Adamson Gallery Romanticism Lou Reed July 24 - September 4 New photographs by Lou Reed—stunning black and white images of landscapes and architectural motifs, shot on the artist’s travels to Scotland, Denmark, Big Sur and elsewhere. The photographs are taken with a digital camera that Reed had adapted to “see” in the infrared zone, which gives them as aura of strangeness, or otherworldliness. They have a timeless quality but are simultaneously very modern, like Reed himself. They are surprisingly small in scale, making these striking natural images personal, portable, and intimate. First with his group, The Velvet Underground and then as a solo artist, Lou Reed has been making innovations in music since the 1960's
American Painting Fine Art Washington, DC, En Plein Air The Washington Society of Landscape Painters June 6 - September 5 In keeping with its name and favorite haunts, the Washington Society of Landscape Painters presents an exhibition of work highlighting the Washington, DC area. While some studio work will also be featured, the focus will be on plein air pieces, mostly small in scale, created on the spot. Studies of Washington landmarks will, of course, be presented, but also slices from daily life in oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolor and pencil. Exhibiting members are Lani Browning, Marietje Chamberlain, Howard Cohen, Fiona Corn, Bernard Dellario, Louis Escobedo, Mimi Hegler, Michael Heylin, Leonard Justinian, Mary Kokoski, Andrei Kushnir, Christine Lashley, Barbara Nuss, Barbara Piegari, Sara Linda Poly, Genevieve Roberts, Bill Schmidt, Nancy Wallace, Meg Walsh, Richard Whiteley and Daniel Wise.
Ben's Chili Bowl, Michael Heylin
Art League Gallery The Special Relationship Brenda Barthell September 10 - October 5 As an art therapist, Brenda Barthell learned to respect the unconscious elements that can surface during the creative process. "This experience led me to wonder if the recurring theme that had emerged in my abstract paintings - images of landscape, both near and far - alluded to the relationship between my country of birth, England, and to this country where I have lived for 38 years. Having been nurtured by both cultures, I explored ways to convey this emotional connection." This one panel installation, this continuous landscape is the culmination of that series and it will be featured in The Art League Gallery
Brenda Barthell
Art Museum of the Americas open spaces / collective spaces Rogelio Salmona July 23 - September 30 The first U.S.exhibition devoted entirely to the work of celebrated Colombian architect Rogelio Salmona (1929-2007) in its first traveling stop in North America. For fifty years, Salmona was a key figure in the intellectual life of Colombia and Latin America and was part of a group of architects who, in reaction to the ubiquitous nature of international modernism, favored architecture designed with location, landscape and topography in mind.
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery The Tsars and The East: Gifts From Turkey and Iran In The Moscow Kremlin May 9 - September 13 Organized by the Smithsonian Institution's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in collaboration with The Moscow Kremlin Museums, this presentation features more than sixty exceptional objects that large embassies, diplomatic missions, and trade delegations of Ottomans and Safavids offered to the tsars of Russia. Ranging in date from the late sixteenth to the late seventeenth century, these lavish gifts and tributes include rarely seen arms and armor and jeweled ceremonial vessels and regalia intended for the Russian court or the Orthodox church. Some of the finest pieces are equestrian in nature: stirrups with pearls, golden bridles with turquoises and rubies, and saddles covered with velvet and silk. The exhibition, only on view in Washington, D.C., explores the reasons why these extraordinary gifts were presented, their artistic and cultural impact, and the aesthetic styles and ceremonial etiquette they inspired that came to characterize the Russian court in the seventeenth century and beyond.
The Athenaeum From Here 2 There: Traveling Exhibition of New Works from the Torpedo Factory Art Center September 10 - October 4 After touring the country for nearly a year, From Here 2 There will have a finale showing at the Athenaeum in Old Town Alexandria. The exhibition was created in celebration of the Torpedo Factory's 35th anniversary as a showcase of new works traveling to similar art centers throughout the country. A reciprocal show of artists from those art centers will appear in Target Gallery in September.
The Athenaeum Screenprinting Today - A Regional Survey of Contemporary Screenprints and Related Works Curated by Dennis O'Neil August 6 - September 6 A collection of screenprints and related work representing Curator Dennis O'Neil's view of the very best work currently being done in the Washington DC region. Includes works by: Christine Carr William Christenberry Georgia Deal Aaron Fay Michael Gross Carolyn Hartmann Elizabeth Klimek Alex Kondner Pepa Leon Nick Popovici Chakraphan Rangaratna Tanja Softic Renée Stout Noelle Tan
Tops Suite, William Christenberry
Conner Contemporary Art Academy 2009 Jamie Smith, Ph. D. - curator August 1 - September 4 9th annual invitational survey of outstanding work by recent fine art graduates of regional college art programs.
