Saturday, June 16, 2012

Michael Brodeur in New American Paintings 100

Warm Embrace, 2010, alkyd on wood panel
 5 x 8 in., $850

if ART Gallery artist Michael Brodeur is included in New American Painting 100. The NAM book series presents "juried exhibitions-in-print." Through a curatorial process, the publication reviews works by thousands of emerging artist, publishing an "exhibition-in-print" with 40 artists every other month. To read about the publication and NMA 100 with Brodeur, CLICK HERE.
Brodeur joins other if ART artists who have been in NAM, including Tom Stanley, Ashlynn Browning, Paul Yanko and Katie Walker.


Brodeur's painting Warm Embrace, shown here, is one of works featured in New American Paintings 100, along with two other paintings from Brodeur's Of Cubic Proportions series.  Warm Embrace is available at if ART Gallery.
To view other painting from the Of Cubic Proportions series, CLICK HERE. 

Monday, May 14, 2012

if ART Gallery Featured in US Airways inflight magazine

if ART Gallery is featured through a photograph in the June issue of US Airways inflight magazine, which features Columbia, S.C. 
Visible in the if ART photograph are works by Marcelo Novo, Dorothy Netherland, Laura Spong, Matt Overend, Leo Twiggs, Phil Garrett, Kees Salentijn and David Yaghjian.
To see the article with the photograph, CLICK HERE.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

ANNA REDWINE: Nocturnes and LAURA SPONG: The Way is Open, May 25-June 5, 2012





























ANNA REDWINE: Nocturnes & LAURA SPONG: The Way Is Open
Two if ART Gallery exhibitions at Gallery 80808/Vista Studios, Columbia, SC
May 25 – June 5, 2012


Artists' Reception: Friday, May 25, 5 – 9 pm
Gallery Talk Anna Redwine: Sunday, May 27, 2 pm
Gallery Talk Laura Spong: Sunday, June 3, 2 pm


To watch Anna Redwine's gallery talk, May 27, 2012, 
CLICK HERE.
To watch Anna Redwine paint live on WACH-FOX Good Day Columbia, 05/17/12, CLICK HERE.


For a PREVIEW of Anna Redwine: Nocturnes, CLICK HERE.
For a PREVIEW recent work by Laura Spong, CLICK HERE.


To see installation shots of Anna Redwine: Nocturnes CLICK HERE and to see installation shots of Laura Spong: The Way Is Open CLICK HERE.

Monday, May 7, 2012

Mary Gilkerson Gallery Talk May 12, 2012

The Congaree XXXI, 2011, monotype
9.5 x 7.5 in. (image), 18 x 15 in. (paper)
$495 (framed), $425 (unframed)

if ART Gallery presents on
Saturday, May 12, 2012, 2:00 pm


A Gallery Talk by 
Mary Gilkerson


In conjunction with the exhibition
The Congaree: New Monotypes and Paintings
On view through May 12, 5 pm


For more information about the exhibition, scroll down or CLICK HERE.
For more information, contact Wim Roefs at if ART Gallery, (803) 238-2351 / wroefs@sc.rr.com 



Monday, April 9, 2012

Mary Gilkerson: The Congaree: New Monotypes and Paintings, April 20-May 12, 2012

The Congaree XII, 2011, monotype
Image: 21.5 x 17.5 in., paper: 32 x 25.5 in.
Framed: $1,200, unframed: $1,025
To PREVIEW additional Gilkerson monotypes from her 2011 The Congaree series, CLICK HERE.
To view Gilkerson's 90 x 90 From The Edge paintings, CLICK HERE.

The Congaree XIV, 2011, monotype, image: 17.5 x 17.5 in.
Paper: 28 x 25 in., framed: $1,100, unframed: $925

The Congaree II, 2011, monotype, image: 17.5 x 17.5 in.
Paper: 28 x 25 in., framed: $1,100, unframed: $925

The Congaree VI, 2011, monotype, image: 17.5 x 17.5 in.
Paper: 28 x 25 in., framed: $1,100, unframed: $925

The Congaree VIII, 2011, monotype
Image: 21.5 x 17.5, paper: 32 x 25.5 in.
Framed: $1,200, unframed: $1,025


Wednesday, March 28, 2012

David Yaghjian: Everyman at The Fine Art Center of Kershaw County, Camden SC, April 12-May 4, 2012


Scene XVI Chicken, 2012, oil on canvas, 42 x 60 in.
$6,500
David Yaghjian:Everyman
@ The Fine Art Center of Kershaw County
810 Lyttleton St.
Camden, SC

April 12-May 4, 2012
Artist's Reception: 
Thursday, April 12, 2012 5:30-7:00 pm.

