Silvermine
GUILD GROUP  SHOW
curated by Eric Ben Kiki Owner & Director of EBK Gallery November 25 through December 22, 2017
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I would like to extend an enthusiastic Thank You to the Silvermine Galleries and especially Jeffrey Mueller, the Gallery Curator, for the invitation to curate and chose the Guild exhibit. To all the artists that submitted work, I admire and envy the time and commitment you have given to taking your art lives seriously; always inspiring. I’m very encouraged by the diverse range of artwork to select from, spanning not only disciplines in art, but subject matter and image. In selecting work for an exhibition, my attempt is always to keep in mind the presence each piece commands. So, I allow for a juggling of multiple ideas to be applied when viewing a wide spectrum of artwork. I think about the poetic voice of a piece, the crafting of it, the idea driving it, layers of perception in play. Also, very, very, important, is keeping in mind that there is a viewing public that will see though eyes other than mine and as such bring another perspective to the work selected. For me, I approach looking at artwork without any pre-determined decisions of choice. It is the caliber of work that will ultimately be what presents itself. One of the most rewarding experiences curating and selecting artwork for exhibitions are those many unexpected moments of discovery. Very exciting. Eric Ben-Kiki Owner & Director of EBK Gallery
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Pam Ackley
Rumination Oil on linen, 20” x 16”, $2,400
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Pam Ackley
Pot & Paver Oil on linen, 20” x 16”, $3,800
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Lexi Axon
Hamburger 0282 Flashe on arches, 22” x 30”, $1,100
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Nina Bentley
No words Typewriter and glass, 12” x 8” x 18”, $1,200
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Nina Bentley
Pearls of Wisdom Assemblage typewriter, 12” x 12” x 8”, $800
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Suzanne Benton
Convoluting Past to Present (from the “Circling Vermeer” series) Oil on canvas, 10” x 10”, $1,800
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Michael Brennecke
Piggy Back Oil on panel, 48” x 40”, $2,200
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Miggs Burroughs
Le Enfants Terrible Lenticular, 36” x 36”, $3,750
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Bruce Campbell
First Snow Steel, brass, wood, 22” x 14” x 14”, $4,800
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Helen Cantrell
Suburbia Spring Right Woodcut, 36” x 36”, $1,700
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Ann Chernow
Vodka Etching/aquatint, 11” x 14”, $800 (unframed); $1,000 (framed)
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Ann Chernow
A KISS IN THE DARK Etching/aquatint, 11” x 14”, $500 (unframed); $700 (framed)
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Marilyn Clements
Uganda Allure Acrylic on canvas, 42” x 56”, $5,000
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Carlos Davila
Argonaut Assemblage sculpture, 48” x 36” x 3”, $4,800
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Peggy Dembicer
Hindsight Mixed media, 3” x 10” x 4”, $850
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Camille Eskell
Marriage Turban Fezz: To Have and to Hold Digital imagery, French lace, silk trim, mixed media, 46� x variable width, $6,000
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Camille Eskell
Magic Carpet Ride: Little Maharajah Digital imagery, paper, textile, trim, mixed media, 19.875� x 20.625�, $1,850
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Leslie Giuliani
Nocturne Sewn encaustic monotype, 20” x 16”, $850
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Mindy Green
We Are Family Mixed media, 18” x 18”, $600
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Mindy Green
Sacred Space Mixed media painting, 46” x 60”, $5,000
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Robert Gregson
Bumpoff Acrylic on wood, 33” x 44” x 4”, $2,500
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Robert Gregson
Switch Acrylic on wood, Each approx. 6’ x 30” x 30”, $2,500 each ($6,000 for all three)
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Carolina Guimarey
White Monolith 3 Acrylic and pencil on paper, 48� x 55�, $2,500
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Ann Hodgdon-Cyr
In the Moment – One Film to archival paper, 24” x 24”, $800
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Jana Ireijo
Love Bites Oil and glitter on canvas, 48” x 60”, $7,200
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Jana Ireijo
Be There Acrylic, 18” x 18”, $900
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Myke Karlowski
May Oil on panel, 48” x 36” x 2”, $1,500
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Elisa Keogh
Warped Perception Photograph: archival digital print, 22.5� x 30�, $1,200
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Nancy Lasar
