On view through May 31 - images in post below this one:
- Recent paintings by Tad Flynn
- THE SERENITY OF KNOWING Photographs by Laura Glazer & Handwriting by Phillip Patterson
- BODIES OF WORK: Paintings by Adam Hurwitz
- Recent paintings by Jack Millard
- Installation by Alexander Turnquist
- DORMANCY: Installation by Sara E. Worden
— Tad Flynn: “I was born in Boston and now live in upstate NY. I had some painting classes in college and the Boston MFA, but I'm mostly self-taught. These small paintings show some threads of my interests, that is: machinery represented in an organic or painterly style, and also representative of a certain nocturnal mood.”
— Adam Hurwitz is an artist who lives and works in New York City.
“Bodies of Work” is an ongoing series of small paintings intended to be seen grouped as an installation. As a group, the paintings become a morphological study in exhibitionism. Patterns emerge, and connections are made. The paintings are based on images of people displaying their tattoos -- without the tattoos. The images come from tattoo magazines and sites of tattoo enthusiasts on the internet. With the tattoos gone, the intention of the original image is subverted and the subjects are left exposing seemingly random areas of naked flesh (with varying degrees of modesty). As well as being memorials to the unadorned skin, the paintings raise questions of authorship, ownership and self expression. Their titles describe the absent tattoos."
— Jack Millard lives and paints in Chatham, NY. He has shown in Hudson, NY at Time & Space Limited; the Hudson Opera House; Columbia County Council on the Arts Gallery.
“Furry brush strokes in primary colors enliven a rectilinear Greek key motif in these reent paintings. Reminiscent of primitive tribal creations of feathers or fur, they also conjure geometric abstract art albeit distressed, frayed, flayed."
— Laura Glazer and Phillip Patterson collaborate on the ongoing project The Serenity of Knowing. Phillip began hand copying the bible in August 2007, taking two years to finish writing and binding the first five books of Moses. He grew up hearing bible stories "but I came to discover there was more in the bible than I had been told. The only way to find out what was in it was to sit down and write it." Laura photographs Phillip at work and together they document the project on the blog http://lauraglazer.blogspot.com/ Laura also hosts the Capital District radio show Hello Pretty City Sunday nights 8-10pm on WEXT 97.7FM/ www.exit977.org.
— Alexander Turnquist is an artist and musician. In addition to his installation in the left window of (hi)istory labor(atory), he will perform during an evening of film and performance the first week of May.
— Sara E Worden is an interdisciplinary artist and farmer living in the Hudson River Valley. She makes sculptures, installations, and performances using foraged materials and living entities which bridge agriculture, conceptual art, and natural history. Sara’s art is influenced by her work in horticulture and farming and serves to engage local flora/fauna, food systems, and the exploration of potential relationships between humans and the natural environment.
Dormancy, installed in the right window of (hi)istory labor(atory), is a sculpture exploring winter habitat and patterns of rest and emergence. Materials include burlap, wool, embroidery, sticks, acorns, pine needles, and salt. Embellished cocktail hats, oil paintings, and two drawings based on the agricultural lectures of Rudolph Steiner have also been included. Sara wishes to thanks (hi)story labor(atory) and Millay Colony for the Arts for supporting her work! www.saraworden.blogspot.com
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