Ongoing @ if ART: JANET ORSELLI: The New York Exhibition, Jan. 13–Feb. 12, 2010 @ if ART

JANET ORSELLI: 
THE NEW YORK EXHIBITION
January 13 – February 12, 2011
@
if ART Gallery, Columbia, S.C.
Opening Reception: Thu., Jan. 13, 2011, 5 – 9 pm.


For a PREVIEW, CLICK HERE.
For ARTIST STATEMENTS related to this exhibition, CLICK HERE.


    Just back from her second solo exhibition at the prominent O.K. Harris gallery in New York City, Columbia native Janet Orselli will be showing a selection of her New York show at if ART Gallery, January 13 - February 12, 2011. The opening reception is Thursday, January 13, 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
  In the exhibition’s found object constructions, Orselli, who lives in North Carolina, combines clogs, roller skates, shoes, shoe forms and a mouse trap on wheels with seemingly unrelated found objects such as a rusty toy car, an egg beater or a violin part. The exhibition also will include several of Orselli's crutches juxtaposed with seemingly unrelated objects, called “Impedimenta,” which were exhibited at O.K. Harris in 2007. OK Harris is the gallery of legendary New York art dealer Ivan Karp.

“These imaginative means of locomotion,” Orselli says, “are joined together by hand to form entirely new entities. Engaging and thought provoking, these found object constructions with their rich visual histories evoke the past while outrageously rolling toward the future.”

“My raw materials are leftovers from the past, or what some might call ‘worn out stuff’. These objects have a story to tell -- if we listen. All of them want to move some more. Each struggles to get ahead - some drag a weight behind them, others have a shell to break through, and still others - await takeoff. They are all trying awfully hard. Ultimately they attain arthood by releasing their object identity and joining others in a new (lively) purpose.”

Orselli (b. 1954) is an independent installation and performance artist. She has had solo shows at O.K. Harris gallery in New York City, the Turchin Center for Visual Arts in Boone, N.C., and at the Sumter Gallery of Art in Sumter, Charleston’s Gibbes Museum and the Burroughs & Chapin Museum in Myrtle Beach, all in South Carolina, and elsewhere. Her installations have been featured at Schopf Gallery on Lake, Chicago, IL, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, and in three consecutive Accessibility Project events in Sumter, SC. Orselli’s found object constructions have been in national group exhibitions throughout the country. In 2001, she was selected to create a two-room installation for the South Carolina Triennial at the S.C. State Museum. That same year she was also awarded an artist scholarship by the S.C. Arts Commission to attend Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Colorado. In 2005, she received the prestigious Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship.

     OK Harris owner Ivan Karp, as the co-director of Leo Castelli Gallery in the 1960s, was instrumental in launching the careers of pop artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, Tom Wesselman and John Chamberlain. Karp also was the first to exhibit in New York work by prominent contemporary artists Duane Hanson, and many others.

GOING DUTCH @ if ART Gallery

Featuring art by:

Kees Salentijn – Sjaak Korsten – Karel Appel – Ger Lataster – Bram van Velde – Hannes Postma – Lucebert – Ronald Abrams – Pat Andrea – Mark Brusse – Dick Cassee – Jan Cremer – Theo Daamen – Martin Engelman – J.C.J. van der Heyden –Willem Hussem – Jacqueline de Jong – Guillaume Le Roy – Hans Mes – Jan Montyn – Peter Struycken – Pierre van Soest – Co Westerik.

An exhibition and print sale of framed and unframed art starting at $100 by Dutch artists, including three dozen 1960s and 1970s prints from the legendary Prent 190 print studio in Amsterdam.

For a PREVIEW, CLICK HERE.
For MORE INFORMATION and ARTISTS' PROFILES, CLICK HERE.
To read a REVIEW of the exhibition in Columbia's Free Times weekly, CLICK HERE.

CONTEMPORARY CAROLINA ABSTRACTION II

CONTEMPORARY CAROLINA ABSTRACTION II:

Michael Brodeur

Anna Redwine

Tom Stanley

H. Brown Thornton

Enid Williams

&

Paul Yanko

February March 9 – 20, 2012

Artist’s Reception: Friday, March 9, 2012, 5:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Gallery Hours:

Weekdays, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Sat., 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Sun., 1 – 5 p.m.

