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By admin, July 30, 2009 2:46 pm

John Gentile exhibits Cargo, 2008, at Saatchi Gallery, King’s Road, London, England.

Image: Cargo, 2008, Oil on canvas, 68 x 68 inches

As stated at www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk., “The Saatchi Gallery aims to provide an innovative forum for contemporary art, presenting work by largely unseen young artists or by international artists whose work has been rarely or never exhibited in the UK… The Gallery also includes a dedicated space for Saatchi Online artists to exhibit… The space features a rotating selection of winning Showdown artists chosen from Saatchi Online Magazine’s weekly critics’ picks and Showdown competition.“ Cargo, by John Gentile is a Showdown competition winner. Last fall, Cargo received votes from world wide visitors to the Saatchi Gallery’s website. After weeks of “showdown” and “head to head” competitions Cargo, the victor, was shipped to the Saatchi Gallery.  The painting is currently on exhibit thru the fall of 2009; Installation images of the exhibition can be seen at http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/current/showdown_wall.htm

John Gentile’s work can be categorized as abstract, but with a reference to realism. A painting begins with a sketch/collage of recent magazine and newspaper clippings; this allows Gentile “to portray the contemporary world as he sees it.”  A grid flowing spontaneously and freely over the surface is laid on top of the collage. John then translated the sketch to the canvas utilizing his drawing skill developed from years in the graphic design field. John states, “these lines, as they flow” over the canvas, “tell a story, a real story. You can look inside these lines and something realistic appears. You can stop and actually see what it is, then continue on,” following the grid, “and something else will appear. Looking at my paintings from a distance and the overall grid pattern is abstract, but look at them close up, and you can see very realistic forms inside. I would define my work as Hyper-Realistic Abstractions.’

 For more information on John Gentile’s work or to schedule a studio visit please contact the Gallery.

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By admin, July 23, 2009 8:24 pm

Inside Outside Exhbition: Mayer Gallery

Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, NC 

May1-August 29,2009

Inside Outside is an exhibition of Gillian Christys’ newest work consisting of sculptural wall pieces inside the Mayer Gallery as well as outside, among the TCVA grounds.  This body of artworks is based on the familiar objects that one may view on a daily basis.  Christy often discovers these elements found in existing architecture or industry.  Christy states, “ These object’s shapes intrigue me enough to recreate them, skewing their perceived form, function and size. It also strikes me as humorous that these objects could potentially retain personality traits!  Clearly, I create an imaginative world but often the underlying themes illustrated within the piece are serious in content.”

Christy is currently underway creating public artworks for Waterplace Luxury Residences Providence, RI and the Water Street Bridge Fitchburg, MA. Inside Outside will be on exhibit at Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, MA from October to December 2009.

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Nick Edmonds, Mountain near Santa Fe (image), painted wood, 20.5″H x 16″W x 10″D

Featured at the National Academy Museum, NY, 184^th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art. Reviewed in the April 17^th issue of Antiques and the Arts Weekly, page 14.

Mountain near Santa Fe is from a recent series derived from selected views of mountains and woods. This particular mountain is on the Turquoise Trail between Albuquerque and Santa Fe New Mexico.  

The goal is to provide viewers with a sense of the wholeness of nature while living indoors. These room sized pieces are derived from selected views of mountains, bodies of water and the woods. I first envisioned making a sculpture that could be thought of as a small garden inside a house while studying wood joinery in Japan in the 1970’s. The profusion of gardens to be walked through and the many environments of stone and gravel meant to be viewed while stationary were overwhelming and I have sought to recall and utilize some of this energy as I understand it in these recent works.

In these sculptures a movement of rocks leads the viewer through the sculpture. Each rock used in the sculpture is carved in wood from an identical sized stone found on beaches or somewhere in New England. The duplication of these stones is a demanding exercise and entered into the spirit of study and renewal. After the stones are carved and primed it takes a while to achieve the three dimensional rock garden effects that I seek. But when properly arranged these faithfully copied stones bring a depth and hardness to the sculpture which is fairly unique.

