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Forces at Work:
Art and Spirit
Sat, November 19 -
Sat, December 17, 2005
Opening Reception
Sat, November 19, 2005
6 - 8 pm
at Hera Gallery
Artists' Talks
Sat, December 3, 2005
2 - 3 pm at Hera Gallery
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About the
Exhibition & Artists' Talks
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Hera Gallery presents Forces
at Work: Art and Spirit,
a thematic group exhibition spotlighting the work of fifteen artists,
curated by Hera Gallery Director Cynthia Farnell. The exhibition will
run Saturday, November 19 through Saturday, December 17, 2005. The
public is invited to an opening reception on Saturday, November 19,
6 - 8 pm at Hera Gallery.
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Join us for Artists' Talks by Newport sculptor
Natasha Harrison, Newport painter Daniel Powell, and Providence painter
Duane Slick on Saturday, December 3, 2 - 3 pm.
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"Forces at Work: Art and Spirit" features
the work of fifteen artists working in painting, photography, printmaking,
site-specific installation, and sculpture chosen by Ms. Farnell
for their use of spiritually evocative imagery, media, and technique.
The works on display are contemporary artistic expressions of spiritual
feeling, apprehended through beautiful, sublime, and even whimsical
imagery.
This exhibition is supported by The Rhode Island State Council
on the Arts, The Friends of Hera, and the Hera Foundation.
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About the Artists
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The artists participating in "Forces at
Work: Art and Spirit" are
a diverse and distinctive group and their work reflects
a variety of approaches.
Sheryl Maree Reily's
arrangement of oversized rosaries and Andra Samelson
paintings of the destroyed Bamiyan, Afghanistan Buddhas are influenced
by and directly refer to a specific religious faith and spiritual practice.
Installation artist Miruna Dragan and painter
Janet Gorzegno borrow
scientific diagrams and reinterpret traditional patterns, shapes and colors of religious,
mythological and mystical iconography.
Painters Daniel Powell
and Amy Borezo engage in
a contemporary dialogue with the New England tradition of transcendental landscape.
The work of self-taught
artists Lonnie Holley,
Purvis Young and
Mose Tolliver
is informed by a strong spiritual tradition of church
and community.
Diverse and engaging, "Forces at Work: Art and Spirit" is
a welcome opportunity to contemplate and celebrate image, art
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Images
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Amy Borezo,
Underground Encampment at Sun Station
Gouache on paper, 50" x 35" |
Miruna Dragan, H20 Icosahedron Cluster
Ink on Vellum |
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Natasha Harrison, Wound Chrysalis
Glass, thread, and wax
(Photo by James Beard) |
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Janet Gorzegno, Temple
Gouache on paper,
18" x 9 " |
Scott Hemeon, Crosscurrents
Photographic documentation by the artist of
wooden crosses, Easton's Beach, Newport, RI |
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Kelli Newton,
Untitled, Digital inkjet print of a Buddhist shrine, 22 " x 28 " |
Daniel Powell,
Into the blue again
Watercolor drawing on paper, 12 " x 12 "
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Melissa Polhamus, The
King
Watercolor drawing on paper, 23" x 30" |
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Sheryl Maree Reily, Rosary
Five strands of beads with figurines
Wax, styrofoam, pigment, resin, chain,
approx. 12" x 60" each strand |
Andra Samelson,
Bamiyan: A
Continuum
Pigment print, Detail, 8" x 10 " |
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Duane Slick, Birth
of Coyote,
Acrylic on linen,
Grouping of 6 paintings, 5 at 13" x 10",
1 at 17" x 14" |
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About the Gallery
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Hera Gallery is
a contemporary art gallery and community art educational center
located in Wakefield, Rhode Island. The gallery
is accessible to persons with disabilities. Free parking is available.
Click here for directions to the gallery. Call 401-789-1488 for more
information.
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