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Just
in time this early April,
several NY and Boston
artists have come together
to hurry the slow
progression of New England
Spring -- with their own
steeped in color
contribution. I've had
the pleasure & the
privilege of curating this
large group exhibition,
alighting at the
Brickbottom Gallery
(Somerville MA), to span
all of April. This show,
titled:
"THE SHAPE OF COLOR - 5 ABSTRACT ARTISTS"
features two Boston and
three New York artists,
and through contrast and
comparison, a range of
post-Minimal Color
Abstraction.
The exhibition has already
attracted praise and close
viewing from the local
press. Their review, in
the April 7 issue of Cambridge Day starts with this:
"On
view at Somerville’s
Brickbottom Gallery
through April 28,
“The Shape of Color
– 5 Abstract
Artists” has a
deceptively simple concept
with mesmerizing and
complex execution. The
term “love
letter” gets thrown
around left and right in
arts criticism, but
it’d be reductive to
call this exhibition a
love letter to color."
(See it in full here.)
I am thus delighted to
share with our readers
some of the installation
images and snapshots from
our Vernissage.
Installation view: Gerstein "Sometimes There Is Bliss", 24 x 48 in. (61 x 122 cm),
Acrylic, glass beads, glitter, & mixed media on birchwood panel, 2016
Installation view \2\: Weider Rock Around the Clock 16 x 20 in.
(41 x 51 cm.), Gouache, acrylic & graphite on linen, 2020 ; and
Yudelman Mid-month (Wyoming); 20 x 16 in. (51 x 41 cm.),
Archival pigment print
Vernissage: at the exhibition entrance
Installation view \3\: Gerstein Bonjour Monsieur Gauguin , 12 x 24 in.
(31 x 61 cm), Acrylic & glass beads on birchwood panel, 2019; and
Yudelman Unbound 32; 33 x 26 in. (84 x 66 cm), Archival pigment print
Vernissage \2\
Installation view \4\: Gerstein After the Humans, 30 x 20 in. (76 x 51 cm), Acrylic
& mixed media on birchwood panel, 2016; Fearey Heating with Wood,
12 x 16 in. (31 x 41 cm), 2020; Gerstein Evening with the Boys,
36 x 36 in. (91 x 91 cm), Oil stick, acrylic, pigment, and mixed
textural media on birchwood panel, 2018 ; and Lyshak Grey Turbulence,
24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm), Oil on linen, 2019.
Vernissage \3\
Installation view \4\: Yudelman Unbound 28, 25 x 20 in. (64 x 51 cm) ,
Archival pigment print; and Lyshak Water Soothes Rock,
24 x 36 in. (61 x 91 cm), Oil on Linen, 2023.
Installation view \5\
Vernissage \4\
Installation view \6\: Yudelman One Day (Maine) ; 22 x 22 in. (56 x 56 cm),
Archival pigment print; and Lyshak RBG (In honor of Ruth Bader Ginsberg),
24 x 40 in. (61 x 102), Oil on linen, 2020
Vernissage \5\: Francie Lyshak (l) with her painting "RBG" (in red)
Installation view \7\
Installation view \8\: Weider L’Objet d’Art ; 16 x 20 in. (41 x 51 cm),
Gouache, acrylic & graphite on linen, 2019 ; Gerstein In Clarity,
24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm), Acrylic, oil stick, lacquer, & textural media
on birchwood panel ; 2022 ; and Yudelman Winter (Maine),
16 x 16 in. (41 x 41 cm), Archival pigment print
Installation view \9\: Fearey Path, 18 x 24 in. (46 x 61 cm) Watercolor
on paper, 2021; Gerstein Annunciation, 24 x 20 in. (61 x 51 cm),
Flashe and acrylic on birchwood panel, 2022; and Fearey Permanent,
8 x 8 in. (21 x 21 cm) Watercolor on paper, 2022
Vernissage \6\
Vernissage \7\: We are in full color and officially open!
(See Part 1 in Scene4 April 2024 issue)
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