“Out of Step,” opens on Tuesday, October 8, at the Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery on the campus of New Jersey City University. Curated by Brendan Carroll, and including my work, the show presents an informal survey of current practices in abstract painting. I stopped by for a preview on Saturday and snapped a few jpegs.
“The
artists may vary in style, subject matter, temperament, and conceptual
framework, but they are unified by their no-nonsense approach to
painting,” Carroll writes in his statement for the show. “Most of the work on view presents simple geometric shapes that
are executed in broad expanses of pure color. From cerebral to
laid-back, the artists explore line, value, color, and texture in their
compositions. Despite the works’ superficial differences, each piece,
however minimal, reveals the touch of the artist�s hand. For the artists
in the show, paint is a means to an end, not the end. Abstraction,
likewise, is not a cul-de-sac, but a living, breathing means of visual
communication.”
Artists include Sharon Butler (that’s me), Mark Dagley, Enrico Gomez, Tom McGlynn, Gary Petersen, Kati Vilim, and Sara Wolfe.
Tom McGlynn
Kati Vilim
Mark Dagley
Enrico Gomez
Gary Petersen
