Galleries

Spencertown Academy Arts Center launches its new gallery season with One of a Kind a group exhibition of monoprints and monotypes. This is the first in a series of three printmaking exhibitions scheduled for the gallery this spring and summer. One of a Kind curators Holly Hughes and Nancy Van Deren invite viewers to examine an array of works that provide direct access with the visual thinking of 11 artists.

Painters, sculptors, and traditional printmakers are irresistibly drawn to the freshness and immediacy of monoprinting. Sometimes lyrical, sometimes provocative, and frequently saturated with color these works are evidence of a process long known to seduce artists. Making such prints frequently changes and feeds other studio practices, operating as a think tank for new ideas and an open ground of formal and image based exploration.

The surprise factor when lifting the paper after running it through the press, that first sight of the impression, is at the heart of the appeal. The pressure of transfer imbeds color in the paper, capturing every subtle detail and nuance. The sensation that “it was always there” is magical.

A deceptive simplicity of technique produces an extremely varied set of options and outcomes. From geometric to atmospheric, freehand to stenciled, and small to large, the flexibility of this medium reveals itself in the hands of these different artists as they collaborate with master printers and work at various presses and print shops.

The Academy will host a gallery talk on Sunday, April 27,2008 at 2:00pm with artist Catherine Mosley and Andrew Mockler, owner of Jungle Press, to discuss the works on view in the gallery and the lure of collecting these affordable unique artworks by established artists. Both events are free and open to the public.

     Sarah Amos

Sarah Amos is an artist and master printer whose personal iconography reflects an experience of place. Her innovative approach to space, layering, and use of pattern and mark are derived in part from her Australian background and cultural heritage. Recently stepping down from her 10 year position as Director and Master Printer of the Vermont Studio Center Press, where she introduced scores of artists to the opportunities of monotype, Sarah’s current focus is her own art and she exhibits regularly in the United States and Australia, her most recent outings were a solo exhibit at Reeves Contemporary, New York, and at Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia. Ms. Amos lives in Vermont.

        Ken Buhler

Ken is a painter/printmaker who uses layers of liquid color to create lush transparencies. Occurring through a rhythmic "automatic" writing process the resulting images are reminiscent of maps. Buhler teaches as Artist-in-Residence at Bard College and has had numerous exhibitions and grants. In 2006 he was awarded a Ballinglen Arts Foundation Residency in Ireland. Ken Buhler’s most recent solo exhibit was at Lesley Heller Gallery, New York in 2007. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
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    Renee Iacone Clearman

As a sculptor/printmaker/painter/ceramist Renee is open to experiment and passionate about letting materials lead the way. She has worked in wood, clay, plaster, oil, and scrap metal, etc. and sometimes pairs with artistic partners in fruitful collaborations. New to printmaking, Renee Iacone Clearman finds the process sparks new research. Printmaking relevant dialogue with her 3D works and their engagement with tribal and ritualistic art. A solo exhibit at John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY in 2007 included both prints and large scale sculpture. Renee Iacone Clearman is a resident of New York City and Columbia County. (Courtesy John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY )

Stuart Diamond

Stuart Diamond is painter and printmaker who works from a dense and ever growing image bank. In art of both political and psychological intensity, he collides figures, high tech weaponry, pop culture icons, and plaid shirts with nature and the animal world.   Viewers are left to carry out the storytelling instigated by these heavily populated environments. He has had solo exhibitions at David McKee Gallery, NY and work on permanent display in Germany for 50 years. Stuart is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, NY and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Mr. Diamond is on the faculty of The Massachusetts College of Art, though currently doing a teaching residency at Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art in Brittany, France. He lives and works in New York.

Lois E. Dickson
Drawn by the inspiring landscape, Lois Dickson moved to Columbia County after studying at the New York Studio School. She was well acquainted with contemporary art after years of consulting work creating outstanding corporate art collections. Lois’ current work reflects her engagement with the mood of remote places seen in her travels, her collection of unique natural objects, and her nuanced experience of light of the Hudson River Valley area. She has had solo exhibits of her paintings at John Davis in New York City and in 2006 in Hudson, New York. She is lives and works in Columbia County, NY.

