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John Moyers, “Pulse of the People” (detail), 36 inches by 36 inches, oil on linen. Artwork courtesy of Wood River Fine Arts

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Broschofsky Galleries..............................Page 6 Frederic Boloix Fine Arts.........................Page 6 Friesen Gallery.........................................Page 2 Gail Severn Gallery..................................Page 3 Gilman Contemporary.............................Pages 4 & 7

Kneeland Gallery.....................................Page 4 MESH Gallery...........................................Pages 2 & 5 Wood River Fine Arts...............................Page 7 Feature Stories........................................Pages 2 & 4

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MAKING HISTORY: DAUGHTER & FATHER CREATE ‘LINEAGE’

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TOURING THE VALLEY

Jeffrey H. Lubeck and Claire Porter, “In Search of Three Companions on the Lost River Range,” gallery-wrapped canvas, 2018. Artwork courtesy of MESH Gallery

MESH Art Gallery Releases Books

Tom Lieber and Lila Roo Lieber. Artwork courtesy of Friesen Gallery

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riesen Gallery will showcase a history-making exhibition with the abstract paintings of internationally recognized Tom Lieber, and exciting large-scale sculptures created by his daughter, Lila Roo Lieber. The first two-person exhibition for this intriguing father-daughter duo, titled “Lineage,” will have its opening reception on Dec. 28 from 5-8 p.m. Tom Lieber will be in attendance.

Friesen Gallery has represented Tom Lieber for over 25 years, at the start of which Lila Roo was only 3 years old. Tom Lieber’s paintings evoke notions about how humans experience, feel, receive and express. Through a synthesis of brushstrokes, his paintings are contemplative and powerfully emotive. Lieber’s works comprise such permanent collections as the Guggenheim Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the

Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and the Tate Gallery in London.

Lila Roo lives and works on the island of Bequia in the West Indies where she creates sculptures with materials found on the beach, primarily plastic. She collects, braids and binds these materials, both re-purposing and celebrating them. In the same way Buddhists spin prayer wheels, her work emanates good vibrations.

“My work is about transformation—transforming materials, transforming energy, and bringing powerful energy into the sculptures I create and share.” –Lila Roo Lieber “The point of my new paintings is to project this V-shape, which is a symbol to me of a powerful shape. It’s come out of my work with the human figure and the lower-torso shape, and it’s an honoring of the female and the power of the human center.” –Tom Lieber

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ach one of photographer Jeffrey Lubeck’s photos is a story unto itself. Often shot in long panoramas, Lubeck’s scenes depict Idaho in all its glory, often from the backcountry and the tops of 10,000-foot peaks that require lots of planning, hard work, and perseverance to get to. The backstory to these shots has become material for a series of books released by Ketchum’s MESH Gallery.

Titled “Touring the Valley,” these books will accompany Lubeck’s photos.

“We found people love the total story—not just behind the photos, but the tour and everything that goes with it,” said Lubeck, who runs MESH Gallery with his son and frequent adventure companion, Kyle.

Lubeck refers to each photo expedition as a tour, and rightly so. A trip to get a single shot might take several years of planning Continued MESH ART GALLERY Next Page

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TOM LIEBER LILA ROO LIEBER OPENING RECEPTION Tom Lieber in Attendance Friday 28 December 2018 | 5:00 - 8:00 PM

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RACHEL COBB, JUDITH KINDLER & PREVIEW 2019

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Rachel Cobb, ”Spider Webs in Wind,” archival pigment print, 17.5 inches by 24.875 inches (framed). Artwork courtesy of Gail Severn Gallery

Gail Severn Gallery

Rachel Cobb: “Mistral: The Legendary Wind of Provence” Gail Severn Gallery is pleased to announce Rachel Cobb’s first exhibition at the gallery. “Mistral” is a portrait of Provence seen through its legendary wind. Photographer Rachel Cobb captures this invisible force of nature through its effects: a leaf caught in flight, a bride tangled in her veil, spider webs oriented to withstand the wind, and grapes lashed by powerful gusts.

