Molly Briggs
"Fabula: North Avenue #4"   2006
Flashe, acrylic & tempera on parchment paper on linen over panel
24 x 48 inches
Courtesy: Zg Gallery, Chicago

New Views: Natured Captured
January 18 – May 11, 2008

With global warming, environmental pollution, and the recent dramatic weather patterns, artists continue to be interested in landscape as a subject.  Some artists make political statements with their work, but many respond to the theme of nature with studies of the land.  The work in this show presents those artists who have found a contemporary voice within a traditional subject framework.  This is a thematic group exhibition that looks at contemporary responses to nature.  Media range from painting and drawing to sculpture utilizing elements from the natural environment to time-based videos. 

The artists in this exhibition come from across the United States and include: Virginia Abrams, Molly Briggs, Michael Brophy, Edward Brown, Constance Costigan, Faryn Davis, Lanny DeVuono, Maija Fiebig, Scott Foldesi, Tobi Kahn, Diann Knezovich, Trace Miller, Marcia Wolfson Ray, Rick Rothrock, Andrew Wapinski and Claude Zervas.