Paper Trail: Contemporary Works on Paper by Kim Burgas, Terence Hammonds, and Max Unterhaslberger
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Paper Trail: Contemporary Works on Paper by Kim Burgas, Terence Hammonds, and Max Unterhaslberger
Reception: Friday, April 6, 5-8 pm
Exhibition continues through Saturday, May 5, 2012
Phyllis Weston Gallery is proud to announce Paper Trail: Contemporary Works on Paper by Kim Burgas, Terence Hammonds, and Max Unterhaslberger. For five decades, Phyllis Weston has used her discerning sensibility to bring emerging artists to the forefront of the Cincinnati art scene, with the goal of cultivating and promoting the immense talent that is found locally. Paper Trail is an exciting exhibition curated by Phyllis Weston designed to explore the brilliant variety of paper as a medium. Emerging artists offer affordable works of art that provide an introspective look at people, history, and urban landscapes.
New York-based artist and designer Kim Burgas focuses primarily on explorations of the figure as an object that embodies juxtapositions of youth and old-age, ordinary and nobility. Her delicate, detailed lines within the subjects’ faces and the figures’ headdresses mimic wrinkles and ornate jewelry. She transforms the faint figure into a complex, multidimensional object – the face often becomes the background at points and the abstracted headdresses speak to a personal and universal narrative of status and class.
A native Cincinnatian, Terence Hammonds grew up in Over-the-Rhine and attended the School for Creative and Performing Arts before studying at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and Tufts University. The artist’s work has been exhibited at Gelb Gallery at Phillips Academy (Andover, MA); Wadsworth Athenaeum (Hartford, CT); Publico and clay street Press (Cincinnati, OH); and the University of Cincinnati Galleries on Sycamore and 840/Meyers Gallery. His work is informed and inspired by the struggles and determination of African Americans seeking equality during the civil rights movement of the 1960s. He fuses imagery from that era with 1970s soul and funk music.
Cincinnati painter Max Unterhaslberger has graced the urban archaeology of the greater Cincinnati area with bold graphic patterns since age thirteen. Currently, his colorful and complex linear forms seek to reclaim abandoned spaces and exhilarate forgotten rubble. Inspired by unkempt structures, Max sees potential for vivacity throughout the city landscape. Most recently, Max experiments with linear forms on paper and canvas to expand graphic concepts related to classic literature and everyday experiences. Max will be a first-year student at the Cincinnati Art Academy in the fall.
Image Information:
Left Image – Kim Burgas, Florence, ink and graphite on paper, 22 ¾” x 6 ¾”
Center Image – Terence Hammonds, Untitled, three color screen print, 46” x 35”
Right Image – Max Unterhaslberger, Dancing on the Beach, spray paint and ink on paper, 11” x 14”
Gallery Information:
Phyllis Weston Gallery
2005 1/2 Madison Road, Cincinnati, OH 45208 – O’Bryonville
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 11 – 5 pm and by appointment
513.321.5200
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