Sandy Litchfield, Turn Around Town, Oil on Canvas |
I'm producing a new edition of Pioneer Women which has traveled from Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn http://www.tablarasagallery.com/html/pioneer_women.htmll to Western Massachusetts. These artists blaze new frontiers in art and here is a taste of some of the beautiful and evocative work of these talented local artists.
Rosalyn
Driscoll drives home the point that art is more than just a visual
experience by using tactile sculptures in her work. Susan Montgomery delves into the dark history of 17th
century Mary Bliss Parson, the accused witch of Northampton and Springfield,
with provocative drawings. Sandy Litchfield combines digital
imagery and paint to create cityscapes that evoke a latter-day cubism. Several artists—especially,
Rachel Folsom, Elizabeth Pols and Terry Rooney—push the
boundaries of painting on shaped canvases and wood contraptions. Pols re purposes
antique writing desks into contemporary assemblages. Lourdes Morales evokes spiritual spaces with intersecting classical
figures. Karen Dolmanisth will
transform the installation space using natural materials and quote from Persian
poet Rumi, evoking different kinds of love: “The lover’s cause is separate from
all causes.”
This
travelling exhibition premiered in Brooklyn ,
New York to rave reviews:
“Her (Karen
Dolmanisth) work, along with that of several other innovative artists, is the
thrilling new exhibit at the pioneering Tabla Rasa Gallery…” and
“A Riveting
Exhibit of Astonishing Works.”—Brooklyn Daily
Eagle
PIONEER WOMEN
MAP Gallery at Eastworks, 116 Pleasant St, Easthampton, MA
June 6 – June 28
Artists’ Reception: Sat., June 13 @ 5 – 8 PM
Gallery Hours: Tues – Sat 1 – 4 PM
Lourdes Morales |
PIONEER WOMEN
MAP Gallery at Eastworks
116 Pleasant St.
Easthampton, MA
Gallery Talk- June 18, 7 PM
June 6 - June 28
Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat. 1 - 4 PM
Lisa Griffith, Gown on Gown, paper & mixed media |