Archive for the ‘Exhibitions’ Category
Monday, June 27th, 2011
Come join us on Friday, July 15 for the opening reception of our newest exhibition by Minnesota artist Liz Miller! We invite you to enjoy complimentary hors d’oeuvres and a glass of wine with friends while Liz Miller offers some insight into her work. The reception will go from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will feature a talk by the artist at 6:30 p.m. The exhibition will remain on view through Saturday, August 20.
 Liz Miller, detail of Repetitive Deception Scheme In Illusive Insurgency, Miller offers a narrative about the contemporary “dilemma of unchecked growth.” Miller’s shapes and forms suggest the profound beauty of flora-like forms and charge the exhibit with a seductive power. However, “through their proliferation and movement,” Miller explains, “these forms suggest a more ominous narrative; one that would ultimately envelop and encroach on the viewer through a combination of two-dimensional and sculptural forms.”
Miller configures her repetitive forms and shapes to transform the space of the gallery. The expansive scale and space-altering dimension of her installation stand as metaphors for “issues such as environmental devastation and population growth.”
Liz Miller resides in Southern Minnesota, where she teaches drawing at Minnesota State University-Mankato. She earned her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA from the University of Minnesota. Miller has exhibited her work nationally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions, and is the recipient of a Jerome Foundation Fellowship as well as two Artist Initiative Grants from Minnesota State Arts Board. Miller’s work is included in two books: Tactile: High Touch Visuals and Nature: Inspiration for Art & Design. For more information on Liz Miller and her work, please visit: www.lizmillerart.com.
Posted in Artist Talk, Events, Exhibitions | Comments Off
Thursday, May 19th, 2011
The gallery received 338 entries from 37 states and 8 countries this year for our juried biennial, FEED2011. The jurors, Lauren Marinaro and Elizabeth Schlatter, were honored to have the opportunity to review so much dynamic work from all across the country and the world. After a great deal of deliberation, the field has been narrowed down to 30 semi-finalists.
Congratulations to the following FEED2011 Semi-Finalists!
Lindsey Beal, Iowa City, IA
Kyan Bishop, Washington, DC
Melody Boone, Chesapeake, VA
Larissa Borteh, Brooklyn, NY
Caryl Burtner, Richmond, VA 
Celia Butler, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Irene Clouthier, Fairfax, VA
Michelle Given Murray, KY
Dominic Guarnaschelli, Louisville, KY
Kate Hampel, Chicago, IL
Llewellyn Hensley, Richmond, VA
Shawn Huckins, Middletown, CT
Will Hutnick, Brooklyn, NY
Juan Juarez, Syracuse, NY
Andrew Kozlowski, Richmond, VA
Alma Leiva, Richmond, VA
Erika Mahr, Astoria, NY
Michael May, Dublin, OH
Guy Nelson, Brooklyn, NY
Carrie Patterson, Leonardtown, MD
Suzanne Proulx, Erie, PA
Stefan Riebel, Berlin, Germany
Sandra Stephens, New Hartford, NY
Tracy Stuckey, Morgantown, WV
Corinne Ulmann, Brooklyn, NY
Keith J. Varadi, Richmond, VA
Lana Waldrep, Austin, TX
Kristyn Weaver, Round Rock, TX
Ruby Wescoat, Greensboro, NC
Chase Westfall, Athens, GA
From this list, the jurors will select five finalists for the exhibition. Each of the five finalists will be invited to exhibit multiple works and will receive an honorarium of $1000. The finalists will be announced on August 1, 2011 and the exhibition will open at 1708 Gallery on Friday, September 2 and will be on view through Saturday, October 15. For more information about FEED2001, please visit: www.1708feed.org.
Posted in Exhibitions, News | Comments Off
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
1708 Gallery’s next exhibition will open during the First Friday Art Walk on June 3. Meet Greg Stewart and view his show, Engine of Bones Man the Handyman, during our open reception from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., featuring complementary appetizers and a cash bar. An artist’s talk will take place on the following first Friday, July 1st, at 7 p.m.
