Three Exhibitions Closing January 8, 2017 at
Brattleboro Museum and Art Center
“Printographs”: Collaged Images by Stan Sherer
The images in Stan Sherer’s series “Printographs” are grounded in earth and jewel tones at once elemental, atmospheric, and painterly. Many of the images offer little or no visual foothold. Though we may glimpse an arm, a whelk, a face, other objects are concealed beneath layers of visual noise, texture, and abstraction. In Plate #12 (image above), we can recognize a fragment of an icon painting under a pattern of fan-shaped lines. The effect is of a seemingly vulnerable figure just out of reach, somehow rendered more magnificent, the power of its gesture and gentle gaze undiminished. Over 45 years, Sherer’s work has evolved from black-and-white film photography to digital imaging, now combined with printmaking, color, and abstraction.
“Eyes Toward Heaven”: Chris Page
In “Eyes Toward Heaven”, Chris Page creates an immersive installation that brings us back to the childhood act of cloud gazing. It is a space where time slows as we contemplate minute shifts in color and form. Page’s clouds possess their own internal, pictorial logic and materiality. While each component painting is a beautiful abstraction, together they offer a portrait of the sky in motion. The expressive and metaphoric potential of the work is limited only by the viewer’s imagination, just as it is when one lies on a hill gazing up at the clouds.
“From Luminous Shade”: Margaret Kannenstine, Giuseppe Ungaretti, and Ann McGarrell
“From Luminous Shade” is a moving testament to the restorative power of art. Three artists mourn the untimely passing of their sons: Vermont painter Margaret Kannenstine, Italian poet Giuseppe Ungaretti, and poet and translator Ann McGarrell. We journey with them from their numbing plunge into despair, through the dark months, and finally into sunlight. Kannenstine’s dramatic landscapes, reflecting a year’s seasonal change, are coupled with Ungaretti’s poems in McGarrell’s translated interpretation, delicately exploring the depths of his love and loss.
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