“Anthology 2015” Exhibition
Van Der Plas Gallery
This event has ended.
Van der Plas Gallery’s inaugural annual international juried exhibition, Anthology 2015, is a disruptive poem composed by multiple artists, each illuminating a hidden facet of the human condition. In this era of surveillance, our loneliness becomes even more poignant, as seen in Colin Smith’s haunting noir-ish painting of a wrinkled shirt. Or the missing face of a woman in her beautiful crochet sweater in Jennifer Louise Martin’s So Near But Yet So Far. Fear and anxiety are put to rest with Jeffrey Morabito’s palette of soft blues and greys overcoming the struggle of obscurity in Dark Room. Angelique Brickner’s ceramic figures, encased in acrylic cubes, explore the barriers that constrain us. A political expression of that theme is seen in Robert Samartino’s depiction of a construction site called Surface Fetish, of which he says,“the physical environment and the human figure flow in the circulation of capital.”
The past and present intersect in Mandy Cano Villalobos Sisyphus #1, hash marks of pig’s blood on parchment-like paper—the artist’s nod to the elevating power of ritual. There is also something transcendent about Leonardo Cuervo’s surrealistic painting, which recalls Alice in Wonderland, as well as Lynn Arnolds’ figurative, Form and Format, with its celebratory use of color and contrast. There are three other paintings in this show. Wayne Toepp’s North Avenue #1 small oil and shellac of an organic mass joined with abstract striped signals suggest a gps and the junction between man and machine (back to surveillance.) Similarly, Julia Brooker’s graphite and acrylic on aluminum, Forest VI, evokes feelings of being disoriented while urging reflection and all that means. Alcides Rivas’ beautifully textured painting seems to take pure joy in form, color, and material—the phenomes of an artist at work.This exhibition is a celebration of the unique voice within, and the many ways it is expressed.
Curatorial Panel
Adriaan Van Der Plas (Director of Van Der Plas Gallery)
Jamie Martinez (Founder of Artefuse.com, New York)
Johan Wahlstrom (International acclaimed artist)
Shane Townley (Arts Foundation Co-Founder)
Vincent Zambrano (Artist and Filmmaker)
Erin Ko (Interactive Artist)
Media
Schedule
from December 04, 2015 to December 31, 2015
Opening Reception on 2015-12-03 from 18:00 to 20:00