A
TIMELINE OF MATTER--
essay by Johnes Ruta
A History of Ancient South Asian, Near Eastern, and Pre-Socratic
Theories of Matter, the Elements, and the Atom.
Helene
Burke
Bob Cuneo
Nick Grossmann
Dana Naumann
Cherie Tredanari
Claudine
Burns-Smith
Moira Fain
Maurice Hansen
Gordon Skinner
Elisa Vegliante
The
New Haven Free Public Library Gallery
133 Elm Street (Lower Level) New Haven, CT 06510
Artists'
Reception: Saturday, March 23, 2 to 4 PM.
Exhibition
thru April 14, 2013.
UMBRELLA
ARTS
317 East 9th Street
New York, NY 10003
Elisa
Vegliante -- "Mad Youth SPIN OUT"
oils on canvas, 17" x 14"
Curated
by Chris Butler - Butler Exhibition Design &
Johnes Ruta, AzothGallery.com, independent curator,
writer & Art Director New Haven Free Public
Library.
A Catalog with essay will accompany this exhibition. Exhibition
thru March 3, 2013.
Good
things come in small Spaces. "Ten Narratives"
is a substantial group show of Connecticut, New York,
and California artists to be housed in a small East
Village Gallery, Umbrella Arts, at 317 East 9th Street
from January 24th to March 2nd. The exhibition explores
the art of the narrative through a broad scope of
styles, ranging from expressionist to surrealist to
abstract to primitive, with influences ranging from
Eduard Munch to Joan Miro, Australian Aboriginal art
to Jean Dubuffet and Outsider Art. The ten artists
comprise an interesting cross section. Half are self-taught.
Ages stretch from mid-30s to mid-90s. Media include
paintings, drawings, etchings, collage, assemblage,
mixed media and sculpture. Some of their accomplishments
include NEA fellowships, public sculpture and mural
installations, and publishing children's picture books.
All of these elements combine to make an exciting
visual smorgasbord held together by the narrative
art form.
In visual narrative stories emerge from constellations
of dots and strokes of paint, points of reference,
shadows and overlays, forms and images, figures and
objects. -- It often requires a new vocabulary to
describe patterns, motifs, moods, and emotions. Carl
Jung's so-called "archetypes" lay out patterns
of personalities, symbols, and myths to explain recurring
principles in living reality. The anthropologist Claude
Levi- Strauss wrote that the vast number of mythic
stories in the world can be distilled into certain
structures that are constant and universal. A.J. Greimas
points out contrasting polarities in stories, such
as subject/object, sender/ receiver, helper/opponent
-- the individual terms of which are characteristic
representation.
Elisa
Vegliante of New Haven is a painter who also stars
in husband Ace Fronton's backyard films as the eccentric
actress Yahuba Daley. Whenever she is not making art
she is teaching art to elementary school children.
One of her many talents is extracting extraordinary
pictures from her students. Their art, in turn, informs
hers. In addition to the influence of children's art,
Vegliante aligns herself ultimately with Outsider
Art. Initially a printmaker, she turned to oil painting
in the 80s, eventually finding a kinship with Eduard
Munch, Vincent Van Gogh and Frida Kahlo. In the late
90s she began developing complex narratives in an
over-amped expressionistic style she has dubbed "Mondoexpressionism",
which can be roughly translated as "beyond The
Scream".
Claudine
Burns-Smith
"Carlos Defending the Children from the Chickens"
ceramic wall sculpture, 30"
x 30"
Claudine
Burns-Smith is a US citizen/Parisian who resides
in Hamden, CT. Formerly an Art Instructor at The Hopkins
School, she paints on handmade paper and sculpts in
clay and cement. Her narratives relate to her love
of family, mythology, and primitive cultures. Primary
influences are the art of Oceania and Dubuffet. Her
approach is always intuitive. She pays no attention
to archetypes until after the art is completed. Only
then does take stock of what the piece is about. Her
interest in the work of Carl Jung and dream symbolism
enhance themes that typically derive from her personal
life or the natural world.
Gordon
$kinner "Shante' "
acrylics, house paint, spray paint,
on fibre material board,
42" x 48"
Gordon
Skinner of Woodbridge, CT, comes from a fashion
design background. His "masks" are wildly
Dubuffet + Basquiat. He has been creating quite a
stir in New Haven and NYC galleries as well as Yale
University's Afro-American Cultural Center. Skinner's
art is composed of organic narrative portraits that
reveal his inner struggle and come to life through
his signature blend of bold color, spontaneous brushwork,
and a world of hard-edged life experiences. Personal
and universal revelations lie behind the mask-like
visages. Skinner's work is also reminiscent of a tradition
and movement known as "Blues Impulse" comprised
of artists who transform circumstance and hardship
into extraordinary levels of visual content and artistic
expression.
Cherie
Tredanari "Vento d'Amore"
copper sculpture, 20" x 15" x 30"
Cherie
Tredanari is a 94 year old bohemian from Manhattan's
Upper West Side who still creates metal sculptures
and then builds pedestals for them. She uses all types
of metals, new and recycled, to produce abstract narratives
that are sometimes whimsical, sometimes stately, sometimes
delicate, always vital. She studied with such figures
as Arthur Melzer, Paul Gill, and Henry Snell. Movement
is most important to her: movement through time as
well as movement through space. Tredanari has designed
many large scale sculptures, including one installed
at Broadway Malls in 1983 titled "Number 11 Perspectives",
dedicated to Duke Ellington. In 1981, at the request
of Saks Fifth Avenue, Cherie installed 13 of her sculptures
in their Fifth Avenue display windows. Her home is
a salon where artist friends visit, drinking wine
from bottles bearing the Tredanari label, produced
in her basement.
Helene
Burke "Teapot #3"
mixed media on canvas, 16" x 20"
Helene
Burke of NYC is an NEA fellowship recipient (1992-93)
who currently works in mixed media collage, with a
background in painting and found object sculpture.
She has published two children's picture books, pieces
of which appear in her collages. The vocabulary of
her art is biomorphic surrealism, descended from such
painters as Miro and Kandinsky. Burke begins her collages
by doodling just as Miro used automatic drawing to
begin his biomorphic works. She combines her own drawings,
cut up paintings, papers, pieces of pages from her
books, thin layers of acrylic paint and splotches
of walnut ink to create dreamy landscapes of furniture,
plant forms and domestic interiors. Important themes
in these narratives are childhood innocence and healing
of the inner child, and personal transformation that
creates Hope.
Nick
Grossmann
"Nephilem Invade the Little People Village"
oils on canvas, 24" x 30"
Formerly
living the life of an Outlaw, Nick Grossmann
of Norwalk, CT, went on a self-imposed exile in his
mid-twenties, spending a lot of time alone, practicing
meditation, learning voodoo, meeting with a Shaman,
finding his truths and coming to terms with his identity.
He went into an art store one day, bought paints and
brushes and canvases, and has been painting ever since.
