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Hiroshige, Spring Rain at Tsuchiyama, from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Southern Vermont Arts Center
930 SVAC Drive, Manchester, VT. | www.svac.org Hiroshige and the Changing Japanese landscape Opening Nov 20 : A presentation of Japanese woodblock prints depicting how the political climate during 19th century Japan influenced its art and how the art influenced that climate. Hiroshige (1797-1858) is perhaps the most beloved ukiyo-e artist of Japan’s Edo period (1603-1867). The term ukiyo-e, which translates as “picture of the floating world,” refers to a particular style of woodblock print that focused on actors, beautiful women, historical scenes, erotic, flora and fauna. Featured in this exhibition is Hiroshige’s full series of the Hoeido Tokaido that elevated him to the country’s most esteemed woodblock print masters through his treatment of the landscape as the main subject. Over the course of 55 images, the series takes the viewer on a journey along the Great Tokaido, an important coastal road that connected Edo (now Tokyo) to Kyoto, more than 300 miles away. In addition, SVAC has invited New Hampshire-based artist Matt Brown to create a display using authentic tools and materials to bring to life the basic process of Japanese printing from multiple color wood blocks. A selection of Brown’s prints will be on display in the Wilson lobby.
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510 WARREN STREET GALLERY 510 WARREN ST, HUDSON NY • 518-822-0510 Kate Knapp: Portraits and Self Portraits, a 50 year retrospective, November 5-28, 2021
ALBANY CENTER GALLERY 488 BROADWAY, SUITE 107, ALBANY, NY • 518-462-4775 The Gallery Mixtape, Vo.1, thru Jan 19.2022
ARTSEE 529 WARREN ST, HUDSON, NY • 212-227-2400
ARTSEEHUDSON.COM RyAn Turley: Then & NoW, THRU JAN 15
BERKSHIRE MUSEUM 39 SOUTH ST, PITTSFIELD, MA • 413-443-7171 Through Jan 9, 2022: Objects and Their Stories
BERNAY FINE ART 296 MAIN ST, GT, BARRINGTON, MA • 413-645-3421
WWW.BERNAYFINEART.COM Walk The Line, Dec 10 -Jan 9; Winter Group Show, Jan 15.
BERKSHIRE SCHOOL 245 N Undermountain Rd, Sheffield, MA berkshireschool,org Relativity: Works by Christopher Pouler, Oct 29Dec 18
CALDWELL GALLERY HUDSON 355 WARREN ST, HUDSON, NY Utopian Reefscapes, Nikolina Kovalenko,, thru Nov 21.
CARRIE CHEN GALLERY 16 RAILROAD ST, GT BARRINGTON, MA • 413- 645-3006
KENRO & YUMIKO IZU, LUMINA EDITION, HARMONY BETWEEN ART AND LIFE; PAUL CHALEFF, INNOVATION
CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY 622 WARREN ST, HUDSON, NY • 518-828-1915 Fragments of Time and Space, thru Nov 21.
CLARK ART INSTITUTE 225 SOUTH ST, WILLIAMSTOWN, MA • 413-458-2303 Erin Shirreff, Remainders, thru Jan 2, 2022
DIA BEACON 3 BEEKMAN ST, BEACON, NEW YORK Joan Jonas, now; Fred Sandback, Dec 21; Keith Sonnier, this Spring 2022
ECLIPSE MILL EXHIBITIONS 243 UNION ST, NORTH ADAMS, MA Martin Landau’s EXPOSED, paintings, drawing and assorted Shenanigans, viewer discretion advised., Nov 3 - Nov 30.
ECKERT FINE ART 1315 MASS MOCA WAY, NORTH ADAMS MA Gallery Selections, Eckert Fine Art announces the opening of Gallery Selections, featuring artists closely associated with MASS MoCA: Robert Rauschenberg, Don Gummer, Sol LeWitt, James Turrell. Along with other favorites, including: Eric Forstmann, Robert Cottingham, Hunt Slonem, Chizuru Morii Kaplan, & Robert Mapplethorpe, thru Dec 6.
