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DIRECTOR'S CHOICE: THE SUBJECT IS
MAINE
at ACME Fine Art,
Boston
21 January - 3 March 2012
| ACME Fine Art will welcome in the New Year with an
exhibition of watercolors and oil paintings by four notable modern
artists who chose the coast of Maine as their subject matter during the
mid-twentieth century’s revolutionary artistic heyday. The artists
selected for this thematic group exhibition curated by Gallery Director
David Cowan are: Maurice Freedman, Dorothy Eisner, Philip Malicoat, and
Michael Loew. The exhibition will open with a reception from 3:00 to
5:00 p.m. on Saturday, 21 January 2012, and will remain on view through
Saturday the 3rd of March. The four artists whose work will be represented in the exhibition all demonstrate both and affinity and an appreciation for Maine’s rocky coastline in their work; however, they also share a singularly modern artistic viewpoint on Maine as subject matter. Beyond subject, it is important to acknowledge that each of artist’s body of work reveals a unique and highly personal point of view. The curatorial intent is that through the juxtaposition of this particular group of artists’ distinctly different approaches to representational abstraction as demonstrated in the artwork selected, the intellectually and emotionally rich aspects of each will be brought into focus and highlighted. Maurice Freedman’s deliciously chromatic canvases are a paean to the Expressionist idiom and tradition of both American and Northern European modern art. Michael Loew’s sensitively conveyed watercolors hover between Neo-plasticism and Expressionism, and the result is a kind of luminous, painterly poetry that reveals Loew’s personal perspective on Monhegan Island. Dorothy Eisner’s spirited paintings of her beloved Cranberry are intensely personal in a different way. They are a joyous riot of bold color and form that capture a place and this artist’s world within it. Philip Malicoat’s retreat in Jonesport Maine inspired canvases and watercolors that are carefully composed and quietly reflective. The quality of light and the distinctive viewing angle often taken by Malicoat give the artwork a moody, almost surreal quality, while at the same time creating a sense of timeless memory. Additional information about the artists the exhibition DIRECTOR’S CHOICE: THE SUBJECT IS MAINE or the artists represented can be found at www.acmefineart.com or by contacting the gallery at 617.585.9551. The entire exhibition will be available for viewing on the gallery web site following the gallery opening. |