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"New Work: New Ideas" opens at CRAFT
A curated selection of new work and new ideas by CRAFT Gallery artists will open for the season on Friday, May 24th.
CRAFT features thoughtful new work by calligraphy artist Jan Owen. Her
panels of texts address science and humanities, freedom and equality,
the Declaration of Independence and the role of social media in the
Arab Spring. This latter subject is timely and provocative, creating
pros and cons regarding the influences that social media has on current
events. The panels are executed in Owen's signature calligraphy and
graphic design in brilliant colors and gold leaf, in English, Spanish,
Arabic and binary code.
Another featured artist, weaver Morris David Dorenfeld, has broken away
from last season's horizontal patterns and has literally gone in a new
direction with vertical stripes in eye-dazzling colors. The technique
is extremely difficult to weave on his Swedish tapestry loom, but
Dorenfeld's impeccable craftsmanship maintains the perfectly even motif.
Joining them are two more midcoast artists, Dudley Zopp and potter
George Pearlman. Zopp shows five more pieces from her "Warp Weights"
series that CRAFT presented in 2012. Pearlman, just back from a very
successful showing at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC, shows his
latest pottery collection made this spring.
Others from Maine include Portland artist Lissa Hunter, who continues
her investigation of materials and techniques with "Autumn Fern", an
idea that one art piece can extend from basketmaking to drawing on
panel. She continues to explore her new ideas in clay and will have a
show at CRAFT in September.
The current show will run from May 24th to July 5th.
CRAFT is located at 12 Elm St., Rockland.
FMI: info@craftonelm.com and www.craftonelm.com.
FMI please call 207-236-8930 and please visit craftonelm.com
Barbara Michelena
CRAFT Gallery
12 Elm Street
Rockland, ME 04841
207 594 0167
info@craftonelm.com |
"Autumn Fern" by Lissa Hunter
"Rosetta Chip" by Jan Owen
"Tapestry #120" by Morris Dorenfeld |
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