Three Exhibitions
dal 3/5/2007 al 30/5/2007
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3/5/2007
Three Exhibitions
Joie Lassiter Gallery, Charlotte
Michelle Van Parys presents a serie of photographs. Monica Cook's paintings describe a stark, sometimes disturbing, objectivity of the figure. Linda Fantuzzo is best known for her mellow, textured landscapes and still-life paintings.
Michelle Van Parys
Joie Lassiter Gallery announces "THE WAY OUT WEST" - the premier exhibition
for Michelle Van Parys. This exhibit opens Friday, May 4th and will be on
view through the end of May. Michelle Van Parys received her B.F.A. degree
from the Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C. in 1982; and her M.F.A.
degree in Photography from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1986. Her
work captures the development of the land with ephemeral or temporary
structures and scenes.
In 1986 Michelle Van Parys began working on a series which she titled "The
Way Out West". This series of photographs chart her response to the
Southwest landscape in which humans have insinuated themselves. She seeks to
juxtapose 19th century art historical notions of the sublime landscape with
the ways in which we live on the land today. At times we appear oppositional
and destructive to the land and at other times harmonious and custodial. The
artist is mostly interested in the myriad forms this relationship takes;
humorous, ironic, dangerous, and fatalistic to list a few. The frame of
the camera allows her to isolate and organize elements in the landscape that
reflect our complex interactions with the land, both mythical and actual.
These photographs are portraits of the land constructed and altered by human
presence.
Michelle Van Parys's photographs have been exhibited internationally. Her
work is included in several museum collections such as the San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art, The High Museum, and The Virginia Museum of Fine Art.
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Monica Cook
Joie Lassiter Gallery announces "Introducing Monica Cook" - the premier
exhibition for Monica Cook. This exhibit opens Friday, May 4th and will be
on view through the end of May. Born in Dalton, Georgia in 1974, Monica Cook
moved to Savannah, Georgia to pursue a Bachelor's Degree in painting at the
Savannah College of Art and Design. Since graduating, summa cum laude in
1996, she has earned a number of distinguished awards from the college and
the community, including voted best local artist 2005. Cook recently
completed a residency at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where
she currently resides.
Monica Cooks' paintings describe a stark, sometimes disturbing, objectivity
of the figure, by heightening various textures on the body, the translucency
of the flesh, how the veins surface and recede. Her paintings allude to
stories exposed by history trapped inside the skin. Exaggeration of these
details enhances the mortal presence of the subject and their psychological
complexity, objectifying the condition of raw. She builds her paintings of
memories and new experiences, identifying lost and found. By constructing
each painting in the way which a memory is formed, a patchwork of hyper
detail and blurry eyed recollections, she captures the figure in a state of
flux, between composed and decomposing, formed and formless. While each
painting is essentially a reflection of her own self, Monica Cook hopes to
make a universal connection that shows the precarious balance of strength
and vulnerability that speaks honestly of what is to be human.
Selected exhibitions include the King Bridge Biennial at the Columbus Museum
in Columbus, Georgia (2005), Migration at the Pinnacle Gallery in Savannah,
Georgia (2005), and Art Link at Sotheby's in Amsterdam, New York and Tel
Aviv (2000-2003).
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Linda Fantuzzo
Joie Lassiter Gallery is honored to present an unprecedented new body of
work - "Atmosphere" by Linda Fantuzzo. This exhibit opens Friday, May 4th
and will be on view through the end of May. Fantuzzo is one of the core
members of the Charleston art scene. Originally from New York, educated in
Pennsylvania and Italy, Fantuzzo's passion for rich, vibrant light led her
to reside and paint in Charleston.
Best known for her mellow, textured landscapes and still-life paintings;
Fantuzzo goes beyond recording what she sees, to examining the very energy
that emanates from her still-life landscapes in an almost spiritual manner.
Meticulous consideration and the atmospheric conditions of each moment shape
Fantuzzo's response to her subject. As the conditions and consequentially
the response to them changes, spatial ambiguity will often arise within the
paintings between the various compositional elements. Architectural forms
are often employed as an abstract element, their solidity creating a sense
of stability. Fantuzzo's work shows a deep sensitivity to the balance of
abstraction and representation. Documenting a sense of transition and
impermanence without giving way to sentimentality this artist unveils, with
transcendental luminosity, the fabulous details within the fabric of
everyday life. Painterly realistic with a painstaking overlay technique;
Fantuzzo constructs through layers of careful glazing and building of
surface these pure, rich and sensuous works which vibrate with energy and
light.
Linda Fantuzzo has lived and worked in Charleston for over 25 years and is
recognized as one of the premier painters of the southeast. Refusing to
succumb to commercial demands and the paving of her own unique path has
ultimately led to Fantuzzo's status as a museum artist and she was recently
acquired by the Greenville Museum of Art for their permanent collection. The
artist has been invited to exhibit in many other museum shows over the last
several years and travels extensively to execute commissions find
inspiration and continue her lifelong pursuit of painting from nature.
Opening may 4, 2007
Joie Jassiter Gallery
1440 South Tryon Street - Charlotte
Tuesday-Friday 10AM - 5:30PM; Saturday 11AM-4PM
Free admission