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By admin, July 29, 2010 6:17 pm

The Court House Gallery is including a selection of works by Robert S. Neuman in their exhibition, The Wingspread Legacy. The exhibition honors the Wingspread Gallery that had a forty year tenure on Main Street, Northeast Harbor, before being destroyed in the fire of 2008.

Opening Thursday July 29^th, the exhibition will run through August 24^th, 2010 at the Court House Gallery, Court Street, Ellsworth, ME. On display will be Neuman’s Ship to Paradise #4, Pedazos Del Mundo # 5 (pictured left), and Homage to Stravinsky, along with works by Aurelia “Thistle” Brown, Paul Rickert, Katherine Bell, Adele Seronde, Lynn Sage, and many others. The Court House Gallery produced a catalog to accompany the exhibition; please see www.courthousegallery.com for more information.

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By admin, May 24, 2010 6:56 pm

Elizabeth Da Costa Ahern, Azul, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 56 inches

 Lembranças de Angola, Memories of Angola, is an exhibition of paintings by Elizabeth Da Costa Ahern and Nelson Da Costa. The juxtaposition of the two series highlights the artist’s differences: war and peace, figure and landscape. Their similarities, an Angolan experience, a Portuguese heritage, and formal education cultivated a creative outlet for Ahern and Da Costa resulting in this exhibition, Lembranças de Angola, which Caturano and Company Art Gallery is pleased to host.

Elizabeth Da Costa Ahern’s paintings are driven from her memories; memories of weather, color, landscape. In 2006 Ahern traveled to Angola as a participant in the American Artists Abroad Program. Her works recall the regions bright natural light, the colors of the textiles, and the Atlantic. Ahern enjoyed the people and cultural exchange while in Angola, yet constant security kept her aware of the lingering dangers of Angola’s 30 year civil war.

As child in Angola the 30 year war left Nelson Da Costa an orphan. Da Costa was introduced to art as therapy while healing from physical and emotion trauma. Achieving a degree in art therapy, Nelson earned his Masters in painting at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. The paintings of Da Costa’s address the memories of his lost family and armed rabbles. The details of their faces are lost overtime, what remains are silhouettes abstracted on a camouflage pattern of color. The pattern signifies a war torn Angola; the color represents Angolan culture.   

Lembranças de Angola is the first time Ahern and Da Costa are exhibiting together. The exhibit, curated by Christina Godfrey, is through June 18th at the Caturano and Company Art Gallery, 80 City Square, Charlestown, MA. To visit the exhibition or receive images via email please contact Christina Godfrey. Additional images and biographical information on Elizabeth Da Costa Ahern can be found at www.sunnesavage.com.

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By admin, December 1, 2009 1:37 pm

We are pleased to announce that the Allan Stone Gallery is exhibiting Plaza Real, 1958, by Robert S. Neuman at Art Basel, Miami Beach, FL. This is the second year the Allan Stone Gallery is exhibiting Neuman’s paintings. In 2008 the Allan Stone Gallery sold Barcelona Triptych, 1959, at Art Basel Miami Beach for a record price. The Allan Stone Gallery, focusing on American postwar Abstract Expressionism, is exhibiting work by Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, John Graham, Franz Kline, Michael Goldberg, Alfred Leslie, and Robert S. Neuman in Booth A 12. Art Basel, Miami Beach, runs Wednesday December 3rd thru Sunday the 6^th, 2009. Please see www.artbaselmiamibeach.com for more information

The Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH, is currently exhibiting work by Robert S. Neuman. Evolution of a Shared Vision: The David and Barbara Stahl Collection includes Neuman’s watercolor Lame Deer Study, 1989. The Stahls carefully assembled their collection over a 50-year period and with the advice of Charles Buckley, director of the Currier from 1955 through 1964. The exhibition includes prints by Dürer, Rembrandt, Max Beckmann, Edward Hopper, John Sloan, and Reginald Marsh, among others.  We are honored that the Currier and David Stahl selected Lame Deer Study for the cover of the exhibition catalog.  Evolution of a Shared Vision: The David and Barbara Stahl Collection is on view at the Museum thru January 3^rd, 2010. Please see www.currier.org for more information.

Lame Deer Tryptich, 1979, oil on canvas

The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, recently published Modern & Contemporary Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art. The catalog is the third in a series of comprehensive exhibitions and catalogues showcasing the permanent collection. Modern and Contemporary Art at Dartmouth focuses on post-1945 painting, sculpture, works on paper, new media, and photography, and includes works by Mark Rothko, Ed Ruscha, Alexander Calder, Richard Serra, Howard Ben Tre, and Bill Viola, among others. Neuman’s canvas Lame Deer Triptych, 1979,is included in the catalog. The painting, measuring 6 ½ x 19 feet, is installed in the College’s Hopkins Center. Please see http://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/exhibitions/2009modcontempartdartmouth/index.html for more information.

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By admin, November 14, 2009 7:43 pm

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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By admin, August 28, 2009 4:45 pm

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

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

August 16- September 25, 2009

Maine Inspiration addresses 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 includes 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 is accompanied by an educational package equipped with explanations of each series, lessons on Neuman’s techniques, and hands on art projects for childern K-12.

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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.