FERRIN CONTEMPORARY 1315 MASS MOCA WAY NORTH ADAMS, MA • 413-346-4004
HTTPS://FERRINCONTEMPORARY.COM/ In Dialogue: Cristina Cordova and Kukuli Velarde, thru Nov 28.
HUDSON HALL 327 WARREN ST, HUDSON,NY
WWW.HUDSONHALL.ORG Off The Wall: Margaret Saliske, Jean Feinberg, Pamela J. Wallace, thru Dec 5
JANET PUMPHREY GALLERY FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY 17 HOUSATONIC ST, LENOX, MA • 413-637-2777 / JANETPUMPHREY.COM A photographic gallery showcasing the work of photographer Janet Pumphrey andother artists
LAUREN CLARK GALLERY 684 MAIN ST, GT. BARRINGTON, MA
LAUREN@LAURENCLARKFINEART.COM Regionally and internationally recognized artists of fine art and contemporary craft in all media.
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Wendy Red Star Apsáalooke: Children of the Large-Beaked Bird Multi-media artist Wendy Red Star, a member of the Apsáalooke (Crow) tribe, offers accounts of American history that rectify the frequently flawed narratives about Native people. An avid researcher, Red Star re-examines cultural artifacts and primary source historic imagery, and uses them as the foundation for her beautifully annotated photographs and installations. The Children of the LargeBeaked Bird exhibition provides an opportunity for adults and children to look at history and representation with fresh eyes. As Red Star notes: “It is critical to preserve and pass along culture, heritage, and shared values while also providing future generations with a sense of identity, solidarity, and empowerment.” At the center of Children of the Large-Beaked Bird (the English translation of “Apsáalooke”) are Red Star’s annotated portraits of the historic 1880 Crow Peace Delegation that brought leaders to meet with U.S. officials for land rights negotiations. Using red pen to add text and definition to the archival images, she draws attention to the ways in which the original portraits deliberately remove the leaders from their contexts. New work created specifically for MASS MoCA turns these images into large photographic blow-ups and lifesize cutout figures, with the goal to bring the portrait sitters to life, and reclaim Red Star’s ancestors.
NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM 9 RTE 183, STOCKBRIDGE, MA / NRM.ORG Real and Imagined: The Art of Jan Brett, thru March 6, 2022
OPALKA GALLERY 140 NEW SCOTLAND AVE, ALBANY, NY OPALKA@SAGE.EDU Shifting Gaze: A Reconstruction of the Black and Hispanic Body in Contemporary Art, thru Dec 14.
SCHANTZ GALLERIES CONTEMPORARY GLASS ART 3 ELM ST, STOCKBRIDGE, STOCKBRIDGE, MA • 413-298-3044 / SCHANTZGALLERIES.COM OPEN BY APPOINTMENT
ALBERT SHAHINIAN FINE ART SHAHINIANFINEART.COM 22 EAST MARKET ST, RHINEBECK, NY The Luminous Landscape 2021: Christie Scheele - Translating my World". Masks required inside the galleries. Show runs through Jan 10, 2022.
SOHN FINE ART 69 CHURCH ST, LENOX, MA • 413-551-7353 / SOHNFINEART.COM Oct 15-Jan 2022: Jeff Robb: Solo Exhibition
ST. FRANCIS GALLERY 1370 PLEASANT ST. ROUTE 102, SOUTH LEE, MA Ongoing exhibit.
WILLIAMS COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART WILLIAMSTOWN, MA Repro Japan: Technologies of Popular Visual Culture, thru 3.20.22; Sweaty Concepts, thru 12.19.21; Curatorial Close Looks, ongoing; Double L Excentric Gyratory II, ongoing; Unstable Connections, ongoing; Resist Covid | Take Six, on going
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MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, GT. BARRINGTON, MA Dec 12: The Roaring Twenties- Berlin, Paris, New York
COLONIAL THEATRE 111 SOUTH ST, PITTSFIELD, MA THECOLONIALTHEATRE.ORG/ Irving Berlin’s White Christmas Musical, Dec 2Dec 23.
