still life now - artspacelima life images/gallery guide.pdf · curator’s statement in the early...
TRANSCRIPT
November 4 -December 17, 2011 — NINE CONTEMPOARY ARTISTS
STILL LIFE NOW
STILL LIFE NOW
NINE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS
Jane Coan Ellefson
Preparator, Gallery and Art Collection
College of Lake County
Grayslake, Illinois
Carl Holzman
Chicago, Illinois
Steven T. Jones
Curator
College of Lake County
Grayslake, Illinois
Tamara Peterson
Associate Professor
Columbus College of Art And Design
Columbus, Ohio
Sangita Phadke P.S.A.
Colts Neck, NJ
Christopher Ryan
Chair and Associate Professor of Art
Hiram College
Hiram, Ohio
Lowell Tolstedt
Professor Emeritus
Columbus College of Art & Design
Columbus, Ohio
Dennis J. Wojtkiewicz
Professor of Drawing and Painting
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio
Pamela Workman
New York, New York
Lowell Tolstedt
Cherry, Apricot and Strawberry
with Reflections, 2007.
Colored pencil, 7" x 11 1/4".
Composition with Mixed Nuts,
2009. Colored pencil,
13 1/4" x 21".
Four Candies, 2007.
Colored pencil,
4 7/8" x 8 3/8".
Paper Bag with Jelly Beans,
2009. Colored pencil,
13 3/8" x 19".
Red & Yellow Flowers, 1999.
Colored pencil,
17 3/8" x 14 1/2".
Dennis J. Wojtkiewicz
Horn Melon Series #2-1, 2011
Oil on canvas, 38" x 60".
Pamela Workman
Flash Gordon, 2003.
Oil on canvas, 44" x 55".
Peach Series #8-2, 2011
Oil on canvas,
38" x 60".
Horn Melon Series #1-1, 2011
Oil on canvas,
38" x 60".
Love, 2005.
Oil on canvas,
40 1/2" x 47 1/4".
English Embroidery, 2005.
Oil on canvas,
33 3/4" x 31 3/4 ".
Popeye and Nancy, 2005.
Oil on canvas,
44 3/8" x 56 3/4 ".
Marble No. 13.
Oil on canvas,
15" x 14 ".
CURATOR’S STATEMENT
In the early 1990’s, Norman Bryson wrote Look-
ing at the Overlooked: Four Essays on Still Life
Painting, a text which attempts to remedy the
marginalization of still life in formal art history.
This exhibit, Still Life Now, should also aid in the
process of focusing on a sometimes overlooked
genre.
Most ordinary viewers actually like still life—
what’s not to like? Many home owners are com-
fortable with gentle paintings of apples or fuzzy
watercolors of sunflowers on their walls.
But Still Life Now attempts to stretch the bounda-
ries a bit by including works in a variety of media,
with some unusual subjects, or with original sty-
listic variations—whether the crowded plenitude
of Tamara Peterson’s allusive still lifes or the
monumental and sometimes eerie fruit of Dennis
Wojtkiewicz. In some cases, this exhibit hopes to
evoke this response: “Well then, what is still
life?” and to encourage viewers to interrogate the
use of such terms as “still life” or “natura morta.”
While ArtSpace/Lima has a mission to showcase
important area artists, it also embraces the neces-
sity of introducing the works of artists from out-
side our community. Thus, Still Life Now in-
cludes artists from a wider area—including New
York and Illinois as well as Columbus, Hiram,
and Bowling Green. They all help us to see that
contemporary still life is not a “simple” art form
by any means and that when we look carefully, it
repays our attention.
Mary Ann Sullivan
Emerita Professor of Art History
Bluffton University
Still Life with
Blue and Orange Marble, 2011.
Oil on panel, 10"x 10".
Apple and Lemon with Dovetailed
Box, 2011. Oil on linen panel,
7" x 7".
Oranges on a Silver Plate, 2010.
Graphite, 2.25" x 3.25".
Jane Ellefson
Pewter Pitcher with Oranges, 2007.
Oil on linen,
14.75” x 14.75”.
Carl Holzman
Still Life with New Potatoes, 2011.
Oil on Canvas, 18" x 18".
Still Life with Blood Orange,
2011. Oil on canvas, 16" x 16". Still Life with Plums,
2011. Oil on canvas, 18" x 18”.
Sangita Phadke
Mr. Aubergine, 2011.
Pastel, 11" x 14".
Christopher Ryan
Olive Branch, 2006.
Oil on linen, 16" x 16".
One Fateful Morning, 2002.
Oil on canvas,
28 ½" X 28 ½ ".
Look & Scatter, 2004.
Oil on canvas,
10" X 10 ".
Found Opportunity, 2005.
Oil on canvas,
10" X 10 ".
Siren, 2008.
Acrylic, oil on canvas,
48" X 48 ".
Skull & Birds, 2009.
Oil & acrylic on canvas,
10" X 10 ".
Masks & Sweets, 2010.
Oil, acrylic on canvas,
22" X 22 ".
Steven T. Jones
Books and Strings II, 2009.
Oil & tempera on panel,
36” x 24”.
Lady of the Lake, 2011.
Oil & tempera on panel,
18" x 24".
Reclining Napkin, 2008.
Graphite on paper, 4.25" x 8".
Altar 4, 2011.
Graphite, 2.25" x 3.25".
Altar 1, 2010.
Graphite, 2.25" x 3.25".
Tamara Peterson
RUIN, 2008.
Acrylic on panel, 12" x 24"
SIN, 2010.
Acrylic on panel,
24" x 12".
Old Vintage, 2009.
Oil & tempera on panel,
36" x 24".
All that Glitters…, 2011.
Oil & tempera on panel,
18" x 24".
Wasted Resources, 2009 .
Oil & tempera on panel,
20" x 16".
Still Life with Yukon Gold
Potatoes, 2011.
Oil on canvas, 18" x 18".
Still Life with Kiwi Fruit, 2011.
Oil on Canvas, 18" x 18".
BANG, 2004.
Acrylic on canvas,
40" x 40".
WIN, 2001.
Watercolor on paper,
20" x 20".
WORK, 2001.
Watercolor on paper,
29" x 29".
Colorful Pear, 2010.
Pastel,
11" x 14".
A Lemon and Two Limes,
2011. Pastel,
16" X 16".
A Sunflower for Fukushima,
2011. Pastel,
20" x 20 ".
FUEL, 2004
Acrylic on canvas,
40" x 40".