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Allan Gorman: Early Light 2010
PHOENIX GALLERY ARTISTS: MARTIN BANKS, CECILY BARTH FIRESTEIN, HARRIET SOBIE GOLDSTEIN, WAYNE PAIGE & SEONGIL YOON
May 25 - June 18, 2011
Reception: May 26, 2011 6-9 PM
Allan Gorman: Early Light 2010
sTRUCKtures is an exhibition of carefully painted, colorful geometries -- revealing the
sensibilities of a sophisticated graphic designer - which on closer examination, portray an often-
overlooked subject matter as fine art. Soaring towers of exhaust pipes penetrate blue skies
highways divide canvases into geometric arrangements birds-eye views become patterns of
silhouettes capturing trucks in action and bold, in-your-face grille assemblies startle viewers
with their power in this show of new paintings inspired by big rigs.
www.allangorman.com
Please join us at the Phoenix Gallery for a reception on May 26, 2011 from 6-9 PM to meet the
artist.
PHOENIX GALLERY ARTISTS: MARTIN BANKS, CECILY BARTH FIRESTEIN, HARRIET SOBIE GOLDSTEIN, WAYNE PAIGE & SEONGIL YOON
MARTIN BANKS
All the Good and All the Bad - Diptych
My interest in quantum physics has led me to
depict an abstract version of the world as a
complexity of interconnections which
influence one another and create our reality.
There are therefore two realities, the world as
seen and recognized as being solid in which
we make judgments of "good" or "bad" and
experience through our senses. The other is
unseen and involves the energy which
connects us all through our thoughts and
actions.
http://www.abstractart-paintings.com/
CECILY BARTH FIRESTEIN
Dancing Cheek to Cheek
Cecily Barth Firestein combines printmaking techniques with her
painting. She initiates each painting as a monotype, painting an
abstract design with oil based ink, onto a large, rigid sheet of
plastic. Over this ink picture Cecily places a dampened sheet of
printmaking paper and then transfers the image from the plastic
to the paper by employing a steam iron to the reverse side of the
paper. She removes the paper from the plastic and lets it dry.
Cecily covers the under painting with a heavy wash of tempera
paint with wet rags and sponges, subtracts some of the color to
permit glimpses through transparency of the deeper lying strata
of the oil based design. Finally Firestein overdraws, employs
collage, paint and controlled drips and spatters to the paper. Her
aim is to convey joy in this combined medium through the
uninhibited use of lusty brushwork, dazzling colors, elegant
compositions along with humor.
www.cecilybarthfirestein.com
HARRIET SOBIE GOLDSTEIN
Softly Dreaming CE
I have been making abstract oil paintings that reflect a pensive mood
using a limited palate of cool grays and blues. The painting, "Softly
Dreaming," is part of a suite of paintings in which I have banished
strong color. These paintings are a comment to the uncertainty
evident in the world -- wars, nuclear disaster, earthquakes, and
tsunamis like the recent one in Japan. I hope this work engenders a
sense of peace amidst chaos.
During her career teaching in the New York City public school
system, she taught her fellow teachers how to infuse art into their
curriculum.
www.harrietsobiegoldstein.com
WAYNE PAIGE
Rebirth of a Nation
In a mythological setting of bucolic landscapes, 0's and 1's suddenly appear
and change the land forever." Focusing on mythological landscapes of hills,
lakes, waterfalls and forests, Wayne Paige's pen and ink drawings project an
idyllic view of nature and the impact of technology on the landscape. Inhabitants
are clothespins, which are seen floating, flying and fleeing from untold events,
portending everlasting change. The drawings introduce us to the reality of a post-
bucolic civilization by raising questions about contemporary life.
Wayne Paige is the Chair of The Fine and Performing Arts Depart at Middleburg
Academy and an adjunct professor at Lord Fairfax Community College.
www.waynepaige.com
SEONGIL YOON
Waiting for Title
When I was living in the United States every single moment was very
important. I tried to capture everything I saw because I did not want to miss
anything. Everything that I perceived and experienced expanded my
perception of life, the American culture and the contrasts I now have in
relationship to my Korean culture.
Now we might want to look back at what we have missed, because the world
we live in does not turn around one specific way. It is, rather, the inside of a
watch: it is composed of many different pivots, on which toothed wheels spin
into gear. In the society that I am watching, I want everything to be turning
together although the speed and direction is different from every single thing
of the world. I am attempting to transcend it into many different subjects.
Every time I touch my pen to the paper I draw from my imagination. I am an
experimental artist with a great interest in materials, subject matter, content
and communication.
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