Illuminate
December 09, 2011 — January 14, 2012
Liz Akamatsu
Yes We Have No Bananas, 2006
Steel
50 x 21.5 x 12 inches
Amber George
Backyard Block, 2007
Encaustic and mixed media
29 x 29 inches
Amber George
Doily, 2008
Encaustic
24 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches
Amber George
Sewing Class, 2009
Encaustic and mixed media on panel
12 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches
Hullihen Moore
Big Meadows Pine Fog and Ice, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, 1991
Archival pigment prints and selenium toned silver gelatin prints
Editions vary by size of print
11 x 14 inches to 30 x 40 inches
Anne Lyne
Sparrow Among Lilies, 2011
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 inches
Robin Braun
Bumblebee, Acorns, Leaf, and Purple Flowers, 2011
Oil on panel
6 x 6 inches
SOLD
Pero Fenci
Leaf Vessel, 2011
Earthenware
11 x 18 x 9 1/2 inches
Mira Hecht
Sensations #19, 2010
Oil on panel
39 1/2 x 36 inches
Mira Hecht
Untitled #8, 2005
Oil on linen
18 x 18 inches
Sarah Irvin
Resistance, 2011
Acrylic and Carbon Transfer on Panel
24 x 24 inches
Sarah Irvin
Texas Dawn, 2011
Acrylic and Carbon Transfer on Panel
24 x 24 inches
Fiona Ross
Self Portrait #12, 2011
Acrylic on duralar
17 x 14 inches
McCain McMurray
Corossol (The Beaches of St Barths), 2011
Acrylic on Board
21 x 24 x 1 1/2 inches
McCain McMurray
Toiny (The Beaches of St. Barths), 2011
Acrylic on Board
21 x 33 x 1 1/2 inches
Peri Schwartz
Studio XXIII, 2010
Oil on canvas
60 x 38 inches
Peri Schwartz
Bottles & Jars #11, 2008
Oil on canvas
18 x 24 inches
SOLD
Andras Bality
Eastern Tip of Belle Isle, 2011
Oil on Canvas
26 x 30 inches
Andras Bality
Entrance To Belle Isle, 2011
Oil on canvas
20 x 24 inches
Erling Sjovold
Western: Carolina Wrens (Morning), 2006
Oil on canvas
16 x 20 inches
Erling Sjovold
Western: Perch and Falls (Night), 2006
Oil on canvas
16 x 20
Erik Gonzalez
Glasses With Nose and Other Features, Black, Gray, White, 2010
Oil on colored glass mirror
12 x 36 inches
Kathleen Markowitz
Glint 5, 2010
Monotype and mixed media on paper
29 x 22 inches
Kathleen Markowitz
Glint 2, 2012
Monotype and mixed media on paper
21 x 21 inches
Randy Toy
Monoscape 9, 2006
Archival pigment print
Edition of 5
12 x 7 inches
Tim O'Kane
Tea Towels, 2005
Oil on panel
9 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
Randy Toy
Zhin Zaou, 2006
Archival pigment print
Edition of 5
23 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches
Tanja Softic
Twister, 2006
Etching, drypoint, mezzotint, photogravure
15 x 30 inches
Dragana Crnjak
House 1, 2006
Charcoal and pastel on paper
46 1/2 x 46 1/2 inches
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ILLUMINATE: DECEMBER GROUP EXHIBITION AT THE PAGE BOND GALLERY, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2011
The Page Bond Gallery is pleased to present ILLUMINATE: A December Group Exhibition of painting, photography, ceramics, and sculpture.
Mira Hecht’s “Close to Home” series is the most recent step in her exploration of the formal, emotional, and spiritual properties of the circle. Her intuitive, mandala-like compositions, reminiscent of light refracted through water droplets, have gained much critical acclaim. They are simultaneously dynamic and quiet, strengthened by tensions between surface and depth, and positive and negative space. Her canvases have a meditative quality that rewards extended viewing.
Piero Fenci is primarily known for his ceramics, but he draws inspiration from media as diverse as Japanese Muromachi armor, Etruscan pottery, and American Shaker craft. In an age of mass-production, his functional objects are novel for their handmade quality and the intimate connection they suggest between artist and viewer. They signal a return to handicraft and a subjective model of authorship.
Seasoned artist Ann Lyne’s sumptuous, highly worked surfaces are part abstract pattern and part observational study. Her works are recognizable by their expressive, painterly brush strokes and the warmth and purity of their light. Charged with energy and individuality, they are a record of the joyful process of their making.
Other national and international artists participating in ILLUMINATE include Liz Akamatsu, Andy Bality, Will Berry, Robin Braun, Dragana Crnjak, Erik Gonzalez, Amber George, Sarah Irvin, Julian Jackson, Sally Man, Kathleen Markowitz, B. Millner, Hullie Moore, Holly Morrison, Tim O’Kane, Curtis Ripley, Eleanor Rufty, Peri Schwartz, Erling Sjovold, Tanja Softic, Randy Toy, and Kazaan Viveiros.
An opening reception for the artists will take place at the Page Bond Gallery on Friday, December 9 from 7 to 9 pm. The exhibition will remain on view through Saturday, January 14, 2012.
The Page Bond Gallery, located at 1625 West Main Street, exhibits contemporary art in a wide variety of media and disciplines including painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture and ceramics. The gallery acts as a venue for the work of emerging and established artists with local, national, and international reputations,