Image: Gillian Christy, Forest Abstraction, 2009, powder coated steel
Gillian Christy has installed Forest Abstraction in the EWOW suite at the newly opened W Hotel Boston. The relief, which expansively covers three walls of the suite, was a collaborative effort of the artist, Gillian Christy; the designers, Bentel & Bentel; and the Sunne Savage Gallery. Fitting the W Hotel’s “virtual garden” theme, Bentel & Bentel supplied an inspirational photograph for the tree like pattern. Christy brought the designers vision to life with sculptural precision and ingenuity; skillfully completing the commission to the mass approval of the W Hotel team.
Forest Abstraction is Gillian Christy’s first commission in the Boston area. Prior to Forest Abstraction, Christy completed three large scale sculpture projects in Providence, RI, including The Return Home, 2008; Embrace, 2005-2007, and Day to Day, 2008; all of which are installed in public areas around the city. Currently Christy is completing her fourth public work in Providence, RI, entitled Wave Traveler. Christy is also beginning the design of a public work for the town of Fitchburg, MA, which is paired with a solo exhibition of Christy’s work at Fitchburg State College.
A selection of Gillian Christy’s interior sculptures and commissions can be seen at www.sunnesavage.com. Please contact Christina Neuman Godfrey for more information about Gillian Christy.
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Image: Gillian Christy, As winter sets, 2007, Steel and Bronze, 22T x 24 x 14 inches
Inside Outside is not only Gillian Christy’s first solo exhibition; it is also her first traveling show. After exhibiting Inside Outside in the Mayer Gallery, at Appalachian State University, NC, the exhibition is presently at the Campus Center Art Gallery, Fitchburg State College, MA, to introduce Gillian and her work to the Fitchburg community. Gillian Christy has been selected to complete a large scale public work for the town. The commission will welcome visitors and natives of Fitchburg via the Water Street Bridge.
Christy is currently in the project’s design phase. She is drawing inspiration from the town’s history, industry, architecture, as well as discussions and thoughts from residents. In keeping with her previous work, Christy will use these inspirational elements as “connectors” to link the sculpture and the people of Fitchburg. Christy is on schedule to complete the design in December, and start fabrication in the New Year.
To read more about Gillian Christy, her work, and the Fitchburg project go to http://www.telegram.com/article/20091028/NEWS/910280427/1003/NEWS03
A selection of Gillian Christy’s interior sculptures and commissions can be seen at www.sunnesavage.com. Please contact Christina Neuman Godfrey for more information about Gillian Christy.
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Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern’s painting By the Sea was chosen by the United States Ambassador to the Ukraine for exhibition at the American Embassy in Kiev during his term. The painting was recently returned to Ahern’s studio in Waltham, Massachusetts, and is now available for purchase.
Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern has participated extensively in the United States Department of State’s Art in Embassy program. Through this program Ahern has exhibited her work in Kiev, Ukraine, Luanda, Angola, and Manama, Bahrain and with other prominent American Artists such as Dale Chihuly and Altoon Sultan. “The Art in Embassies Program is a global museum that exhibits original works of art by U.S. citizens in the public rooms of approximately 180 American diplomatic residences worldwide. These exhibitions… play an important role in our nation’s public diplomacy. They provide international audiences with a sense of the quality, scope and diversity of American art…” ( Program mission statement).
Ahern states that her “ideas for painting come from a compelling desire to shape and to abstract her experiences in nature, culture and life.” She also states that she is “fascinated by the way contemplation, imagination and time alter the memory of an experience.”
Ahern graduated from Boston University, and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, MA. She mentored under Helen Frankenthaler in Santa Fe, NM. Ahern exhibits regularly throughout the United States. More information about Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern work can be found at www.sunnesavage.com. Please contact Christina Neuman Godfrey with inquires.
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