& by appointment

For more information, contact Wim Roefs at if ART:

(803) 238-2351 – wroefs@sc.rr.com

            At Gallery 80808/Vista Studios, 808 Lady Street, Columbia, S.C., if ART Gallery presents Contemporary Carolina Abstraction II: Michael Brodeur, Anna Redwine, Tom Stanley, H. Brown Thornton, Enid Williams & Paul Yanko. The exhibition opens March 9 with an artists’ reception from 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. and runs through March 20. The exhibition follows the if ART Gallery show Contemporary Carolina Abstraction I, which will close at Gallery 80808/Vista Studios on Tuesday, February 28, 2012.

            Both exhibitions run alongside but independently of the large exhibition at the South Carolina State Museum Abstract Art In South Carolina: 1949 – 2012, which opened February 24. if ART Gallery artists in both the if ART and State Museums exhibitions are Blair, Spong, Walker, Stanley, Thornton, Williams and Yanko.

            Contemporary Carolina Abstraction II marks the introduction of Greenville artist Enid Williams (b. 1958) to if ART Gallery. The Texas native earlier this year was the recipient of a prestigious Pollock – Krasner Foundation Grant. She has won grants, fellowship and awards in South Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania, including from Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Art. Among the public collections that hold her work are the Carolina Collection at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston and the Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio. Williams, who teaches art at Greenville Technical College, has exhibited at the Carnegie Museum, the Columbus Museum, the South Carolina State Museum and the Greenville (S.C.) County Museum of Art.

            Michael Brodeur (b. 1947), a recent addition to if ART Gallery, teaches at Furman University. The Greenville artist studied with Philip Guston at Boston University, where he earned an MFA in painting and drawing. He has exhibited at, among other places, 701 Center for Contemporary Art in Columbia, S.C., the Museum of Contemporary Art in Minsk, Belarus, the Greenville (S.C.) County Museum of Art and the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art in Florida. His work is represented in the South Carolina State Art Collection, the South Carolina State Museum, the Greenville County Museum, the LaMar Dodd Art Center in LaGrange, Ga. and other public collection. Brodeur’s work was included in the book New American Paintings #58. He has been represented in the South Carolina Triennial and founded and chaired the Visual Arts Department at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities in Greenville.

            Columbia resident Anna Redwine (b. 1978), a native of New Orleans, has been a popular fixture on the Columbia art scene for almost a decade. She has had solo exhibitions with if ART Gallery at Vista Studios in 2006, 2007 and 2010. In 2007, she was included in Essence of Asia: Eastern Influences in Western Art at the Asian Fusion Gallery of New York’s Asian Cultural Center. Redwine’s work is included in the South Carolina State Art Collection. She is the current president of the Columbia Design League.  She has had residencies in the United States and Germany.  Redwine in 2000 she received a BA in English from the University of Mississippi. In 2006, she received her MFA from the University of South Carolina in Columbia.

            Rock Hill, S.C., resident and Winthrop University art department chair Tom Stanley (b. 1950) is among the Southeast’s most active and prominent contemporary artists and curators. The Texas native, who was raised in North Carolina, has exhibited at prominent institutions in the United States, Switzerland, Germany and France, including the South Carolina State Museum, the Musee de la Halle Saint Pierre in Paris, the Halsey Institute for Contemporary art in Charleston, S.C., the New Orleans (La.) Center for Creative Arts, the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, N.C., and La Galerie de Marche in Lausanne, Switzerland. Stanley has been represented in the South Carolina Triennial and in the book New American Painting, and his work is in the South Carolina State Art Collection. He has executed numerous public art projects throughout the Carolinas, including several for the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS). 

            Aiken, S.C., native and resident Hollis Brown Thornton (b. 1976) holds a BFA from the University of South Carolina. He was in The Felt Moment, a 2003 show of art from the Carolinas at the Columbia (S.C.) Museum of Art. He has been represented at Art Miami and was in South Carolina Birds: A Fine Arts Exhibition, a 2004 – 2006 traveling show of South Carolina art. He has been in exhibitions, many of them solo shows, at City Art Gallery, Gallery 80808 and Gallery 701 in Columbia, the Jackson Gallery and the Aiken Center for the Arts in Aiken, the Linda Warren Gallery, Thirteenth Floor Gallery and Verdir in Chicago, Mary Pauline Gallery in Augusta, Ga., the Barbara Archer Gallery in Atlanta, Ga., and if ART Gallery.  He will be represented in the upcoming book 100 Southern Artists, due out later this year.

