AiR Studio Gallery - November
Creating & Curating Contemporary Art for the Community
Spring into Summer Exhibition
Dan Welden & Shari Weschler
with works by Annie Wildey & Michael Fanelli
with works by Annie Wildey & Michael Fanelli
On View May 5-29
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The fourth exhibition at AIR Studio Gallery in Westerly RI, spotlights the work of guest artist Dan Welden, with a continuation of Shari Weschler work from the show Spring Back.
Both Dan and Shari's work was created during the pandemic. They share a richness of color and calligraphic mark. and explore overlapping themes through narrative and abstract painting. Dan is an internationally known artist, master printmaker, educator and author. His 50+ years of collaboration in printmaking include such artists as Willem de Kooning, Eric Fischl, Kiki Smith, and Dan Flavin. He has travelled the world through residences giving workshops in such places as China, Europe, Peru, New Zealand, Australia and many more. With 91 solos shows in 53 countries, Dan was recently awarded a lifetime achievement award from A/E Foundation in New York. We continue this month to show Shari’s new work from her ongoing ‘Bunni’ series. Cynical and humorous story tellers of human circumstances and a complex psyche. Channeled through cute, soft figures, they are fast, fierce, shape shifting and intelligent creatures. They emerge into existence as intuitively and fearlessly, as the color palette she uses. Always with something to say, often a message from the inner child tugging at our hearts. Michael Fanelli treats us with a first peek of several beautifully atmospheric new photographs. |
