Paper Works 2010
Paper Works January 22- February 21, 2010
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery is pleased to present “Paper Works,” a salon-style survey of new and recent work on paper by gallery regulars and dozens of other New York- area artists. While the preeminent impulse guiding the exhibition is drawing, variants on painting and printmaking appear as well, and certain works even engage sculp- tural concerns.
“Paper Works” advances no particular aesthetic position, promotes no agenda, other than to celebrate the distinctive characteristics of work on paper—intimacy, immediacy—and the seeming paradox therein embodied: that a primary engage- ment with materials simultaneously generates and tests visual ideas.
The degree of “finish” varies widely among the 85 pieces in “Paper Works.” For some artists, such as Russel Roberts, Craig Olson, and Laura Newman, improvisation is cen- tral. In the work of Gabriel Evertz, Gary Petersen, and Don Voisine, exploration is balanced by exquisite control. But throughout the exhibition, the pleasure the artists clearly take in making is fundamental to the viewers’ delectation.
The following is the list of participating artists in the show:
Peter Acheson • Steven Alexander • Rene Pierre Allain • James Biederman • Phong Bui • Becky Brown • Tim Casey • Kris Chatterson • James Clark • Yvette Co- hen • Maury Colton III • Vince Contarino • Mark Dagley • Cathy Diamond • Eric Drotch • Gabriel Evertz • Scooter Flaherty • Linda Francis • Sam Fryer • Nora Griffin • Julie Gross • Art Guerra • Fred Gutzeit • Cynthia Hartling • Elizabeth Hazan • Mara Held • Doug Hilson • William Holton • Jerry Hunt • Sara Klar • Ben La Rocco • Stephen Maine • Scott Malbaurn • Shane McAdams • Jackie Meier • Rifka Milder • Loren Munk • Mike Nemire • Laura Newman • Chuck O’Connor • Craig Olson • Gelah Penn • Gary Petersen • Heidi Pollard • Kazimira Rachfal • Russell Roberts • Sheila Rotner • Katsuhisa Sakai • Michal Shapiro • Judy Simonian • Louise Sloane • Rebecca Smith • Elisa Soliven • Deborah Spiroff • Melissa Staiger • Deirdre Swords • Jeanne Thomsen • Joan Thorne • Kim Uchiyama • Don Voisine • Joe Walentini • Mark Williams • Alice Zinnes
The show runs till February 21, 2010. For more information or images please contact the gallery.
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery is pleased to present “Paper Works,” a salon-style survey of new and recent work on paper by gallery regulars and dozens of other New York- area artists. While the preeminent impulse guiding the exhibition is drawing, variants on painting and printmaking appear as well, and certain works even engage sculp- tural concerns.
“Paper Works” advances no particular aesthetic position, promotes no agenda, other than to celebrate the distinctive characteristics of work on paper—intimacy, immediacy—and the seeming paradox therein embodied: that a primary engage- ment with materials simultaneously generates and tests visual ideas.
The degree of “finish” varies widely among the 85 pieces in “Paper Works.” For some artists, such as Russel Roberts, Craig Olson, and Laura Newman, improvisation is cen- tral. In the work of Gabriel Evertz, Gary Petersen, and Don Voisine, exploration is balanced by exquisite control. But throughout the exhibition, the pleasure the artists clearly take in making is fundamental to the viewers’ delectation.
The following is the list of participating artists in the show:
Peter Acheson • Steven Alexander • Rene Pierre Allain • James Biederman • Phong Bui • Becky Brown • Tim Casey • Kris Chatterson • James Clark • Yvette Co- hen • Maury Colton III • Vince Contarino • Mark Dagley • Cathy Diamond • Eric Drotch • Gabriel Evertz • Scooter Flaherty • Linda Francis • Sam Fryer • Nora Griffin • Julie Gross • Art Guerra • Fred Gutzeit • Cynthia Hartling • Elizabeth Hazan • Mara Held • Doug Hilson • William Holton • Jerry Hunt • Sara Klar • Ben La Rocco • Stephen Maine • Scott Malbaurn • Shane McAdams • Jackie Meier • Rifka Milder • Loren Munk • Mike Nemire • Laura Newman • Chuck O’Connor • Craig Olson • Gelah Penn • Gary Petersen • Heidi Pollard • Kazimira Rachfal • Russell Roberts • Sheila Rotner • Katsuhisa Sakai • Michal Shapiro • Judy Simonian • Louise Sloane • Rebecca Smith • Elisa Soliven • Deborah Spiroff • Melissa Staiger • Deirdre Swords • Jeanne Thomsen • Joan Thorne • Kim Uchiyama • Don Voisine • Joe Walentini • Mark Williams • Alice Zinnes
The show runs till February 21, 2010. For more information or images please contact the gallery.