David Moore, Ballinglen
September 3 - 27, 2008

Kidder Smith Gallery
131 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02116
T 617 424 6900
F 617 424 6969

Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11:00-5:30

Opening reception with the artist: Friday, September 5th, 5:30 - 7:30 pm

Artist Statement: Ballinglen Paintings
The Ballinglen Series is inspired by travels in Ireland and a residency at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland. Upon returning to the U.S. with a suitcase full of works on paper, I began a series of large oil paintings entitled “Ceide Field“. Measuring up to 60 inches and just off-square, the paintings emphasize the Irish landscape through abstract spacial loops and repeated markmaking. Influenced by the peat bogs of the Ceide Fields, coastal rock formations in County Sligo, The Slieves League cliffs of County Donegal, and the landscape of the Burren, County Claire, this work continues my exploration of the daily ritual of place, realized in paint with dramatic lines, gesture, and color.

“The Céide Fields in Ballycastle, County Mayo are the oldest known field systems in the world, over five and a half millennia old. It is a unique Neolithic landscape of world importance, which has changed our perception of our Stone Age ancestors. The remains of stone field walls, houses and megalithic tombs are preserved beneath a blanket of peat over several square miles.”

“The Burren lies south of Galway in County Clare, Ireland. The name Burren is from the Irish - bhoireann meaning a stony place. Its formation has lain unspoiled since the ice-age and is composed of karstic limestone, the largest area of such in western Europe.”

-www.museumsofmayo.com/ceide.html

pictured above (Ceide Field XXX, 2008, Oil on linen, 58 x 60 inches)

Chase Gallery
129 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02116

email: mail@chasegallery.com

phone: 617-859-7222

web: http://www.chasegallery.com

Opening reception: Friday, September 5th from 5 to 7 pm

Fort Point artist and resident Steve Hollinger shows off his new work at the Chase Gallery.
His sculptures are great! If you are on Newbury street in the next month, you should check them out!

In Steve’s own words…. What’s left is all that is left when all else is gone.

Katherine Bradford: Aliens & Seafarers
September 5 - October 25, 2008 4
Artist’s Reception: Friday, September 5th from 6 to 8PM

Samson Projects
50 Harrison Avenue Storefront
63 Boston, MA 02118 T 617 357 7177

Gallery Hours: Wednesdays to Saturday 11 to 5PM &, of course, by appointment
preview @ samsonprojects.com

Samson Projects announces an exhibition of paintings by Katherine Bradford.

The work handles the classic unknown cosmic. That perpetual moment when thoughts get louder and mostly clearer.
“I paint invented scenes that have a dreamy, visionary quality. I want to capture the spirit of a quest, of community and, conversely, of quiet isolation.”

Perhaps more influenced by other paintings than by life itself? Colorful traveling and narrative wont/want with a penchant for contrast. Historically disjunct and slightly unexpected is fine. Groupings rescuing hopeful imagery and heightened moments of emotion.

The open air, land, ocean and corner as an optimistic space; A womb mode.

Katherine Bradford was born in New York, NY in 1942. She received a BA from Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA) and an MFA State University of New York (Purchase, NY). Bradford maintains studios in Brooklyn, NY and Brunswick, ME. Her work is in the collections of the Smith College Museum (Wellesley, MA), the Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, NY) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY, NY). She currently has a solo exhibition at the University of Maine Museum (Bangor, ME) until October 1, 2008. Her work has most recently been included in exhibitions at the Brattleboro Museum of Art (Brattleboro, VT) and the P.S.1/MoMa Contemporary Art Center (Queens, NY). Bradford will be resident faculty at the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture next summer (2009). 

pictured above (Beach Scene 2008 oil on canvas 17 x 20 inches)

 Hey Boston art lovers! It’s time for the girls to represent!

Go check out the first of an All-Female Urban Art Series featuring the artwork of Heather McGrath, illy L., Kim Harris, Lichiban, Morgan Thomas, Nineta and Shayna Shenanigans.