Sea Shoals #5 Encaustic, 10” x 10”, $700
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Robert Loebell
China Yellowheart, 36” x 12” x 1”, $4,500
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Barbara Marks
Recollection, No. 35 (Stony Creek) Acryla gouache, flashe & graphite on panel, 16” x 16”, $1,300
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Barbara Marks
Recollection, No. 104 (Auvillar, France) Acryla gouache on panel, 8” x 8”, $650
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Zeb Mayer
Finding a Middle Ground Oil on canvas, 40” x 40”, $3,000
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Roger Mudre
Caelestinus Acrylic over metal leaf on cradled panel, 60” x 60”, $14,000
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Kiyoshi Otsuka
Shinjo (Onesheart) Acrylic on canvas, 36” x 36”, $3,500
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Chris Perry
163 Ripples: ladder (fish) Book art, 38” x 10” x 10”, $1,200
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Chris Perry
172 Ripples: meltwater Book art, 58” x 11” x 14”, $1,200
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Peter Petrochko
Butterfly Sculpture African Zebrawood and Wenge, 11” x 11” x 24”, $2,800
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DeAnn Prosia
Under the Elevated Line etching, 12” x 12”, $525
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Claudia Renfro
Behind the Yellow Curtain Oil, ink on board, 9.5” x 10.5”, $600
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Scott Richter
Curtain of Weeds (Trump Series) Oil on canvas, 83” x 65”, $9,500
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Ben Rosecrans
Paraspace.1 Mixed media, 40” x 35” x 3”, $3,000
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Gerald Saladyga
Dostoyevsky Siberian Prison – 1849 Mixed on paper, 30" x 22", $1,800
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Nomi Silverman
Migration I Mixed media, 24” x 18”, $1,500
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Arle Sklar- Weinstein
Sea Creature Fiber sculpture, 35” x 12” x 7”, $895
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Meg Tweedy
Dear Uncle Bill Found object sculpture, 18” x 11” x 12”, $500
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Karen Vogel
Wave Length Monoprint, 21� x 18�, $900
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Joan Wheeler
Message in a Bottle Fiber art, 24” x 36” x 1”, $1,500
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Dmitri Wright
Polyphony Opus I Oil on canvas, 44” x 62” x 2”, $15,250
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Silvermine has been a place for artists to gather since 1906 when visionary sculptor Solon Borglum moved to Silvermine and held annual exhibitions in his studio and weekly artist-critiques called the Knockers Club. In 1922 The Silvermine Guild of Artists was incorporated as a not-for-profit to provide a permanency to the community of artists. Guild members represent artists that have a high level of artistic accomplishment and are selected through a jurying process. Today the Guild membership stands at about 300. Silvermine Galleries has a 95 year reputation of exhibiting and involving art luminaries such as Joseph Albers, Gabor Peterdi, Milton Avery, Elaine deKooning, Clement Greenberg, Louise Nevelson, Larry Rivers, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, James Rosenquist, Chuck Close, Philip Johnson … and the list goes on. Silvermine today is recognizing our heritage by expanding the borders of our contemporary exhibitions to include recognized emerging artists from across the USA to exhibit at Silvermine. These exhibitions highlight contemporary art trends and broaden the community’s understanding and appreciation of art by bringing some of the most influential pundits in contemporary art to Fairfield County. Under the curatorial vision of Jeffrey Mueller, Silvermine Galleries continually strives to rethink what a not-for-profit gallery can do and where it belongs in the larger context of the contemporary art world. Through the curation of outside exhibitions, creative partnerships and programming, and thoughtful guest curation, the galleries work to enrich the history of Silvermine by drawing from its past roots, all the while looking to Silvermine’s future. Silvermine has five galleries and a sculpture walk as a backdrop for an ambitious calendar of over 20 exhibitions annually, drawing roughly 10,000 visitors. Silvermine is grateful to its donors of art who have made possible an extensive permanent collection of fine prints, ever-changing outdoor contemporary sculptures for public appreciation and acquistion, all located throughout our campus. The Gabor Peterdi International Print Collection, begun in 1956, includes master works from Picasso, Matisse, Dali, Peterdi, and Calder, along with many other influential printmaking luminaries from the 20th century, and is exhibited on a rotating basis.
For information on becoming a guild member - www.silvermineart.org/guild/member 53
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