Grossman now happily perceives himself as a vagabond,
a troubadour, a street mystic and, most recently,
a sea gypsy named Mickey Wolve. These identities fuel
the subject matter of his art. Each painting is a
story drawn from Grossmann's adventures. Images are
built of heavily textured layers of garish colors,
shadows, forms and details scratched into freshly
painted canvas. His painting titled "The End
of You" was included in the 2011 annual Nurture
Art Benefit held at the Chelsea Art Museum.
Moira
Fain "Teapot #3"
mixed media , 16" x 20"
Moira
Fain of Landers, California has also published
a children's book with beautiful illustrations rendered
in oils. She and her family presently live in the
Mojave Desert. Although her body of work includes
oil paintings, drawings and etchings, her primary
art form is assemblage. This exhibition features what
she refers to as her "collage boxes" which
she began constructing during the 90s. Steeped in
childhood imagery and ominous overtones, these narratives
recall childhood confusion and conflicted relationships
with parents, overshadowed by the impending loss of
innocence. As adult understanding emerges, personal
experiences are understood; the collage boxes become
less detailed and more focused. Finally, in later
works, the art starts to take over the narrative.
Bob
Cuneo "Primal Deities" (6 of 12)
Dancing Goddess & God
Elder Goddess & God
Enchanted Goddess & God
derwent pigmented leads, each painting 8" x
10"
Bob
Cuneo is a retired Professor of Fine Arts from
the University of Bridgeport where he taught from
1969 to 1989. He is a painter of miniature narratives
in the Magic Realist style. After leaving his teaching
post, he moved away from the ideas of contemporary
art and devoted most of his work to his long-time
practice of neo-pagan Wicca, also becoming a staff
artist for the nature/spirituality quarterly CIRCLE
MAGAZINE, which has featured his ink drawings and
color covers since 1985. His recent narrative series
"Thought-Form Divinities : Astral Images of the
Great Goddess and the Primal God by a Wiccan Iconographer"
relates his symbolism and mythic pictorial imagery
to the Hermetic Traditions of alchemy, pagan magic,
ancient wisdom, and Renaissance story-telling.
Dana
Naumann "The Narrator"
lead pedestal sculpture, 8" x 20" x 6"
Dana
Baldwin Naumann, former corporate marketing executive
who reincarnated as a self-taught artist, is a metal
sculptor and painter residing in Branford, CT. His
style stretches from primitive to expressionistic.
Naumann hammers narratives out of sheets of lead in
the form of religious, mythic and archetypal figures,
reminiscent of the art and artifacts found amongst
ruins of an ancient civilization. He finishes the
metal in zinc or copper patinas which impart a warm
glow and add a feeling of softness to the hard surfaces.
The idealized woman and romantic love are also themes
that he frequently revisits.
Maurice
Hansen"Vision of Catatonic Cathlick Medamorphics"
acrylics on casnvas, 19" x 20"
In
Memoriam . . . Maurice Hansen (1941 - 2000)
The late New Haven Outsider Artist, Maurice
Hansen, created an endless stream of paintings,
poems, plays and videos in an elaborately quirky environment
of his own making from 1960 until his untimely death
in 2000 from Lymphoma at age 59. In 1993 his retrospective
"Inner Visions", which included 63 paintings
spanning four decades, was curated by Whitey Jenkins
and held at the Aetna Center Gallery in Hartford.
Outsider art critic and Director of the Benton Museum
in Storrs, Sal Scalora, called it a "tour de
force". This exhibition sparked the subsequent
steady flow of solo and group shows which had been
long overdue. His exposure over the next seven years
included such venues as the Cork Gallery at Avery
Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center where he exhibited his
30 foot mural of Coney Island; the Bridges + Bodell
Gallery on East 7th Street where he exhibited his
25 foot mural of the 3rd International Outsider Art
Fair. Hansen's art was also exhibited during the early
years of the Outsider Art Fair at the Puck building
in Soho. Reviews of his shows were featured in the
New York Times, The New Haven Register, The Advocate,
Art New England, Provincetown Art, Folk Art Finder
and the Hartford Courant. Hansen was also included
in Betty-Carol Sellen's and Cynthia J. Johansen's
resource book "Self-Taught, Outsider and Folk
Art: A Guide to American Artists, Locations and Resources",
1999.
Hansen and Maximalism
Maximalism began to appear as a movement in painting
during the 90s in both Europe and the US, having been
initiated in a catalog by filmmaker and painter Daryush
Shokof of Cologne, Germany for his 1990 solo exhibition
at Galleria Verlato in Milano, Italy. As a visual
art form it is elaborate in design, ornate in detail
and bright in color. In the catalog for that show
Shokof wrote some of his thoughts on Maximalism: "Unbalancing
the Chaos = Balance = Life = Maximalism" and
"Life for a Maximalist means actions committed
by every moving creature." A year later Shokof's
"Maximalist Manifesto" began appearing in
his exhibition catalogs asserting that, as an aesthetic,
Maximalism "is open to wide views and visionary
dimensions that can be fantastic, but not deformed".
Back in New Haven, at roughly the same time, Maurice
Hansen found that, to catch attention in our frenzied
environment, the artist can reinforce his concepts
with multiple subtexts and elaborate detail. In a
captivating, wildly expressionistic style, Hansen
flaunted these visual excesses as a self-proclaimed
Maximalist. In a 1994 exhibition at the York Square
Cinema Gallery in New Haven, "Castles, Kings
and Carnivals; The Maximalist style of Maurice Hansen",
the artist displayed his fully developed philosophy,
vision and style.
Hansen's Narratives
Maurice Hansen's starring role was as a painter of
narrative. Through decades of painting Biblical subjects
as well as contemporary cultural and political events,
Hansen took the art of visual narrative to a whole
new level. One of his better known paintings "Starry
Night of the Kingdom Come" (property of Beverly
Kaye Gallery) is an apocalyptic vision which depicts
an extravaganza of cultural icons and religious references
interwoven with subplots and miscellaneous annotation,
and which ironically result in a painting that celebrates
life.
Exhibition:
January 26 - March 3, 2013
Gallery Hours: Thursday thru Saturday, 1 to 6 PM.
Recent
Azoth Gallery Exhibition
THE
ISLAND ARTISTS OF RIVAA
The International Enclave
of Artists of Gallery RIVAA Roosevelt
Island, NYC
The
New Haven Free Public Library Gallery
133 Elm Street (Lower Level) New Haven, CT
06510
Artist
Reception: Saturday, October 13, 2 to 4 PM.
Exhibition
thru November 16, 2012.
Barbara
deCew -- "Waters of Time"
acrylics on canvas, 48"
x 30"
the
artists:
Valeriu
Boborelu
Rachel Garrick
Annette R. Hochberg (1918-2012)
Piotr Olszewski
Ioan Popoiu
Edel Stuehmke-Levy
Barbara
deCew
Toshiko Kitano Groner
Arlene Jacoby
Kevin Pope
Georgette Sinclair
Victoria Thorson
Guest
Curator: Barbara deCew, Vice-President RIVAA
Gallery,
Roosevelt Island, NYC
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on Frame button for Full Screen view, ^ here.
