Friday, January 30, 2009

In Review with Artscope Magazine

Thanks to all the hard work and support from Artscope Magazine. They did a fantastic review on "Dream of Music and Art" featuring works by Dustan Knight and Lauren Pollaro along with the sounds of Susan Marabito.







Other reviews from Artscope;
"Artscope capsule previews: From The Art Complex's "Complex Women" exhibition in Duxbury to Bowersock Gallery's Amy Palmer and Erin McFarland's opening shows in Provincetown."















Thursday, January 22, 2009

A Glimpse into the Artists

In the next few months I will be conducting a series of interviews with our artists.

Asking them questions like;

what would you tell a collector, as as artist, on how to collect?
Gail Sauter- "It's simple: if it lives in your memory you should get it. If you don't, it will haunt you forever."

what inspires you to create art and how do you keep motivated in the studio? Rose Umerlik- "Must create work... I go crazy if I don't... it is easy to stay motivated when you're facing the alternative of going crazy."

Giving you the scoop on what makes our artists highly collectible.




Thursday, January 15, 2009

Fine Drawings on Porcelain

Tim Christensen-Kirby has returned to the gallery after a major fire that destroyed his barn / studio 3yrs ago. Then after finding a new studio, a major flood came through destroying most of his tools forcing him to pull back from some of his galleries. Well, now he's back and in full swing with new pieces arriving early this spring.

His hand, as always has remained constant and extremely skilled. In each drawing he is creating a narrative about the times in which we live in, and the challenges of living in a world were we are divorced from the natural world around us.

We are pleased to have Christensen-Kirby back as part of our line up for 2009.







Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Fanciful Rivard Street Plaza Carousel

Last spring, Jeffery Briggs headed up a design team to create a 28-foot carousel in Detroit, Michigan which is part of the Motor City's International Riverfront revitalization project as a ride-able sculpture.

Like Brigg’s cast reliefs, represented here at the gallery, these carousel pole-standers are done in a style that combines magical naturalism, mythical creatures and an art nouvelle style.

What's even more interesting are the drawings done for this project, over 500 were sketched. Each piece had to be approved as a drawing, then as a rough piece and as a completed, painted piece. Some drawings even went through five or six revisions before they were accepted.
In addition, this powerful sculptor will have new bronze relief's arriving this summer. Jeffery is using a new technique implemented into his process which reduces his large reliefs down by 50%. It's an amazing process, which is a water based mixture. This thick liquid is poured into the original large molding then, as the mixture dries, it shrinks down by 50% from the original size creating a new mold. This is then sent to the foundry to be cast in bronze.

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