"Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors" Exhibition
Westbeth Gallery
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Curator’s Note
When I was in Paris a few of my friends would play the game of Tarot. This is not played with the same deck used for telling one’s fortune but with a different and more ancient one. I was immediately struck by the backs of the cards which were divided in half by a line. Above the line was a painting and below the line was a different painting. My friends informed me that both these images say the same thing each in a different way. It is up to the viewer of the card to figure out this message. I thought this a good starting point for an exhibition. Although the back of this deck will be the poems, paintings, drawings and sculpture on the gallerywall and floor, this will be an interesting game.
Each artist in the exhibition, either chose, wrote or had a poet friend write a poem or poems to go along with their painting, sculpture, or drawing. The poems will be hung on the wall adjacent to each work, or in some cases, groups of work. It is also interesting to note that some of the artists in the Exhibition are published
poets.
“ If painting is nothing more than dumb poetry, than poetry must be blind painting” Leonardo DaVinci
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Schedule
from May 26, 2012 to June 17, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-06-02 from 17:00 to 20:00
Artist(s)
Richard Ahrnolz, Anneli Adams, Lynda Caspe, Maria Clark, Peter Coloquhoun, Tad Day, Laurence Fadin, Edward Eichel, Ronald De Nota, Robert Feinland, Wendy Gittler, Geoffrey Gneuhs, Myron Heise, Jerilyn Jurinek, Marion Lerner Levine, Robert Ludwig, Patricia Melvin, Valerie Meddelson, Kate O Toole, Regina Perlin, Vincent Pinto, Andy Pizzo, Jaqueline Rada, John Rettick, Larry Rushing, John Servetas, Philip Lawrence Sherrod, John L Silver, Richard Sloat