The
Roosevelt Island Visual Art Association
(RIVAA) is a cooperative of artists in an international
community, located on an island in the East
River, NYC, bridging Manhattan and Long Island
City, Queens. Established in March, 2001, its
membership of approximately twenty-five artists
promotes RIVAA as a dedicated cultural center
which provides monthly classical music concerts,
jazz salons, poetry readings, modern dance and
theatre events!
Toshiko
Kitaro Groner -- "Hampton"
oils on canvas, 18" x
24"
Vicoria
Thornton -- "Basswood Abstraction"
wood sculpture, 30" x
15" x 11"
Georgette
Sinclair - "On the Coast of Maine"
dry pastels, 19" x 22"
Ioan
Popoiu -- "Anonymous"
acrylics on canvas, 36" x 48"
Piotr
Roland Olszewski -- "Roosevelt Island"
photograph, 18" x 24"
Exhibition:
October 13 - November 16, 2012
POSTERS
FROM AN ISLAND - Classic Films vs. Contemporary
Cuban Design -- An exhibition in conjuction with the New
Haven International Ibero-AMERICAN Film Festival
The
New Haven Free Public Library Gallery
133 Elm Street (Lower Level) New Haven, CT
06510
Artist
Reception: Tuesday, October 2, 3 to 5 PM.
Exhibition
thru October 12, 2012.
Nelson
Ponce' -- marquee poster: "A Clockwork
Orange"
A
collection of posters designed by young cuban
designers. The exhibit will be curated by designers
Nelson Ponce, Raúl Valdes (RAUPA) and
by Sara Vega, an specialist from the Cinemateque
of Cuba . The number of available works will
vary depending on the exhibition space.
23 serigraphic works, format 51 x 76 cm, covering
international classic films as viewed by Cuban
designers.
NELSON
PONCE'
Young Designers
Development of the serigraphic posters organized
by the young designers that work this artistic
expression. Di erten tgeneration al technologies.Current
forms of production. Caca (Friends of Posters
Club). Revitalization of the genre by young
designers, from 1999 to the
present.
Raul
Valdes Raupa - marquee poster
RAÚL
VALDES RAUPA
The second step
The cultural or cinema poster is the fi rst
step in a promotional or "popular”
campaign. The second step involves the development
of the idea and the graphic elements in order
to create a consequent story with multiple elements
that will support it. In this case, the audiovisual
spot
is very strong in Cuba because of its masses
and visual appeal.
How do you develop a story with just a few minutes
from that fi rst step (the poster) ? It is done
from the poster, script, story board, animation
and composition.
Yolyanko
WIlliam - marquee poster - Piano with Saxes
SARA VEGA
Cinema Posters
Cinema Posters from an island Panoramic view
of the graphic arts
especially produced for the promotion of cuban
cinema. References to the peak reached by this
manifestation during the decades of the sixties
and seventies, the crisis of the eighties and
nineties and the new expressions that hinted
to a recovery of the genre during the last few
years.
This renovation period occurs because of a new
generation of graduates from the Superior Institute
of Design which not only has contributed to
the revitalization of lm posters, but also
to the productof posters for other cultural
institutions.
Exhibition:
September 12 - October 12, 2012
Red,
Blue, White,
Bodies of Light ...
art works by
Valeriu Boborelu
A
Romanian art educator whose creative, spiritual
vision brought him to the US in 1983, Valeriu Boborelu
paints fractal layers of space/time. Luminous, transparent
beings gesture and vibrate in the cosmic dance
of karma.
OPENING
RECEPTION:
SATURDAY, April 28, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Guest Curator: Johnes Ruta
Valeriu
Boborelu"Phthalo - Blue
Celestial Meditation"
acrylics on canvas, 60" x 60"
Artist
Valeriu Boborelu is an inspired painter of human shapes
in ancestral & anthropomorphic silhouettes --
silhouettes integrated in verticals, obliques, and
spirals superimposed to create a continuous movement
of Space. Using contrasts in a reduced range of colors,
polarities of white & black, large strokes of
modulated grays, gestural tensions create a Chromatic
Vertigo, a vibration, and depth: "In my paintings
are human shapes and forms inspired by the mineral
and floral worlds. Figures are luminous, transparent
and pearl-white colored, and appear from the Blue-Black
depths of space. Underlying geometric drawing combines
with the harmony of sober color. There is a dialogue
between Part and Totality. In my vision, these figures
symbolize our subtle inner-nature of Wisdom and Compassion
-- our spiritual Bodies of Light."
Click
on the image below to play the Artist Introduction
video
Click on the "Full Screen" button for
a large view. (14 minutes)
Valeriu
Boborelu "Luminous Magenta Romanian
Figures"
acrylics on canvas, 60" x 60"
Boborelu
hails originally from Bucharest, Romania. He obtained
his MFA in 1965 at the Nicolae Grigorescu Academy
of Fine Arts there, as a student of the world-famous
painter Gheorghe Saru. He went on to teach Composition
and Drawing there from 1966 to 1982, and became the
Chair of Painting. After studying Painting, Drawing,
and Art Documentation in Perugia, Rome, Bologna, Venice,
Naples, Sicily, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and
Russia, he was allowed to make study visits to Paris,
from where in 1983 he was able to bring his family
out of Ceausescu’s Romania, finally settling
in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York.
Boborelu’s early paintings were influenced by
Romanian traditional art, such as old icons on glass,
rugs from Oltenia and Moldavia, and ceramics pots.
There is a visionary relation between color and value,
the equilibrium and rhythm of shapes, dynamicity,
exaltation, a cool / warm dialogue.
Valeriu
Boborelu "Blue Meditation"
acrylics on canvas, 48" x 36"
"I
believe that an artist-painter has to think and
feel continuously in form-color, to translate all
the events of life in symbol colored images. Color,
the essential element in art painting, can tell
us about the depth and warmth of life, and the uniqueness
of our psychic experiences. Spiritually, color is
a vehicle to penetrate and experience the Superior
Planes of Consciousness. Art painting is the happiness
and joy of life: the aesthetic manifestation of
human beings. It is the inner, spiritual vibration
sent to other souls -- the special way of seeking
our real Identity."
Boborelu
had one man shows in several Bucharest galleries,
and was in group shows in Warsaw, Turin, Helsinki,
Venice, Moscow, Sofia, and Budapest. Working in
Paris 1982-83, he was in the "Salon D'Automne,"
"Grand Palais" shows, and in recent years,
Montmartre, The International Festival of Paris,
The Biennial Drawing Exhibition at the Art Gallery
Le Puget. In the U.S., he has shown at the Alex
Gallery in Washington DC; the York Square Gallery,
New Haven; in NYC at Tribeca 148, Artist’s
Space, Gallery Korea, the East-West Gallery at the
Romanian Cultural Center, and GALLERY RIIVA on Roosevelt
Island. His work is in private and State collections.
Directions
to Gallery RIVAA:
From
GRAND CENTRAL STATION in Manhattan: Walk 3 blocks
west (right) on 42nd Street to the corner of 6th
Avenue, at Bryant Park; take the F Subway Train
uptown. Get off at the 4th stop (the FIRST STOP
after LEXINGTON AVE/E63rd ST.). Exit the subway
station and walk north (right) 1/8 mile on Main
Street to Gallery RIVAA, 527 Main Street.