Judith Kindler: “Reflections on the Bears” While at first glance, Judith Kindler‘s latest body of work looks like child’s play with the use of Teddy bears, but they underline the concern that Kindler has in her look at the loss of innocence in contemporary life and her reflections of finding hope, joy and peace amidst corruption, hate and abuse. The Teddy bear is innocence, and maybe for Kindler, she wants that back.

Preview 2019 A major group exhibition showcasing a wide variety of the gallery’s internationally recognized and emerging artists who will be included in solo or group shows at the gallery in 2019.

An annual event for many years, this exhibition features a variety of painting styles along with photography and sculpture. Featured artists included are James Cook, Theodore Waddell, Pamela Detuncq, Tony Foster, Pegan Brooke, Lynda Lowe, Robb Putnam, Alexander Rohrig, Jane Rosen, Kenna Moser, Jack Spencer, Hung Liu, Robert McCauley, Victoria Adams, Margaret Keelan and Lisa Kokin.

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Accompanying the exhibitions are online catalogs available through the Gail Severn Gallery website (www.gailseverngallery.com). The gallery will host artist chats on Saturday, Dec. 29, at 10 a.m.

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and the actual expedition will often require three to nine days of travel while carrying backcountry gear and 50 pounds of camera gear. For these deep backcountry trips, Lubeck is always accompanied

by Chris and Sara Lundy, co-owners of Sawtooth Mountain Guides.

About a year ago, MESH began turning these tours into multifaceted events at the gallery.

“People really liked it,” Lubeck said. “They liked seeing the camera gear, the camp gear, the climbing gear, first-hand. We decided to extend it a bit further and have books—not just picture books, but books depicting the tours. It was a logical extension of a gallery walk or event in an exhibition. Now we have a book that compliments those tours.”

Volume 1 of “Touring the Valley” includes the Finger of Fate tour and The Snowyside tour, and “Touring the Valley: The Wild Mustangs of Idaho” depicts Lubeck and fellow MESH Gallery artist Claire Porter’s search for wild mustangs to photograph in Idaho.

Each book has the final product photos, behindthe-scenes photos, and maps of their routes that often required swimming and rafting at times, and rope, ice axe and crampons at others. A paper printout with the narrative is included separately so as not to detract from the stunning images in each book.

The first tour to the Finger of Fate in the Sawtooths focuses on it and its surrounding peaks as well as climbing Decker Peak, the third highest peak in the Sawtooths, at 10,704 feet. The trip was relatively short in terms of Lubeck’s past journeys, at three days and two nights in August of this year.

One of the anecdotes one wouldn’t garner from the image alone is when Lubeck and his crew discovered that the south side of the Finger of Fate—unlike the super-rocky, nasty north side—is lush, almost like a golf course. Lubeck was so inspired that you can see pictures of him in the book using his hiking poles like a golf club to “tee off.”

The second tour is The Snowyside tour, where

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Jeffrey H. Lubeck and Claire Porter, “Sunset Serenade in the Sawtooths,” gallery-wrapped canvas, 2018.

Artwork courtesy of MESH Gallery

Lubeck and his crew circumnavigated Snowyside Peak, the fifth highest peak in the Sawtooths, at 10,651 feet.

“Our goal was to get a sunset shot of the west side from Glens Peak and then go cross-country, off-trail, and 33 hours later, get a sunrise shot from the top of Sand Mountain,” Lubeck said. “And we got them both!”

“The Wild Mustangs of Idaho” centers on Lubeck’s desire to get some non-staged imagery of horses that really represent Idaho.

“A year ago, Kyle and I decided that we love horses and images of horses but everything seemed so staged,” Lubeck said. “We weren’t seeing anything that was truly natural and nothing that represented Idaho.”

