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Recent Exhibition |
How
I Got Here
Paintings & Collages
by Dr. Felix Bronner
New
Haven Free Public Library Gallery
133 Elm Street (Lower Level) New Haven, CT
Artist
Reception: Saturday, November 7, 2009, 2:30 - 4:30 PM
Exhibition: November 2 to December
11, 2009
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HOLOCAUST
-- NEVER FORGET, NEVER AGAIN
A Holocaust Memorial
Exhibition
Hammered-Lead Sculptures by
DANA BALDWIN NAUMANN
at GALLERY RIVAA
527 Main Street ROOSEVELT ISLAND
New York City, NY 10044
Artist
Reception: Saturday, July 11, 2009 6:00 to 9:00 PM
Exhibition: July 11
to August 7, 2009
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"...Stillness
in the Midst of Chaos" (#1053) oil on canvas,
36"w x 15"h
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Bronner is an award-winning Geometric-Abstract painter,
inspired by artists such as Adolph Gottlieb, William Baziotes,
and Mark Rothko. He studied with William Cowing, Cary Smith,
and Zbigniew Grzyb.
Dr.
Bronner is Professor Emeritus at the University of Connecticut
Health Center in Farmington, a physiologist with primary
interest in Bone Biology. It is Bronner's interest in
the mysteries of nature that has led him to his art.
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"Looking
Out" (#912) oil on canvas, 24"w x 36"h
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of transparent shapes, over expanses of softened colors,
interact with opaque geometric forms dominating the canvas.
The artist builds shapes into a vague architecture, connecting
geometric forms with thin lines, like girders in an unfinished
building." [ArtNews Summer 2003]
"In
my painting, I wish to appeal to humankinds positive
potential to capture the complexity of nature," writes
Bronner. "This appeal is reflected in the interplay
of shape and color, responding to the mystery that surrounds
us, on the large scale in which we move, and on the microscale
that underlies all matter."
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"Alive,
Oh So Bold" (#1043) oil on canvas, 24"w
x 30"h
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Bronner has exhibited widely in the Northeast, including
galleries in Boston, New York, and Hartford. His works are
in the collection of the University of Connecticut Health
Center (Farmington), Homer Babbidge Library (Storrs), Alexey
von Schlippe Gallery (Groton), and the Mandell Jewish Community
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"Deportation"
by Dana Naumann, hammered lead, wood and wire, wall sculpture,
30" x 30", 30 lbs.
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This series of 17 hammered lead sculptures commemorates
the Holocaust and is dedicated to the life of Sigmund
Strochlitz (1916-2006), a survivor of the Auschwitz Death
Camp in German-occupied Poland during World War II. Mr.
Strochlitz realized that the world was beginning to forget
the Nazi Holocaust. Each piece is accompanied by a narrative
poem by Naumann, based on Mr. Strochlitz's experiences
in the camps.
Mr.
Strochlitz, Dana Naumann's life-long friend, was born
in Bedzin, Poland in 1916, and had survived several other
German concentration camps before being brought to Auschwitz,
where his parents and sisters were all killed. Nobel Laureate
Elie Wiesel was his best friend, and in 1978, Mr. Wiesel
recommended him to become a member of President Jimmy
Carter's Commission on the Holocaust, where he and Wiesel
worked together to create the National Holocaust Memorial
Museum in Washington, D.C. In 1981, Mr. Strochlitz and
his wife Rose endowed the Chair and Institute of Holocaust
Studies at Haifa University in Israel.
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"Never
Forget, Never Again" by
Dana Naumann,
hammered lead sculpture, 12" x 12", 30 lbs.
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Artist Dana Baldwin Naumann has a studio and gallery in
North Branford, CT. His hammered sculptures are studies
in texture, soft and warm looking even as metal surfaces,
depicting religious, mythic, and archetypal scenes. His
sculptures are crafted from lead sheets coated with copper
or zinc patinas. This series of seventeen sculptures consists
of eight pedestal pieces and nine wall hangings, and range
from 14" to 44" in height.
Until
1994, Naumann had a successful career as Vice-President
of Sales and Marketing with the Westinghouse Corporation
in Pittsburgh, but then determined to devote his life
to his art, a decision he says he has never regretted.
Mr. Naumann's works are in permanent collections of The
Aetna in Los Angeles, also in Hartford, and at Villanova
University, PA. He designed and contributed sculptures
to the permanent collections of United States Special
Olympics, and a piece created on the theme of the Holocaust
was given to the Thomas Dodd Center, University of Connecticut.
His artworks have been shown at Gallerie Michele in Washington
DC, Artworks Gallery in Hartford, Art Expo in NYC; the
York Square Gallery, the Public Library and the Jewish
Community Center in New Haven, CT; and at galleries in
Hawaii, Los Angeles, and Providence, RI. He is represented
by Broadfoot + Broadfoot, NYC.
Art
critic Steve Starger wrote about his work: "Naumann's
finely wrought sculptures aren't depressing or oppressive.
He creates faces like monuments or totems, inspired by
ritual masks and statuary, buy strangely poignant. Each
piece emanates a sense of mystery and longing."