OR
take the Roosevelt Island TRAM from E60th &
2nd Ave.
On Roosevelt Island, exit the tram station and walk
north 1/4 mile on Main Street to Gallery RIVAA,
527 Main Street.
THE
ISLAND ARTISTS OF RIVAA
The International
Enclave of Artists of Gallery RIVAA
Roosevelt Island, NYC
The
New Haven Free Public Library
Gallery
133 Elm Street (Lower Level) New
Haven, CT 06510
Artist
Reception: Saturday, October 13,
2 to 4 PM.
Exhibition
thru November 16, 2012.
Barbara
deCew -- "Waters of Time"
acrylics on canvas,
48" x 30"
the
artists:
Valeriu
Boborelu
Rachel Garrick
Annette R. Hochberg (1918-2012)
Piotr Olszewski
Ioan Popoiu
Edel Stuehmke-Levy
Barbara
deCew
Toshiko Kitano Groner
Arlene Jacoby
Kevin Pope
Georgette Sinclair
Victoria Thorson
Guest
Curator: Barbara deCew, Vice-President
RIVAA Gallery,
Roosevelt Island, NYC
Click
on Frame button for Full Screen
view, ^ here.
The
Roosevelt Island Visual Art Association
(RIVAA) is a cooperative of artists
in an international community, located
on an island in the East River,
NYC, bridging Manhattan and Long
Island City, Queens. Established
in March, 2001, its membership of
approximately twenty-five artists
promotes RIVAA as a dedicated cultural
center which provides monthly classical
music concerts, jazz salons, poetry
readings, modern dance and theatre
events!
Toshiko
Kitaro Groner -- "Hampton"
oils on canvas,
18" x 24"
Vicoria
Thornton -- "Basswood Abstraction"
wood sculpture,
30" x 15" x 11"
Georgette
Sinclair - "On the Coast
of Maine"
dry pastels, 19" x 22"
Ioan
Popoiu -- "Anonymous"
acrylics on canvas, 36" x
48"
Piotr
Roland Olszewski -- "Roosevelt
Island"
photograph, 18" x 24"
Exhibition:
October 13 - November 16, 2012
Red,
Blue, White,
Bodies of Light ...
art works by
Valeriu Boborelu
A
Romanian art educator whose creative,
spiritual vision brought him to the
US in 1983, Valeriu Boborelu paints
fractal layers of space/time. Luminous,
transparent beings gesture and vibrate
in the cosmic dance
of karma.
OPENING
RECEPTION:
SATURDAY, April 28, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Guest Curator: Johnes Ruta
Valeriu
Boborelu"Phthalo
- Blue Celestial Meditation"
acrylics on canvas, 60" x 60"
Artist
Valeriu Boborelu is an inspired painter
of human shapes in ancestral & anthropomorphic
silhouettes -- silhouettes integrated
in verticals, obliques, and spirals superimposed
to create a continuous movement of Space.
Using contrasts in a reduced range of
colors, polarities of white & black,
large strokes of modulated grays, gestural
tensions create a Chromatic Vertigo, a
vibration, and depth: "In my paintings
are human shapes and forms inspired by
the mineral and floral worlds. Figures
are luminous, transparent and pearl-white
colored, and appear from the Blue-Black
depths of space. Underlying geometric
drawing combines with the harmony of sober
color. There is a dialogue between Part
and Totality. In my vision, these figures
symbolize our subtle inner-nature of Wisdom
and Compassion -- our spiritual Bodies
of Light."
Click
on the image below to play the Artist
Introduction video
Click on the "Full Screen"
button for a large view. (14 minutes)
Valeriu
Boborelu "Luminous
Magenta Romanian Figures"
acrylics on canvas, 60" x 60"
Boborelu
hails originally from Bucharest, Romania.
He obtained his MFA in 1965 at the Nicolae
Grigorescu Academy of Fine Arts there,
as a student of the world-famous painter
Gheorghe Saru. He went on to teach Composition
and Drawing there from 1966 to 1982, and
became the Chair of Painting. After studying
Painting, Drawing, and Art Documentation
in Perugia, Rome, Bologna, Venice, Naples,
Sicily, East Germany, Czechoslovakia,
and Russia, he was allowed to make study
visits to Paris, from where in 1983 he
was able to bring his family out of Ceausescu’s
Romania, finally settling in Kew Gardens,
Queens, New York.
Boborelu’s early paintings were influenced
by Romanian traditional art, such as old
icons on glass, rugs from Oltenia and
Moldavia, and ceramics pots. There is
a visionary relation between color and
value, the equilibrium and rhythm of shapes,
dynamicity, exaltation, a cool / warm
dialogue.
Valeriu
Boborelu "Blue Meditation"
acrylics on canvas, 48" x 36"
"I
believe that an artist-painter has to
think and feel continuously in form-color,
to translate all the events of life
in symbol colored images. Color, the
essential element in art painting, can
tell us about the depth and warmth of
life, and the uniqueness of our psychic
experiences. Spiritually, color is a
vehicle to penetrate and experience
the Superior Planes of Consciousness.
Art painting is the happiness and joy
of life: the aesthetic manifestation
of human beings. It is the inner, spiritual
vibration sent to other souls -- the
special way of seeking our real Identity."
Boborelu
had one man shows in several Bucharest
galleries, and was in group shows in
Warsaw, Turin, Helsinki, Venice, Moscow,
Sofia, and Budapest. Working in Paris
1982-83, he was in the "Salon D'Automne,"
"Grand Palais" shows, and
in recent years, Montmartre, The International
Festival of Paris, The Biennial Drawing
Exhibition at the Art Gallery Le Puget.
In the U.S., he has shown at the Alex
Gallery in Washington DC; the York Square
Gallery, New Haven; in NYC at Tribeca
148, Artist’s Space, Gallery Korea,
the East-West Gallery at the Romanian
Cultural Center, and GALLERY RIIVA on
Roosevelt Island. His work is in private
and State collections.
Directions
to Gallery RIVAA:
From
GRAND CENTRAL STATION in Manhattan:
Walk 3 blocks west (right) on 42nd Street
to the corner of 6th Avenue, at Bryant
Park; take the F Subway Train uptown.
Get off at the 4th stop (the FIRST STOP
after LEXINGTON AVE/E63rd ST.). Exit
the subway station and walk north (right)
1/8 mile on Main Street to Gallery RIVAA,
527 Main Street.
OR
take the Roosevelt Island TRAM from
E60th & 2nd Ave.
On Roosevelt Island, exit the tram station
and walk north 1/4 mile on Main Street
to Gallery RIVAA, 527 Main Street.
COLOR
IS LIFE
abstract paintings
by Stanislao Sullo
The
New Haven Free Public Library Gallery
133 Elm Street (Lower Level) New Haven,
CT 06510
Artists'
Reception: Saturday, February, 16 2 to
4 PM.
Exhibition
thru March 14, 2013.
