September, 2006
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Northbound á
Part 1: Pittsfield September 9 – 30 Opening Reception: September 9 5-7 pm Hours:
Thu 3-7 pm, Fri - Sat 1-5 pm 439 North Street Pittsfield, MA
01201 Contact:
Scott Laugenour (917) 743 6548 http://www.galleryboreas.com |
Bucking the prevailing southward migration of retirees and fowl, thoughtful
new work by twelve contemporary artists wings north to Pittsfield in September.
Works on paper, canvas, installation, and video are presented.
Recent Pratt Institute MFA graduates are prominent. Shane McAdams'
new series of untitled air-blown ink dances in blue whisps, ribbons, and spots
within white canvas space. Clare
Grill paints boldly colored tethered tent images on white paper.
Ink and paint works focused on image, pattern, and form are presented
by Ju Young Ban, Gary Cullen, Ryan Mrozowski, and David Pierce.
Elia Bettaglio uses pencil
and explores the negative space environment that he manipulates with photographic
cut-outs of David Lynch film characters.
Albert Sheldon's highly rendered paintings slightly warp
familiar spaces.
Pittsfield artist, Eric Drury,
transports his North Street studio a few blocks further north. His studio installation of forms and models
is a portal into his creative space. The installation likewise offers Drury
a portal into the gallery environment.
Janel Swangstu has
introduced new form and color in her photograms, hinting at astronomy and
geometry in her darkroom manipulations of light, liquid, and time. Mark Keffer casts interesting geometry and imaginary world
landscape in his paintings.
Brooklyn-based Chad Silver's
video depicts a hyper-charged corporate brainstormer putting ink to paper
in a delightful piece titled "Thoughts Have Wings."
"Northbound" will be exhibited Reykjavík in October.