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July Gallery Shows to See

Addison Ripley – June 8th – July 14th (CLICK: TIME & SPACE) http://goo.gl/887jT

Heiner Contemporary - June 15th - July 28th (Winging It) http://goo.gl/HIN8p

Longview Gallery – June 18th – July 18th(Long View in the City)  http://goo.gl/GZUOI

Gallery 555dc – July 3rd – July 27th ("Kohiki and Canvas": Ron Lloyd - Kohiki Ceramic & Jodi - Textured Canvas + Ceramic Overlay) http://goo.gl/9OaMh

Touchstone Gallery – July 4th – July 29th  (A 3D Collage the Adventure: David Alfuth & Being Affected: Charles St. Charles) http://goo.gl/ARVDo

Foundry Gallery – July 4th – July 29th (Call & Response) http://goo.gl/N55gn

The Art League (Alexandria,VA) – July 6th – August 6th(GENIUS LOCI: Paintings by Cecily Corcoran) http://goo.gl/ybEqh

Hillyer – July 6th – August 5th (Anecdotes and Paraphernalia: Mark Earnhart, Smoke Signals: Elizabeth Kauffmann, Paint on Known: Deborah Anzinger & Chajana denHarder)http://goo.gl/WtDge

Studio – July 6th – July 14th(Solo Show: De Minimis - Jan Willem van der Vossen New Member Exhibitions: (Un)seen (Un)known - Rosabel Goodman-Everard & Les Grandes Figures Shahrzad Jalinous) http://goo.gl/sEulJ

Conner Contemporary – July 7th – August 18th  (Academy 2012 - Annual MFA / BFA Invitational) http://goo.gl/mP1ln

Honfleur Gallery – July 13th – September 8th  (East of the River Exhibit) http://goo.gl/DavGs

Gallery Plan B – July 26th – August 26th  (PLAN B GOES INTERNATIONAL - work from artists of Jordan, Myanmar, and Montenegro) http://goo.gl/I6VpN

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Eve Stockton's Brings the Natural World In at Long View

Long View Gallery

Current Exhibit: Eve Stockton - Ensembles: Landscapes in Transition III June 14 through July 15, 2012.

Highlight from the show: Ensemble IV: Water 1- Var. F & H 1/1, Seascape Landscape 1& 2, woodcut on paper, 36 x 36 inches, $3,200 for each panel.

A little bit about the artist:

Eve Stockton creates large scale, multi-layered woodcut prints inspired by the natural world. The graphic repeating patterns, bright colors – each carved from a different woodblock - and size of each panel (3’ x 3’) create new molecular landscapes that straddle abstract and representational images.

This is her first solo show at the Long View Gallery. Her work can also be seen in public and private collections including Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT,  Nature Genetics Magazine, New York, NY, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, and The Epstein Collection, Washington, D.C. Stockton earned her BA from Princeton in 1978 and her Masters in Architecture from Yale in 1984.

For more information on the exhibit and the artist, please visit http://www.longviewgallerydc.com/index.php

Ensemble IV: Water 1- Var. F & H 1/1, Seascape Landscape 1 & 2, woodcut on paper, 36 x 36 inches each

Ensemble VII- Neutral Network Diptych 1/1 (detail), Left and Right & Oval Lenses #2 1/1 (detail), woodcut on paper, 36 x 36 inches each

Bringing the Art in DC to You, 

Jamie 

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Next Artist Showcase: July 11 at Local 16 ft. Tonette Griffin

ArtSee is hosting its second artist showcase of the season at Local 16 this Wednesday, July 11. 

Throughout the evening, local artist, Tonette Griffin, will showcase her latest work from her two series, “Womanhood" and "Wanderlust.”

A recent graduate of the Corcoran College of Art and Design, Griffin explores identity, self-perception and youth culture through her photography and print work.

“Photography has always been a vessel of expression for me,” said Griffin.  “I am heavily inspired by human experiences. Pieces in my latest series are based on the notions of perception, identity, and sentience. I focus on formulating a grasp of myself within certain environments and the transitions that occur during that time.”

The showcase will begin at 6 pm and go until 8 pm. Local 16 is located at 1602 U Street, NW. More information is available on the ArtSee Facebook page. 

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The Good Boys – Now Showing…

Last week I had the amazing opportunity of seeing two shows. One that has been open that I have been dying to go to and the other that just opened. Here are a few thoughts to hopefully entice you to see them before they are gone....

