GALLERY 181
“LARGE WORKS/SMALL WORKS”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRESS CONTACT: Marjorie Kaye
@Gallery 181
(978) 741-7979
Gallery 181 is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition “Large Works/Small
Works”, an interactive and spontaneous exposition of site-specific large installation,
individual large works, and engaging small works. 29 New England artists and a
visiting artist from Bolwing Green, OH combine energies and concepts to create a
dynamic visual environment. Gallery 181’s unusually long, expansive wall space will
house both the narrative and self-contained works in this exhibition. The public will
also have a chance to observe the installations being made, as artists will be working
in the gallery for a week prior to the exhibition’s beginning date. This will give the
local community and other visitors the experience of being involved in and observing
the unfolding of the artistic process. There will also be artists’ talks during the
opening reception. The dates for the installation observation are June 3 - June 10, 2006. The
exhibit runs from June 11 – August 10, 2006. The opening reception is Friday, June 16, from
5:30 – 8:00pm. More more information, please call (978) 741-7979 or email us at gallery181@hotmail.com.
Artists participating in this exhibition are working with many styles and mediums including
painting, drawing, textiles, digital work and photography. Both individually and combined, there
is an energetic, and playful continuity, and an exploration of possibility present when given free
reign over a spacious surface. Small works, in turn, compliment the expansive nature of the
larger works by providing an introspective and concentrated focal point. Participating artists
include Basil El Halwagy, whose magnificent 9 foot tall drawings emerge from his experience
with the drawing medium. Amorphic, organic shapes emerge from this substance. The result is
an atmosphere of visionary and primordial beginnings. Michelle Carlson visits from Bowling
Green, OH to construct a 21’ wide, 6’ high installation of biomorphic formations entitled
“Generations”. Her images appears as if created by the elements themselves, as small organic
icons blown across a field of deep blue, ever moving, yet gathering at different vortex points
across the plain of the surface. Both Rene Gagnon and Mary Melilli will be organizing their
individual spaces according to a site-specific plan. Both intend to utilize the space as extension
of their existing works. Small works will inhabit certain areas of the gallery, in direct contrast to
the outpouring of energy of the larger works, creating a visual dichotomy of contraction and
expansion. Bren Bataclan returns to Gallery 181 with his humerous characterizations,
progressing toward the boundaries of complete abandon. Banafsheh Ehtemam photographs
the natural world, reducing an entirety to pattern and light. Her works create new color, in their
juxtaposing light and contrast. Lisa Link examines the history of the city of Lawrence, in
relationship to labor in the world at large with her small, site specific digital collages. Similarly,
returning artist Donna Catanzaro combines effort with Gail Smuda exhibiting their “Recipe
for War”, a tongue-in-cheek, irony-filled mixed media small work. Participating artists include:
Bren Bataclan
Michelle Carlson
Donna Catanzaro and
Gail Smuda
Banafsheh Ehtemam
Basil El Halwagy
Bradley R. Fesmire
Rene Gagnon
Bill Graffam
Gail Handelmann
Deborah Hanson
Jack Holmes
Arthur W. Ketchen
Anne Kirchheimer
Jim Knowles
Mary Lee
Lisa Link
Katrina Majkut
Stephanie Maria
Mary Melilli
Toni Pepe
Erik Pettersen
Ingrid Pisano
Ken Reker
J. Sjostrom
Julie Stewart
Brenda van der Beek
Isabell Van Merlin
Lisa Rae Winant
Bee Xiong
James Zall
Painting
Printed Paper
Cut-Out Installation
Mixed Media
Cambridge, MA
Bowling Green, OH
Photography
Pastel on Paper
Paint on Plywood
Mixed Media/
Installation
Painting
Photography
Drawing
Photography
Casein
Mixed Media
Paint/Installation
Collage
Digital Photography
Painting
Painting
Mixed Media/
Installation
Photography
Painting
Mosaic
Drawing/Installation
Painting
Photography/
Installation
Painting
Textile
Painting
Printmaking, Painting
Photography
Boston, MA
Boston, MA
Providence, RI
Boston, MA
GALLERY 181
www.caladangallery.com/sites/gallery181
GALLERY 181
Marjorie Kaye, Director, gallery-181@hotmail.com
181 Canal Street
Lawrence, MA 01840
(978) 741-7979
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