Stanislao
Sullo "Patia" ("Craziness")
oils and acrylics on canvas, 40" x
30"
Stanislao
Sullo is a New Haven artist, born in Panni,
Italy. Sullo is a self-taught artist who
works in watercolors, oils, and acrylics.
He studied ancient art and worked in the
fashion world in Bologna, Italy for many
years. working in that world on both Broadway,
New York City and New Haven.
"In
my works," says Stanislao, Color
is life. Color represents the mood of
a person, and gives emotion to figures.
Abstract colors give a personal interpretation
of emotion, a variety of color-identification:
the mood of the day -- -- morning --
afternoon -- evening..."
Sullo's fascination with color began
when in 2002 he opened his men's clothing
store, Monsieur, in Bologna. Immersed
in the world of fashion, he worked with
local artisans to create lines of menswear
with innovative color combinations and
led his brand to become one of the most
prestigious in northern Italy. His storefront
window displays were noted for their
originality and he quickly became sought
after as a window designer for businesses
throughout Bologna.
Arriving in New Haven, Connecticut three
years ago, Stanislao has continued to
explore amalgamations of color through
his work in storefront design and through
his paintings. He combines media, oil
and acrylic paints and wax, to create
textured and atmospheric images on large
scale supports of canvas, linen, and
wood. He paintings subtly layer and
juxtapose hues to provoke each individual
viewer's own memories and experiences
of color.
Stanislao
Sullo "Two Faces" oils, acrylics
and wax on canvas, 24" x 36"
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"My
work expresses everyday emotions –
simultaneously concrete and fleeting,
recognizable and imperceptible, extraordinary
and unexceptional – through experimentation
with various color palettes and combinations.
I take inspiration from my work in fashion
design and as a specialist in storefront
window display, as well as from my travels.
"Color is the substance of the
landscapes and panoramas that surround
us in our lives; it can depict our moods
and define our visual perceptions of
the physical world. Through the medium
of paint, I recall the ever-changing
expanse and greens, reds, and browns
of my southern Italian hometown located
on a hilltop of the Apennines. Tones
of blue evoke time spent in Greece as
eclectic bright color describe the chaos
of Tokyo. I am ever stirred by the museum-scape
of Barcelona, dotted by the late works
of Miró. Juxtapositions of color
can represent events, episodes, or memories
of our individual journeys through life.
Experiencing color through art is a
way to dream, to reminisce, and to reify
emotion."
Stanislao
Sullo "The Kiss" oils and acrylics
on canvas, 40" x 30"
Exhibition:
February 7 -March 14, 2013
Recent
New Haven Library Gallery Exhibition
BLUE
Unique works on paper
by Vanilia Majoros
The
New Haven Free Public Library Gallery
133 Elm Street (Lower Level) New Haven,
CT 06510
Artists'
Reception: Saturday, January, 12 to 4
PM.
Exhibition
thru February 7, 2012.
Vanilia
Majoros "Xoxo" - silkscreen, 10"w
x 7"h
Vanilia
Majoros came from Hungary to the US
in 2003. She lives in New Haven, and
teaches Printmaking at Creative Arts
Workshop.
"I
love to explore my own self and image;
this is the culmination of the fusion
of science and art for me. I try to
see things in my own way, shaped by
my life and my experiences. For each
viewer this experience an entry into
this personal world through visual or
mental images, can be uniquely his own."
Vanilia
received her Ph.D. in Art History in 1997
in Budapest, and worked there as a scholar
and as head of the Art Collection of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences. She has
written six books and more than one hundred
articles about European Modernism., and
spends her time at the Yale Libraries
researching and writing. Her largest book
is about one of the best Hungarian painters,
Lajos Tihanyi, who died in Paris in 1938.
"My book was published in Budapest
in 2004, and this was a changing point
in my life. My dream to become a Yale
professor did not materialize, but a new
dream to be an artist was born. -- After
eleven solo shows of my photos in Hungary,
I determined art as a new field of pursuit,
and I began my studies of Calligraphy
with Martha German and of Printmaking
with Barbara Harder at the Creative Arts
Workshop.
Vanilia
Majoros "Grand Central Terminal"
- cyanotype, 24"w x42"h
"From
2006, I was a guest student in the Yale
School of Art, in the first year completing
all of the Printmaking classes with Norm
Paris. After finishing the Graduate Printmaking
Seminar with Rochelle Feinstein, I was
invited to teach printmaking in the Creative
Arts Workshop. Since 2005, I've participated
in group shows in New Haven, and in 2009
my first solo show took place at the DaSilva
Gallery." In 2010, the Arts Council
of New Haven invited her to show in Gallery
195 in the downtown First Niagara Bank,
and the New Haven Register published a
complimentary article about Barbara Marks'
and her works in this show.
Vanilia
Majoros "Variation for Sunday"
- cyanotype, 42"w x24"h
Vanilia's
prints are in private collections in the
US, Hungary, Austria, Australia, China,
Japan, Switzerland, Ireland and Germany,
and in the Collection of the National
Gallery of Hungary, the Literary Museum
and the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest.
"My unique prints are not only monotypes,
but mono prints by woodcut, carborundum,
linoleum cut, lithograph and etching.
I make prints connected to Architecture,
Music, Literature and Fine Art, a series
dedicated to Gehry, and portraits about
Gyorgy Ligeti, Anna Netrebko, Joan Sutherland,
Paul Auster and Chuck Close. My Connecticut
Garden series is based on Nature, but
I like semi-Abstraction."
The
New Haven Free Public Library Gallery
133 Elm Street (Lower Level) New Haven,
CT 06510
Artists'
Reception: Saturday, November 17, 2 to
4 PM.
Exhibition
thru January 2, 2013.
Rosebud
Ebenezer "New York 2" acrylics
on canvas, 36"w x 18"h
ROSEBUD
EBENEZER
"My
recent acrylic on canvas series ‘New
York’ is my rumination over my
New York City life," writes Rosebud.
Born and raised in a very quite countryside
of South India, I moved to New York
few years ago. The concrete jungle that
New York is famous for baffled my senses
at first and later I started seeing
the quintessential abstract and geometrical
patterns that was hiding behind the
physical facade of the city.
Abstraction
to me is the essence of my innermost
feelings that stand with color and form.
The subtle forms in my work hold a physical
presence of the cityscape yet truly
an inner manifestation of my own self
of the objective exterior. I prefer
to make sketches from my walk in Manhattan
and other high-rises around Brooklyn
area then transfer them on to my canvas
to convert them as my personal images.
The
bright colors that are characteristic
of my palette help me bath in vivid
shades till I complete a work. I move
to and fro between delicate color variations
and intense shades until the form and
the color converge to become a unique
whole.
In
Chennai, India, 1992, Rosebud Ebenezer
earned her B.Sc. in Ceramic Design at
Government College of Arts and Crafts,
and an award for Excellence at the Victoria
Technical Institute. During 2012, Rosebud
has had two shows at A. Jain Marunouchi
Gallery, on West 57th Street, New York
City: ‘Yudh Abhyas’ and ‘New
Beginnings.’