Lubeck recruited Porter, who is a world-renowned equine photographer, to find and photograph horses in the wild of Idaho. Lubeck and his son Kyle went scouting three separate times in the Challis Herd Management Area (HMA), hiking, walking and driving through 154,000 acres to establish the wild horses’ patterns to better predict where they might be when they were ready to shoot. Porter and Lubeck ended up stumbling upon a herd of 74 horses, including a “scout team” of five horses that met the photographers each time they approached the herd and ended up being the cover shot of the book.

MESH Gallery will release its third book this coming spring, featuring mountain goats of Idaho.

The books are available at the gallery for $49.50.

MESH is located in the Heritage Hall at Ketchum Town Square. tws

PREVIEW 2019

James Cook • Theodore Waddell • Pamela Detuncq Tony Foster • Pegan Brooke • Rodd Putnam Alexander Rohrig • Jane Rosen • Kenna Moser Jack Spencer • Robert McCauley Lisa Kokin • Hung Liu

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GAIL SEVERN GALLERY 400 First Avenue North • PO Box 1679 • Ketchum, ID 83340 • 208.726.5079 info@gailseverngallery.com • www.gailseverngallery.com

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‘DECK THE WALLS’ – ROBERT MOORE, STEVEN LEE ADAMS & MARK GIBSON

Steven Lee Adams, “Homestead at Sunset,” oil on canvas, 12 inches by 20 inches. Artwork courtesy of Kneeland Gallery

Mark Gibson, “Blue Bison Lodge”, oil on canvas, 17” x 15”

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enowned plein-air painter Robert Moore serves as an inspiration and mentor to many accomplished painters. His technique involves applying a multitude of oil hues onto his canvas, then working a palette knife with both hands until his composition emerges from the apparent chaos of texture and color. The process is all the more extraordinary given the fact that Moore suffers from partial color blindness.

Steven Lee Adams’s work strives to portray the elusive feeling of timelessness beneath objects that might otherwise seem commonplace. Preferring to paint a broken fence or a ditch to a majestic mountain,

Adams endeavors to communicate the beauty in his subject matter and to haunt the viewer.

Born and raised in Montana, Mark Gibson originally trained in architecture. This formal training had a direct effect on the architectural forms of the teepees that characterize his work. Gibson has been pushing himself to focus on purity of color and masterful composition, working to move the viewer’s eye around the entire piece. Most recently, he has been working on increasing the scale of his works, which has contributed to his achievement of creating a powerful mood and atmosphere in each painting.

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Michael Massaia Exhibits

Steven Lee Adams, “Desert Bighorn in San Rafael”, oil on canvas, 48” x 60”

S Robert Moore, “Pacific Breeze”, oil on canvas, 24” x 48”

“Deck the Walls” STEVEN LEE ADAMS MARK GIBSON ROBERT MOORE Artists’ Reception: Friday, December 28th, 5-8pm 271 First Ave N, Ketchum, ID 83340 PO Box 2070, Sun Valley, ID 83353 • 208.726.5512 email: art@kneelandgallery.com website: www.kneelandgallery.com

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howing this winter at Gilman Contemporary is the work of fine-art photographer and printmaker, Michael Massaia. His work, on display Dec. 15 through Jan. 21, is part of his ongoing series, “Deep in a Dream,” and draws the viewer into the trees, tunnels, arches and paths of New York City’s Central Park in the early hours of the morning.

Using a large-format camera, Massaia’s images are all one long exposed shot that begin to come alive during his unique film developing and printing technique. The results are haunting, deeply detailed portraits of New York City in its quietude.

“Michael started photographing in the middle of the night because he battles insomnia and thought that, instead of fighting it, he would spend time outside,” said L’Anne Gilman, owner of Gilman Contemporary, who found Massaia’s work for the gallery. “He does all of these photographs between 2 and 6 a.m.”

The early hours account for one aspect that makes Massaia’s work so dreamlike and haunting; it’s the middle of New York City but there are no people in his shots.

Gilman said one image she would want in her house is “Last Ticket Window.” The photo depicts a line of ticket windows in Grand Central Station.

Though a layman might be able to capture the image, Massaia’s magic is how he uses the chemical process to coax the faintest illuminated detail into full-blown light.

