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Paintings, Prose, and Poetry Update

From the Director:

I am writing to inform you that due to unforeseen circumstances, Sarah Mizer's work will not be available for the Paintings, Prose and Poetry exhibition.  Sarah would like express her sincerest apologies. Please join me and the 12 12 Gallery Staff in wishing her congratulations and the very best for her upcoming exhibition at Richmond's Reynolds Gallery.

Sincerely,

Martin

Writing About Art

By Krishanna Spencer

12 12 Artist-in-Residence & Web Maven

One of the reasons I don't often write about other people's art is that sometimes I can look at a work and have NO CLUE why the particular piece was composed but I like it. Often it doesn't occur to me to wonder about the story behind the artwork unless it is obviously a statement of some sort. It may be the color, it might be the way a certain technique was employed that draws toward a work of art. It might be how it makes me, the viewer, feel. It could be any number of things that draw me to a particular piece of art and capture my attention. But why the artist did what she or he did is not something that is always immediately apparent.

Indeed one of the things I am asked quite frequently about my own art is, 'Why' and to them I always say what the art says to you is far more important than any meaning I could attach to it for you.

This is why I was so glad to run across this article in the Wall Street Journal on the Lost Art of Writing About Art. Do check it out.

By Krishanna Spencer

12 12 Artist-in-Residence & Web Maven

One of the reasons I don't often write about other people's art is that sometimes I can look at a work and have NO CLUE why the particular piece was composed but I like it. Often it doesn't occur to me to wonder about the story behind the artwork unless it is obviously a statement of some sort. It may be the color, it might be the way a certain technique was employed that draws toward a work of art. It might be how it makes me, the viewer, feel. It could be any number of things that draw me to a particular piece of art and capture my attention. But why the artist did what she or he did is not something that is always immediately apparent.

Indeed one of the things I am asked quite frequently about my own art is, 'Why' and to them I always say what the art says to you is far more important than any meaning I could attach to it for you.

This is why I was so glad to run across this article in the Wall Street Journal on the Lost Art of Writing About Art. Do check it out.

Paintings, Prose, and Poetry

Two complimentary art forms debut May 9th at Gallery; literature and the visual arts share many common qualities, as shown in this outstanding collection of contemporary art by four of the regions' finest artists.Artists' reception Sunday, May 11th, from 2 - 5 pm. The exhibition runs through Sunday, June 15th.

The elegant and evocatively nostalgic photographs of Veronica Smith-Hasenei bring the viewer into the minutely beautiful qualities of handwritten correspondence, highlighting the delicacy of script and postage.

Krishanna Spencer continues her work as one of the most creative interpreters of assemblage and collage in the region. Using books as her substrate and a myriad of formats and techniques, she makes objects of profound interest and fascination.

The work of Sarah Mizer usually exists in a whisper quiet-world, wherein calm observation reveals subtle qualities. Her new works are a celebration of the multiple meanings of language itself. Her glass sculptures, with adjoining painted shadow texts bring a contrast in forms to show contrast in meaning.

Known for his Tonalist landscapes, Charles Philip Brooks continues the tradition of such painters as that of Elliott Daingerfield and Albert Pinkham Ryder by complimenting his evocative oils with poems. Much like the landscapes, his poetry focuses on emotive arrangements, meant to deliver an experience of authentic feeling.