “So Meow,” or one of John Singer Sargent’s portraits featuring a cat-as-prop, and while others have wished the show was larger and louder, I’m pleased with the museum’s decision to utilize works from its vaults that have given me an expanded appreciation for genres I hadn’t previously paid much attention to. My favorite aspect of the show was the collection of 10 Will Barnet color lithographs and … [Read more...] about Everything’s Purrfect in Worcester