Where: Via Matta
www.viamattarestaurant.com

When: Wed Aug 6th
(complimentary cocktails from 7-10pm)

Where: The otherside cafe
407 Newbury St.
Boston, mA

When: Aug 1st - 31st
Opening August 6th 9pm

When: July 25th - August 23rd 2008
Reception: Friday, July 25th 6-8 pm

Featuring the work of Cathleen Faubert, Mike Farley, Georgie Friedman, 
Pete Froslie and Lizzy Martinez.

Curated by James Manning

Where: The New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University
75 Arlington St. Boston, MA 02116
(617) 573-8785
http://suffolk.edu/nesad/gallery
gallery@suffolk.edu
Summer Hours: Monday to Friday 9 AM – 9 PM
Saturday 10 AM - 6 PM 
Closed Sunday.

The New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University is 
pleased to present “Nascent.” The five artists in this exhibit are 
engaged in an examination of perceptions of reality and give their own 
interpretations of personally influential events and ideas. 
Thematically, the works in this exhibit are tied together by each 
artists own manipulations of reality, life forms re-imagined, new 
landscapes and histories envisioned.

“Nascent” features the work of recent graduates of Boston area art 
schools. James Manning, curator of the exhibit states, “As a long time 
supporter of student and emerging artists, I believe it is especially 
important to support and encourage artists as they make the leap from 
student to life as a professional artist. Life as a student can be an 
isolating experience working within the same group for several years. 
Shows such as this one are an important step as it gives these artists 
a chance to show the very best of their student output to a new 
audience of peers that would have not have had the opportunity to see 
this work otherwise. It also allows fresh feedback as they continue on 
with new work.”

Mike Farley (2008, BFA, New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk 
University) Farley explores how separate natural elements can be 
combined to create new life forms.  His work is informed by the 
natural world, organic structures, and biology.

Cathleen Faubert, (2008, MFA, Museum School/Tufts University) Faubert 
focuses on the intersection of hedonism, escapism, excess, the uncanny 
and the carnivalesque. In her photographs she is seen floating above 
and crashing into mounds of cotton candy.

Georgie Friedman, (2008, MFA, Museum School/Tufts University) Friedman 
creates an idealized, meditative environment by seamlessly integrating 
separate sky and water elements in her projected video installation.

Pete Froslie (2008, MFA, Massachusetts College of Art & Design) In his 
work, Froslie explores diverse tangents, from alchemy to alternate 
histories and questions our common perceptions.  The life of John 
Wilks Booth is re-imaged by his interactive, multimedia installation 
presented in Nascent.

Lizzy Martinez (2008 MFA, Boston University) Martinez is a painter who 
has also extensively studied the anatomy of cadavers. In her work she 
is quite literally looking at her own ‘inner workings’ while creating 
a complicated personal mythology.

The New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University is 
located near the Arlington Green Line T stop across from the Park 
Plaza Hotel.
After 7PM please enter through the lobby at 10 St. James Street.

Hello readers,

In this first blog post I thought I’d shamelessly plug a group show that I’m a part of.
The show is called Surface and it is currently running at the FPAC Gallery in Fort Point.
It features the work of Sylvie Agudelo, Jane Deutsch, Mike Hammecker and Ron MacGeorge. 
The works all vary in texture and subject matter, from the slick mounted photographs of Sylvie Agudelo, to the highly textured abstract pieces of Jane Deutsch, no surface is left unturned. The delicate paper pieces of Ron MacGeorge remind me of living organisms, while my pop-cultural Icon series leaves the subjects to stand on their own against a natural wood background.

Surface is curated by local Fort Point artists Kristen Mills and Jessica Hyatt.
The show runs June 27 – August 1, 2008
Opening Reception: July 11, 5:30 – 8pm

 FPAC Gallery300 Summer Street M1
Boston, MA 02210
gallery@fortpointarts.org
617 423-4299 

GALLERY HOURS
Mondays - Wednesdays 9AM-3:30PM
Thursdays-Fridays 9AM-10PM
Saturdays 5PM-10PM

 (pictured above, “Strummer” 6″ x 6″ acrylic on wood panel by Mike Hammecker)