Feb 14–March 23 • OPENING RECEPTION: Feb 14, 6–8 PM
Bancroft Gallery: National Juried Show • Love—Juror: Eric Aho
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Eric Aho is an American painter known for his gestural, abstracted paintings that evoke natural forms. While Aho works from his impressions of the landscape, he also draws upon major pillars of art history—such as works by De Kooning and Goya—to define his compositions.
Recent solo exhibitions include Eric Aho: In the Landscape at the Federal Reserve Board, Washington, DC (2013); Translation at DC Moore Gallery in New York City (2013); Transcending Nature: Paintings by Eric Aho at the Currier Museum of Art, New Hampsire (2012); and Eric Aho: Ice Box at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center in Vermont (2009).
His work is included in the permanent collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; among others. Aho’s paintings have also been shown internationally in Ireland, South Africa, Cuba, Norway, and Finland, among others.
JURORS COMMENTS & PRIZE WINNERS
This was a challenging exhibition to judge. Nearly all the work submitted was worthy of consideration and nearly all suited the subject of this exhibition. "Love," to be sure, is a tall order to define, let alone represent in painting, sculpture, printmaking or photography. The works selected here, in one way or another, eschew cliché, sentimentality or common expression. Some of them address cliché and sentimentality head-on. As you might expect, this exhibition presents a wide variety of vantage points, attitudes and approaches.
Happy Valentine's Day!
Eric Aho
1st Place Lustre, Laurie Kaplowitz
A complex and masterfully constructed image. The engaging details from the pun of the title to the lipstick on the tissue establish a complete and sustained vision encapsulated in a brief moment. I like the role of the mirrors and the feeling of fleeting glances, held in a painting of great planning, craft and execution.
2nd Place Mediated 1, Kevin Belanger
A portrait of a portrait session. The distance of the photographer from the subject removes the sentimentality inherent in the portrait of the couple at the seashore. A photograph commenting on photograph, I think is very compelling undertaking. We the ultimate viewer is removed three times from the subject. Once by the initial photographer, again by the photographer of this piece and then again by the print itself. The added multiple distances in contrast to the scale of the ocean creates an enormous spatial and emotional distance.
3rd Place Paint on Canvas X (red family), Beverly Rippel
Flesh is the reason paint was invented; here we have paint painted like flesh. This is for anyone who simply loves the material of paint.
Award of Merit Doll House on Prison Hill, Jamie Bowman
A small painting with a big presence. I especially like the coarse handling of paint that helps negotiate the line of sentimentality and memory. The upper left section of the painting could live on its own with its Dickinsonian echo.
Award of Merit Mother & Son, Russell duPont
What an odd a painting.... Brave and honest. The emotional struggle and contrast between the mother and son figures of the subject is further telegraphed by the awkward handling of the paint. This little painting is challenging to view.
Award of Merit Allison Fay_C_3-18-13--11AD, Dan McCormack
It is difficult to make a nude photograph interesting. This photo feels like a classic. The composition is lovely; notice the banister and its shadow. What I like most about this photograph is that it would still be a great photograph even if the nude wasn't a part of it.
Award of Merit Electroshock, me and my dad 1958, Gary Urgonski
A sad and poignant installation reflecting on a dark time in our cultural understanding of mental illness. A curious use of material and clever presentation make this construction relevant beyond sentiment.