            Youngstown, Ohio, native Paul Yanko (b. 1968) teaches at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities in Greenville. He holds an MFA in painting from Kent State University and a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art. He has exhibited at the Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art and the McDonough Museum of Art in Youngstown, Ohio, and other venues in Michigan, Ohio, Arizona, Florida, Massachusetts, New Mexico, North Carolina and California. His solo exhibitions include those at the Greenville (S.C.) County Museum of Art, the University of South Carolina Aiken, the exhibition space “superior” in Cleveland, Gallery 138 in Kent, Ohio and other venues in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Among the public collections that hold his work art those at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston and the Greenville (S.C.) County Museum of Art. 

DON ZURLO: The New York Exhibition, November 12 – December 4, 2010

DON ZURLO: The New York Exhibition
November 12 – December 4, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, November 12, 5 – 9 pm
@ if ART Gallery, 1223 Lincoln St., Columbia, SC, (803) 238-2351

For MORE INFORMATION about the exhibition, CLICK HERE.
For a PREVIEW of the exhibition, CLICK HERE.

Don Zurlo, works from The New York Exhibition
@ if ART Gallery

EXHIBITIONS DEANNA LEAMON & DOROTHY NETHERLAND, Sept. 24 – Oct. 5, 2010

if ART Gallery presents at Gallery 80808/Vista Studios, Columbia, SC, two simultaneous solo exhibitions:

PAINTING-ON-GLASS DEMONSTRATION BY DOROTHY NETHERLAND
Sunday, October 3, 2:30 p.m.

DEANNA LEAMON: HEADS
&
DOROTHY NETHERLAND: D DAYS
Sept. 24 – Oct. 5, 2010

For MORE INFORMATION and a PREVIEW of works by Deanna Leamon, CLICK HERE.
For a MORE INFORMATION and a PREVIEW of works by Dorothy Netherland, CLICK HERE.

Dorothy Netherland, D Days
@ Gallery 80808/Vista Studios, Columbia, SC
Sept. 24 – Oct. 5, 2010

Deanna Leamon, Heads
@ Gallery 80808/Vista Studios, Columbia, SC
Sept. 24 – Oct. 5, 2010

if ART Gallery EXHIBITION IN AUGUSTA, GA.

if ART Gallery and Mary Pauline Projects, Augusta, Ga., present: 

THE AUGUSTA – COLUMBIA CONNECTION: 
Six Artists From if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC
Jeff Donovan – Philip Morsberger – Edward Rice – Laura Spong – Mike Williams – David Yaghjian
September 17 – 26, 2010
@ The Old Academy of Richmond County
540 Telfair St.
Augusta, Ga. 

Opening Reception: Fri., Sept. 17, 5 – 7 pm.
Hours: 10 am – 5 pm daily.

The third annual Westobou Festival in Augusta, Ga., will feature six artists from if ART Gallery. With Augusta's Mary Pauline Projects, if ART presents the artist through a group exhibition as well as demonstrations, studio talks and other presentations. The events schedule is below. Columbia artists Jeff Donovan, Laura Spong, Mike Williams and David Yaghjian each also will be in residence for four days during the festival at The Old Academy of Richmond County, 540 Telfair St., where the exhibition, too, takes place. The remaining artist involved in the project are Augusta's Philip Morsberger and North Augusta's Edward Rice. Morsberger is the Westobou Festival's signature artist.

For more information on the Westobou Festival, CLICK HERE.
Westobou Festival if ART Gallery Artists' Events:
– Sept. 17, 5 pm: Mike Williams painting demonstration, 540 Telfair St.
– Sept. 18, 5 pm: David Yaghjian artist talk with wine and cheese, moderated by if ART's             
                          Wim Roefs, 540 Telfair St.
– Sept. 19, 3 pm: Architecture tour with Edward Rice, starting at the Morris Museum of Art, 1 
                          10th St., Augusta. Join Rice for a tour of buildings in Augusta featured in his  
                          paintings.
– Sept. 20, 11 am – 2 pm: Open Studio with Mike Williams and David Yaghjian, 540 Telfair St.
– Sept. 22, 11 am – 2 pm: Open Studio with Laura Spong and Jeff Donovan, 540 Telfair St.
– Sept. 23, Noon: Jeff Donovan ceramics demonstration, Gertrude Herbert Institute, 506 
                          Telfair St., Augusta.
– Sept. 24, 6 pm: Morsberger Mania at the Morris Museum of Art, 1 10th St., Augusta.
– Sept. 25, 3 pm: Laura Spong artist talk with wine and cheese, moderated by if ART's Wim 
For more information, call Wim Roefs at (803) 238-2351.

if ART Gallery EXHIBITION IN AUGUSTA, GA. Opening Fri. Sept. 17, 5–7 pm

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THE if ART GALLERY EXHIBITION @ THE WESTOBOU FESTIVAL IN AUGUSTA, GA.

