Exhibiting Artists:
Dennis Beach • Wilmington, DE
Dylan J. Beck • Manhattan, KS
Nancy A. Breslin • Newark, DE
Linda Celestian • Wilmington, DE
Deng-Yao Chang • Baltmore, MD
Eo Ryoung Choi • Baltimore, MD
Eileen Cubbage • New York, NY
Jinming Dong • Gettysburg, PA
Shannon L. Donovan • Philadelphia, PA
Teresa Faris • Madison, WI
Leah Frankel • North Wales, PA
Eric Garner • Bethesda, MD
Clarissa Gregory • Baltimore, MD
Meaghan Harrison • Baltimore, MD
Stephanie Kirk • West Chester, PA
Sarah Koljonen • Philadelphia, PA
Jenee Mateer • Baltimore, MD
Cyle M. Metzger • Baltimore, MD
Kristy M. Modarelli • Philadelphia, PA
Leslie Mutchler • Austin, TX
Francis Michael Palazzolo • New York, NY
Esteban M. Pilonieta Vera • Bear, DE
Trevor Reese • Brooklyn, NY
Ephraim Russell • Philadelphia, PA
Jim Shirey • Athens, OH
Steven H. Silberg • Catonsville, MD
Alison Stigora • West Chester, PA
Valetta • Westtown, PA
Jay Walker • Malvern, PA
Ben Will • Philadelphia, PA
Jayoung Yoon • Brooklyn, NY
Join us for the Gretchen Hupfel Distinguished Lecture with guest speaker Roberta Fallon on April 15, 2010. Click here to learn more.
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NEW: 2010 Members' Juried Exhibition
Guest Juror: Roberta Fallon
Dupont I & II Galleries
April 9 - July 25, 2010
Artists deal with the issue of new every time they go into the studio. If they’ve done their homework, they’ve looked around to see what others are making and studied what has been made in the past. From all that looking and knowing they create art that is fresh and vibrant and that glances over its shoulder while moving ahead. New transcends gender, age, and media. Mature artists, like some in this show, make work that is risk-taking and revealing. Young artists, too, push boundaries – sometimes referring to the past – to create art that marches onward. New might incorporate the latest computer software or make use of materials as old as the hills, like oil paint, chalk, and clay.
Because life is not static, art must be dynamic as well. Art's job is to take stock of the times and mirror them back in commentary that is both meta-history and a record of the here and now. The work in this show reflects our times. From concern about gender and ethnic stereotyping to frustration with consumer culture and the age-old quest for beauty, spiritual transcendence and peace, the artists in New may be talking in bullet points you’ve heard before, but their voices register new thoughts in the conversation about art, life, and the future.
--Roberta Fallon, March, 2010
Roberta Fallon is an art reviewer for the Philadelphia Weekly and writes a weekly column of reviews and features about art and artists in Philadelphia. Fallon has published articles in numerous publications including Art on Paper, Artreview, Art and Auction, Artnet, and The Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine. In 2003, she and Libby Rosof launched the online art review publication, artblog (http://theartblog.org), twice hailed as one of the best art blogs by Art in America. Fallon and Rosof were each conferred an honorary doctorate of fine arts by the Moore College of Art and Design for their accomplishments and committed championing of contemporary art in Philadelphia.
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