Joe Novak Acrylics, Etchings, & Serigraphs
Pascal Works
Spanish Prints from Michael Woolworth Publications
Mary Shaffer Glass Sculptures
Robert Hoerlein Mixed Media
Dunham Aurelius Sculptures
Camille Rendal Sculptures
Andreas Nottebohm Works
COLOR DIMENSIONS - JOE NOVAK
Zane Bennett Contemporary Art is pleased to announce the upcoming show entitled Color Dimensions by Joe Novak. The show opens on Friday, March 12, 2010 and runs until Saturday, April 10, 2010. The opening reception is on Friday, March 12 at the gallery (435 South Guadalupe Street) from 5:00-7:00 pm. Light refreshments will be served.
Joe Novak is an internationally-recognized abstract artist whose career spans over thirty years. His work has been shown throughout the United States, England, and Germany. He has degrees from New York University, Dartmouth College, Parsons School of Design, and a Juris Doctorate from Harvard University. Currently, Mr. Novak lives and works in Palm Springs, California but lived in Santa Fe for many years prior to his move.
He calls his method “abstract excursions” of color and light focused on monochrome and tonal gradations. His last show at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art was called Colors and was part of his series of 350 small-scale monochrome panels in a range of colors. The upcoming show, Color Dimensions juxtaposes the previous exhibition because it focuses on select large-scale painterly canvases. The goal is to evoke a meditative quality. In Mr. Novak’s own words, he explains: “I have created programmed sequences of variable color and light movements and configurations, the effects of which extend the visual experience of painting to include the elements of time, movement and change.”
DESERT SUITE - SUSAN DAVIDOFF
Zane Bennett Contemporary Art is pleased to announce the upcoming show entitled Desert Suite by Susan Davidoff. The show opens on Friday, April 16, 2010 and runs until Saturday, May 8, 2010. The opening reception is on Friday, April 16 at the gallery (435 South Guadalupe Street) from 5:00-7:00 pm.
Susan Davidoff is a renowned contemporary mixed-media artist with a focus on the ethereal and natural environment. Her work has been shown throughout the United States focused in the South and Southwest where much of her inspiration is derived. Her work is in the permanent collections of such prestigious institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and the University of New Mexico Art Gallery. She studied fine arts and printmaking in Texas and California before attaining her M.A. and M.F.A. from New Mexico State University, where she also held teaching positions. Currently, Ms. Davidoff lives and works in El Paso, Texas.
Ms. Davidoff takes inspiration, largely, from two influences: nature and the concept of Li. The first she often explores during her walks and hikes where she observes and collects the forms that will become part of her compositions. Aside from standard materials, Davidoff uses found materials from the earth in her work: juniper berries, clay, cochineal, mica, lichen. She explains that their usage “serves as connections between personal experience and finished work.” The latter influence is a Chinese idea of organic pattern; the order and structure of nature as a way to examine human perceptions and preconceptions of nature. Together, these influences create Davidoff’s artistic philosophy which is manifested in her delicately constructed reactions to nature and the human condition.
FRANÇOIS MORELLET
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François Morellet has had a series of 7 stained glasses, which he designed, installed in the Musee du Louvre in Paris. The opening was on Jan. 26th & 27th with a speech from the French Ministry of Culture, Frederic Mitterand.
François has also been invited for a one man show at the Musee Georges Pompidou at Beaubourg from March 1st 2011.
