Great Barrington — Lauren Clark Fine Art Gallery has stepped up to the plate this year with its annual invitational exhibition and given the viewer a curated feast for the holiday season.
The exhibition, titled, 17 Painters and a Sculptor, features new work in varying scale by sculptor Joe Wheaton as well as the work of 17 artists from the Berkshires and beyond. The show includes drawings, etchings, paintings and collage, and runs through January 10, 2016.
What makes this exhibition different is the way Ms. Clark has expertly curated the 17 artists’ styles, placed them under one gallery roof, with an sharp curator’s eye, and made the exhibition flow.
No easy task given the diversity of the art on display.
Walking around the exhibition this visual feast includes the expressive, scrubbed figures of David Eddy, the heavily painted abstractions of Reggie Madison, the humourism attached to Bruce Ackerson landscapes and the surreal tapestries of Cynthia Atwood with her use of porcupine quills.
Complementing the abstract there is plenty of traditional work as well. The sensitively executed “Shirescapes” of Michael and Stephen Filmus are a reminder of the natural beauty found in this region.
Floating throughout the gallery are Joe Wheaton’s dynamic metal sculptures. These stunningly crafted sculptures seem to expand and contract, dance and stand still in the light, in contrast to their immovable permanence.
The artists in this invitational also include Stephanie Anderson, Bart Arnold, Dai Ban, Richard Britell, Joan Palano Ciolfi, John Clarke, Abby DuBow, David Eddy, Michael Filmus, Ann Getsinger, Julio Granda, Ali Herrmann, Carolyn Letvin, Channing Lefebvre, Geoffrey Moss, Anthony Nordoff, Franco Pellegrio Gabrielle Senza, Terry Wise, and Larry Zingal.
Lauren Clark fine Art is located at 25 Railroad St. For more information call the gallery at 413-528-0432 or visit the website at LaurenClarkFineArt.com.