COLOR FIELDS, FORMS & FRACTURES, Aug. 27 – Sept. 7, 2010 @ Gallery 80808/Vista Studios

if ART Gallery presents
@
Gallery 80808/Vista Studios
808 Lady St., Columbia, SC


COLOR FIELDS, FORMS & FRACTURES
Ashlynn Browning
Philip Morsberger
Paul Reed
Tom Stanley
Katie Walker
Paul Yanko
&
Don Zurlo


For EXHIBITION INSTALLATION PICTURES, CLICK HERE.
To VIEW the artists' work, CLICK on their names: Ashlynn Browning, Philip Morsberger, Paul Reed, Tom Stanley, Katie Walker, Paul Yanko & Don Zurlo. 
Hours: Weekdays, 11 – 7; Sat, 11 – 5; Sun, 1 – 5.

CLOSING RECEPTION MARCELO NOVO STUDIO SALE, AUG. 31, 2010, 6 – 8 PM

SALE HAS ENDED!
15 percent off all paintings and prints!

MARCELO NOVO STUDIO SALE 

CLOSING RECEPTION

Tuesday, Aug. 31, 6 – 8 pm

@ Novo Studio, 22 Bluff Rd, Columbia, SC

For an appointment to view Novo's work in his studio, call (803) 238-2351.

For MORE INFO, directions and a small sample of works on sale, CLICK HERE.

JEFF DONOVAN: Post-Retrospective Perspective, August 13 – September 4, 2010, @ if ART Gallery

Artist's Reception: Friday, August 13, 6 – 9 p.m.

JEFF DONOVAN:

Post-Retrospective Perspective

Aug. 13 – Sept. 4, 2010

@ if ART Gallery

Artist's Reception: Friday, August 13, 6 – 9 p.m.

For a PREVIEW, CLICK HERE.

Since the overwhelming success of his mid-career retrospective earlier this year, Columbia, S.C., artist Jeff Donovan has been on fire. The ceramicist and painter has completed some 15 new paintings that will be shown in this upcoming exhibition at if ART Gallery. 

To read the biographical article about Jeff Donovan from the catalogue of his January 2011 retrospective, CLICK HERE.

if ART Gallery SUMMER HOURS

From June 24 through July 26, if ART Gallery will be CLOSED Sunday & Monday; OPEN Tuesday - Friday, 1:30 – 7:00 p.m.; and, Saturday, 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

NUDES & OTHER NEW WORKS BY MATT OVEREND

if ART Gallery has a new collection of works by Matt Overend, including nudes, landscapes and studio still life paintings. To see the work, CLICK HERE.

Torso, 2002
Oil on canvas
32 x 40 in.
$ 2,500

Studio Still Life Containers No. 4, 2010

Oil on canvas

22 x 24 in.

$ 1,500

SOLD

Gesture In Orange And Lavender, 2010

Oil on canvas

20 x 21 in.

$ 1,350

SOLD

Summer Field, 2009

Oil on canvas

24 x 18 in.

$ 1,350

To see more new work by Matt Overend, CLICK HERE.

MEET ASHLYNN BROWNING @ if ART Gallery

May 28, 2010, 6 – 9 pm.
The paintings will be on display until June 12, 2010.  CLICK HERE  for a PREVIEW.

ASHLYNN BROWNING (b. 1977)

North Carolina abstract-expressionist painter Ashlynn Browning is a recent addition to if ART Gallery. Applying vigorous and robust layering and brush work, her paintings center on line and its ability to convey emotional information. "Experimenting with different line qualities and layers," Browning says, "is an integral part of my process, which involves a lot of drawing." Browning is a recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant and has exhibited at New York’s CUE Foundation and Lincoln Center. Other recent exhibitions include those at Hallway Projects in San Francisco and Flanders Gallery in Raleigh, N.C. Browning has received grants and residency fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center, the United Arts Council and the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. Her work was featured in the 2009 Southern edition of New American Paintings. Browning was born in Charlotte, N.C., and lives in Raleigh.

For Ashlynn Browning's artist's statement, CLICK HERE. 
For an April 21, 2010,  review on nc artblog of Browning's recent exhibition of new work at Horace Williams House in Chapel Hill, N.C., CLICK HERE. The exhibition presents Browning's most recent paintings; if ART Gallery will present works from 2007-2008 on May 28, 2010.
For a April 11, 2010,  Raleigh News and Observer article about Browning, CLICK HERE.
For 2007 review on IndieWeek.com, CLICK HERE.