MIRRAGE 'A TROIS

A Group Art Exhibit by:

Katia Jirankova Levanti
Arthur Guagliumi
Dana Baldwin Naumann

The Naumann Gallery
279 Branford Road
North Branford, CT 06471
(203) 430-2179

Meet the Artist Reception: Thursday, July 11, 5:00 - 7:00 pm.

Curated by Johnes Ruta
 
 
Katia Jirankova Levanti - AQUARIANS - oil on canvas, 40"h x 40”w
 
 
Katia Jirankova Levanti - COSMICAL HARVEST - oil on canvas, 30"h x 40”w
 
 

Katia Jirankova Levanti has been permanently in travel between two continents since 2007,
living between the Atlantic coast in Connecticut and in Prague, Czech Republic. Under the title “Subconsciounalism”
(channeling the subconscious journey) she has exhibited in Prague, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Florida, Massachusetts,
Denver, CO., New York, Nashville, TN., and is represented in many private collections throughout
America and Europe. Her book of paintings is part of the library of the Carl Jung Institute in New York.

“I came up with the title “Subconsciounalism” when I tried to describe the process of my intuitive painting,
which in a certain state of meditation brings you to the spheres of universal memory and touches moments
and dimensions in the existence of the Universe, and its various beings. During my studies of philosophies,
mythologies, comparative religions, cosmology, and quantum physics I am discovering in my paintings fragments
of this living mosaic.”

https://www.katia-jirankova-levanti.com/

 
 
Katia Jirankova Levanti - QUICK SILVER LAKE - oil on canvas, 30"h x 36"
 
 
 
Katia Jirankova Levanti - RED LIGHT MEDITATION - oil on canvas, 36"h x 48”w
 
 
Arthur Guagliumi - BLUE PANDAEMONIUM - acrylic on foam core tiles and impasto, 27"n sq
 

Arthur Guagliumi is known for his three-dimensional assemblages. The works in mixed mediums pop off the substrate
or are built into boxes and deeper frames, often using bits and pieces of found objects. But Arthur is best known as
a professor of Art for 48 years at Southern Connecticut State University, where he brought in noteworthy area
artists by instituting revolving exhibits, with the artists’ pieces on display in two large, glass cases used
as dedicated exhibition space. He was also a visiting professor at Quinnipiac University and University of New Haven
(as well as teaching at the Guilford Art Center).

Arthur is known is his three-dimensional assemblages. The works in mixed mediums pop off the substrate
or are built into boxes and deeper frames, often using bits and pieces of found objects. "I’m always picking things up!”
he says.
In fact, his first professional pieces, in the late 1950s, were snapped up to be displayed in a gallery group
that was impressed with his assemblage work.“I started right after I graduated from college. I took my portfolio
into New York City. I hit a couple galleries and they took my work,” says Arthur, who was
taken in as a co-op member of the Second Generation 10th Street Galleries.

“They were the follow-up galleries to the first-generation galleries, which had artists like Jackson Pollock
and Franz Kline. They were in these galleries, which were co-ops, and then they got elevated to uptown galleries,”
explains Arthur. “So a lot of these galleries in the Village stayed there, and I came in at a time
when all these guys were leaving, and I got into a gallery. I was there for about five years.”

Many of the more delicate landscapes were painted in Italy during trips with his college
students in the 1990s. While in Italy, Arthur also taught painting and drawing at the University
of Urbino, Italy, for 12 summer programs as a visiting professor.
His work is part of numerous public and private collections including Waterbury’s Mattatuck Museum
and the Arthur Dow Collection at Columbia University.
 
 
Arthur Guagliumi - BODY LANGUAGE II - acrylic paste on wood, 39" x 39"
 
 
Arthur Guagliumi - PICCOLA RAGAZZE - collage on plywood 33" x 29.5"
 
Arthur Guagliumi - VENETIAN GLIMMERS - painted tiles on plywood 32" x 36"

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  Dana Baldwin Naumann - She Just Came to Me - 30lb wall scu;pture, 18" x 18"
 
Dana Baldwin Naumann

Dana Baldwin Naumann creates unique sculpture using mainly lead sheets coated with copper or zinc patinas.
His hammer?ed sculptures are studies in texture, soft and warm looking even as metal surfaces
and often depicting religious, mythic, and archetypal scenes.

He had a successful career in corporate sales and marketing with IBM, Wang, Mitsubushi, and Westinghouse.
When he left the corporate world, he was determined to devote his life
to his art. It was a decision Naumann says he has never regretted.

Dana Naumann designed and contributed sculptures to the permanent collection of United States Special Olympics,
and a piece created with the theme of the Holocaust was given to the Thomas Dodd Center, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
His artworks have been shown widely in Connecticut and the northeast.

Art critic Steve Starger wrote about his work: "Naumann's finely wrought sculptures aren't depressing or oppressive.
He draws on African and mythological references to create monolithic faces that are inspired by ritual masks and statuary,
like monuments or totems left by a long-vanished civilization. These elongated faces appear aloof and ascetic,
but are also strangely poignant, and each emanates a sense of mystery and longing."
 
 
Dana Baldwin Naumann - There is Someting Wonderful About Just Holding Hands - 80lb wall sculpture 36x36"
 
  Dana Baldwin Naumann - The Thought Just Came to Me -35lb wall sculpture, 18" x 18"
 

Exhibition on view: July 3 - August 7, 2024


Contacts:
Gallerist: Dana Naumann
203.430.2179
dbnaumann@yahoo.com

Curator: Johnes Ruta https://AzothGallery.com/
iPhone 203.668.6933
azothgallery@comcast.net
independent curator & art theorist

 
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