Past Exhibitions
Past exhibitions at the Helen Day Art Center.
Summer 2011
Best of the North East Masters of Fine Arts 2011
"Pieces recall time periods, world events and stylistic evolution - and they also provide a window into a moment through the eyes of the artist." - Stowe Reporter. Read article.
"The cliché goes, “great minds think alike.” A new exhibit at Stowe’s Helen Day Art Center suggests that great minds might have similar thoughts about the vehicle of art but drive those points home uniquely." - Seven Days. Read article.
"The title of the exhibition at the Helen Day Art Center is Best of the North East Masters of Fine Arts 2011. It's a little pretentious," said Nathan Suter, the center's executive director, who conceived of the show with his former curator. 'But why not?' Suter said. "We're trying to find the best out there." - Burlington Free Press. Read article.
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| Jennifer Cawley - RISD | John C. Gonzalez - Tufts | MFA Boston | |
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| Francisco Moreno - RISD | Christopher Page - Yale | |
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| Melanie Perreault - Concordia | Robert Watermeyer - MASS Art | |
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| Joo Lee Kang - Tufts | MFA Boston | ||
If such a thing exists, then yes: Mikey Welsh
January 21 - April 17, 2011
Abstract paintings & mural installation
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A self-taught representational and abstract painter based in Burlington, VT. Influenced by Jean Michel Basquiat, Willem DeKooning and Jackson Pollock. Distorted faces and figures leap from the canvas. "It was a real leap for me to get into abstract. I’d had so much success with my figurative paintings, but it felt like I had done everything I could do with it. Sort of like with my music. With abstract, there are millions of options for how a picture can be painted. Figurative? There’s a lot of limitations on what you can do. I wanted to continue on without limits.” |
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| Mikey Welsh "Sometimes the bad things are clear" Acrylic on canvas, 2008 |
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Summer 2010
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Habitat for Artists July 9- August 15, 2010 |
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| Helen Day Art Cente r and Habitat for Artists Project "provide area artists with access to precious free studio space and serve as 'a catalyst for mutual engagement between artists and communities.'" Seven Days Vermont | ||
Spring 2010
Todd Sargood: Complex Simplex
Dates: June 10— July 4, 2010
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A solo show of Sargood's recent abstract drawings and paintings. The artist uses a variety of media, techniques and marks to create elaborate metaphors for how cultures interact: broken, halting lines of oil bar; delicate traceries of ballpoint pen; overlapping grids of dripped watercolor—all combine to render cultures in collision or reveal the various forces at play within a culture.
Winter 2010
Wafaa Bilal: Agent Intellect
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"...The artists who transport others to a state of genuine empathy are often called visionaries. " |
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"...Stepping into Mghaisil is like a chance to morn, or repent, this violence."
Vermont Art Zine Blog, read article. |
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| “Wafaa Bilal’s recent work turns the topicality of its subject matter––the horrors of war in the artist’s native Iraq, which he fled as a dissident in the run-up to Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait––into a set of chilling meditations on photography and representation.” Artforum, read article.
Links:
Wafaa Bilal's website; Bilal's comments regarding "Virtual Jihadi" here; Details on the Shutdown of Bilal's work at RPI and Sanctuary for Independent Media (Troy, NY) here; "Art ≠ Terrorism" 22 minute documentary on the Sanctuary for Independent Media shutdown here; MSNBC Interview with Jesse Petrillo, creator of "Quest for Saddam" video game here; Brian Holmes' blog on Speech in Democracy and "Virtual Jihadi" here; Chicago Tribune here; NPR interview here; Bilal and Kari Lydersen's book Shoot an Iraqi: Art, Life and Resistance Under the Gun (2008 Citilights Books) here; Gamepolitics site "Most Politically Fascinating Person of the year" here |
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