Honorable Mentions
Collateral Damage, Scott Estelle
Twin Trunks, Sue Gallagher
Ada or Ardor, Scott Hunter
The Lovers, Amanda Herzog
At Last, Jan McElhinny
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Susan Ahearn, Cup Of Love
AllisonFay_C_3-18-13--11AD
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Judith Montminy, On the brink
Mathematics
Alan’s Hairbrush from the Saved Project
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Images at top: Laurie Kaplowitz, Lustre • Scott Hunter, Ada or Ardor • Donald Cooper, “Burn myself completely for Him and souls.” Mother Teresa |
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LOVE—accepted artists
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Susan Ahearn Cup of Love 8 x 6in, oil $500
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Robert Beaulieu Love bus 69 22 x 30 x 2 in, oil $775
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Kevin Belanger Mediated 1 18 x 24 in, photography $500
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Michelle Belanger Shivers 10 x 15 in, photography $75 |
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Robert Bent Sunset in New Mexico with Alcohol 18 x 24 x 1 in, oil $500
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Jamie Bowman Dollhouse on Prison Hill 8 x 8 in, oil $450
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Donald Cooper "Burn myself competely for Him and souls." Mother Theresa 12 x 18 in, digital photograph $320
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Mary Doering I am Through With Love photography $350
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Mary Doering Leaving 8 x 8 in, photography $350
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Russell duPont Mother & Son 10 x 12 x 2 in,oil $750
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Scott Estelle Bitter Fruit 18.5 x 10 x 6 in, unique bronze $58,000
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Scott Estelle Collateral Damage 19 x 11.5 x 8 in, unique bronze $58,000 |
Scott Estelle Last Call 17 x 7.75 x 7.75 in, unique bronze $58,000
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Susan Scavo Gallagher Twin Trunks 16 x 20 in, photography $300
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John Haubrich Heart Throb 44 x 44 in, oil $5,000
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Amanda Herzog The Lovers 17 x 11 in, woodcut silkscreen print $500
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Virginia Holloway Going Through the Emotions 32 x 30 in, quilted cotton fabric patchwork hanging $525
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Scott Hunter Ada or Ardor 36 x 38 in, oil $2,100
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Scott Hunter Loop 30 x 30 in, oil $1,400
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Laurie Kaplowitz Lustre 46 x 42 x 2 in, acrylic $7,000
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Jan McElhinny At Last 36 x 36 in, oil $3,000
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Bob Madden Different for Eveyone 7 x 7 x 3 in, marble $3,350
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Jane McCambley Portals Triptych 6 x 12 in, collaged paper on found antique postcards, 3 postcards at 3.5 x 5.5 ea $250
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Dan McCormack AllisonFay_C_3-18-13--11AD 19.78 x 20 in, pinhole camera $1,500
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Dan McCormack Vera_J_4-28-13--13AC 24 x 20.11, pinhole camera $1,500
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Frank Moccaldi Love of Country 15 x 18 in, photography $125
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Judith Montminy On the brink 11 x 14 in, photography $450
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Gail Nathanson First Dance 20 x 16 in, acrylic $500
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Robert Olshansky Reverie 11 x 14 in, photography $250
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Robert Olshansky Lover's Moment 12 x 18 in, photography $250
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Jihwan Park Broken Love 42 x 42 in, broken wood stretchers, torn canvas cloth $1,200
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Jihwan Park Torn 42 x 42 in, torn canvas, broken wood stretchers $1,200
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Beverly Rippel Paint On Canvas I (terrain) 16 x 20 x 1.5 in, oil $1,450
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Beverly Rippel Paint On Canvas X (red family) 12 x 12 x 1.5 in, oil $1,200
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Ariel Ruvinsky Sister Aloysius 16 x 17 in, photography $350
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Michelle Sarkisian Little Birds Love Mathematics 20 x 16 x 6 in, mixed media assemblage $300
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Michelle Sarkisian Woodpeckers Love to Climb Clocks 14 x 11 x 4 in, mixed media assemblage $200
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21 x 13 x 0.5 in, photography & prose $800
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Lorraine Sullivan Unconditional Love Activated 32 x 10 x 4 in, cast silk, vintage photo and found objects $4,000
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Amalia Tagaris Love 12 x 12 x 2 in, encaustic, oil on panel $500
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Kate True The Green Bridge 20 x 24 x 1.5 in, oil, ink and charcoal on linen $1,600
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Gary Urgonski Electroshock—Me and My Dad 1958 18 x 12 x 5 in, sculpture, metal $2,000 |
Gary Urgonski Odyssey from the Heartland 46 x 36 x 6 in, scullpture, driftwood, brass, glass, finished wood, maps of Italy, the Midwest and Cape Cod $2,000
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(Dustina Wessman-Smerdon and Meryl Feigenberg) we. screenshot of video with sound $200
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Caroline West Change Agent 29.5 x 37 in, watrcolor $1,500
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Timothy Wilson Holding Hands 16 x 20 x 1 in, photography, film image scanned $300
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Carol Wontkowski Heartless 16 x 16 in, photography $200
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Carol Wontkowski From the Bottom of My Heart 16 x 16 in, photography $200
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Carol Wontkowski Taken 17 x 13.5 in, photography $225
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| Images at top: Laurie Kaplowitz, Lustre • Scott Hunter, Ada or Ardor • Donald Cooper, “Burn myself completely for Him and souls.” Mother Teresa Image details at left: Susan Ahearn, Cup Of Love • Michelle Belanger, Shivers • Susan Scavo Gallagher, Twin Trunks • Virginia Holloway, Going Through the Emotions • Janice Kirby-McElhinny, At Last • Carol Wontkowski, Taken |
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Faculty Feature: Nancy Colella
OPENING RECEPTION: Feb 14, 6–8 PM
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