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November 2014

echo:

new work by Matthew Keller and Charlene Liska

November 7th – 29th

Echoes operate across time as well as space, manifesting as fractured versions of the original. A broken connection is bridged, a communication seeming to come at once from someone we know and from a complete stranger, and we discover something intimate about ourselves the way another person would, meeting us for the first time, true and false impressions treaded together, indissoluble.

Echo is Liska’s response to a very old house with a very complex history.

For Keller, Echo is an exploration of home and memory, the interplay or emotions – discontent, ambivalence, regret, nostalgia – iterated in verbal and visual media. Old familiar objects are broken down and reassembled in ways that can double back on the source, both distorting and enriching. Memory is at once corrupted and purified. Nothing is static.

Opening Reception:
Saturday, November 8th, 6-9 pm

Third Thursday Reception:
November 20th, 6-9 pm

Gallery Hours:
Fridays and Saturdays, 2-6pm or by appointment.

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October 2014

Paper Rock Scissors:

Collaboration by Rick Dorff and Bo Petran

October 4th – 25th

Atlantic Works Gallery is pleased to present a process-oriented collaboration by Rick Dorff and Bo Petran in which Dorff and Petran will carry on an intense dialogue in the spirit of play using a variety of found and scavenged materials and a host of miscellaneous objects, lasting from inception until the show’s last moment. By means of interactive play, including games and mess-making, they will explore how influences such as chance, competition and inspiration can determine their interactive processes and outcomes.

Czech-born Bo Petran uses abstract expressionism as a springboard from which to create site specific installations which make use of non-traditional materials and methods. His interest is in reconfiguring the process of art making and viewing.

Rick Dorff works in the realms of sculpture and installation, shows work at AMP Gallery in Provinetown, MA, and works with the Fort Point Theater Channel, Boston.

Opening Reception:
Saturday, October 4th, 6-9 pm

Third Thursday Reception:
October 18th, 6-9 pm

Gallery Hours:
Fridays and Saturdays, 2-6pm or by appointment.

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September 2014

Numinous: In the Spirit of Things

September 6th – 30th

What does “Numinous” look like? Two Boston visual artists take on the challenge and bring form to this idea in concurrent solo exhibitions. Artists John Kennard and X Bonnie Woods bring us wit, whimsy, and wonder with their two- and three-dimensional works.

Kennard and Woods are long-time colleagues. The theme of these exhibitions allows the two artists to delve into their notions of spirit, wonder, and play.

Woods has shown her works in the U.S. and Germany for many years. Her paintings explore the medium of traditional Japanese inks on paper in map-like conceptual pieces. She has also worked as a documentary photographer. She says of this new exhibition, “Perception and puzzles are the key. I like finding the edges between painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, and words.“ Her work is in many corporate and academic collections.

Primarily a photographer, John Kennard’s work has been shown at a variety of venues over the years. Kennard says, “In addition to photography, this offering presents works made with materials such as eggshells and tea bags, exploring the spirit of these normally discarded items.”

Opening Reception:
Saturday, September 6th, 6-9 pm

Third Thursday Reception:
September 18th, 6-9 pm

Gallery Hours:
Fridays and Saturdays, 2-6pm or by appointment.

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July / August 2014

 Boston Biennial 3:

 a Biennial Project Production

Since it’s inauguration many years ago The Boston Biennial has become a cherished and much anticipated New England institution – not unlike Opening Day at Fenway or the Pops on the Fourth, gifting the public with exposure to cutting edge contemporary artistic practice, as well as serving an important role in invigorating and democratizing the Boston area creative community.

For The Boston Biennial , the Boston Biennial Selection Committee will again showcase a variety of the best work being produced in New England and the world, as well as to shine a spotlight on the collective that has clearly raised the bar for artistic production and theory in the area covered by the Original Thirteen Colonies (not to be confused with the Original Six NHL Franchises or the Seven Sister Colleges), namely THE BIENNIAL PROJECT.

A large screen projection will illuminate the work chosen for The Boston Biennial 3. The work chosen for the recent ArtVenice Biennale and the Biennial Roadshow Marfa will also be displayed digitally.

Additionally, the ever-expanding and dynamic membership of The Biennial Project will develop several new site specific installations and conceptual works while hopped up on diet coke and cheetos.

Don’t miss the social event of the summer season!

Gala Opening Reception: 
Thursday July 17th, 6-9 pm

Gala Closing Reception:
August 21st, 6-9 pm

Giant Gala Garage Sale:
Saturday July 26th, 2-6pm

The Biennial Project Retrospective:
40 Years of Our Art Special Gala Reception:
Thursday August 7th, 7pm (black tie encouraged)

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June 2014

ENGENDERED

Atlantic Works Gallery is pleased to present ENGENDERED, an exhibition conceived and curated by Samantha Marder.

ENGENDERED explores how gender is variously perceived, running the gamut from the literal to the abstract. In a variety of media, ENGENDERED depicts aspects of the gender spectrum which may be clearly defined, fluid or ambiguous. The context may be biological, political, spiritual or sexual as well as personal statements of self identity, imposed identity or perceived identity. Anxiety, serenity, humor, and indifference, profundity and superficiality, may all be evident in these collected works.