Rosebud
Ebenezer "Byway 4" acrylics on
canvas, 20"w x 36"h
Rosebud
Ebenezer "New York 4" acrylics
on canvas, 24"w x 24"h
Ebenezer
Sunder Singh, a Fulbright scholar from
Madras, India, constructs images with
allegorical/religious references, displaying
metaphysical aspects of Shiva, angels,
and the human figure, with a mastery
of texture, equilibrium, tonality, and
rhythm. His references cross several
cultures because he comes originally
from the state of Tamil Nadu in southern
India, studying at the Madras College
of Art there, and at the Art Institute
of Boston.
Ebenezer
Sunder Singh "Cathedral" acrylics
on canvas, 18"w x 12"h
Building
references in his writing to "elemental
forces," the "Body's compulsions,"
"matter & energy," "memory
packages," and "spiritual plethora,"
his artwork is committed to developing
a visual vocabulary of his spiritual experience.
His evocative figures each fall within
a fixed translucent geometric form, visualizing
personal thought and the intimacy of human
emotions, such as the mutual sharing of
breath and the experience of sexual parity
in free-fall.
Ebenezer
Sunder Singh "Prowl" acrylics
on canvas, 12"w x 18"h
Working
on hand-made paper in tempera, acrylics,
or acrylic emulsion, Ebenezer explores
the inner color complexity of the human
torso: contrasts of blue, red, and orange
blend to manifest the throat chakra
and a mandalla centered over the navel
chakra. He describes a visionary experience
invoking the symbolism of the Snake,
representing its mythic history and
the creation of the Universe. His writing
is included in three catalogs: "Fibre
Glass Sculptures and Painted Books,"
"The Hollow Men, The Stuffed Men,"
and "Inspirationen."
Both
Rosebud Ebenezer and husband Ebenezer
Sunder Singh are currently represented
by A. Jain Marunouchi Gallery on West
57th Street, New York City, and have
their studios in Park Slope, Brooklyn,
NY.
Exhibition:
November 17 -December 27, 2012
MONDOEXPRESSIONISM
featuring the paintings of
elisa vegliante
The
New Haven Free Public Library Gallery
133 Elm Street (Lower Level) New Haven,
CT 06510
Artist
Reception: Saturday, August 11, 2 to 4
PM.
Exhibition
thru September 8, 2012.
Elisa
Vegliante "Outside
Art Fair"
oils on canvas, 22" x 28"
Welcome
to the world of “Mondoexpressionism”
a term created by New Haven artist Elisa
Vegliant which can be roughly translated
as "Beyond ‘The Scream.’"
Reaching for words to describe her massive,
iconoclastic body of work, clichés
like "poignant", "provocative"
and other recycled expletives are impotent
and absurd. (This curator would credit
it as a form of "Maximalism,"
in the vein of such a painter as her colleague,
outsider Maurice Hansen (1941-2000) --
but whereas Hansen's work is narrative,
Vegliante's is explosive.)
Arty
Fields of The Patterson Review of Art
notes that by “combining the expressionism
of Edvard Munch with the personal visual
documentation of Frida Kahlo, Vegliante’s
… [oil on canvas] paintings merge
elements of inner psychology with events
in the material world to form a haunting,
disturbing, enlightening and completely
unique body of work… Her paintings
vividly illustrate the psychological
and philosophical under-pinnings of
characters and events, the spiritual
motivation behind things, rather than
the things themselves. Her bold and
shameless paintings make for an ongoing
cultural diary of Western Civilization’s
mass hysteria
at the breaking point.”
Elisa
Vegliante "Vinny's
Chicken"
oils on canvas, 22" x 28"
Ms.
Vegliante also stars in husband Ace Fronton’s
backyard films as the eccentric actress,
Yahuba Daley, such as in the astonishing
(to this viewer), feature-length "Seven
Ghastly Sins" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVHesnVbvao&feature=youtube_gdata_player
These
films, like Vegliante’s paintings,
are multidimensional vignettes of psycho/social
commentary in motion picture format,
giving voice to another facet of the
artist’s boundless creativity.
For
more images and information on Elisa
Vegliante's work and exhibitions, please
visit the artist's website at http://www.mondoexpressionism.com
Elisa
Vegliante "Hot
Nut Stand"
oils on canvas, 22" x 28"
Exhibition:
August 8 -September 8, 2012
"The
Symbolism of Places"
art works by
Michael Kozlowski
The
New Haven Free Public Library
Gallery
133 Elm Street (Lower Level)
New Haven, CT 06510
Artist
Reception: Saturday, July 7,
2 to 4 PM.
Michael
Kozlowski "The
Wolf"
Oil, Acrylic, Lacquer, and spray
paint on canvas. 84" x 70"
"My
inspiration" says artist Michael
Kozlowski, "has always come
from painters who have the ability
to create and display another world
that not only allows you to visit
but draws you in and bars the door
behind you. Whether this is done
through the intrigue created by
the symbolism and careful technique
of Edward Hopper, or through the
visual attack that comes from many
paintings by Turner, creating work
that has this type of arresting
power and presence is my goal.
Michael
Kozlowski "Window
3"
Acrylic on canvas. 60" x
40"
"Most
of my work deals with places--typically
interiors or man-made spaces. Saying
that I allow the places I paint
to choose me would not be incorrect.
These are places which have all
made an impression on me in some
way, and the way I choose to present
them -- and the situations depicted
in these settings -- reflect, and
hopefully convey these impressions.
Each person brings their own history
and ideas to view artwork, and therefore
the images can suggest an endless
array of interpretations that may
evolve over time. Likewise, my paintings
are composed over long stretches
until they reach a "critical
mass," at which point they
can be assembled on the canvas.
These recent paintings are large
scale, immersive works depicting
store windows and interior spaces,
and attempt to incorporate contemporary
elements into representational painting
to make it more dynamic, expressive,
emotive, and appealing. Rather than
dictate a particular meaning or
point of view, they are meant to
evoke diverse feelings and emotions
which become a catalyst for a dialogue
with the work."
Michael
Kozlowski "Untitled"
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas.
56" 36"
Kozlowski is an award-winning
Fairfield County artist who studied
art at Southern Connecticut State
University in New Haven and at
the School of Visual Arts in New
York. In addition to drawing and
painting (in oils, acrylics, and
watercolors), he has studied traditional
darkroom and digital photography,
computer graphics, and advertising.
Exhibition:
July 3- August 1, 2012
"In
Relationship with Time"
art works by
Michael Sundra
The
New Haven Free Public Library
Gallery
133 Elm Street (Lower Level)
New Haven, CT 06510
Artist
Reception: Saturday, May 12,
2 to 4:30 PM.
Michael
Sundra "Elisa
and Elenya" mixed
media on canvas, 48"w x 48"h
“I
respond to things that are in relationship
with time,” says Michael Sundra.
"Words in a dream that came
one morning in early 2007 soon after
I began investigating the arch form
(the oldest man-made form in the
world), as subject matter for a
new direction in my work: 'More
than geometry, strength, mystical
meaning in sacred western architecture.
