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MEANING and REPETITION
William Bowser · Bob Burgess · Kimberley Bursic
· Jennifer Duncan · Pam Frederick · Alan Lipton · Joan Mayfield
Curated by Veronica Szalus
February 28th - March 23rd, 2024
From left to right and top to bottom:
Afrania (quiet place) by Kimberley Bursic, K-9 by Bill Bowser, Glacial by Joan Mayfield, Cucuron Fete by Bob Burgess, Objects of my Design #3 by Pam Frederick, Plunderer by Al Lipton, Beautiful Shape by Jennifer Duncan
The latest show of the Premier Associate Artists at Studio Gallery explores the themes of “Meaning” and “Repetition.”
As one of the main principles of art making, repetition plays out in each of these artists work in different ways which in turn either creates the meaning of the artwork or supports the concept by the reoccurrence of certain elements.
For Joan Mayfield, repetition in her work is inspired by the language of nature with repeated patterns found in the spirals of tree rings, the meandering of water, and the branching of shrubs and trees. Her collages celebrate the path forged by water as it rushes by. Using cardboard, tarpaper, plaster and found papers, Mayfield includes the cycle of reuse into the meaning of her sculptures.
Repetition shows itself in subject matter akin to Morandi’s still life paintings of bottles, Monet’s Haystack paintings, or Eva Hesse’s “Repetition Nineteen III” cast cylinders in Pam Frederick’s work. Frederick plays with this idea of repetition in her collages of Vessels made from found wallpapers representing the forms again and again.
Jennifer Duncan’s pieces take an up-close look at her subject matter; tumbleweeds, to communicate the spread of an intriguing invasive species. Her layering of the silhouette of the plants, with the intertwining branches provides a framework for the artist to express visual texture and explore color.
Bob Burgess’ photographs repeatedly capture the environment he finds himself in. Training his sensibilities to surprise and discovery, he grabs the moment and pins it down on film. His photographs are a portrait of the artist in that moment.
Kim Bursic’s prints use the repetitive techniques of the printing process with the recurrence of shapes to create a series of art. Using the sunken ships of Mallows Bay Ship Graveyard as inspiration, Bursic represents the structures and watery scape as it turns from a vessel into solid scape.
William Bowser’s kübel or “bucket” shape is a theme he repeats. His series of built objects in clay (Kübel) refer to both his ancestral name and it’s meaning in German (bucket). His structures require two openings like a window, that also reference two handles of a bucket. Bowser’s sculptures hold all of these messages in containment and utility.
Al Lipton’s paintings are a contemplation on forms and structures from his surroundings. Inspired by the built environment, he repeatedly uses bright colors and slashing marks to depict what is around him.
Together, these artists’ work offers a stimulating array of explorations of what they find meaningful by using the process of repetition.
First Friday:
Friday, March 1
6-8 pm
Artists’s Reception:
Saturday, March 9
3-6 pm
Third Thursday:
Thursday, March 21st
5-6 pm
Closing Reception:
Saturday, March 23rd
3-6 pm
In the Lower Gallery
pivot/echo
Robert Cwiok
Curated by Helen Frederick
February 28th - March 23rd, 2024
Provincetown by Robert Cwiok
“Planets move in ellipses with the Sun as one focus.” - Johannes Kepler
pivot: “a fixed point supporting something which turns or balances.”
echo: “repetitive structures ordering a visual field.”
Our universe exists within a phenomena of cycles. My visual work has never been far from the influence of the grid. For me a grid is a device upon which to build a composition, a construction, and where to express visual pathways. In the process of working on the Conceal Reveal Series I found the passages that resulted within the 2 inch squares enticing. (For example, see Conceal Reveal No. 50.5.) While an overall composition anchors the visual field, I found that by isolating the squares I began seeing other possibilities. The works on view here is a result of enlarging these passages into their own compositions, statements of color, and surface.
First Friday:
Friday, March 1
6-8 pm
Opening Reception:
Saturday, March 2
3-6 pm
Third Thursday:
Thursday, March 21
5-6 pm
Closing reception:
Saturday, March 23rd
4-6 pm
Influence of the Earth
Kathryn Camicia
Curated by Deborah Addison Coburn and Miriam Keeler
February 28th - March 23rd, 2024
Untitled #4 by Kathryn Camicia
“Resign yourself to the influence of the earth”. Thoreau
First Friday:
Friday, March 1
6-8 pm
Third Thursday:
Thursday, March 21
5-6 pm
Artist’s Reception:
Saturday, March 23
4-6 pm
Contemplating Grasses
Jo Levine
Curated by Deborah Addison Coburn and Miriam Keeler
February 28th - March 23rd, 2024
Elegy I by Jo Levine
Jo Levine’s show, “Contemplating Grasses,” features photographs of ornamental and wild grasses. Because grass plants survive from year to year and send out seeds for new plants, even though individual blades of grass die off each season, she sees grasses as visual metaphors for both mortality and the persistence of life.
First Friday:
Friday, March 1st
6-8 pm
Opening reception:
Saturday, March 2nd
4-6 pm
Closing reception:
Saturday, March 23rd
4-6 pm