"Small" Exhibition
Luise Ross Gallery
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Ranging from Arthur Dove, a member of Alfred Stieglitz’s stable, to the self-taught phenomenon, James Castle, to the master of the funny bone, Edward Koren; these artists prove that ‘small’ is a big idea.
Malcolm Mobutu Smith’s sculpture investigates racial anxiety in the age of Obama; while Gelsy Verna’s complex, collaged portraits address the same tensions from an earlier time.
John Himmelfarb’s faraway places with strange sounding views are inventive and personal; TL Solien deftly uses collage to reference his
personal history. Peter Schulte’s drawings, in looking backwards, show a forward thinking elegance.
A mastery of watercolor provides us with a sense of place in Mary Anderson Pickard’s Mississippi Gulf Coast; in Gladys Nilsson’s watercolors, we aren’t quite sure where we are, but the bright colors and whimsical figures indicate that it is a fun place to be.
Mess and madness abound in works by Amer Kobaslija, Woohyun Shim, and Thomas Burleson, while an eerie calm permeates Marzie Nejad’s empty room and Gudrun Kristjandottir’s melting Icelandic snow.
SMALL illustrates a breadth of ideas, mediums and technique that come together in a surprising harmony to show the viewer that good things come in small packages.
Media
Schedule
from June 16, 2011 to July 29, 2011
Opening Reception on 2011-06-16 from 17:00 to 19:00
Artist(s)
Arthur Dove, James Castle, June Leaf, Bill Traylor, Edward Koren, Minnie Evans, Victor Faccinto, Charles Yuen, Gail Gregg, Travis Head, Marcy Hermansader, John Himmelfarb, Lonnie Holley, Gudjon Ketilsson, Amer Kobaslija, Thomas Burleson, Gudrun Kristjansdottir, Justen Ladda, Tom Cochran, Michael Madore, Alice Trumbull Mason, Thomas Lyon Mills, Louis Monza, Marzie Nejad, Gladys Nilsson, Judith Page, Mary Anderson Pickard, Leroy Person, Peter Schulte, Woohyun Shim, Malcolm Mobutu Smith, TL Solien, Anna Zemankova, Oswald Tschirtner, Gelsy Verna, August Walla, Glenn Goldberg, John Dilg