HUDSON HALL 327 WARREN ST, HUDSON, NY • 518-822-1438 Through Nov 20: A Love Supreme: Celebrating the Legacy of Alice and John Coltrane; Nov 20,
7pm: JD Allen Trio
MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 14 CASTLE ST, GT BARRINGTON, MA • 413-528-0100 Nov 27, 8-10pm: An Evening with Hot Tuna, Acoustic & Electric, plus special guest David Grisman’s Dawg Trio
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IS183 ART SCHOOL OF THE BERKSHIRES CITIZENS’ HALL, 13 WILLARD HILL RD, STOCKBRIDGE, MA Family Art Studio: Make Your Own Holiday Cards, open to ages 4 and up with caregiver, Dec 11, $35. Kim Waterman Recycled Collaged Holiday Decorations, ages 4 and up with caregiver, Dec 10, $23 per family, Diane Firtell
SALEM ART WORKS 19 CARY LANE, SALEM, NY
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Where Does the Moon Go?36” x 24” | Mixed Media on Canvas 24x18 inches
510 Warren Street Gallery
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Golgotha. 2021. Acrylic on canvas. 20" x 20"
Mark Mellinger
Paintings - Collage - Construction
100 North St Pittsfield #322 914. 260. 7413 markmellinger680@gmail.com
JIM DENNEY, SISTERS, 2021, OIL ONPANEL, 24X34”
JIM DENNEY, THE OLDEST THINGS, 2021 OIL ON PANEL, 30 X 24”
JIM DENNEY: BEARING WITNESS
SUSAN ELEY FINE ART HUDSON
Susan Eley Fine Art presents Bearing Witness, a solo exhibition by Jim Denney, on view through November 21st. Currently based in Hudson, NY, Denney paints trees, forests and fires that are hyperrealistic in style, yet feel surrealistic in content. Within Denney’s dramatic landscapes, the hand of humanity is ever-present—although actual figures remain conspicuously absent. Employing simultaneously haunting and idyllic natural imagery, Denney’s works contemplate both terrestrial demise and subsequent sublime transfigurations. Flush with poetic dualities, they pose fundamental, existential questions about the future of the Earth and our place within it: What is the difference between “that which remains” and “that which is to come”? What do we humans do—individually and collectively—when we “can’t go on, but must go on”? How can a single image depict a seemingly post-apocalyptic realm (literally, after the end), while also holding hopeful promises of regeneration? Perhaps through the truths of an adept and passionate witness of our world. Susan Eley Fine Art - 433 Warren Street, Hudson, NY, 12534 - susaneleyfineart.com susie@susaneleyfineart.com - 917.952.7641
VIRGINIA BRADLEY
YELLOWSTONE WORKS The Yellowstone Series references the Fountain Paint Pots in the Gibbon Geyser Basin at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Thermal features in the basin include over 50 springs, geysers, vents and mud pots. The behavior of the thermal activity changes in relationship to seasons of the year and the amount of subterranean water. Shades of blue, red, yellow, orange, grey and brown are present in the water and mud creating varying combinations of textures and color. The differing colors are derived from oxidation of the iron in the mud. Rising gases and heat cause the bubbling action in the Paint Pots. These paintings depart from photographs I took at Basin after the first snow had fallen. The very cold nights were contrasted with warm days which created a rich, steamy and colorful world to investigate. The larger works reference the mystic world of the geyser steam and the smaller works are close views looking into the Paint Pots. The Yellowstone series was honored with a Fellowship in Painting by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and featured in Elle Décor. Yellowstone 5, 6, 7 and 8 are intimate meditative views of the Paint Pots created on archival transparent film with oil and graphite. Although the originals of the works are no longer available, I was able to create master giclee prints of this series. The prints are available in a limited edition of 10, 17”x 14”. They make a great holiday present and enhance any collection as a suite. Virginia Bradley - studio visits by appointment, www.virginiabradley.com, virginiabradleyart@gmail.com.
