Exhibition Dates: Nov 22, 2008 - Jan 17, 2009
My UP-CLOSE-AND-PERSONAL exhibit at TLGUTS in Lynn closed last Saturday on January 17, 2009. I would like to thank you all for coming out to see the show despite the cold weather. I am truly grateful for your continued support. I hope you enjoyed seeing my work, meeting gallery director Jocelyn
Almy-
Testa, and made new contacts at the reception. Jocelyn posted two awesome exhibition overviews with pictures of the receptions on
TLGUTS' blog , do check it out when you have a chance. I had a wonderful time working with Jocelyn on this exhibit, if you're interested in showing your work at
TLGUTS please check out their
Calls for Work, or email Jocelyn directly to find out if she is looking for new artists
jocelynalmy@galleryunderthestairs.com
Image: With TLGUTS Gallery Director Jocelyn Almy-Testa.
*"... Sand's work consists of studious compilations of language, sketches, imagery, and a command of a medium she has made her own. Sand began using epoxy to protect her work, then reexamined the possibilities of the compound and began using it as a medium to visually enhance her work. The drops of epoxy she uses on the surface of her work become elements of design, as well as distributors of light and tools of magnification.
Image: Fragments of Life - 15" x 15" x 3", mixed media on acrylic glass panel. Completed this piece on November 14, 2008, the night before I installed Up Close and Personal at TLGUTS .
When she uses the epoxy in this manner, elements of the image which help define the conceptual intent of the work are highlighted, helping the viewer interpret her work, seeing beyond the visual beauty of the piece as a whole, and into the private world of the artist.
She also uses epoxy to create layers between the collaged printed material, adding dimension and space for light to travel through the pieces which would otherwise fall flat on the surface.
Each element of each piece is carefully considered from the creation of the cradle, through the selection and layout of imagery, the relationship of the font styles next to the handwritten excerpts, the masterful use of epoxy, and finally, through the handmade pegs and wooden supports she uses to display the work...." *An Excerpt taken from TLGUTS BLOG, written by Jocelyn Almy-Testa, Curator/Director of the Little Gallery Under the Stairs in Lynn. Read on... ..........................................................................................
You're Cordially Invited to A Closing Reception at TLGUTS on January 17, 2009.
My exhibit, UP-CLOSE-AND-PERSONAL at the Little Gallery Under the Stairs in the LynnArts Building opened on Nov 22, 2008. I am showing about 50 mixed media works on acrylic glass and hardboard. The work, which I started working on in 2000, documents the continuously evolving conditions of my personal experience in a multi-cultural setting. If you missed the first two receptions, no sweat, the exhibit is up thru January 17, and there will be a closing reception for this exhibit on Saturday January 17, from 2 - 4pm. So, please come see the original pieces in a well lit gallery setting...
We are very much looking forward to your visit.
Image on the top left:
What do you want? - mixed media on acrylic glass panel, 11 x 11 x 2. To see detail image of this work,
CLINK HERE
"Dear diary" by Meredith
Goldstein, in the Boston Globe, Nov 20, 2008.
"... The display is Sand's take on language, memory, and combining cultures. The mixed-media paintings, with materials like floor plans and multilingual diary entries, should remind you of scrapbooks...." read on
http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2008/11/20/dear_diary?
"... The epoxy is used to encase the work as well as to magnify pieces of the imagery, highlighting the work's focal points and bending light to creating both intimate and immense spaces. Each piece is created on hardboard or acrylic glass which is fixed to a skillfully treated "cradle" to compliment the face of the work and create whole pieces without the need for investing in framing or further treatment before hanging.
The subject matter of her work ranges from dreamscapes to explorations of the various cultures which influence her personal life as well as her visual language as an artist.
The exhibit, which is on display salon style, mixes new works with older works, taking the viewer through the stages of the artist's process in this series' creation. This exhibit provides the opportunity to see this body of Sand T's work in a way that will allow collectors to combine small groupings of work that are either varied or uniform in content and style, but are either way both complimentary and cohesive.... "*An Excerpt taken from TLGUTS BLOG, written by Jocelyn Almy-Testa, Curator/Director of the Little Gallery Under the Stairs in Lynn. Read on... 
The gallery is located in the lower level of
LynnArts Inc.,
25 Exchange Street, Lynn, MA 01901.
Gallery hours are Thursdays 6:30-8:30pm, Saturdays 10-4pm, and by appointment. For more info, please email gallery owner Jocelyn
Almy-
Testa jocelynalmy@galleryunderthestairs.com, call 617-281-1935 or visit
http://www.galleryunderthestairs.com/ There is 2 hour street parking adjacent to and in front of
LynnArts. There is also a parking lot located at the rear of the building.
See Printable (.
pdf) directions:
http://www.lynnarts.org/Directions%20to%20LynnArts%20Inc.pdf