Roberto Juarez
Roberto Juarez has an extensive career as painter. His adventures with printmaking reflect a similar interest in the interplay of transparent and opaque layers, graphic elements, Hispanic and nonwestern sources, and intense interaction between color and line. A sought after educator, he is currently a visiting lecturer at Williams College. Commissions include a public mural created for Grand Central Station, NYC. Juarez paintings are in the collections the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum of Art and The Kemper Museum in Kansas City. A solo exhibit at Charles Cowles Gallery, New York opens in spring 2008. Roberto lives and works in Columbia County and New York City.

    Jennifer Marshall

A painter and printmaker, Jennifer Marshall explores the interplay of natural forms and the spaces and shapes they create. Her elegant works of silver and deep black display a lively figure/ground dialogue. Jennifer’s pieces have been included in "Hot off the Press' at The Grolier Club in 2007 as well as numerous print fairs. She has shown at the New York Studio School and with Julie Heller Gallery in Provincetown, MA. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

    Melissa Meyer

Painter/printmaker Melissa Meyer overlays calligraphic brushwork orchestrating the interaction and accumulation of resonant color. Her exploration of nonobjective gestural mark making in prints, watercolors and paintings has been shown in numerous exhibitions. With solo shows at Emily Harris Gallery, NY and the New York Studio School, she is the subject of a traveling retrospective currently on view at the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, FL. Permanent collections include The Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Guggenheim Museum, among others. Two 60” wide murals were completed for the Shiodome City Center in Tokyo in 2002. Melissa lives and works in New York City.

Andrew Mockler

Andrew Mockler is master printer, director, and founder (1994) of Jungle Press Editions, in Brooklyn, NY. He has taught printmaking at the Yale School of Art, Rhode Island School of Design and is currently with Hunter College. Andrew conducts monotype workshops yearly at the Fine Arts Work Center Summer Program, Provincetown, MA, and has lectured on printmaking at Christie's in NYC, Yale University, and Cornell University. Andrew has had several shows with George Billis Gallery in both New York and Los Angeles, and numerous exhibits in Provincetown, MA. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Joan Snyder

Joan Snyder is a well-known painter who, during an extensive 30-year career, has championed an intuitive approach to process and mined the expressive possibilities of an intimate painterly language. The artist's work appears in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum, etc. Her explorations of materiality have made her an exciting and innovative printmaker. Joan Snyder lives and works in Brooklyn and Woodstock and shows with the Betty Cuningham Gallery in Chelsea.

     Stephen Westfall

Employing a rigorous abstract vocabulary, Stephen Westfall destabilizes the grid with rhythmic and formal investigations invoking elements of an architectural and design vernacular. Printmaking has inspired change in his painting practice. Stephen exhibits widely in the US and Europe. He is on the faculty of Rutgers University and Co-Chairs the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College. Stephen received a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 2007. His articles and reviews have been published in Art in America and other magazines. Represented by Lennon Weinberg Gallery in Chelsea, Stephen lives and works in New York. (Courtesy Lennon Weinberg Gallery, New York, NY)

COMING NEXT

NOT PRINTED ON PAPER
Contemporary Printmaking
May 24 - June 22, 2008

Curated by Anthony Kirk
Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT

Read about previous gallery shows at Spencertown Academy Arts Center.
[Dustin/Reynolds]   [Representing the Self]   [Silver & Glass]   [Reframing Nature]   [Crit I]   [Abstractions]   [Robin Tewes]
[The Map Show ]    [Considering Materials] [On Your Mark] [Arcadia]  [Yard]

Information for artists interested in exhibiting

Read about previous gallery shows at Spencertown Academy Arts Center. [Dustin/Reynolds] [Representing the Self] [Silver & Glass] [Reframing Nature] [Crit I] [Abstractions] [Robin Tewes] [The Map Show ] [Considering Materials] [On Your Mark] [Arcadia] [Yard]

Information for artists interested in exhibiting

Read about previous gallery shows at Spencertown Academy Arts Center.
[Dustin/Reynolds] [Representing the Self] [Silver & Glass] [Reframing Nature] [Crit I] [Abstractions] [Robin Tewes]
[The Map Show ] [Considering Materials] [On Your Mark] [Arcadia] [Yard]