Opening Reception: July 8, 6 - 8 PM
Gallery Talk with Eric Fischl: July 23, 3 PM
Alyssa Monks's new exhibition of paintings, entitled Where Longing Meets Limits, confronts the human experience of longing for that which is beyond our reach. The recent loss of her brother weighs heavy as does the wanting things to be different than they are. Unbridled human vulnerability arises from the helpless awareness of being unable to control so much of what we try to. Not limited to mortality, this permeates almost everything human beings pursue. Flowers, branches, water droplets, and vapor - painted carefully in harmonizing color - speak to the ideals of femininity and beauty distort and overwhelm the portraits, creating an illusive expression that is impossible to see fully and interpret. We are left knitting bits of delicate illusionistic form together to catch a glimpse of these women, ensconced in their distancing efforts to control what you see, but also begging to be seen. We are in an endless loop, and only find ourselves in the end, also trying to make sense of a senseless experience, realizing that it is ultimately a futile pursuit. Monks's aim is to inspire viewers to let go before they must let go, in order to fully experience the surprisingly beautiful unpredictability of life.
A Changing Landscape is a group exhibition of contemporary landscapes. In this exhibition we examine how landscape painting on the East End of Long Island has progressed from the timeless plein air tradition using materials such as oil on linen to today's artists incorporating materials such as charcoal, resin, aluminum and dirt.
Rainer Andreesen, Lautaro Cuttica, Peter Drake, Terry Elkins, Cornelia Foss, Susan Grossman, David Kratz, Lisa Lebofsky, Michael Meehan, Michael Quadland, Michael Viera, Darius Yektai
