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SUMMARY:2011 - May 13 @ 6:30pm - "Within the Spaces" - New Brunswick Art Salon\, Spring 2011 - Part II
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition duration: May 13 – June 2\, 2011Opening Reception: Friday\, May 13  @ 6:30-10:30pmCurator: Jewel LimMultidisciplinary Event: New World Order (Live Jazz Music) \n  \n \nAbout  Alfa’s New Brunswick Art Salon\nIn the 18th and 19th century\, Art Salons were the greatest annual or biannual art events in the Western world\, celebrating the farthest advances in academia and the arts. The Alfa Art Gallery\, in order to bridge talented and highly esteemed artists with the New Brunswick public\, holds its own Art Salon exhibitions biannually in the Spring and Fall. \n  \nAbout this Exhibition\nThis exhibition “Within the Spaces” features the works of Coleen Tyler\, Darren McManus\, Jian Chen\, Michael Bransfield and Sam Ralston.  The concept of this exhibition is to take note of the use of space in partnership with abstract figures and vibrant colors in order to capture the demands each work to be experienced and owned by looking. Tyler’s geometric paintings on wood are spatial illusions that “press and pull” abstract space\, using color\, lines and shapes to convey emotional states.  Similarly\, McManus’ works are geometric and painted on wood. Highly detailed and saturated in color\, his odd-shaped\, puzzle-like works of art contain unusual combinations of solid forms\, causing intrigue and need for reflection. Chen’s paintings\, on the other hand\, are more representational than the rest\, but\, nevertheless\, explore a surreal feel to the moment depicted by a thick and painterly use of his materials. Some of his works explore “the triple properties of a painting’s dimension: the space behind the pictorial plane\, the physical existence of the painting surface per se\, and the space in front of the pictorial surface\, where the viewers are embodied.”  Bransfield uses lines and color to create a layering effect that makes the paintings feel dense and loose at the same time. Upon closer observation\, the viewer may feel that they are witnessing the works from an aerial perspective\, creating depth into the canvas itself. Ralston creates single-colored\, ambiguous\, rounded figures in an equally ambiguous and loose space: his lighting suggests the space is not flat and his blurred backgrounds hint at depth. “Within the Spaces” is an exhibition that ties together five remarkable artists in which they will cause their audience to ponder from work to work what lies beneath\, above\, and beyond what is being observed. \n  \nAbout the Artists\nColeen Tyler received B.S. in Art Education from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania and her MFA in Ceramics from the Virginia Commonwealth University. Throughout her career\, Tyler taught as an art teacher in many institutions\, including Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School\, Rutgers Preparatory School and Washington Community School. Tyler has been published in several newspapers\, including the New York Times\, and has exhibited in many shows in Pennsylvania\, New Jersey and Virginia. \nDarren McMannus obtained his BFA in Drawing and Illustration from the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland\, BFA in Experimental Studio and Illustration from the Hartford Art School and his MFA in Painting from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and won many awards\, including a fellowship from the New Jersey Council State of the Arts\, from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. \nJian Chen is an emerging artist from Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts with an expected graduation date of 2012. He has actively participated in the art community within the university via exhibiting works in several Mason Gross Galleries shows.  Chen also has an M.D. from China\, where he originally is from. \nMichael Bransfield graduated with a B.A. in Humanities from Providence College. He later studied painting from the Massachusetts College of Art as well as at the New York Studio School of Drawing\, Painting and Sculpture. He was also awarded a fellowship to the Yale-Norfolk Summer School of Art.  Bransfield has exhibited in many exhibitions in New York and New Jersey.  He has also served as director of the Metuchen Gallery. \nSam Ralston started painting in his early 20’s. He attended classes at the DuCret Art School and later enrolled at Kean College with an intention of becoming an art teacher but changed his major to graphic design. Throughout his career\, he displayed his work in different venues and won a number of awards. He currently works as a graphic designer and paints in his spare time. He has participated in several shows in New Jersey\, Maryland\, New York and Connecticut. \n  \nBest Artists of New Brunswick Art Salon’ 2010\nFirst Place: Wes ShermanSecond Place: Marsha GoldbergThird Place: Larry McKim \nAwards provided by New Brunswick City Market\, NJ. \n  \nThis program is sponsored in part by:
URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/may-13-630pm-new-brunswick-art-salon-spring-2011-part-ii/
LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening Reception,New Brunswick Art Salon
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ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org
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SUMMARY:2011 - May 26 @ 7pm - New Brunswick Art Salon\, Spring’11 - Part II: Open Studio
DESCRIPTION:The Alfa Art Gallery invites you to join us for an evening with the exhibiting artists of the New Brunswick Art Salon\, Spring’11. If you missed the opening receptions on April 22nd and May 13th\, this is not only the perfect chance to see some amazing works but is also the opportunity to get an inside look on the creative process of each artist. The artists will work on their respective art pieces at the Alfa Art Gallery as well as give informative talks on their inspirations. \nFeaturing: Carlos Frias\, Dara Alter\, Darren McManus\, Michael Bransfield and Sam Ralston \n  \nThis program is sponsored in part by: \n \n \n  \nClick here for more information about New Brunswick Art Salon\, Spring ’11 – Part II.
URL:https://www.alfaart.org/event/may-26-7pm-new-brunswick-art-salon-spring11-part-ii-open-studio/
LOCATION:Alfa Art Gallery\, 108 Church Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
CATEGORIES:New Brunswick Art Salon,Open Studio
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ORGANIZER;CN="Galina Kourteva":MAILTO:galina@alfaart.org
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