Upcoming Exhibitions
GOVEDARE, IVERSON, KEPPELMAN, LIVINGSTON & NEIDIG: REPRESENTING ABSTRACTION
October 10, 2009 - January 3, 2010Opening Reception: Saturday, October 10, 2-5 pm
Philip Govedare, "Flood," 2009, oil on canvas, Courtesy of Francine Seders Gallery, Photo by Richard Nicol
Mary Iverson, "Desert," 2009, acrylic, ink, magazine photo on panel, Courtesy of Davidson Galleries, Photo by Richard Nicol
John Keppelman, "The Model (Lisa)," 2008, oil on canvas
Margie Livingston, "Blue to Violet, small," 2007, oil on linen, 5 x 7 inches, Courtesy of Greg Kucera Gallery
Kelly Neidig, "Layers," 2009, oil on canvas
Five Northwest artists combine the abstract and the representational with very different results. Three of the artists’ paintings relate to three-dimensional objects also shown in the exhibition: Mary Iverson and Margie Livingston work from handmade models to create their abstract structures on canvas, while John Keppelman’s early sculptures prefigure his current paintings. Iverson depicts landscapes beset by cargo containers—abstract forms arranged along gridlines that stretch into and along the horizon of otherwise pristine landscapes. Livingston faithfully portrays light, space, and form from direct observation, and draws from the essence of each a pure abstraction. John Keppelman conveys multiple narratives in his figurative paintings, folding space in the same way he conceived and constructed his abstract wall sculptures. The other two artists in the exhibition represent landscapes in the abstract, from distinct vantage points: Philip Govedare paints the earth from above, abstracting the terrain with line, color and perspective, and Kelly Neidig portrays movement through landscape, distilling the view with bold bands of color.