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July/August 2013

With a Little Help From Our Friends

COLLECTED WORKS BY ATLANTIC WORKS ARTISTS AND INVITED GUESTS

This time, it’s not all about us. We at Atlantic Works are about community, and we’re inclusive. We’re welcoming. Your ideas stimulate our ideas, and the exchange goes both ways. It is the dialog between the messages of friends, family, culture, and our own internal dictates that makes art relevant. In our annual FRIENDS show, we Atlantic Works artists invite friends whose input matters to us, whose work should be seen. We ask our artist friends with the most interesting ideas to contribute, to strut their stuff, to contribute to the dialog, to keep our gallery vital and fresh. We at Atlantic Works don’t go stale. Our FRIENDS show is part of the reason why. It will delight and ravish you with something that maybe you’ve never seen before.

Exhibition Dates: July 18 – August 17, 2013

Opening Reception: Thursday, July 18, 6-9 PM

Third Thursday Reception: Thursday, August 15, 6-9 PM

Gallery Hours: Fridays and Saturdays 2-6 PM

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June 2013

Two Views: Artworks by Carmen Sasso and X Bonnie Woods

Sasso: Inspired by the explosive grandeur of the Big Bang, the original act of Creation, Sasso writes, “I listen with intent to a timeless call. Primordial. I strive to let intuition, instinct and sublime reasoning guide my artistic experience. I do not re-create nature. I try to harness the forces that make planets spin, wolves howl, and animals pay attention.

Woods: “Sumi, a dense black Asian ink, has hardly seen use in the U.S. This explosive stuff has a life of its own, yet it’s the most elegant medium I’ve ever known.” These 2013 works inhabit a quirky place between painting and monoprint. Relief printing and ink washes dominate. The “Q-R” series takes a whimsical look at the ubiquitous q.r. code. “Designs for Michael” is a colorful, playful series in memory of Michael Limberakis, a stained-glass artist who died unexpectedly in March. Other black-andwhite works are map-like experiments with rain washes.

Exhibition dates: June 6—30, 2013

Opening Reception: Thursday June 6, 6–9PM

3rd Thursday Party: June 20, 6–9pm

Gallery hours: Fridays and Saturdays, 2-6pm

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May 2013

Vermillion Sands

New Work by Richard Dorff and Charlene Liska

Subject: Simultaneity

Content: Including but is not limited to 1 scrim 8’ square; 2×4 four metal studs 16 inches on center covered with1 layer half inch plywood under half inch blue board finished with one eighth inch plaster skim coat and Behr ultra pure white paint, flat finish; 1 whale bone; 24’ floor to ceiling black-out curtain hanging from three quarter conduit tubing; 1 motion sensor; perimeter track lighting on dimmers, par 30, 75 watt flood and spot bulbs; 1 6×9 ’carpet; 1video projector; 2 large sculptures; 1 directional ‘sound shower’ speaker; 32 6×6” framed photographs; 3 8’ lengths one quarter inch stainless steel cable; 1 pedestal; plain sawn maple floor sanded and finished with 2 coats low luster polyurethane and 1 coat gloss polyurethane; motion sensor; assorted floor lamps; 3 miniature BW TV’s; 3 dvd players; 1 mixing board, amplifier and 2 speakers; 1 seascape, oil on canvas, 16×24”; 1 flood light; 1 video monitor; 2 plaster cherub legs; 1video projector; mostly generic art opening wine and food (but, who knows…could be some surprises…)

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Exhibition dates: May 4 – 31, 2013
Opening Reception: Saturday May 4th, 6–9pm
3rd Thursday Artist Talk: May 16th, 6–9pm
Gallery Hours: Fridays and Saturdays, 2-6pm

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April 2013

VizPo

VizPO: Artworks in which we use Words

It started with the Russian Futurists a hundred years ago, and now it’s everywhere—words in visual art. Or visual art made of words. Despite long taboos in both the art world and the literary world about mixing pictures and speech, the two cannot keep away from each other. The left brain and the right brain refuse to stay apart. You see the convergence in video, painting, sculpture, poetry, everywhere.

We at Atlantic Works are no exception. When this idea for a show was suggested we were surprised to realize how many of our artists were incorporating language in their work. It seems to come naturally. Sometimes words and images, like peanut butter and jelly, just go together.

Exhibition dates: April 6—27, 2013

Opening Reception: Saturday April 6, 6–9PM

3rd Thursday Party: April 18, 6–9pm

Gallery hours: Fridays and Saturdays, 2-6pm

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March 2013

Exhibition: Feb 2013

Getting to Know You : Artwork by the New Members of Atlantic Works

“It’s a very ancient saying but a true and honest thought that if you become a teacher by your pupils you’ll be taught.”

The newest members of Atlantic works invite you to join them for tea, light refreshments and a civilized introduction to their art. Fancy dress encouraged though not required.

Artists:
X Bonnie Woods
Diane Teubner
George Shaw
John Kennard
Marjorie Kaye
Branden Harrington
Kristen Freitas
Nick Di Stefano
Stephanie Arnett

Exhibition dates: March 8-30, 2013
Opening Reception: Friday March 8, 6–9PM
3rd Thursday Artist Talk: March. 21, 6–9PM
Gallery hours: Fridays and Saturdays, 2-6pm

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February 2013

“In 1990 on my first day of work at MTV, I heard three homophobic remarks, so I knew I could not be myself at work. When I came out to my family, they feared for my safety, happiness and future.  Yet in 2013, to me living ‘out’ is as ordinary as brushing my teeth.”

