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David Cahill, The Vision of St Kirsten, Oil on Panel, 60″ x 42″

This April Limner Gallery presents Juxtapositions. The group exhibition, which runs from April 3 – 26, is an analytical one. The artworks in the show make comparisons between reality and the imagination. They play against each other and with themselves.

In Ignatius Widiapradja’s digital photograph (pictured above), a figure in a moody Victorian setting is contrast with the figures face, which appears to be skinless and transforms the piece into something bizarre. A similar effect is created using a different medium in Lynette Vought’s, acrylic painting, Prelude and Fugue. In Prelude and Fugue Vought paints a serene Madonna and Child that is rendered bizarre by mechanical arms that protrude out and wrap themselves around the child. Other artists, such as Argentinean photographer Claudia Fainguersch, take ordinary objects, in this case a droplet of water, and through technique render them surreal and out of the ordinary. William O’Donnell, a sculptor from Glens Falls, NY, has carved a leather jacket out of wood in frighteningly realistic detail, with knots of wood peering out from the creases of the jacket.

The artists in Juxtapositions are broadly based, from seven states, Italy and Argentina. The media presented is varied; photography (digital and traditional), printmaking, drawing, sculpture and various forms of painting are all represented. Despite the variety of styles and mediums the show is held together by the content of the work and the relationships that have been offered by the gallery, contrasted differing works together in keeping with the theme of the show.

Limner Gallery
123 Warren Street,
Hudson, NY
Phone: 518-828-2343
Web: www.limnergallery.com/

Gallery hours: Wednesday to Saturday, 12 – 6pm and by appointment

Sisters 2008, Oil on canvas.

In her new series of oil paintings Norwegian painter, Anki King, extracts imagery through remembered experiences from childhood as well as other memory based work. The childhood paintings are 30″ x 24″ and smaller and are often cropped in unexpected ways to emphasize the narrow view of a child. The larger paintings contain mature life size figures in full view. The human form is used here as a way of expressing emotions and emotions are an essential force in Ms. King’s work. The figures are not tied to a specific place or time and so become a vehicle for the viewer to create their own metaphor.

Anki King enjoys paint as a living, physical and sensual medium. She describes it as “a collaborative process”. Her work emits enjoyment of discovery and surprise from the process itself. The colors are muted, but the strong and varied brush strokes make the visual experience forceful and lively.

Opening receptions: Saturday April 19, 6-8 PM
and Sunday April 20, 2-4 PM.

Something Unexpected Art Gallery
152 Main Street
Nyack, NY 10960
Phone: 845-358-1196 / 845-709-1756
Web: www.something-unexpected.com