Bower of Bliss

Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York

A two-person exhibition with sculpture by Mary-Beth Gregg and paintings by Mary Jones. 'The 'bower of bliss' is a literary motif usually associated with The Faerie Queene, Edmund Spenser's epic Elizabethan poem. In a nutshell, it's a kind of enchanted forest; the greenery's heat reflects gold light and emits fragrance... as the characters approach, their senses are attuned to faint, rhythmic modulations... singing...

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You are invited to attend the opening reception of Bower of Bliss, a two-person exhibition with sculpture by Mary-Beth Gregg and paintings by Mary Jones.

"The "bower of bliss" is a literary motif usually associated with The Faerie Queene, Edmund Spenser's epic Elizabethan poem. In a nutshell, it's a kind of enchanted forest; the greenery's heat reflects gold light and emits fragrance... as the characters approach, their senses are attuned to faint, rhythmic modulations... singing... Those who succumb to its artifice are changed by the encounter, irrevocably transformed. In the context of this exhibition, the bower of bliss has been pried loose from the text so that its themes of pleasure, nature, narrative, and uncertainty can momentarily shadow the work of these two artists...Mary Jones' abstract paintings suspend a rottenly lush garden of earthly delights within investment-calibre satellite space...Mary Beth Gregg's medium scale, polychrome figurative sculptures focus on survival." (excerpt from Deborah Garwood's catalog essay)

for more information and visuals visit the website or contact the gallery , 212.633.6525 (Open Tues - Sat. 12-6pm)

Cynthia Broan Gallery
423 W.14th St, NYC 10014
New York

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Three exhibitions
dal 5/9/2007 al 12/10/2007