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Galleries and museums highlight current and upcoming exhibitions
Alva deMars Megan Chapel Art Center
Mirare |
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Mirare means to admire or behold. This exhibition
brings together three contemporary New England artists,
Grace DeGennaro, Thomas Driscoll, Meg Brown Payson,
whose abstract works resonate with the simple human
impulse to wonder.
They inspire the sensible articulation of fantasy and
reality, through carefully structured semblances of form
and pattern. Collectively, the works create an
opportunity for investigating the livelihood of the mind
and heart, challenging the ways we appreciate, or derive
meaning from, a work of art.
Through March 20
Reception: February 4, 6 p.m. |
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Hours: Tu–Sat 10–4, Th 10–7 p.m. |
Alva deMars Megan Chapel Art Center
Saint Anselm College
100 Saint Anselm Drive
Manchester, NH 03102
603.641.7470
www.anselm.edu/chapelart |
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The Boston Sculptors Gallery
Liz Shepherd: They
Still Cast Shadows |
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This new body of work includes a site-specific
installation of hundreds of translucent resin chairs
hanging from nearly invisible filament, small, dark,
uncanny resin sculptures, and a series of etchings that
merge original photography, computer generated imagery
and traditional printmaking techniques. George
Sherwood: Up for Air
Sherwood’s sculpture explores systems that
incorporate space, time and the relationships between
dynamic objects. His work has been called living,
breathing sculpture. Up for Air furthers the definition
and expands the dialogue.
February 10–March 14
Reception: February 12, 5 p.m. |
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Hours: Wed–Su 12–6 p.m. |
Boston Sculptors Gallery
486 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02218
617.482.7781
www.bostonsculptors.com |
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The Art Complex Museum
On Their Own: Jessica Straus |
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Jessica Straus’ work proves that limitations provide rich
fodder for invention. Her widgets are crafted with the
pared down elements of hand-carved and painted balls,
pegs, and jointed segments. Straus marries her
hand-crafted wooden elements with found metal forms,
some familiar, others enigmatic. Her inventions stretch
the definition of function and celebrate the quirkiness
of the individual in a joyful swipe at mass production.
Straus will also exhibit her Little Red Dress
series. Small carved female figures, stoically poised in
various precarious positions, leave the viewer at once
alarmed and chuckling in self recognition. As in all of
Straus’ work, the line between levity and gravity is
crossed and recrossed, and held in delicate balance.
February 21–May 16 |
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Hours: Wed–Su 1–4 p.m. |
The Art Complex Museum
189 Alden Street
Duxbury, MA 02331
781.934.6634 x 12
www.artcomplex.org |
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University Gallery at UMass Lowell
Jeffu
Warmouth: Food Court Photographs, Video &
Sculpture Installation
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Jeffu Warmouth is a conceptual humorist-artist who creates
interactive video installations and other artworks using
satirical humor to investigate the viewer’s relationship to
language, advertising, food, and culture. In Food Court, he
playfully explores the fragmentation of identity in the age
of fast-food and convenience shopping using semiotics and
deep fryer fat. Jeffu has exhibited in alternative spaces
and museums, including the DeCordova Museum and Boston
Center for the Arts. His award-winning video work has
screened at film festivals world-wide. He received his MFA
from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and heads the
Interactive Multimedia program at Fitchburg State College.
March 1–April 2
Reception: March 3, 3 p.m. |
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Hours: Mon–Thur 10–4, Fri 10–2, Sa by
appointment. (additional extended hours TBA) . |
University Gallery at UMass Lowell
McGauvran Student Union
71 Wilder Street, First Floor
Lowell, MA 01854
978.934.3491
www.uml.edu/dept/art/galleries |
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Bromfield Gallery
Daniel
Feldman & Lisa Olson
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In February, two gallery artists explore alternate
realities. In Gallery I, Daniel Feldman’s Out of the
Ground starts from photographs of building projects
underway. His constructed inkjet prints reveal things
normally unseen: structural slabs and beams, ductwork for
moving air, spaces filled with mechanical equipment. In
Gallery II, Lisa Olson presents New Bestiary. Her
installation of drawings, prints and mixed media illustrates
the idea of a contemporary bestiary, evoking library or
museum collections. On view are creatures, beasts,
protectors, or threats; they are enticing, charming, elegant
or dark.
February 3–27
Reception: February 5, 5:30 p.m. |
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Hours: Wed–Sa 12–5 p.m. |
Bromfield Gallery
450 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
617.451.3605
www.bromfieldgallery.com |
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Galatea Fine Art
Paula Estey:
Paintings and Mixed Media Constructions Becky
Kisabeth Gibbs and Kathleen Hendrick: Paintings and
Mixed Media
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Paula Estey leaves impressions on flat areas and creates
multiple textures on constructed forms. Found objects and
paint generates remembrances; experiences and thoughts come
to the surface with bold surety and sensitive inquiry.
Becky Kisabeth Gibbs animates paint. Each form juxtaposes
another, creating kinetic and vibrant energy. Kathleen
Hendrick delves into the consciousness of color; layers upon
layers of paint and wax reveal subtle texture. The almost
transitory energy is shared between the two artists in a
relationship built upon these layers of interchange.
February 4–28
Reception: February 5, 6–8 p.m.
Artists’ Talk: TBA |
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Hours: Wed–Fri 12–6, Sa, Su 12–5 p.m. |
Galatea Fine Art
460B Harrison Avenue, #B-6
Boston, MA 02118
617.542.1500
www.galateaart.org |
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Montserrat College of Art Galleries
America Now
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The photographs in America Now convey a sense of
place with elements of both landscape and portraiture. The
works by Daniel Cheek, Ben Huff, Shane Lavalette, Laura
McPhee, Alec Soth, and Zoe Strauss contribute to the
expression of contemporary American regional identity. The
exhibition includes experienced and emerging talent
documenting five regions of the US, including Alaska, the
West, the Mid-West, the Northeast and the Southeast. As
user-generated photographs proliferate the internet, the
photos in America Now exemplify the relevance and impact of
fine art photography. Visitors may witness varying facets of
American culture in a manner that opposes national and
global homogeneity.
February 5–April 10 |
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Hours: Mon–Fri 10–5, Thur 10–8, Sat 12–5
p.m. |
Montserrat College of Art Galleries
23 Essex Street
Beverly, MA 01915
978.921.4242 x3
www.montserrat.edu |
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Nesto Gallery at Milton Academy
Esta
Carnahan: Personal Mythology
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Esta Carnahan’s ceramic sculptures evoke an ancient, pagan,
and mythical world. Her face forms enclosed within other
face forms challenge the viewer to dig deeply into a Jungian
psyche that is both personal and collective. What does any
object mean? This artist makes forms that link the old and
the new in the expression of what is “original.” She makes
forms that look alive and that defy rationality. This is a
show that celebrates “personal mythology.”
February 9–March 9
Reception: February 9, 5:30 p.m. |
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Hours: Mon–Fri 8:30–3:30 p.m. |
Nesto Gallery at Milton Academy Science Building, Lower
Level
170 Center Street,
Milton, MA
617.898.1798
www.milton.edu/academics/ Nesto-Gallery.cfm |
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