Up Close - Jean Alexander Frater

Jean Alexander Frater - Plans - Acrylic, Graphite on Canvas -  50 x 52 inches

Another example of art work that does not convey its essential qualities particularly well via the internet and photography is Jean Alexander Fraters work, currently in the gallery until the end of the month. For example, her 'painting' entitled Plans looks and feels very differently in person than it does here on our blog. Jean's paintings have a beautiful surface and delicate color scheme to them. Although they involve paint on canvas, they strike me as involving drawing as much painting. She works on un-streched canvas, and only when they are finished does she staple the canvas to stretcher bars. The overall effect is of a large drawing with painstaking hand-work, subtle effects and the coloring of a painting.

Up Close - Tricia Rubolz

Tricia Rumbolz - 947 Colors on Black (left), 947 Colors on White (right) - Collaged Paper on Panel - 48 x 48 inches each 

Among the work Tricia Rumbolz has on the walls of Las Manos Gallery this month are these two piece made out of multicolored paper mounted on panel, each 48 x 48 inches. This work is about many things, but many viewers first react to the vibrancy of the color, and then to the meticulousness of the craftsmanship.  In person the experience of viewing these two pieces is mesmerizing; the colors jump and undulate, and your eye move back and forth between the two pieces, (they each actually depict the same sequence of colors but on differently colored backgrounds). None of these qualities are communicated particularly well in photographs. This situation points out a problem with presenting art via photography (and computers, and the internet) - the photograph invariably changes the art being depicted. It flattens, it alters the color, and obviously, it is a change of media alerting a fundamental intention of its creation. Our hope is that few close ups of the piece can to some small degree communicate more clearly special qualities of these pieces. Or better yet, come see them in person if you get a chance.

Contemplating Perception - A Few Images From The Opening

   

View of the Gallery

Tricia Rumbolz, 2 Focal Points - 262 lines, Ink on Panel, 8 x 10 inches

Chuck Rolwing, White Fences, Oil on Canvas, 41 x 60 inches

Digital Postcard For Upcoming Show - Contemplating Perception - Opening August 9th

Our new show with some of our favorite artists opens this Friday. Hope you can stop by. 

And a few images from Chuck Rolwing hinting at some of the new work he will be showing this month.

Opening August 9th at Las Manos Gallery

   We don't have all the details ironed out for upcoming August Show in the gallery, but we do have two of our favorite artist from the old gallery space line up, and we could not be more excited.


   Tricia Rumbolz will be showing with us once again and promises some new color pieces like the ones pictured below. It has been a few months since we have had Tricia's amazing work in the gallery and we are looking forward to having it grace our new space.

Charles Rowling, who has shown with Las Manos Gallery for years,  also promises new work. Chuck is an amazing painter and printmaker and we can't wait to see what he has been working on this summer.

There will also be three new artist showing in the gallery this August; Ben Bauman, Jonathan Cernak and pictured below, Jean Alexander Frater.

The show will open on Friday August 9 and the reception will take place from 7 - 10 pm that evening. I promise more current images as soon as We have them in hand. It should be an awesome show with some of our favorite artists, hope you can make it.

"Chromanaut" By John Mosher

Stories about reality from an absurd mindset- from a hypnogogic consciousness, John Mosher pieces together fragmented narratives, collaging video, paper, and text. These narratives are left incomplete or cryptic, inviting the viewer to imagine and interpret. Mosher's aesthetic is lighthanded, yet bold; bright, yet eerie; and child-like, yet sophisticated. 

Join us for the opening Friday July 12th, 7-10pm at 1515 W. Foster. Refreshments will be provided

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Happy Birthday Michelle!

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