Vesica Piscis (Pisces).'
"In
painting, the object, the idea
is only pretext. The act of painting
is in direct relationship with
time. The essence of which (not
only form) is really what is being
explored. The painting usually
finds it’s way – if
you allow it to happen."
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on the image below to play the
Artist Talk videos 1 &2.
Click on the "Full Screen"
button for a large view. (20 minutes)
Michael
Sundra "In
Relationship with Time V"
mixed media on canvas, 48"w
x 48"h
Michael
Sundra was born in 1948 in Cleveland,
Ohio and resides in Farmington,
Connecticut. In 1972 he graduated
from the Paier College of Art in
New Haven with a degree in Photography.
His work has been featured in national
and international exhibits. One
of the most notable appearances
of his work was as a part of “Americans
on Americans,” the photographic
tour that opened at the Kiev Museum
of Art in Kiev, Ukraine in 1997,
and featured work from his Venice
Beach, California series where his
art was displayed alongside works
by Annie Liebowitz, Walker Evans,
Dorthea Lange, Herb Ritts, Bernice
Abbot, and “Beat” poet
Allen Ginsburg.
Michael
Sundra "In
Relationship with Time III"
mixed media on canvas, 48"w
x 48"h
As
a photographer, Sundra is most
known for his black and white
conceptual portraits and mixed
media art that incorporate his
B&W portraits as pretext for
painting. He has worked commercially
for many national clients and
Fortune 500 companies, out of
his former Colt building studio,
in Hartford, for twenty years.
Many of his fine art photographs
reside in corporate and private
collections.
Michael
Sundra "In
Relationship with Time VI"
mixed media on canvas, 48"w
x 48"h
Sundra’s
interest in painting began in 1990
in mixed media and he has gradually
made painting his primary focus
as an artist. In "Relationship
With Time," his current work
embraces ancient architectural forms,
primarily the arch, in it’s
relationship to primordial, mystical,
and spiritual energies; it’s
strength, and the influence the
arch has had on civilization over
time as both aesthetic and utilitarian
elements.
Michael
Sundra "In
Relationship with Time XIV"
mixed media on canvas, 48"w
x 48"h
Exhibition:
May 3 - June 18, 2012
"The
Urban and Aquatic Adventures of
Mickey Wolve"
paintings by
Nicholas Grossmann
The
New Haven Free Public Library Gallery
133 Elm Street (Lower Level) New Haven,
CT 06510
Artist
Reception: Saturday, March 17, 2 to
4:30 PM.
"It
all started as a child (ha ha). I was
really into heroes like Bat Man,"
says Nick Grossmann, alias "Mickey
Wolve." "I used to make up my
own evil villains and try to be as creative
as possible as to their unique super powers.
Come middle school, I was very misunderstood.
I had a few good friends but was definitely
part of the anti-establishment. I discovered
Punk Rock at the age of fourteen and fell
completely in love with the music because
it was non-conformist like me. I took
up writing and composing music, calling
myself a troubadour and playing country/punk.
Life wasn't easy. I felt like an Outlaw.
I didn't know what it was like to be a
'typical' person, and I still don't.
Nicholas
Grossmann - "Sea Gypses" - triptych,
oil on canvas, 72"w x 48"h
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Video
by Stan Olshefski
"As
I got older, I remained troubled and got
into some major...let's just say some Outlaw
issues that wasted chunks of time away from
my life. Eventually I started getting tired
of this lifestyle. I believe that when you're
an artist, you are different and it's hard
when you're not accepted; a lot of us become
rebels in our own way. Things changed a
lot when my son Dylan came along and some
friends have also changed my life as well.
I came to the conclusion that it wasn't
worth getting in trouble anymore. I happened
to go to a Native American Indian Pow Wow
just to go buy some art or crafts from them
and ended up in a powerful conversation
with a man there who was a Shaman and he
told me that I was gonna go on a journey
to find myself. Well after that, some unexplainable,
mystical things happened and I became even
more of a loner. I went on long hikes, meditated
and played music, alone. It was really spiritual
to have all that time to myself as well
as to having a son. If I can say I have
a spiritual belief and categorize it, it's
looking out for others more then myself.
I believe in helping the sick, Homeless,
and animals because that's worth more to
me then all the money in the "world.
Nicholas
Grossmann - "A Loner in a Lost City"
oil on canvas, 48"w x 64"h
"One
day about three years ago, out of the blue,
I went to the art store and bought supplies
and started painting. I did five or six
oil paintings and people really loved them.
I discovered I truly loved painting memories,
dreams and visions on canvas. I dedicate
much of my time to my art because I feel
passionate about the arts and my paintings.
My favorite color is purple and I use it
a lot. I like capturing the little things
in life that are absolutely breathtaking
to me." ~Nick Grossmann
Nicholas
Grossmann "Friends of the Neighborhood
- Waste Haven" oils on canvas, 68"w
x 50"h
Nick
Grossmann's artworks, with their vivid,
blended colors, emerging and submerged forms,
and deliberately trapezoidal shaped stretched
canvases, have been shown at many venues,
including Umbrella Arts, NYC; The Nest Arts
Factory, Bridgeport; Rosie in New Canaan;
the Bridgeport Arts Fest; Visions of Hope
for Japan; and Caffeine in South Norwalk.
Nicholas
Grossmann "Italiano Terrotso (Carmine)"
oils on canvas, 20"w x 16"h
Exhibition: February
18 - March 31, 2012
"Stolen
I.D.: Fragmented, Colonized,
and Lost"
paintings by GORDON SKINNER
The
New Haven Free Public Library Gallery
133 Elm Street (Lower Level) New Haven,
CT 06510
Artist
Reception: Thursday, January 19, 5 to
7 PM.
The subject
of identity is one every artist battles
with; whether this means voiding identity
of its importance or basing one’s art
entirely on what it means to be a Self and
a human. Gordon Skinner’s work falls
within the litmus of an identity in crisis.
As a young African-American, the frustration
felt by the artist at his lack of ownership
in society is something that is centuries
old and runs deep with in the veins of society.
He is part of a group that feels fragmented,
colonized, and lost. As Skinner puts it,
“I feel robbed of my heritage and culture.”
This anger and frustration
is too big to put into words. So, two
years ago in 2009, Skinner turned to paint
to vent that sense of invisibility in
a tangible way. He began painting figures
wearing colorful masks that represent
both concealment and expression. Though
their true identities, defining features,
and identifying qualities are obfuscated
by the mask, the images are expressive
and dynamic. Skinner tends to challenge
the norms of American society in his images,
calling upon the sedatives fed to the
public through television and reliance
on petroleum. In other works, he commemorates
those artists that inspire him, from Joan
Mitchell to Tracey Emin, expressing that
he is fully conscious of the fact that,
as a young artist, he is a subject of
those who blazed the trail before him.
Gordon
Skinner - "Tin Drum" acrylic
house paint, spray paint, and collage
on canvas, 36" x 48"
Full
of vigor and animation, his work is raw,
spontaneous, colorful, and fragmented.
