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Severed Ear: The Poetry of Abstraction This April the Creiger-Dane Gallery is pleased to announce a group show, Severed Ear: The Poetry of Abstraction, an affectionate tribute to abstract painting on the eve of the new millennium. From Cubism to Constructivism to Action Painting and Minimalism, the language of abstraction has been the language of the twentieth century. It has spoken eloquently for the age of Marx, Freud, Einstein, Sartre, and Joyce; it has been the voice of intangibility--for the temperament of our time--for our hopes and loves and fears and wonderment. Admittedly abstraction remains an acquired taste despite its lofty presence on the art world stage. Its legacy is paradoxical. It asks us to be our most visual, but to forget the way things look. It is art with a high hedge around it; the incredible freedom and privacy it offers the artist risks turning the viewer away. The greatness of abstraction in this century lies in its power as the ultimate tool in our search for meaning. Likewise, it has proven to be the ultimate interactive experience. The artist and the viewer are given the unprecedented power not just to look, but leap--to explore a non-linear, non-objective, open-ended space where not only color and form interact, but also the forces of interior monologue: spirituality, emotion, psychology, and intellect. It offers the viewer a totally unique kind of contemplation...one that will, in turn, work its magic the way real nature does and, like poetry, act as a kind of visual thinking and feeling, inviting us to respond in kind. This exhibition brings together a mix of artists from Boston and New York that does what group shows do best: put emerging, mid-career, and established artists in a context that evidences what they're up to as individuals and, at the same time, illuminates the larger, more collective purpose. Some of the more influential artists in this show are pioneers in their field: Milton Resnick, Richard Tuttle, Leon Polk Smith, Forrest Bess, and Charles Seliger. Each has helped define American abstraction over the last fifty years. Joan Snyder, Bill Jensen, Louise Fishman, and Porfirio DiDonna are "painter's painters" of the first order, heroes for today's younger artists. Still others like Ulick Mahoney, Victor Lara, Susan Carr, Tim Nichols, Ana Guerra, Addison Parks and Martin Mugar are dedicated abstractionists pushing the envelope here in the Boston area. Rosanna Bruno and Carol Heft work out of New York, and Pamela Granbery out of California. If you are interested in any of these works, feel free to email geeta@creiger-dane.com. You may also view a price list. The navigation buttons on the upper right will take you to the top (this page), previous, and next page in this show. You may click on our logo at any time to return to our home page. We hope you enjoy your visit, and invite you to sign our Guest Book. |
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