Exhibition dates: June 7, 2014 through July 7, 2014

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 7 6-9 pm

3rd Thursday Party: June 19 6-9 pm

Gallery hours: Fridays and Saturdays, 2-6pm

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May 2014

Plan 9 from Outer Space

An Atlantic Works Gallery Film Studio and Movie Shoot

This group show will recreate Ed Wood’s masterwork: Plan Nine From Outer Space. The visual aspect of the show will interpret aspects of the film, and the gallery (and environs) will be transformed into a film set. The film will then be acted out by Gallery members and friends, and taped in HD video. The film will be edited and shown at the gallery, YouTube and perhaps other venues.

At the opening and Third Thursday receptions there will be refreshments, art and shooting of crowd scenes and green screen videos. The gallery will be open during normal hours, and filming of scenes will be going on.

Perhaps, on your way home, someone will pass you in the dark, and you will never know it… for they will be from outer space.

Exhibition Dates: May 8 – 31, 2014
Show Opening and Shooting Crowd Scenes Thursday May 8, 6-9 PM
Scheduled Film Shoots Saturdays May 10, 17, 24 & 31 2-6 PM
Fourth Thursday Green Screen Shooting: Thursday, May 22 6-9 PM

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April 2014

Photographic Practices:

group show of lens-based artworks

Photography as a practice is in a state of flux. In the past two decades it has shifted from a process that interacts chemically and organically with its surrounds, to a new medium based around the interpretation and manipulation of code. Traditional photographs required access to the darkroom and an ability to previsualize results. Modern digital cameras now provide instant feedback, and can be published to millions of viewers in minutes.

This new technology has awoken a visual avarice that impedes communication as much as it facilitates it. The prevalence of cameras and recording devices has spawned a tide of images multiplying exponentially in our daily lives, forcing us to address issues of ethics, surveillance and manipulation. Whether the erosion of the photograph’s credibility troubles you or frees you, image creation and contextualization are increasingly in the hands of amateurs and outsiders.

From shooting to preserving, from acquiring to sharing, photographers’ motivations in this new era of image making are as diverse as their means. This group exhibition embodies the richness of contemporary photographic practice, and features work from artists using both traditional and experimental techniques.

Third Thursday: April 17th, 6-9 pm
Poetry Reading: April 24th, 6-9pm
Closing Reception: May 3rd, 6-9 pm

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March 2014

Traverse Part II: The Invitational

Featuring Jess Stambaugh & Invited Guests

Art is evolving faster then ever in this digital era. This month at Atlantic Works Gallery Jess Stambaugh’s show entitled Traverse Part II is unfolding and advancing as fast as light. New thoughts are being executed, more exciting art is being hung, other artists are showing. Don’t blink or else you will miss this moment of creative magnitude. Come to Third Thursday March 20th and live this moment to the fullest.

The pulse of digital culture is surging in a world of instant information and waning attention spans. Through a series of retrospective, witty and satirical collages, found sculpture Jess Stambaugh and her cohorts examine the surreal, often absurd, obsessive nature of connected in the digital age.

Exhibition Dates: March 7-28, 2014
First Fridays Opening Reception: Friday, March 7th, 6-9 PM
Third Thursday Reception: Thursday, March 20th, 6-9 PM

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February 2014

Terra Incognita

Featuring the new artists at Atlantic Works

Terra Incognita is the Latin term for lands that are yet unknown or charted, that lie beyond the edge of the map.

This month at Atlantic Works we are celebrating our newest members Andrew, Leigh Hall, Suzanne Mercury, and Jess Stambaugh and launching an exploratory voyage into the uncharted lands of their latest works in performance, painting, assemblage, and visual poetry.

Come in from the cold and join us!

Exhibition Dates: February 3-26, 2014
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 6th, 6-9 pm
Valentine Event: Friday, February 14th, 6-9pm
Third Thursday Reception: Thursday, February 20th, 6-9 pm

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January 2014

TOTEM: Animal as Symbol

Artwork by Atlantic Works Members & Invited Guests

Have you ever felt the stirrings of an animal daemon (or soul) within you? Or felt a connection to the natural and animal world which made you feel like you were remembering something ancestral, dream-like, vital, and lost in our contemporary reality of extinction, dwindling resources, and degraded landscapes?

Historically, the TOTEM — or rather the shamanistic spirit it embodies — is an object or symbol representing an animal which served as an emblem of a family, clan, or tribe of people, reminding them of their ancestry, life-force, and mythic past. In this exhibit of installations, paintings, and video, the Atlantic Works Artists explore the idea of the totem, the animal dialog and the ties that bind us to the animal world.

As wild spaces become increasingly distant, and animals increasingly threatened with extinction, the works in this exhibit present a dramatic, revelatory tour of all that is wildly alive, and an invocation of what we are missing.

Exhibition Dates: January 13 – 29, 2014
Opening Reception: Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, 6-9 PM

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