Participating artists: Celina Amaya, Danny Baskin, Alan Callander, Charles Clary, Margot Ellis, Kyle Ford, Jeremy Flick, Corey Grimsley, Steve Ioli, Casey Reed Johnson, Jin Young Kang, Patrick McDonough, Aziza Murray, Igor Pasternak, Ding Ren, Alex Roulette, Andrew Schrock, Ryan Schroeder and Rafael Soldi. Represented institutions: American University, Catholic University of America, Corcoran College or Art and Design, Georgetown University, George Washington University, Maryland Institute College of Art, Savannah College of Art and Design, University of Maryland.
CRM Stripes, Jun Young Kang
Cross Mackenzie Gallery Milgrom on Morandi Lilianne Milgrom June 19 - September 11 New ceramics and paintings inspired by Giorgio Morandi
Dadian Gallery at Wesley Theological Seminary An Artist's Reaction to War Alexandra Sherman, Curator August 31 - October 4 Artists Cynthia Aldrich, Tom Ferguson, Nelida Otero Flatow, David Reed, Daniel Marchwinski, Cecilia Rossey, Kim Varnadoe, Dan Welden, Will Willner and Cyndi Wish react to the tragedies of war in drawing, painting, prints and sculpture
Del Ray Artisans Revenge of the Sequel Group Show Juror: Jean Schwartz September 4 - September 27 This first of its kind exhibition is a juried art show providing artists the opportunity to unleash their talents to create images that depict and convey their uninhibited and unabashed versions of a sequel. Juror for this show was Jean Schwartz, a well-respected Northern Virginia artist who has had solo shows in Paris, upstate New York, and Washington, D.C., and whose works also have been exhibited in numerous galleries in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Curator is David A. Kosar.
Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 7 Artists / 7 Islands Scherezade Garcia (Dominican Republic) Jose Acosta (Cuba) Beatrice Mellinger (Martinique) Christinne Maryse Colimon (Haiti) Cécile Comblen (St. Vincent) Justo Osuna (Venezuela) September 10 September 18 Works by artists living in and out of the Caribbean
Flashpoint Gallery Visions from the End of the World Bradley Chriss September 3 - October 3 Bradley Chriss' small, apocalyptic watercolors are situated at the unlikely interstice between the sentimental and the nightmarish. The intimate scale and seductive colors cajole and beguile the viewer into confronting the sinister reality that humanity is ultimately powerless within its own environment.
Foundry Gallery Solo Show Ron Riley September 2 - September 27
Solo Show Daniel Bell September 2 - September 27
Hush! Second Annual Silent Auction September 2 - September 27
What a Cut up - Ron Riley
Fraser Gallery The Trawick Prize Group Exhibition September 2 - October 3 Group exhibition of work by eight finalists of the "The Trawick Prize," Bethesda's Contemporary Art Awards. $14,000 in prize money will be awarded to 4 finalists, with a Grand Prize of $10,000.
Gallery 50 Branches Pat Whitehead September 11 - October 7
Forest's Edge, Pat Whitehead
Gallery 50 Rays Every Heart Observes By Oceans Through Heaven Olan Montgomery August 21 - September 23 "The show is art inspired by Rehoboth- a gay friendly creative community filled with the color and light of wonderous people and places.' Furthermore, many times art trys to reach beyond what you see in glance to become something more - something spiritual. Rehoboth is a tine piece of Heaven on earth where art can be seen, drawn, inspired and born as it is nourished by a simple summer's kiss from an ocean breeze." - OLAN
The Photographer, Olan Montgomery
Hamiltonian Gallery Almost Surely, Almost Everywhere Echo Eggebrecht Ken Fandell Mike Dax Iacovone Billy Friebele August 8 - September 12 Each of the artists in this exhibition investigates the experiential nature of humankind's existence within a world of immeasurable space, infinite possibilities and continual journeys. The terms “almost surely” and “almost everywhere” are encountered in probability theory where questions involving infinity are posed. Through the use of physical acts, mediated images and painterly expressions of the mysteries of intangible space and time in our physical world, this group of works presents attempts to approach the stability of “sureness”, the absolute encompassment of “everywhere” and the enigmatic results of these endeavors.
Honfleur Gallery East of the River August 30 - September 25 For the third year running, artists rooted in Wards 7 and 8 will be featured in Honfleur Gallery’s East of the River exhibition. This year’s collection includes installation, photography, painting and digital prints that are the artists interpretation of the theme, “Beauty and the Beast.”
Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the East of the River exhibition is an important recognition of the artists who live and work in the local community surrounding Honfleur Gallery. Many topics addressed by the artists are specific to the areas East of the River yet relate universally. The issues of neighborhood dilapidation, social problems, violence, under-recognition and poverty contrast with aesthetics that are at times vibrant, graceful, buoyant and truthful.