As a 46-year old queer man, Eric Hess has lived through a sea change in societal attitudes towards gays. After decades of activists chanting,“We’re here, we’re queer, get used to us,” it appears that Americans have indeed gotten used to queers. At least in New England, for many the queer lifestyle is part of the new norm. For many, it still isn’t. However, the ramifications of first being part of a detested minority and then being part of an accepted minority profoundly affect how queers think of themselves and function within the world. In “Just Another Fag,” Hess explores this huge cultural shift with photography, video, dioramas and conceptual art.

Exhibition dates: February 8-23, 2013
DJ Party Opening Reception: Saturday Feb. 9, 6–9PM, music by DJ Dylan Jones
3rd Thursday Party: Feb. 21, 6–9pm, come dressed as your favorite gay!

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January 2013

The Song Remains the Same

Atlantic Works group show of art born of music

Music is a mind-altering tool as strong as any drug. Since many artists get ideas from other media and most visual artists listen to music when they work, Atlantic Works has launched a group show that celebrates art made under the influence of music. These pieces raise the question, how can ideas raised by one art form find resolution in another? The exchange is lively and fun and it shows how profoundly art and artists reflect our time and our culture.

Exhibition dates: January 11–26, 2013
DJ Party Opening Reception: Thursday, January 17, 6-9pm

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December 2012

Barter

Holiday Glee Market
by Samantha Marder and Neil Wyatt

The thrill of discovery. Unexpected finds — lush colors, organized chaos, and a sly sense of humor. In Barter, artists Samantha Marder and Neil Wyatt evoke the fun of an exotic market, where everything is unique and full of personality. Marder’s tiny tableaux play with place, scale, and the magic juxtaposition of imagination against reality. They enchant with the childlike question, “What if…?” Because their absurdity invites the viewer to invent narratives, Marder’s pieces are simultaneously funny, rich in meaning, and pregnant with possibility.

Whereas Wyatt’s abstract paintings take their cue from the metals, flowers and fabrics of a Middle Eastern bazaar. Wyatt is a painter’s painter, whose masterful command of his medium enables him to create a sense of mystery and joy that evades most artists. Deep bronze, copper and other gilded tones add depth and luminescence. The rich colors and complexity of his layers create a new surprise at every glimpse. The exhibition will also feature a holiday shop of affordable gifts.

December 1–29, 2012
Opening Reception:
Saturday, December 1, 6-9pm
music by Shaun England
Third Thursday Gathering:
December 13, 6-9pm

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November 2012

Welcome to Control

An Installation of Typographic Monoprints,
Mechanical Mind Control and Fiber Performance Art by Mitchel Ahern

As many people suspect, there is a pervasive international, pan-dimensional organization known as Control, responsible for cultural manipulation and management. Although the goals of the organization are kept secret, Control has established a visitor center and gift shop in East Boston at Atlantic Works Gallery. There, the public is welcome to view various visual, video and performance and textual works recently made public by the Freedom of Information Act, as well as Control devices including the Cut-Up Oracle of Control and a working Dream Machine Cone of Silence, inspired by Control agents such as Burroughs, Gysin, Oglivy, Maxwell Smart, Martha Stewart and Roger Ailes.

The artist, Mitchel Ahern, works in large-format typographic linocut monographs on fabric, which he incorporates into mechanical devices and performance, along with his self-invented musical instruments. His political/social installations have been exhibited at the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Atlantic Works, Galatea Fine Arts, and Gallery 119. He has also performed at The Knitting Factory, The Middle East, The Rat, and Exit 13.

Exhibition dates: November 1–24, 2012
Opening reception: Thursday, November 1, 6-9pm
Third Thursday reception and performances: November 15, 6-9pm

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October 2012

The Inspection House

New work by Martha McCollough and Matthew Keller

A panopticon is a circular prison with cells arranged around a central well, from which prisoners can at all times be observed. It is an apt metaphor for how we live today. We are photographed everywhere, recorded everywhere, and social media exposes the minute details of our lives and thoughts. Not only our own private lives, but also the machinations of the powerful become more transparent as information moves freely across borders and up and down hierarchies. What then? In their two-person exhibition, Martha McCollough and Matthew Keller take the panopticon as a starting point and explore how it affects our lives. With brilliant black humor, Martha McCollough’s videos and acrylic paintings explore our responses, which can run the gamut from exhibitionist euphoria to constant anxiety to outright paranoia. The constant question is how do we present ourselves, how do we choose to mask or unmask? The answer is dependent on whether we perceive surveillance as the harmless and even comforting interest of our friends as offered through social media, or as a tool of social control in the hands of repressive powers. McCollough is a two-time fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. Her text-based videos have recently been exhibited as part of the MIX Conference at Bath Spa University, UK, at the Void Network Film Poetry Festival in Greece, in Gone Lawn, an online magazine of experimental fiction, and in Rattapallax online magazine.

Matthew Keller’s oil paintings explore thoughts of observation and the acts of the observed. The focus is on individual perceptions relating directly to voyeurism, the changes in the activities of the watched, and the refusal to acknowledge the possibility of consequence by unknown onlookers. The goal is to not only comment on but also to preserve these feelings of alienation, inadequacy and powerlessness.

http://theinspectionhouse.org/about/

October 4 – 27, 2012
Opening Reception:
Thursday, October 4, 6–9pm, Catering by Bitter Science
Third Thursday Gathering:
October 18, 6–9pm

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