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AUGUST 28 – OCTOBER 20
EDGE – X BONNIE WOODS
WHAT TO MAKE OF ALL OF THIS? – WALTER KOPEC

Opening Reception: Sunday, August 28, 3-5 p.m.
Third Thursday Receptions, September 15 and October 20, 6-9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Fridays and Saturdays, 2-6 p.m.,
and by appointment (tel/text 857-335-3100)

X Bonnie Woods is showing new works on folded paper in a Boston solo exhibition entitled EDGE.  Irregularly shaped paper constructions are marked by Sumi ink, reaching across walls and ceilings. The map-like images offer a geography of puzzle parts and emphasize the essence of each painting’s edge. Originating from the artist’s aerial sketches of islands, landforms, and snowforms, these works were completed in Boston and Berlin, Germany, between 2020 and the present. The artist works and resides in both cities.

What to make of all of this? It’s an open-ended question, with few, if any, concrete answers.

With a strong conceptual, graphic sensibility, Walter Kopec’s work, through minimal, appropriate materials and economical gesture, uses strategies of puzzle-making and linguistic tricks to create visual/verbal connections, each component fortifying, reflecting or complementing the other.

Using wordplay and idiomatic expressions, irony and humor as a springboard to invite immediate recognition and general accessibility, each “visual poem” challenges the viewer to consider a more layered and nuanced response, asking for consideration beyond the obvious and how carefully parsed language, leads to doublespeak, irony and innuendo, and in the worst case… hypocrisy. http://www.walterkopec.com

July 21 – August 20
STILL FRIENDS

Opening Reception: Thursday, July 21, 6-9 p.m.
Closing Reception: Thursday, August 18, 6-9 p.m.

Join us for our annual summer blockbuster Friends show celebrating the art of 34 friends, old and new. 2022 is a blockbuster!

B Amore, Ian Babylon, Joe Caruso, Luke Bruffee, Lyn Cardinal, Sandrine Colson, Susan Deitrich, Philip Gerstein, John Kennard, Rick Dorff, Leigh Hall, Nan Hockenbury, Sandra Joneck-Schiff, Walter Kopec, Charlene Liska, Samantha Marder, Diane Modica, Marsha Odabashian, Bo Petran, Beth Plakidas, Brian Reardon, Dinah Ribarsky, David Riley, Joan Ryan, Anna Salmeron, Melissa Shook, Kelly Slater, Dominick Takis, Wallasauce, Eric Wallen, Paul Weiner, John Wilkerson, Dietmar Winkler, X Bonnie Woods

May 15 – June 25
Two Exhibits by Carmen Sasso:
“Connect the Dots” and “Fifty in Five”

Opening Reception: Thursday, March 5, 6-9 p.m.
Third Thursdays with Artist Talk: May 19 & June 16, 6-9 p.m.

Connect the Dots: Is a literal translation of orbs that co-join each other on a flat surface to create an image.  In adult discourse the phrase “connect the dots” can be used as a metaphor to illustrate an ability, or inability to associate one idea with another, to find the big picture or salient feature in a mass of data. Other times an orb is a sharks eye that connects to a swimming spot that floats on the sea, or artists who inspire each other over the centuries.

Fifty in Five: Is a portfolio collection of fifty paintings and drawings done with acrylic, pastel, and charcoal completed in five days while residing for one week at a Dune Shack in Truro MA., off Race Point on Cape Cod.

CONDITIONS ALTERED
March 4 – April 23

Opening Reception: Thursday, March 17, 6-9 p.m.
Closing Reception: Thursday, April 21, 6-9 p.m.

Dominick Takis and Bo Petran, focusing on medium and materials on canvas, explore a sense of where nature goes in an environment changed by human activity, suggesting something that lies beyond, always in the process of becoming.

NEW WORK

Group Show by Member Artists
January 28 – February 19

Exhibition Reception: Thursday, February 17, 6-9 p.m.

TWENTY21
IAN BABYLON

and the Atlantic Works Gallerists

december 3 – january 8

exhibition reception: thursday, december 16, 6-9 p.m.

details/updates: ianbabylon.com

A Night In Venice with The Biennial Project

An Abundance of Caution: The Biennial Project

The latest antics of the phenomenally charismatic and widely feared artists of The Biennial Project, in which the space of Atlantic Works Gallery is reconceptualized as a dynamic workspace to pay homage to (and improve upon) iconography from global popular culture relating to The Biennial Project’s relentless examination of the quest for immortality and stardom within the art world.

Opening Reception/Photo Shoot: Saturday, November 6, from 6-9 pm.

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS

There are many ways to interpret what “environmental effects” can be. Most people see the environment as the natural world where all living beings live. In that context, “environmental effects” would refer, in our view, to any influence human would have on the natural world, either beneficial or detrimental. Another way to look at what “environmental effects” refers to is the surrounding or conditions that affects humans as they grow or as they live their life.

Sandrine Colson is looking at “environmental effects” as being the changes happening in our earth due to human influences. Her pieces are made up of a mix of flowing colors with textural effects using different acrylic pouring and mixed media techniques showing to us how nature (air, water, earth and fire) evolves as humans continues doing their thing, affecting their surrounding and the seasons in detrimental ways from the microscopic to the macroscopic. A lover of oceans, she constructed a message to all in her display “under the sea,” informing us how pollution and especially plastic affect us and the oceans.

The natural and built environment are our connection to the underlying reality of existence. Due to our actions, intentional or not, our physical environment is changing in ways that make our very existence, and those connections, problematic. Our collective lives are out of balance. In this show, George Shaw continues and complements Sandrine Colson’s explorations from a different perspective. George’s sculpture is a combination of wood panel, paint, glass, metal and found objects.

Opening Reception: Saturday, October 9, from 6-9 pm.

Third Thursday Celebration (Meet the Artists): October 21, from 6-9 pm.

PROCESS

September 4 – 25, 2021

PROCESS

Is it the journey or the outcome that draws you in?

For artist Kristen Freitas, it’s the journey — the process of creating that brings her joy and excitement. During the month of September, Kristen Freitas’s PROCESS explores just that through her fluid painting series and work from invited artists.

Exploring colors and textures have always been a part of Freitas’s work. Her current series dives deeper and explores her new love of fluid painting. The layering and mixing of colors create varying effects — all of which are created instantly during the painting process. Watching the colors and composition mysteriously unfold as the paint pours onto the surface makes the journey the most fascinating part for Freitas.

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 4, from 6-9 pm.

Third Thursday Celebration: Thursday, September 16, from 6-9 pm.

Gallery Hours: Fridays and Saturdays 2-6pm

For information or private appointment contact 857-302-8363 during gallery hours.

Friend Zoned

JULY 15 – AUGUST 21, 2021

FRIEND ZONED

A group show of work by Gallery members and our friends, featuring The Dead Mask Project, an international collection of photographs curated by member X Bonnie Woods.

Opening Reception: Thursday, July 15, from 6-9 pm.

Closing Reception: Thursday, August 19, from 6-9 pm.

Gallery Hours: Fridays and Saturdays 2-6pm

For information or private appointment contact 857-302-8363 during gallery hours.