Doni Silver Simons
dal 8/5/2011 al 17/6/2011
Segnalato da
8/5/2011
Doni Silver Simons
The Slutzky Art Gallery, Santa Monica
The exhibition spans a selection of five years of the artist's work from 2006 to 2011, including a number of pieces that explore the concept of time through the lens of the Omer - a seven week period of personal refinement in the Jewish calendar that occurs between Passover and Shavuot.
From Monday, May 9 to Wednesday, June
18, 2011, the Slutzky Art Gallery presents It’s about time... Doni Silver Simons’
first solo exhibition in Orange County. The exhibition spans a selection of five
years of the artist’s work from 2006 to 2011, including a number of pieces that
explore the concept of time through the lens of the Omer – a seven week period
of personal refinement in the Jewish calendar that occurs between Passover and
Shavuot. Observant Jews mark each night of the Omer by counting.
The paintings and sculpture on view reflect Silver Simons’ signature markings. “I
am a mark maker, and have always seen myself as such,” says Silver Simons. “It
is a personal language that documents my life. I am always trying to understand
time, its accretion, its dissolution, the role of memory, and my relationships in the
world as experienced through this time-based perspective,” she notes. It’s about
time... invites the viewer to contemplate these issues directly and indirectly, and
to connect personal insights to broader societal considerations.
There will be an opening reception and walk through with the artist on June 5 th
from 2 to 4 p.m.
DONI SILVER SIMONS is a painter, installation, and performance artist. Born in
Springfield, Massachusetts, Silver Simons received a Bachelor of Studio Arts
degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1971, and a Master of Fine Arts
degree in Drawing from Wayne State University, Detroit, in 1974. Silver Simons’
recent solo exhibitions include Center Justified; ...lines...; Omer 5769; and
August (Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, 2007, 2009, 2009, and 2010
respectively); and Marked (exhibition and performance, Hebrew Union College,
Los Angeles, 2009). Select group shows include FRESH (Museum of
Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2009); INCOGNITO (Santa Monica Museum of
Art, Santa Monica, 2010); Send Nothing to the Tate Modern: A Project by
David Horvitz (Tate Modern, London, England, 2010); Memory and
Transformation (Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles, 2010); The Rashi Effect
(American Jewish University, Los Angeles, 2011); Jewish Ritual: Rethinking,
Renewed (Finegood Art Gallery, West Hills, 2011); Global Soul, (Sinai Temple,
Westwood, 2011); and the upcoming Pacific Standard Time exhibition Breaking
in Two (Arena 1, Santa Monica, February 2012). A recipient of numerous grants
and commissions, Silver Simons’ work is in many private collections and in the
public collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts; the National Endowment of the
Arts, Washington D.C.; and the University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor.
Silver Simons lives and works in Los Angeles. Visit www.donisilversimons.com.
Media Contact:
Alexandra Pollyea 310 722-5826
alexandra@intentionalpr.com
Opening Reception June 5th from 2-4 pm
The Slutzky Art Gallery
Merage Jewish Community Center, 1 Federation Way, Irvine - Santa Monica USA