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"If
it Never Happened, Where Did They Go?"
by
Dana Naumann,
hammered lead, wood and wire, pedestal sculpture, 30"
x 30", 40 lbs.
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| Recent
Exhibition |
The
Rapture of Art
Paintings by Jesse Guillen
New
Haven Free Public Library Gallery
133 Elm Street (Lower Level) New Haven, CT
Artist
Reception: Saturday, October 24, 2009, 2:30 - 4:30 PM
Exhibition: October 3 to October
30, 2009 |
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"The
DNA of Antiquity" by Jesse Guillen, acrylic on
canvas, 72"w x 48"h
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New Haven artist Chucho (Jesse) Guillen's interest in painting
started from a young age and has since been fueled by his
travels, life experiences, and was inspired by his experience
studying art with Fr. William B. Wasson (1924-2006) in Arizona.
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"Woman
in Sensuous Rapture" by Jesse Guillen, acrylic
& beeswax on canvas, 47 1/2"w x 35 1/2"h
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Mr. Guillen's technique is motivated by freedom that forms
uninhibited rushstrokes, and a sense of the artist's passion
and inner-energy emerges in his art works.
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"From
Sea to Shining Sea" by Jesse Guillen, acrylic
on canvas, 60"w x 36"h
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His vibrant style and fresh look allows the mundane to become
a point of departure, which in turn becomes revitalized
and invigorated. This emotionally and energistically charged
approach to painting develops a fresh perspective to art.
Mr.
Guillen paints murals and is very involved in public art
in New Haven, Connecticut, whilst also being privately
acquired by collectors and large companies in the USA.
Mr. Guillen has developed a following in Amherst, Massachusetts,
SoHo in New York City, and many other venues. His painting
"Woman in Sensuous Rapture" was accepted to
the 2009 Biennale
Chianciano in Chianciano Terme, Tuscany, Italy, and is
included in the Biennale
Catalog
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"Three
Graces" by Jesse Guillen, acrylic on canvas,
60"w x 48"h
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| Recent
Exhibition |
"The
Future of Painting"
Paintings by 4 young artists of
Palette Art Studio, Cheshire, CT
Guest Curator: Natasha Piskunova, teacher
http://paletteartstudio.com/
(203) 272-5370
Exhibition:
New
Haven Free Public Library Gallery
133 Elm Street New Haven, CT
Artists' Reception: Wednesday, June
24, 5:30-7:30
Exhibition: June 18 -July 21, 2009
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"Composition
with Three Pears"
by Eve Wiener (age 15)
oil on canvas, 2008
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"Trees"
by Karen Yang (age 11)
oil on canvas, 2007
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"Woman"
by Anne Fowler (age
14)
oil on canvas, 2009
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"Orange
Sunset"
by Yekaterina Satanina
(age 16)
oil on canvas, 2008
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| Recent
Exhibition |
"The
Family Spirit of Art: Three Generations"
Memorial Exhibition of artist Phillip Foxx (1915-2008)
with son Jeffrey Jay Foxx, daughter Patricia Foxx
and granddaughter Cora Foxx
Guest
Curator: Suzan Shutan
New
Haven Free Public Library Gallery
133 Elm Street (Lower Level) New Haven, CT
Artists'
Reception: Saturday, September 12, 2:30 - 4:30 PM
Exhibition: September 8 - October 7, 2009
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"Approaching
Sintra, Portugal" by Phillip Foxx, watercolors,
13" x 18"
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The
artistic spirit of the Foxx family spans three generations.
The diversity of each family member's choice of medium,
technique and content is unified by a passion for creativity,
travel, and adventure.
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"Mother,
Boy, and Pig - Chiapas, Mexico"
photograph by Jeffrey Jay Foxx
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"Huixtan
Cop"
photograph by Jeffrey Jay Foxx
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Past
Gallery Exhibitions |
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Centuries
of Inspiration
A Memorial Exhibition for
Jules
L. Szemanczky
(1926-2008)
(art teacher in New Haven high-schools 1950-1985)
Opening
Reception: Saturday, May 23, 2009, 2:30 to 4:30 PM.
May 14 - June
17, 2009 |
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INNER
FEELINGS /
INNER THOUGHTS
Premier Exhibition of Paintings
by Sculptor
Dana Baldwin Naumann
March 5 - April 8, 2009
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THE
COLORS OF FAMILY LOVE
Paintings and Portraits by
Chris O. Ferguson
February 3
- March 4, 2009 |
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"A
Family Matter"
artworks by three
European Masters:
Stoimen Stoilov,
Diana Stoilova,
& Margarita Voinova
Oct.16 - Nov.29,
2008 |
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URBAN
VERTIGO
artworks by
Mounira Gareeva Stott
Sept.15
-Oct.16, 2008
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Faith
Heels:
THE HALLELUJAH GANG
artworks
by Elisa Vegliante
May 24 - June 20,
2008 |
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I
Paint
paintings
by Ronald
J.Sloan
April 19 - May 23,
2008 |
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