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LIQUID FALL
FALL ENCLOSED
GHETTA HIRSCH
In 2017 I painted two fall paintings. I am showing you today “Liquid Fall” and “Fall Enclosed”. I pulled them out to match the colors to my Halloween decor and they are still on my wall. They are 30” x 36” oils on canvas and are foliage-inspired. This year we have had a fall season with spring temperatures. Warmer October and November in the Berkshires is not necessarily good news. I cannot help thinking that this tells us again that we have a problem with our climate and the earth is suffering from our negligence. Halloween and Thanksgiving always inspire us to be festive with yellow, orange and red. I look at these paintings with thoughts of Jack O’Lanterns, winter squash, apples and pumpkin pies and smiles. The paintings remind me also of other years when the foliage had been more dramatic, when Covid had not hindered our lives and travel was easy. I wish you all safe family gatherings and a return to normal life in the Berkshires. The exhibit at Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary is now closed. I hope you saw some of my paintings there. I am still showing at The Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester, Vermont. I welcome studio visits in Williamstown or any requests for more photos or price information. My website can tell you more about me. Ghetta Hirsch - ghettahirsch.squarespace.com; Instagram ghettahirschpaintings.
MARY DAVIDSON
Stamped Abstract Series #25 Size: 42x34 inches
Keith and Mary original artwork for sale Studio/gallery, South Egremont, MA
Sharon Guy
Pufn Watercolor 8 x 10 $150 Unframed
sharonguyart@gmail.com (941) 321-1218 https://www.sharonguyart.com
FRONT ST. GALLERY
Landscape by Kate Knapp
Painting classes on Monday and Wednesday mornings 10-1pm at the studio in Housatonic and Thursday mornings 10am - 1pm out in the field. Also available for private critiques. Open to all. Please come paint with us!
Gallery hours: Open by chance and by appointment anytime 413. 274. 6607 (gallery) 413. 429. 7141 (cell) 413. 528. 9546 (home) www.kateknappartist.com Front Street, Housatonic, MA
GRASS AND CONCRETE PHOTOGRAPH BRUCE PANOCK
PHOTOGRAPHY
I have been a student of photography for more than 20 years, though most intently for the last five years. I am primarily a landscape photographer. Recently my photographic voice has migrated to the creation of work with reference to other art forms, notably encaustic painting and ancient Chinese and Japanese brush painting and woodblock art. My intention is to create with viewer a moment of pause and reflection; a moment to digest the image and find their own story in the art. Each image is part of a limited edition. There are several sizes available. Each piece is priced according to size. Images are unframed and printed on Hahnemuhle archival papers. Bruce Panock bruce@panockphotography.com
P HOTOGRAPH BY B OBBY M ILLER
BOBBY MILLER
PHOTOGRAPHY
My teacher, master photographer Lisette Model, taught me that the secret behind a great portrait is the relationship between the photographer and his subject and the artistic capture of the moment. In my studio in Great Barrington, I do hair, make-up, styling, lighting and photography, thereby creating a finished portrait that tells a story even in its simplicity. I believe in incorporating both the classic tools of the camera and newer technologies like Photoshop. In that way my portraits correct the small flaws that nature has bestowed on us. I create images that show us not only as who we are but who we can be as well. So, if you feel daring and inspired to have a portrait that defines you at your very best, I encourage you to come sit before my camera.
Bobby Miller Studio, 22 Elm St, Gt Barrington 508-237-9585. By Appointment Only.
APPARITIONS, ACRYLIC & COLLAGE ON CANVAS, 60X48" 2017-2021 MARK MELLINGER
ABSURDIST ARTIST STATEMENT
My work explores the interconnectedness of Bauhausian sensibilities and Trobriand Island chants. With influences as diverse as Noble Sissle and Shemp Howard, new insights are created from both mundane and transcendant dialogues. Ever since I was a child I have been disturbed by the essential ephemerality of space/time. What starts out as circumlocutory vision soon becomes corrupted into a hegemony of greed, leaving only a sense of ennui and little chance of a new paradigm. As spatial miasmas become transformed through emergent Unabhängigkeitserklärungen, the viewer is left with a catafalque for the prognostication of our future. markmellinger680@gmail.com
