Archive 2017

September 3–24, 2017
LOGIC & STRUCTURE, PART II

Group show: Beth Caspar, Susan Spencer Crowe, Joan Grubin, Robert James, Wanda Kossak, Don Muchow, Margaret Neill, Paula Quinon & Luis Rosa

The works in the show were created in response to a challenge posed by a mathematician. It was a continuation of some earlier experiments. Again, the goal was to test whether the strict rules of mathematical logic be of some use for an artist. This time, a concept of a mathematical structure and a binary relation served as a starting point.

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August 5 – 27, 2017
ALAN POWELL: A Walk Down Main Street, Fleischmanns NY

This exhibition was a photographic and video investigation of Main Street in Fleischmanns, New York. Alan Powell, who lives on Main Street, documented his walks up and down the street. His photographic work includes panoramic collaged photographs of the environments, objects and textures that fascinated him on his walks. The videos are portraits of people who live or own a business on Main Street. They are a collaboration with Juliana Fernandes and Roman Kossak.

Alan Powell is a professor of Communications at Arcadia University in Philadelphia. Since the early 1970’s, he has worked in electronic arts, which includes single channel video, installations, artist books, and electronically generated two-dimensional art.

July 17 – 30, 2017
GILDING BEE: A community gold leaf workshop with Laura Sue King

Laura Sue King—a painter and a printmaker—announced her gilding workshop in the following way: “This is a chance to make everyday items into something exceptional with members of the community: a symbol of the importance of friendship and the significance of art.”

May 15–June 3, 2017
BREAK OF SEASON: Photographs by Elaine Mayes

ELAINE MAYES career includes several prestigious fellowships and projects that have taken her across the country. She has taught photography at the University of Minnesota, Hampshire College, The Cooper Union, International Center of Photography, Pratt Institute, and Bard College. From 1996 to 2001, Mayes served as Chair of the Photography and Imaging Department at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. Mayes’ work is held in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.