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17/3/2003

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Viridian Artists, New York

VIRIDIAN ARTISTS is pleased to present an exhibit of works by the newest artists on the Viridian Artists roster. The show opens March 18 and continues through April 5, 2003. There is an Artists' reception on Thursday, Thursday, March 20, 5-7pm and a Coffee & Conversation with the artists on Saturday March 22, 3-5 pm.

JOSE ANTONIO DE ARANAZ was born in Navarra Spain where he started painting at an early age, finally graduating with honors from the San Fernando (Madrid) Royal Academy of Fine Arts. In 1956, he moved to Caracas, Venezuela where he teaches and is a well-known painter, deciding to stay there after falling in love with the scenery. He will be showing four new paintings.

SABINE CARLSON's oil paintings show groups of highway construction barrels in peculiar situations. Recognizable and enigmatic at the same time, the paintings create an experience where, as the strange becomes more familiar, the familiar grows increasingly strange.

RIMA GRAD creates her images out of an extensive collection of hand-made papers,fabric and borrowed images from popular culture such as magazines, wrapping paper, wallpaper andlabels. Thevaried surfaces are then altered or enhanced with additions of crayon, oil pastel, paint, colored pencil and matte medium. This layering produces a richness that addsto the mystery, whimsy and energy of the work. This new series, "Feature Stories", was initially inspired by the "Portraits of Grief" series that ran in The New York Times after September 11th.

BILL HEARD works mostly from his own photographic references, sometimes combining multiple images into the finished painting. Working in oil allows Heard to effectively use complex compositions, blending them seamlessly into the canvas, creating a dramatic illusion rather than a journalistic record. 'Out of control' and Carnivore' are part of a 'Post Traumatic Retrospective' series which take a wry and witty perspective on our lives since 9/11.

KATHLEEN KING's multi-media works on canvas are re-visitations of natural fragments, and other found objects, which are recycled and reprocessed into hypnotic and obsessive images. Says King of her work, "In the compositions, the critical mass of visual relationships occur in such a way as to allow the viewer to revisit the work and see the art "move" in different ways with each encounter. The result is a kind of natural pictorial fiction that takes on many plastic and changing identities."

GORAN PETMIL creates sculptures & installations of unusual and found materials, filling galleries and spaces with art works that act as a looking glass to the viewer's own imagination. His work encourages the viewer to touch and experience its energy and get lost. More interested in process rather than product, he feels his work is never finished but always in process.

JAMES PQ SPERBER's recent work softens his previous explorations in geometric abstraction. Maintaining an interest in order and repetition, he has turned from the brush to a palette knife in his paint handling. The removal of the brush from the process has led to a more expressive and emotional outcome and a 'loosening' of the surface.

ROBERT TOMLINSON's paintings are drawn from two series inspired by his visits to Japan. The 'Jobutsu' series consist basically of heads whose narrowed eyes and enigmatic 'Buddha smiles' are said to be those of persons who die in a state of enlightenment. The canvases in the 'Gengi' series are evocations, rather than illustrations, of the classic 11th century Japanese novel The Tale of Gengi (Gengi monogatari) by Lady Murasaki. They represent Genghi with one or the other of the various women whose liaisons with the amorous prince occupy much of the plot.

Reception
Saturday March 22, 3-5 pm

VIRIDIAN ARTISTS, INC.
530 West 25th Street #407
New York, NY 10001

Director: Vernita Nemec
Hours: Tues. - Sat., 10:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Tel/Fax: 212-414-4040

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