The public is invited to an opening reception and artist talk by Gabrielle Senza on Thursday, February 1st, 4 - 6pm in the Simon's Rock Atrium Library. Ms. Senza will speak informally about the work featured in the exhibition: MEDITATIONS WITH FIRE, created in the early 1990's with a propane torch and soldering flux.
Great Barrington, MA Simon's Rock College of Bard will host "MEDITATIONS WITH FIRE: The Torched Linen Paintings of Gabrielle Senza" at the Library Atrium Gallery from 22 January through 17 March, 2007. Featuring work created in the early 1990's, Ms. Senza states, "The torched linen series was started as a counterpoint to the series of highly representational industrial landscape paintings I was in the process of creating for a solo show near Detroit back in 1993. Rendering architectural structures in oil paint on steel was very demanding, and the need for a looser form of creative expression was great. "Experimenting with the basic tools of a plumber (propane torch, stiff aluminum brush and a tin of soldering flux), I blindly engaged in intuitive mark making on torn bits of raw…
Even when I don't get to the studio - (Yesterday was the first time since I got the keys!) - I'm there working away! Planning out new work, completing paintings in progress, It's all happening anyway.An Artist is never not working - even while dreaming!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, September 12, 2006: HOUSATONIC, MA Lauren Clark Fine Art presents “FOUR WOMEN STANDING NUDE”, an exhibitio of figurative works exploring the physical and emotional realms of the human body by Berkshire-based artists, Jeanet T. Ingalls, Mara Lefebvre, Matuschka and Gabrielle Senza. Opening on Saturday, October 7th, and running through October 30th “FOUR WOMEN STANDING NUDE” features works in a variety of media including, painting, drawing, collage and photography. Each coming from diverse backgrounds, the four artists find a common thread in this most fundamental of subjects, the body, as well as having their own unique perspective and motivation. All emotionally wrought, these images chronicle and celebrate the human condition from a woman’s point of view - sensuality, abandonment, despair, sexuality, body image, loss, desire, love. In addition…
Curating Exhibitions & Events ~ A Brief History of Happenings @ SPAZI Contemporary Art 1989 Renovations of 4,000 square foot raw mill space at the Barbieri Lumber Mill begins. 1990 October/November Housatonic Artists, group exhibition November Cacophony, group exhibtion December/January The Eclectic Chair, group exhibition 1991 April/May Locomotion/Local Motion/Low Commotion/Loco Motion, group exhibition May/June Poetic Landscapes & Outdoor Sculpture, group exhibition July/August Dreams & Ambiguities, group exhibition curated by Barbara Green July Art World Truths: Art Critic, Carol Diehl speaks of personal journey through the New York art world August Music in The Mill: Baroque Cello and Harpsichord Concert August/September 3 Way Objects: Cynthia Atwood, Beck Balken & Ruth Green September/October Mia Münzer LeComte: From Paradise to a Crazy World December/January Mirrors by Artists, group exhibition 1992 April/May Warner Friedman:…
Woman: Self Portrait | June 1st - July 1st 2006Shirin Aliabadi, Michal Chelbin, Christina Dallas, Dalit Gurevich, Naomi Harris, Erika Harrsch, Tiina Itkonen, Adela Leibowitz, Lynne Marie, Leemour Pelli, Astari Rasjid, Julieta Schildknecht, Ginna Triplett, Patricia Von Ah, Sonja Wyss, Amanda Seelye-Salzman, Gabrielle Senza (Red Collaborative)Dalit Anolik – CuratorWoman: Self Portrait is a group exhibition composed of seventeen local and international women artists; offering a multi-cultural view of the contemporary female experience. As the title suggests, the artwork provides an insight into how women perceive themselves as artists, professionals, children, parents and members of society. In addition, it comments on how those self-perceptions might clash with their surrounding social and political environments.This exhibition hopes to raise questions regarding roles, identity, responsibility and expectations related to gender, and most importantly — raise…
