“Dimensions” at Upstream Gallery
Posted by Kathleen Benton on Jan 1, 2011
Four of my Camouflage Fish painting series will be swimming upstream for the month of January 2011. They will be included in the juried group show Dimensions at Upstream Gallery in Dobbs Ferry, NY.
Curated by Ned Harris, Luis Perelman, and Howard Nathanson the show is described as “small-scale sculpture using a unique variety of mixed materials. My work is decidedly painting, but what gives each one their “sculptural” leaning is that I let the painting surface flow into drips over sides of the canvas and then mounted each canvas in a frame that allows the canvas sides to project from the frame.
The exhibit opens to the public on January 6th and will run through January 30, 2011. The opening reception will take place on Sunday, January 9th from 2pm – 5pm. This opening coincides with another gallery show and opening reception in which my work is included, Blue Door Gallery’s 3rd Annual Blue Door Artist Association Members Juried Exhibition in Yonkers, NY. Only six miles apart on the Hudson River, it is an easy drive or train ride to go from one gallery to the next. I hope to see you at these events. Feel free to contact me if you would like to meet at either gallery during the exhibitions.
Kathleen Benton
Dimensions
January 6 – 30, 2011
Upstream Gallery 26 B Main Street Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 914-674-8546 Gallery Hours: 12:30-5:30 Thursday-Sunday
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Ride in Peace, Harmony, and Health
Posted by Kathleen Benton on Nov 19, 2010
Small, but significant: I was surprised to find that Kronan, the bicycle maker, used Globe Amaranth in their Peace Project Supporter/ Ad Banner. I entered this work in The Whole 9’s Peace Project competition but it was not included in the show. My painting Cockscomb Amaranth was chosen instead. Oddly enough, The Whole 9’s book, created about this exhibit, includes Globe Amaranth as well, rather than the chosen painting. Whichever painting has been recogonized or used, I’m extremely gratified to have my work supporting this worthy cause.
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The Peace Project
Posted by Kathleen Benton on Sep 14, 2010
My painting, “Cockscomb Amaranth”, has been selected to be included in The Peace Project, an exhibit and fund-raising event. All net proceeds from sales of The Peace Project artwork and related products will be used in Sierra Leone to provide healthcare, education, other services, and infrastructure designed to help people sustain themselves and their families long term. Participating galleries include Gallery 9, Los Angeles, Max Lang Gallery, New York, and Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, and the Levantine Cultural Center, Los Angeles.
This exerpt from The Whole 9 website explains the project:
“The Peace Project from The Whole 9, an international collaborative art competition and exhibition created to connect peace-minded individuals everywhere. Artists from around the world, working in diverse mediums, are invited to submit their creative interpretations of peace. This collective vision will be unveiled September 21, 2010 at a press event at Gallery 9 in Los Angeles, followed by an opening reception on Saturday, September 25. The exhibit will subsequently travel to San Francisco and New York in conjunction with a simultaneous online exhibition.
It’s no coincidence that the premiere date of The Peace Project is on World Peace Day. World Peace Day was conceived by filmmaker Jeremy Gilley, who inspired the 192 member states of the United Nations to come together and celebrate this annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence. In that same spirit of inclusion and collaboration, The Peace Project speaks to the power of art and the power of community to take a stand against the indefensible paradigm of endless war, torture and killing; of people fighting and dying for causes most don’t understand; of countries and families left in chaos.
The Peace Project aims to refute the notion that peace is no longer possible in an increasingly contentious world. More importantly, it seeks to inspire in people the belief that they can make a contribution towards achieving universal peace.”
EXHIBITION SITES
Los Angeles – Opening Saturday, September 25, 5:30pm – 10:00pm, exhibition runs through November 6, 2010. By popular demand, extended until November 22, 2010.
Gallery 9
6101 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 9023
R.S.V.P. http://www.thewhole9.com/RSVP
New York — One Night Only, Thursday, September 30, 6:00pm – 10:00pm
Max Lang Gallery
229 10th Avenue (between 23rd & 24th)
New York, NY 10011
R.S.V.P. http://www.thewhole9.com/NewYork
San Francisco – One Night Only, Tuesday, November 9, 6:00pm – 10:00pm
Meridian Gallery
535 Powell Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
Los Angeles — December 1 - 31, 2010
Levantine Cultural Center
5998 West Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90035
For more information on The Peace Project and to see/buy any of the 150 included works see The Whole 9 website.
Kathleen Benton
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Photos from the NYC event – Max Lang Gallery , 9/30/2010
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FAITH IN CHAOS, Pep Bonet
A special addition to The Peace Project is “Faith in Chaos,” an exhibition of black-and-white images from famed photographer Pep Bonet. The Majorcan native – who works independently of monolithic media corporations – spent six years in Sierra Leone documenting the appalling human cost of the country’s civil war (1991-2001), arguably the cruelest in Africa’s recent history. The grim facts include tens of thousands of people killed; hundreds of thousands raped, burned, tortured and enslaved; and more than two million displaced. Even more tragic were those that were blinded and the 20,000+ amputees who had arms and legs cut off with machetes and axes by the Revolutionary United Front. Bonet’s photographs confront these harsh realities while illuminating the strength his subjects manifest to overcome horrific circumstances.
Bonet shares “I try to find a little bit of the faith, or the hope, or the human strength required to get through a drama or disability or traumatic event,” he says. “I think the human spirit and the human condition is always able to adapt, and that’s what I try to show with my photography. That faith and courage and self-confidence is something that can really bring you further than you thought possible.”
(-excerpt from The Whole 9 website)
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