Conner Contemporary is currently showing Leo Villareal through June 30.  This is Villareal’s fifth solo show with the gallery and is certainly a huge success.  Using LEDs, Villareal creates abstract imagery that glows so brightly, even in the light of day. Although minimalist in nature his latest body of work, at Conner now, truly is larger than life and captivating.  My personal favorite from the show, Invisible Hand, stands alone in a dark room.  It alternates between colors and patterns of flashing light; it kept my eyes locked to it for some time.  Recently, it was announced that Villareal’s work would be joining the permanent collection at the Phillips Collection.  Villareal’s work is no stranger to the walls of some of the world’s greatest collections, including the concourse of between the east and west buildings of the National Gallery of Art.  This is definitely a show worth seeing before his work is included in the price of admission. 

The second show, that just opened, is that of the queer collective, Boys Be Good.  Like the rest of Washington, through Metro Weekly and other channels, I had been following along as the latest collective of artists prepared for their June show.  The opening was buzzing with people who, like me, wanted to see the latest from the work of the members of the collective but it was the work of one artist that had me there until the very end, Cassidy Duhon.  A photographer by trade, Duhon’s created three large word prints reflecting deep sentiments of being a homosexual.  His work is powerful and really makes you wonder the circumstances in which these were created. Within the words you can vaguely make out the figures of people, but only from a few feet away. Boys Be Good will be showing Duhon and many other artists now through July 17 at Arts@1830 with a performance piece on June 19th.

For more information on Leo Villareal at Conner Contemporary visit their website here. And for more information on Cassidy Duhon and Boys Be Good visit their website here.

If you have time… Don’t miss both of these boys (and more)!

Bringing the Art in DC to You,

Elizabeth

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ArtSeeDC and Local 16 Host Garth Fry where Art and Happy Hour Collide

Join ArtSeeDC and Local 16 on June 6 from 6 pm – 8 pm for the first of a monthly series to celebrate local artists over happy hour.

Next Wednesday, local mixed media artist, Garth Fry, will exhibit some of his latest work within the popular U Street bar and restaurant.

Fry has exhibited in several locations and galleries throughout the greater D.C. area. Through his continual experimentation with various printmaking techniques, Fry recently developed a more sculptural means of capturing his imagery. He uses coiled paper and glue to create familiar patterns and forms that survey the psychology of isolation.

The partnership between ArtSeeDC and Local 16 provides support to the D.C. art community by exposing local artists and showcasing their work to new audiences. Future pop up exhibits hosted by ArtSeeDC and Local 16 are scheduled for July 11, August 8, and September 12.

   Local 16 is located at 1602 U St NW.

For more information, contact ArtSee at [email protected]. 

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Janet Biggs’ Kawah Ijen - Now Showing At Conner Contemporary Art

On Saturday, March 17, Conner Contemporary Art opened its doors to the public for a reception to celebrate and welcome the gallery’s two newest exhibitions, including Janet Biggs and her video installation, Kawah Ijen.

The New York-based artist, known primarily for her work in video, photography and performance art, is currently exhibiting her multi-channel installation and single-channel video, “A Step on the Sun,” alongside performance and sculpture artist, Wilmer Wilson IV’s Domestic Exchange. Both exhibits run though May 5, 2012.

Biggs’ documentary-style installation, Kawah Ijen, evokes a mixture of “natural beauty and human exploitation,” as it chronicles the laborious tasks of a sulfur miner in the breathtakingly beautiful, yet perilous, Ijen volcano in the East Java province of Indonesia. The piece is accompanied by a soundtrack of noises recorded inside the volcanic mine, and the video depicting the sulfur miner at work is juxtaposed with images from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and MIT photos of an experimental weather balloon launch.

Biggs’ work has been exhibited, among other institutions, at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY; Gibbes Museum of Art, South Carolina; Rhode Island School of Design Museum; Vantaa Art Museum, Finland; Linkopings Konsthall, Passagen, Sweden; the Oberosterreichisches Landesmuseum, Austria; and the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Australia.

She recently had solo exhibitions at The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC and the Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL and will show at the Musée d'art Contemporain de Montréal in the Fall of 2012. Perhaps this show will keep Biggs working in DC more? We hope so! 

Visit http://www.connercontemporary.com/ for more information on the exhibit and gallery times.

Bringing the Art in DC to You 

Rachel 

JANET BIGGS A Step on the Sun (installation view), 2012 5 channel video installation, 9 minutes 22 seconds Copyright Janet Biggs, courtesy Conner Contemporary Art