“The Portrait Project: Artists Portraying Artists” Exhibition
Westbeth Gallery
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A group exhibition of 18 painters and sculptors. Each artist will include in their exhibited body of work, at least one portrait of another artist in the show.
Special Events:
Panel discussion Artists Portraying Artists on Saturday, May 13, 4 – 5:30 PM moderated by Susanna Coffey, panelists to be announced.
“Roundtable” conversation on Saturday, May 20 (closing day), 3 - 5 PM. Attendees are invited to participate in an open discussion about issues in contemporary portraiture with Portrait Project members.
Westbeth Gallery presents the Portrait Project, an association of artists using direct observation, who exchange modeling time with one another. The modeling exchange provides a creative stimulus and exposes each artist to divergent points of view about portraiture and different working practices, avoiding many compromises associated with commissions. The show will highlight a body of work from each of the members. At least one of the pieces from each artist will be a portrait of a fellow Portrait Project member. Media include painting, drawing and sculpture.
Participating artists are …
Alix Bailey,
Robert Bunkin,
Susanna Coffey,
ColleenFranca,
Leonid Gervits,
Valerie Gillett,
Howard Gladstone,
Yuka Imata,
Karen Kaapcke,
Eric March,
Frances Middendorf,
J. William Middendorf,
Sharon Moreau,
Dena Schutzer,
Orly Shiv,
Donna Skebo,
Clarissa Payne Uvegi,
and Pola Wickham.
An on-going feature of the exhibition will be the Drawing Room, which will display member’s drawings, as well as provide an opportunity for visitors to draw themselves or another visitor, in a space furnished with pencil and paper, chairs and a mirror. Visitor drawings can be displayed in the room until the conclusion of the exhibition, and retrieved on the closing day (May 20 no later than 6PM).
Programs will include a panel discussion: Artists Portraying Artists on Saturday, May 13, 4 – 5:30 PM, moderated by Susanna Coffey (panelists to be announced) and a closing day Roundtable conversation on Saturday, May 20, 3 - 5 PM, where attendees are invited to participate in an open discussion about issues in contemporary portraiture with the artists in the exhibition.
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Schedule
from May 06, 2017 to May 20, 2017