184th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art is on view through June 10^th, 2009 at the National Academy Museum, NY. Inquiries about Nick Edmonds please contact the Sunne Savage Gallery.

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AD 20/21 Cyclorama Building, 539 Tremont Street, Boston, MA.

March 26-29, 2009, Gala Opening on Thursday, March 26th, to benefit Boston Architectural College  

In keeping with the theme of AD 20/21, Art & Design of the 20th and 21st centuries, Sunne Savage of Sunne Savage Gallery has invited Sam Shaw of Shaw Contemporary Jewelry to display his jewelry in the Sunne Savage Gallery booth, Number 14.

The Sunne Savage Gallery will be exhibiting a selection of works by Robert S. Neuman. The arrangement will be a retrospective of Neuman’s various series including early works, Pedazos del Mundo, Lame Deer and Ship to Paradise Series. The grouping will also cover Neuman’s preferred mediums: prints, collage, mixed media on paper, and oil on canvas. Sam Shaw will be exhibiting his Twig Series, a collection of jewelry created from the outermost twigs of a birch tree cast in solid 18K gold. The result is an exact replica in gold. Each piece is then fabricated so that every finished piece is as unique as the branch Shaw initially gathered.

For more information about the Galleries and AD 20/21 please contact the Sunne Savage Gallery (781) 721-2410. Websites for the art fair, Sunne Savage Gallery and Shaw Contemporary Jewelry are www.ad2021.com, www.sunnesavage.com, and www.shawjewelry.com

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Barcelona Triptych

Art Basel: Miami Beach, FL. December, 2008. The image above shows a two-sided graphite drawing by Willem De Kooning, a relief by Robert Mallory, and Robert S. Neuman’s Barcelona Triptych.

The Allan Stone Gallery, booth H3, exhibits Robert S. Neuman, Barcelona Triptych, 1959, at Art Basel Miami Beach. The Allan Stone Gallery, founded in 1960, is the leading authority in American postwar Abstract Expressionism, including Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, John Graham, and Joseph Cornell. The Allan Stone Gallery focused their 2008 booth on first and second generation abstract expressionism. Along with the acclaimed AbEx artists listed above, the Allan Stone Gallery selected works by Norman Bluhm, Michael Goldberg, Robert Motherwell and Robert S. Neuman. Barcelona Triptych, 1959, is Robert S. Neuman’s first painting to be exhibited at Art Basel, Miami Beach. The Allan Stone Gallery had a successful show, selling many works from their booth, including the Robert S. Neuman Barcelona Triptych for a record price. Barcelona Triptych, 1959, is the sum of Robert S. Neuman’s formal education at the California College of Art and Crafts and time spent in Barcelona, Spain on a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1956. When the triptych was painted, Neuman had returned to the United States, settling in Boston, MA, where he painted and taught at Massachusetts College of Art. Later, in the early 1960’s, Robert S. Neuman taught at Harvard University where he met Allan Stone, founder of the Allan Stone Gallery, who became a collector of his work. The majority of Neuman’s work from the 1950’s is in private collections. With the exception of Black Painting, 1952, gifted to the The Fogg Museum in 2003; Small Black Painting, 1956, at the Rose Museum at Brandeis University; and Neue Weinsteige, 1960, at the Carnegie Museum of Art.

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By admin, July 21, 2009 4:06 pm

Maine Inspiration: Paintings, Prints, and Drawings by Robert S. Neuman.

August 16- September 25, 2009

Ethel H. Blum Gallery, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME. 

Reception: 5:30-7:30pm, Sunday August 16, 2009.

Maine Inspiration will address the 50 years in which Robert S. Neuman has enjoyed significant time in Maine and the effect that time has had on his work. The exhibition will include works from the Ship to Paradise, Stacks & Piles and Space Signs Series as well as the small group of Neuman’s Maine Landscapes. The exhibition will be accompanied by an educational package equipped with explanations of each series, lessons on Neuman’s techniques, and hands on art projects.