Exhibition Dates: June 2 – 28, 2015
Reception: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 / 6:30-8:30PM

Human and animal images, and hybrid forms with elements of both, have been artistic subjects since the beginning of time. Works featuring these subjects, including prehistoric cave paintings and the earliest sculptural forms, have endured and continue to exert their magic and power even today. Ancient creators may have intended their images and forms to touch an emotional chord within their audience. They understood or sensed the immense creative and imaginative potential of these forms. The same holds true for many modern and contemporary artists who have made similar subject matter part of their art. One can think of artists as varied as Picasso, Franz Marc, Soutine, Alice Neel, Joseph Beuys, Damian Hirst, and Jeff Koons who use these themes as subject matter for their work.

“Bodies & Soul” presents the work of 22 artists who find inspiration and value in the exploration of these age-old themes. Their work acknowledges the impact that the mythic and emotional continue to exert on our creative and imaginary lives.

Featured artists:

Gina Altadonna, Eric Beckerich, Ron Brown, Mary Jean Canziani, Jane Cohen Dell, Larry Dell, Liz Demaree, Theresa DeSalvio, Susan Fidlon, Hellen Gaudence, Carole Lane, Ananda Lima, Susan Lisbin, Fernando Mariscal, Nancy Ori, Chris Pelletiere, Carol Radsprecher, Val Sivilli, Lana Stovboun, Michael Teters, Laurie Waite-Fellner, Xiong Xuan.

About the Curator

Larry Dell is a New Jersey-based sculptor, writer, and curator who has exhibited work in NJ and NY. He studied at Pratt Institute, where he received a BFA, and at Hunter College graduate school. At Pratt he majored in painting and sculpture and studied painting with James Gahagan, who had studied with Hans Hoffman at Provincetown and Edward Dugmore, a second generation Abstract Expressionist influenced by Clyfford Still and sculpture with Richard Budelis, a pioneering multi-disciplinary artist. At Hunter College graduate school he studied with Michael Goldberg, a prominent second generation Abstract Expressionist and member of the NY School.

Gallery Name & Address: Montclair Public Library: 50 S. Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, NJ

Exhibit Chair: Amy Becker

IMPORTANT DATES
Exhibitions Dates: June 2 – 28, 2015
Reception Date & Time: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 / 6:30-8:30PM
Application Deadline extended to April 9, 2015
Notification Date: Week of April 5, 2015
Delivery of Work: Monday, June 1 from 10 – 11 AM
Pick- up Unsold Work: Monday, June 29 from 10 – 11AM