Artists selected by a jury of local arts leaders and local artists include Bruce McNeil, Deborah Terry, BK Adams, Marlon Normon, Ashley Boyd, Terence Nicholson, Lance Wiggs, Liz Pester and James Terrell. Works not to miss include Daisy Cutter by Terence Nicholson, a 20-foot long installation of orangesicle tombstones, a monument to children whose lives have been cut short prematurely. Digital images by Bruce McNeil illustrate an oddly surreal characters overlaid in an urban jungle, the familiar environment of sloping porches and caved roofs familiar in certain areas of Wards 7 and 8.
Portraiture Now: Feature Photography November 26 - September 27
Permanent Exhibitions America’s Presidents Featuring first chance to view the portraits of President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush commissioned for the National Portrait Gallery. American Origins, 1600-1900 Jo Davidson: Biographer in Bronze Twentieth-Century Americans Bravo Champions
The Phillips Collection Paint Made Flesh June 20 - September 13 Thirty-four internationally renowned modern artists whose work is rarely seen together—including Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon, Willem de Kooning, Alice Neal, Lucian Freud, Eric Fischl, and Julian Schnabel—use paint to represent skin and express the emotional, sensual, and tragic aspects of the human experience that lies beneath. This fascinating survey of figurative painting since the 1950s brings together 43 provocative works from private collections and museums around the world. Exhibition curator Mark Scala
Ratner Museum September Splendor Marit Gretz Sandra McKeehan Karen Norman Harold Walter Patricia Zannie September 3 - September 27 Mixed media
Space 7:10 Identity: Mostly Burmese Monks Kyi May Kaung September 1 - October 3 A successful poet, Kyi has been painting professionally since 1999 and paints in acrylics and oils on canvas, and pencils, oil crayons, acrylics and water colors on paper. She also makes collages and 3-D constructions from found objects. "During the Saffron Revolution of September 2007 in Burma, I painted these oil portraits and made these 'life extenders' of papier mache. In the viscious clampdown that followed the monks marching in the streets chanting the metta sutra, many monks were arrested and killed. The monks' leader was arrested in Nov. 07 during the UN Human Rights Rapporteur's visit. 'Life entenders' are decorated tree branches that sick people offer at Buddhist shrines to 'prop up the banyan tree.'" -- Kyi May Kaung
Studio Gallery All Members Show September 2 - September 26 Rusticity Brian Kirk September 2 - September 26 The Holocaust Carol Zilliacus September 2 - September 26
Carol Zilliacus
Touchstone Gallery Mirage Series Steve Alderton September 9 - October 4 A "mirage" is a phenomenon that creates a distortion of an object due to the atmosphere surrounding it. The term derives from the Latin 'mirare" - "to look at, to wonder at." A mirage often manifests itself as a soft, obscured, watery essence of an object. In this series of paintings, the artist produces strongly evocative works that capture mirage-like snapshots. The representations are both illusory and familiar. The artist's intent is to reduce the amount of detail, as in a mirage, and thus allow the viewer to complete the picture and create a personal connection. The series includes portraits, cityscapes, still-lifes, and landscapes.
Color, Texture and Mood Michele Cormier September 9 - October 4 acrylic and mixed media paintings Raised in Barachois, a small Acadian village along the east coast of New Brunswick, Canada Michele's work is inspired by her French Canadian culture where Acadian ancestor's lead a simplified lifestyle living principally off the sea and land. Searching for order and minimalism, Michele's art ranges from simplified contemporary abstracts to calculated realistic compositions that often consist of landscapes, nature and water.
Cityscape 5, Steve Alderton
Touchstone Gallery My Space on 7th Featuring 90 local artists August 12 - September 4 This is the third year for My Space on 7th. It’s a unique, non-juried opportunity for local artists to exhibit at Touchstone Gallery. In a short time, My Space on 7th has become a gallery tradition.
Ralph Heydlauf, Mark Mennie
Washington Printmakers Gallery Obtuse Writings Andis Applewhite September 1 - September 27 A new body of work by acclaimed printmaker, Andis Applewhite. Her Jungian inspired serigraphs seek a balanced expression of the opposites. In the Obtuse Writings Applewhite is exploring the duality of conscious vs. unconscious thoughts. These prints originate from writings made by the artist using her dominate hand to ask questions and the non-dominate hand to answer. Through this process long forgotten and sometimes unknown ruins are unearthed. By printing the writings backward, the clarity of the now-known memories is opposed through reflection which disrupts their legibility-- adding another dimension of balanced opposites.
Mentor + Mentee WPG Members & Their Mentors September 1 - September 27
Andis Applewhite
Washington Sculptors Group Sculpture 1275 Alan Binstock July 27 - October 2 The sixth exhibition in a series of sculpture solos featured in the lobby of 1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. In cooperation with the Axent Realty Group, the WSG is presenting a series of curated sculpture exhibitions to showcase the work of their membership. This exhibition features the sculpture of Alan Binstock, whose work primarily integrates stone, glass and steel.