Engine of Bones Man the Handyman is inspired by the role of humans in a partially imaginary world dominated by migration and survival. Stewart’s portable structures—small fruit trees emerging from the bodies of deer-like forms—are part migrating herd, part sustenance-providing orchard and suggest mutation and movement as a form of adaptability. Also on display will be tools and accessories created from the “hides” of these animals, as well as digital prints documenting them in an urban environment.
For more information about this exhibition, read the press release.
Posted in Exhibitions | Comments Off
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
1708 Gallery invites you to experience our two latest exhibitions opening on April 22. Michael McFalls’ “Recent Works” and Kevin Jones’ “Chemtrail” encourage us to take a closer look at our environments and the objects within them. An opening reception will be held on Friday, April 22, 2011, from 6 to 8 p.m. and will include a talk by the artists at 6:30 p.m., complimentary hors d’oeuvres, and a cash bar. The exhibitions will be on view through Saturday, May 28, 2011.
Michael McFalls’ sculptures combine natural materials and the man-made. He invites the viewer to consider the lingering, or potentially novel, significance of materials that are often taken for granted.
Through digitally produced images and a video installation, Kevin Jones examines systems found in scientific investigation. Jones “seeks to question our understanding of the physical world and to test and undermine scientific authority.”
For more information, visit the event page here.
Posted in Exhibitions | Comments Off
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Looking for something to do over the weekend? On Saturday, November 21 from 12 to 1 pm, 1708 Gallery will host a lecture on sound art with current exhibiting artist John Henry Blatter and sound artist Stephen Vitiello. The event is free and open to the public.
New Works by John Henry Blatter is currently on display at 1708 Gallery through Saturday, November 28. Blatter’s work combines the use of sound, video and environment to sculpt an experience in the space he is working in, which is exactly what he has done at 1708 Gallery. New Works features site-specific installation pieces. To learn more about Blatter, visit his website here.
Stephen Vitiello is currently an associate professor of kinetic imaging at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). As an electronic musician and sound artist, Stephen Vitiello transforms the incidental atmospheric noises around us into more mesmerizing soundscapes that alter our perception of the surrounding environment. To learn more about Vitiello, visit his website here.
We hope to see you at 1708 Gallery on Saturday!
Posted in Exhibitions | Comments Off
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
1708 Gallery organizes small exhibitions for Linden Row Inn, a historic Inn located at 100 East Franklin Street. The work is displayed in their lobby and dining room for guests and the public. Linden Row Inn is part of the First Friday Gallery walk, every first Friday of the month from 7-10 pm.
Poe’s Playground is a collection of work inspired by Poe’s Life, Art and Places he haunted during his lifetime. Young Edgar played in the courtyards of this very inn as a young child. His stories inspire artists to examine what may be creepy, melancholy or a fear as simple as wondering what may lurk under the bed. The exhibition features artists Caryl Burtner, Jamie Burwell Mixon, Mark Chatterley, Kathryn Henry-Choisser, John Moser, Amie Oliver, Noah Scalin and Chris Semtner. Poe’s Playground will be on view until August 25th and will then travel to the Piedmont Arts Center in Martinsville, VA in September of 2010.
Chris Semtner
Dead Bride
Oil on canvas
12′ X 24″
Jamie Burwell Mixon
Grim, Ungainly, Ghastly, Gaunt. (series)
Mixed Assembly; Brush & Ink, Found Object, Digital
1. 18 x 25.5″
2. 6 x 8″
Noah Scalin
#38 Quoth The Skull
6 x 10″
2007
Caryl Burtner
Intuition from the Exorcism of Page 13 series
Collage
11 x 8.5″
Posted in Exhibitions | Comments Off
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Feed 2009: A Juried Biennial
Featuring 5 artists selected from more than 300 submissions. This juried biennial is designed to recognize and highlight artists that are, right now, creating works of art that are new and innovative.
Juror’s talk: 6:30pm followed by a reception. Come meet the artists!
For more info, www.1708gallery.org
Poe’s Playground
A 1708 Gallery Satellite Exhibition at the Linden Row Inn
Exhibition includes works inspired by Edgar Allan Poe by Noah Scalin, Caryl Burtner, Chris Semtner, and John Moser.
Linden Row Inn (100 East Franklin Street) is part of the First Friday Gallery Walk, 7 – 10pm.
Posted in Exhibitions | Comments Off
|
|
