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CONSIDERING
MATERIALS
Six contemporary sculptors
working in traditional
and
non-traditional materials
Anthony Garner
Roland Ginzel
Terrence Lavin
Roger Phillips
Victoria Palermo
Joy Taylor
Curated by Gwenn Mayers and Nancy VanDeren.
March 31 - May 6, 2007
Opening Reception Saturday, March 31, 4:00-6:00pm
Gallery Talk by Victoria Palermo Sunday, April 29, 2:00pm
Gallery hours, Thursday through Sunday, 1:00 to 5:00pm
Anthony Garner
Wood
sculptor Anthony Garner will exhibit three pieces from a group of work, all
representing an intuitive and immediate approach to materials at hand. He
strives to achieve art that educates perception and encourages contemplation, as
represented in his pieces of antique wood and spalted beech included in the
exhibition. A practicing architect, Mr. Garner has taught at the School of
Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, and the School
of Architecture, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, among others.
Read more about Anthony Garner
Roland Ginzel
Fulbright artist Roland Ginzel, whose work is included in selected collections at the Art Institute of Chicago, Dallas Museum of Art, and Purdue University Gallery, among others, will exhibit a sculptural wall piece entitled “Confluence.” Described as a sculpture at the intersection between organic and imagistic, the wood and acrylic piece is representative of the seasoned, non-objective sculptor whose artistic career has spanned over five decades. Mr. Ginzel recently participated in “Art in the Abstract” at Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery, and “That 70’s Show: The Age of Pluralism in Chicago” at the Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, Indiana.
Terrence Lavin
Terrence
Lavin participated in the invitation-only International Shoebox Sculpture
Exhibition featuring noted sculptors from around the world who meet the
exhibit’s challenges of space and scale dictated by the size of a shoebox. Mr.
Lavin’s Shoebox sculpture “Vector Tranquility” combining mixed metals, carved
stone and enamel will be among his works on exhibit at the Spencertown Academy.
An Assistant Professor of Art at Southern Connecticut State University, he is
the recipient of a 2006 State of Connecticut Artist Fellowship Grant.
Read more about Terrence Lavin
Roger Phillips
Roger
Phillips is considered a constructivist sculptor, whose many pieces have been
commissioned for specific outdoor sites in both private and public collections.
A large portion of his work is kinetic, made of stainless steel, and brightly
painted aluminum plate. On display at the Academy will be two outdoor pieces and
one indoor piece accompanied by a maquette or small model, and related artist’s
drawings. Mr. Phillips’ work has appeared locally at Bard College, the Hudson
Opera House, Chesterwood in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and at Weber Fine Art,
Chatham, New York.
Read more about Roger Phillips
Victoria Palermo
Sculptor Victoria Palermo has an interest in the relationship between built
and the natural environments. Using grass, moss, and natural rubber, she creates
furniture and abstract sculpture, encouraging viewers to think about dualities
that exist in natural and human-made surroundings. In addition to participating
in Considering Materials, she will lead the Academy’s Gallery talk on April 29
at 2:00 p.m. Ms. Palermo teaches sculpture at Skidmore College in Saratoga
Springs, New York. Her work has been exhibited widely throughout the Capital
Region and has been included in many group exhibitions in New York City, Los
Angeles, and San Francisco, as well as internationally.
Read
more about Victoria Palermo
Joy Taylor
Wood
in its manufactured and natural forms is the foundation for Joy Taylor’s bristly
sculptures in toothpicks and matches. Over the past 17 years, Ms. Taylor’s work
has appeared in nearly 50 solo, two-person and juried exhibitions throughout New
York State. Her public commissions include works for the MTA Arts for Transit
Programs, the Sculpture Space in Utica, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation in
New York.
Read more about Joy Taylor
