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  • HACKETT MILL - JOHN PENCE - THE GROTTO

    THE LAB - ROMER YOUNG - ASPECT

    02.22.13

    (with assistance from RWM)



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    Hackett Mill Gallery: Defying Gravity - The Subject of Space.

    Artists: Richard Diebenkorn, Kazuo Shiraga, Frank Lobdell, Jack Tworkov, Howard Hodgkin, Conrad Marca-Relli, Manuel Neri, Robert Motherwell, Milton Resnick, Emilio Vedova, Esteban Vicente, Brian Wall, Emerson Woelffer.

    Comment by AB: Period expressionist abstracts by some of the bigger names in the business.

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    Art by Manuel Neri at Hackett Mill Gallery.

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    Early Richard Diebenkorn abstract expressionist art.

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    Conrad Marca-Relli art at Hackett Mill Gallery.

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    Art by Howard Hodgkin.

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    Jack Tworkov art at Hackett Mill Gallery.

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    Art by Kazuo Shiraga (left).

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    Ambiance - classic abstract expressionism group show at Hackett Mill Gallery.

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    John Pence Gallery: Recent Arrivals.

    Artists: William Bartlett, Andrew Conklin, Tony Curanaj, Carl Dobsky, Douglas Flynt, Adam Forfang, Greg Gandy, Carin Gerard, Jonathan Koch, Sarah K Lamb, Dean Larson, Steven J Levin, Jeremy Mann, Joseph McGurl, Edward Minoff, Clark Mitchell, Michael Molnar, Cuong Nguyen, Jacob Pfeiffer, Ted Polomis, Stock Schlueter, Randall Sexton, Jason Toney, Anthony Waichulis, Will Wilson, Zack Zdrale.

    Comment by AB: Always the best in realist painting. If realism is your cup o' tea, then John Pence Gallery shows are required viewing.

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    Art by Will Wilson at John Pence Gallery (dude can paint).

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    Fog City art by Greg Gandy.

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    Cuong Nguyen art at John Pence Gallery.

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    Art by Jacob Pfeiffer.

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    Art by Edward Minoff.

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    Carin Gerard art (right) at John Pence Gallery.

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    Painting of the back of a painting by Will Wilson (yessir!).

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    Pinkie cam detail of Will Wilson painting above at John Pence Gallery (amazing).

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    Art by Joseph McGurl (right) at John Pence Gallery.

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    Sunlight & shadow art by Joseph McGurl at John Pence Gallery.

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    Art & arches - group show at John Pence Gallery.

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    The LAB: Michael Ryan - Mere Reflections.

    Comment by AB: Michael Ryan calls our attention to all the plastic crap that our exciting new purchases come packaged in, memoralizing them in somber black-backdrop paintings and stark plaster casts. After making our precious purchases, we immediately proceed to throw these extraneous materials away, not thinking for an instant about what impact they might have on our environment. In other words, think about it, and maybe one day even do something about it... before it's too late, that is, because if we keep going the way we're going now, one day it will be too late. Kinda like it; stop on by.

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    Packing material portraiture by Michael Ryan at The LAB.

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    Art by Michael Ryan.

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    Michael Ryan art at The LAB.

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    Plaster casts of packing materials in above image closer by Michael Ryan.

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    Stuff we throw out without even thinking - art by Michael Ryan at The LAB.

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    Attendance figures - Michael Ryan art show at The LAB.

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    Romer Young Gallery: Molly Smith - Route.

    Comment by AB: Molly Smith has been gallavanting across America for the past half year, meeting people, forming relationships, teaching art classes, and recording her journey not in the form of a traditional journal, but rather as art objects fashioned from materials she acquires along the way. Every art tells a story, and Molly Smith tells her stories here.

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    Rotating art by Molly Smith (one faces out, the rest face in- your choice).

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    Art by Molly Smith at Romer Young Gallery.

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    Molly Smith and her art at Romer Young Gallery.

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    Art by Molly Smith closer.

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    Molly Smith art at Romer Young Gallery.

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    Obligatory baby shot (next generation Romer Young Gallery proprietor).

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    Art by Molly Smith.

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    Circumstance - Molly Smith art show at Romer Young Gallery.

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    Aspect Art Gallery: Mark Waltrous-Heyliger - Surrealist Painter.

    Review by RWM: Some great ocean horizon pictures in a show that's boldly colorful. Nice pictures of the outdoors with startling compositions. Nice to see a questioning smiler on the horizon as one faces one oceanscape. Other works are harder to categorize.

    Comment by AB: Mark Waltrous-Heyliger lays down his cosmic conception of reality. If you can visualize it, it exists.

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    Art by Mark Waltrous-Heyliger at Aspect Art Gallery.

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    Mark Waltrous-Heyliger art.

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    Art by Mark Waltrous-Heyliger at Aspect Art Gallery.

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    Addendum:

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    Silence has No Existence - art by Jürgen Trautwein at The Grotto.

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    Art by Jürgen Trautwein at The Grotto.

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    Pinkie cam detail of Jürgen Trautwein above at The Grotto.

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    Jürgen Trautwein and his art at The Grotto.

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    Art by Jürgen Trautwein at The Grotto.

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