After Image- Group show

Poppy Painting at "Large Works" Exhibit

March 7 – April 18: Large Works

Large Works
March 7 – April 18
Opening Reception: March 7, 3:00-5:00 PM
In the Walt Meade Gallery
Roxbury Arts Center
5025 Vega Mountain Road
Roxbury, NY 12474
Large Works gives artists the freedom of letting go of size restrictions. This is a unique opportunity in which the Roxbury Arts Group is dedicating the Hilt Kelly Hall to visual works of art.

Exhibiting Artists include:
Nancy Barton
Beth Caspar
Adam Cohen
Louis D’Amico
Ann Dubois
Fred Duignan
Tabitha Gilmore-Barnes
Robert Gould
Samuel Guy
Kate Hamilton
Laura King
Helene Manzo
Dana Matthews
Gary Mayer
Nat Thomas
Gerda vanLeeuwen
Corneel Verlaan
Beatrice Wolert
Peter Yamaoka

Sulfur Soldiers and Canary Girls

Sadness of a Star

Minerva stepped out calmly from my head
And I will be forever crowned with blood
There is reason within and sky above my skull
Where Goddess you were buckling on your arms

Of my misfortunes this is not the worst
This almost mortal wound became a star
The secret sorrow which is my despair
Is more than any other soul could hide

I bear with me a suffering of fire
Just as a glow-worm bears his body’s flame
As in a soldier’s heart France is on fire
Just as rich pollen fills the lily’s heart

Guillaume Apollinaire

Oil and Sulfur on Panel, 2015, 12"X14"

Oil and Sulfur on panel, 2015, 11.5"X 16"

This series of paintings that were in part inspired by the above poem from G. Apollinaire. Apollinaire created this poem after he was wounded in the head while in the trenches of World War 1.
In order to arrive at creating paintings which incorporate some kind of representational element that bridges our physical world with the language of the painted world, I have created a yellow pigment using pure sulfur. I have used this pigment for representing the skin and tissue of both WW1 solders and WW1 female munition workers. 
Sulfur is one element that is often associated with war. It is one of only three ingredients that combine to form gunpowder. The female munition workers were referred to as "canary's" because there skin turned yellow after working with the toxic high explosives.

Oil and Sulfur on Panel 2014, 12"X16"

Oil and Sulfur on panel, 2014, 12"X16"

Oil and Sulfur on panel 2014, 12"X16"

Oil and Sulfur on panel 2014, 12"X16"

Oil and Sulfur on panel 2014, 12"X14"

Oil and Sulfur on panel 2014, 12"X16"

Oil and Sulfur on panel 2014, 12"X16"

Oil and Sulfur on panel 2014, 12"X14"

Oil and Sulfur on panel 2014, 12"X14"

Oil and Sulfur on panel 2015, 11"X9"

Oil and Sulfur on panel 2015, 12"X14"

Oil and Sulfur on panel 2014, 12"X16"

Obsolescence Exhibition

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39 artists have come together in 2 locations to explore the theme OBSOLESCENCE.
At Curious Matter we invite you to come in close and examine minute details.
At Art House Productions Gallery there is room to step back and consider a broad perspective.
Both vantage points offer a stunning view.

Please join us for two opening receptions
for our two-location exhibition Obsolescence.

Saturday, October 18, 3:00 to 6:00 pm
at Curious Matter
272 Fifth Street, Jersey City
&
Sunday, October 19, 3:00 to 6:00 pm
at Art House Productions
136 Magnolia Avenue, Jersey City

This special collaboration opens during the Jersey City Artist Studio Tour Weekend.
The exhibition will continue until November 18, the galleries are open Sundays noon to 3pm and by appointment

CURIOUS MATTER, 272 Fifth Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302
PATH FROM NYC Take the Newark/Journal Square bound PATH train from 33rd, 23rd, 14th or 9th Streets (all at 6th Ave.) or from Christopher Street or WTC. (Note: on weekends the train stops in Hoboken before continuing to Jersey City. Also, there is no train out of WTC on weekends.) Get off at GROVE STREET station. Exit and walk West on Newark Ave. When you reach Jersey Ave. make a right and continue to 5th Street. The gallery is to the left at 272 Fifth Street.

ART HOUSE PRODUCTIONS, 136 Magnolia Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
PATH FROM NYC Take the Newark/Journal Square bound PATH to JOURNAL SQUARE. At Journal Square exit and follow exiting passengers up 1st set of stairs from the platform and proceed up the escalators to the concourse level. Do not follow traffic up the final escalator to the outside. Instead, enter the main concourse via the doors behind the final set of escalators. Make a right and walk to the end. Exit doors and proceed up the concrete ramp. Art House is directly in front of you on the left.

CURIOUS MATTER is an exhibition venue for contemporary visual art located in downtown Jersey City, NJ. Curious Matter exhibitions, publications and special events evidence the pursuit to understand and articulate our individual and collective experience of the world, real or imagined. Curious Matter is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization.
[w] www.curiousmatter.org; www.facebook.com/curiousmatter [e] gallery@curiousmatter.org [t] 201-659-5771

ART HOUSE PRODUCTIONS For over a decade, Art House Productions has been a pioneering force in the Jersey City arts movement. Art House aims to support artists in the creation and presentation of new work, encourage artistic growth and experimentation across all media, and foster a widespread appreciation for the arts in our region. Art House Productions is a 501(c)(3) nonprofi t organization.
[w] www.arthouseproductions.org; www.facebook.com/njarthouse [e] info@arthouseproductions [t] 201-915-9911

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