You escape nothing when viewing his work;
through a variety of mediums, he lays
everything out on the table to be picked
over and looked at. There is a rough,
almost primal, edge to his artwork. It
comes from a severely emotional place,
creating an instant and intimate connection
with the viewer. Skinner is locating his
voice out of voicelessness; as an artist,
he is emerging into a category of human
that transcends definition and exists
purely in a place of creativity and innovation.
Gordon
Skinner is a visiting artist to the Fernando
Luis Alvarez Gallery. He is a New Haven
area artist.
Gordon
Skinner - "Wise Noble" acrylic
house paint and spray paint on canvas,
36" x 48"
Gordon
Skinner - "Crack Baby" acrylic
house paint on wood panel, 21" x
24 1/2"
Exhibition: January
10 - February 19, 2012
POSTERS
FROM AN ISLAND - Classic Films vs. Contemporary
Cuban Design -- An exhibition in conjuction with the New Haven
International Ibero-AMERICAN Film Festival
The
New Haven Free Public Library Gallery
133 Elm Street (Lower Level) New Haven, CT 06510
Artist
Reception: Tuesday, October 2, 3 to 5 PM.
Exhibition
thru October 12, 2012.
Nelson
Ponce' -- marquee poster: "A Clockwork Orange"
A
collection of posters designed by young cuban designers.
The exhibit will be curated by designers Nelson
Ponce, Raúl Valdes (RAUPA) and by Sara Vega,
an specialist from the Cinemateque of Cuba . The
number of available works will vary depending on
the exhibition space.
23 serigraphic works, format 51 x 76 cm, covering
international classic films as viewed by Cuban designers.
NELSON
PONCE'
Young Designers
Development of the serigraphic posters organized
by the young designers that work this artistic expression.
Di erten tgeneration al technologies.Current forms
of production. Caca (Friends of Posters
Club). Revitalization of the genre by young designers,
from 1999 to the
present.
Raul
Valdes Raupa - marquee poster
RAÚL
VALDES RAUPA
The second step
The cultural or cinema poster is the fi rst step
in a promotional or "popular” campaign.
The second step involves the development of the
idea and the graphic elements in order to create
a consequent story with multiple elements that will
support it. In this case, the audiovisual spot
is very strong in Cuba because of its masses and
visual appeal.
How do you develop a story with just a few minutes
from that fi rst step (the poster) ? It is done
from the poster, script, story board, animation
and composition.
Yolyanko
WIlliam - marquee poster - Piano with Saxes
SARA VEGA
Cinema Posters
Cinema Posters from an island Panoramic view of
the graphic arts
especially produced for the promotion of cuban cinema.
References to the peak reached by this manifestation
during the decades of the sixties and seventies,
the crisis of the eighties and nineties and the
new expressions that hinted to a recovery of the
genre during the last few years.
This renovation period occurs because of a new generation
of graduates from the Superior Institute of Design
which not only has contributed to the revitalization
of lm posters, but also to the productof posters
for other cultural institutions.
Exhibition:
September 12 - October 12, 2012
The
Amazing Himba People of NAMIBIA
photography by Barbara Paul
The
New Haven Free Public Library Gallery
133 Elm Street (Lower Level) New Haven, CT 06510
Artist
Reception: Saturday, April 14, 2 to 4:00 PM.
Barbara
Paul, of Westport, CT, photographs people living in remote
regions of Asia and Africa and other parts of the world
where few travelers visit. She photographs their ethnic
dress, tribal and religious customs, festivals and daily
way of life, capturing the spirit of the moment in each
photograph.
"I
was privileged to visit twenty isolated Himba villages
in the rugged terrain of Northwestern Namibia. It was
impossible not to be awestruck by the stunning women of
this semi-nomadic tribe, whose oiled and ochred skin gleams
a deep red-orange, and who wear extravagant thick braids
and animal hide skirts, headdresses and ornaments. The
Himba still preserve age-old habits and traditions which
have endured despite much adversity. They live almost
as they did centuries ago.
"I
was welcomed into every village, first by the elder, then
by other members of the community. This photo exhibit
reveals the daily life of women caring for their children,
cooking, picking corn, men engaged in herding goats, and
children playing in the encampments. It was most spectacular
to photograph the Himba women exuberantly dancing, their
glorious braids flying out in all directions as they spin
their heads and bodies. They are truly a fascinating people.
"By
photographing unique indigenous groups around the world,"
says Barbara, "I hope to provide understanding and
respect for their culture, their style of dress, their
daily way of life, and the steadfastness with which they
preserve their traditions. We can learn from them; we
can value their creativity; and we can make an effort
to help them maintain their identity while much of the
world's population becomes homogeneous.
Azoth
Gallery is a community and international forum for the exhibition
of the work of emerging and established artists. It's central
focus is on the field of progressive and avant-garde visual ideas,
though limited to abstract or modernist art.
Azoth
defined: < Arabic 1477: al - or
az - : the, za'uq
: mercury > In Alchemy: "the Mercury" was the First
Principle of all the Metals. In the chemistry of the Middle Ages
up to the 16th century, alchemy was limited to the pursuit of
the transmutation of metals, the search for the alkahest (the
universal solvent) and the Panacea (the universal elixir of health,
longevity, and consciousness.)
Independent
curator Johnes Ruta is a consultant with several art galleries
in Connecticut and New York City; he is an artist representative,
collector, activist and theorist of art and science history.
He is also a business analyst, computer programmer, and web
designer. From 1973 to 1978, he was the Managing Editor &
Theatre Editor of The Entertainer, a cultural newsmagazine published
in Fairfield and New Haven Counties. He is a member of the Cable
TV Advisory Council of the New Haven area, and on the Boards
of the William Meredith Foundation, and of OthersAreUs.org,
an international children's art exchange.
VISION
STATEMENT
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Johnes Ruta
The
goal in my public work is to develop a visual vocabulary which
reflects the positive criteria of creative originality
& culture, technical and aesthetic qualities, and the inherent
depth of forms and themes.
As an independent curator, I do whatever I can to bring about
greater cultural exchange, awareness, acceptance and enthusiasm
for the arts. My vision is to apply the experience of my travels
to art museums and galleries around the US and Europe, as well
as my studies, to create an international center for the arts
in New Haven. This center would offer programs in art history
and appreciation, and bring artists’ work from abroad to
the US, and would offer US artists the opportunity to see their
work exported to foreign venues and recognition.
The historical parallel
between science and creative culture is a continuing evolution.
I support the avant garde and non-linear expressions in contemporary
art, but remain fascinated by the recurrent themes found especially
in periods of technological or intellectual transition -- such
as the parallels of Classical and Renaissance advances in astronomy,
medicine, and transportation, with those in music, the visual
arts, and philosophy. -- Inspired by my namesake, the Roman
Janus, I try to look into the distant future to see the
eventualities of the inner human psyche; and into the past,
through which a Light-Stream of creative expressions
has illuminated a path of human survival, thought, and dignity
: the forces of preservation, aesthetics, and Enlightenment
-- against decay and intolerance.
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