Presenting new work by Columbia, SC, artist David Yaghjian.

Curated by Wim Roefs, if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC.

To see additional paintings by David Yaghjian CLICK HERE.

To visit The Fine Art Center of Kershaw County's website CLICK HERE.

To see images of the exhibition CLICK HERE

Monday, March 26, 2012

New Arrivals: New Paintings On Glass By Dorothy Netherland

New work by Dorothy Netherland in
the if ART Gallery window.
Charleston, S.C., artist Dorothy Netherland has delivered a batch of new paintings to if ART Gallery. The paintings all are on the backs of three panes of glass, using acrylic, screenprint, ink transfer, glass etching and occasionally sharpies and paint pens. Check out the gallery window for some of the new work and come in for the rest.
To see a short film by Austin Nelson about Netherland's work and process, CLICK HERE.


They Did 1, 2012, ink, acrylic, screenprint, ink transfer
glass etching, on three panes of glass, 17 x 21 in., $850



They Did 2, 2012, ink, acrylic, screenprint, ink transfer
glass etching, on three panes of glass, 17 x 21 in., $850


Bad  Behavior, 2012, ink, acrylic, screenprint, ink transfer
sharpie, paint pens on three panes of glass, 22 x 22 in.
$1,100
Cry Baby, 2012, ink, acrylic, screenprint, ink transfer, sharpie
paint pen on three panes of glass, 22 x 22 in., $1,100

Goes Without Saying, 2012, ink, acrylic, screenprint,
ink transfer, sharpie, paint pen on three panes of glass
22 x 22 in., $1,100

Good Imitation, 2012, ink, acrylic, screenprint
 ink transfer, sharpie, paint pen, glass etching
 on three panes of glass, 22 x 22 in., $1,100

It Wouldn't Kill You, 2012, ink, acrylic, screenprint
ink transfer, sharpie, paint pen on three panes of glass
22 x 22 in., $1,100

Musical Chairs, 2012, ink, acrylic, screenprint, ink transfer
 sharpie, paint pen on three panes of glass, 22 x 22 in., $1,100

Devotion, 2012, ink, acrylic, screenprint, ink transfer, glass etching
 on three panes of glass, 17 x 21 in., $850

In the Moment, 2012, ink, acrylic, screenprint, ink transfer, glass etching
 on three panes of glass, 17 x 21 in., $850

Look at Me, 2012, ink, acrylic, screenprint, ink transfer, glass etching
 on three panes of glass, 17 x 21 in., $850

Sunday, March 25, 2012

New Ceramic Heads by Peter Lenzo at if ART Gallery

Why Can't We Be Friends?, 2010
Stoneware, nichrome wire, porcelain slip and
found objects
27 x 12 x 9 in., $5,000
For additional views CLICK HERE
Congaree Polished Dresden Smashed
Trade This For a Gun, 
2011,
stoneware, nichrome
glazes, wire, porcelain slip and found objects
8 x 5 x 5 in., $600
For additional views CLICK HERE
Oak Park #2, Reborn With Legs (3), 2011
Stoneware, nichrome, glazes, wire, porcelain slip
and found objects, 8 1/2 x 5 x 4 in., $500
For Additional Views CLICK HERE
Oak Park #4, Brain Damage Recovery
(A Little) Xoxox, 
2011

Stoneware, nichrome, glazes, wire, porcelain slip
and found objects, 7 1/2 x 5 x 4 1/2 in., $500
For Additional Views CLICK HERE
Near the End Dredging the Bottom Life & 
Death- Life & Death Daily Choice
2011, stoneware, nichrome
glazes, wire,
porcelain slip and found objects
10 1/2 x 8 x 6 in., $800
For additional views CLICK HERE
Home at Last, I'm Home at Last-Thank the Lord
I'm Home at Last!!! It's Like I Never Left
2012, stoneware, nichrome
glazes, wire, porcelain slip and found objects
15 x 8 x 7 in., $900
For additional views CLICK HERE


Wednesday, February 29, 2012

CONTEMPORARY CAROLINA ABSTRACTION II


























For more information, CLICK HERE.


To view work by the artists in the exhibition click on their names:
Michael Brodeur
Anna Redwine
Tom Stanley
H. Brown Thornton
Enid Williams
Paul Yanko

For installation shots CLICK HERE
For a review in Columbia's Free Times weekly, CLICK HERE. (But keep in mind that the exhibition is at Gallery 80808/Vista Studios, not at if ART Gallery, as the review states)

if ART Gallery expansion images