Casey Hanrahan, Gilman Contemporary’s director, said Massaia’s images tell a story.

The details are what are truly amazing about each of this self-taught photographer’s prints; standing in front of one and gazing in, one starts to notice the smallest things that all add up to almost feeling like one is inside the photo.

Hanrahan’s favorite in the series, “South View,” is an image “you can kind of get lost in. It’s this very wild place but you also have the city in the background and it just immediately says ‘Central Park’ to me.”

The piece shows a path in Central Park with wild, gnarling trees, twisting upward in the same way that the skyscrapers of Manhattan reach toward the sky in the background.

Gilman discovered Massaia’s work online and was blown away.

“Something was different about them,” she said. “They’re very hauntingly beautiful. But when I saw one in person in New York, I couldn’t get over the detail. And when I realized they were time exposures and nondigital, I really loved that. He’s truly a master at what he does.”

Other photos in the series depict tunnels and arches throughout Central Park. In the gallery’s press release for the exhibit, Massaia said, “These arches and tunnels have become like homes and have always given me the second wind to head back out into those late lonely nights and early

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The contrast of the tunnel and arch ness of nature, makes for an interesti not often highlighted.

Gazing upon one of Massaia

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Jeffrey H. Lubeck, “Out In Front Solo,” gallery-wrapped canvas, 2018. Artwork courtesy of MESH Gallery

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ith fresh snow falling, the Wood River Valley slowly starts to resemble its winter self for 2018’s holiday season. Starlit winter nights awaken to brisk mornings with stark white snowflakes gently falling on city streets. The beauty of this wonderful Valley we all call home, whether full or part-time, is a gift MESH is thankful for every day. And from our family to yours, we will be extending a special 20 percent holiday discount running in to 2019. Offering original books, prints, and canvas gallery-wrapped framed images, let us help you find a gift you will enjoy for years to come.

MESH Gallery will be debuting two new art books this holiday season. Both kick off the MESH Touring the Valley series. Volume I covers The Finger of Fate and Snowyside Peak photo tours. The second is The Wild Mustangs of Idaho, which covers the photo shoot that MESH Gallery’s resident photographers Claire Porter and Jeffrey Lubeck conducted this spring.

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ned silver gelatin contact prints. Artwork courtesy of Gilman Contemporary

out into those late lonely nights and

h, hard geometric lines with the softing portrait of a part of Central Park

Gazing upon one of Massaia’s photographs, one can’t escape the power of the carefully illuminated detail. Look long enough, and you might just find something that the artist himself didn’t realize he captured.

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BEST OF THE WEST

IN THE WEST Featuring works historic through contemporary with a focus on the West

Edward Curtis, “Sioux Chiefs,” photogravure, 1905. Artwork courtesy of Broschofsky Galleries

F Russell Chatham “Paradise Valley in January”, 1988, oil, 16” x 20” 360 East Ave. Ketchum, ID 208.726.4950 www.brogallery.com

FREDERIC BOLOIX FINE ARTS

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rom 19th- and early 20th-century works by John James Audubon, to contemporary pop works by Andy Warhol, “BEST OF THE WEST” explores works in a variety of media.

A group show of artists with an array of subjects and interpretations of the American West, historical through contemporary, the series showcases quietly contemplative and poetic landscape paintings by Russell Chatham, Michael Coleman’s wildlife paintings and sculpture, and Rudi Broschofsky’s urban

art genre showing Western imagery through spray paint and stencil. The series also features works from Andy Warhol’s “Cowboys and Indians” portfolio and Russell Young’s iconic screenprints finished with glittery diamond dust. Theodore Villa’s vibrant, colorful watercolors portray images from his Native American heritage, while equine subjects are shown in Ken Peloke’s magnificent largescale mixed-media paintings.

Other artists include Edward S. Curtis, Billy Schenck and Ewoud de Groot.

‘RETURN’: HUMANS, HARPOONS, MOBY & AHAB

Jose Bedia “The Return” Acrylic on Canvas, 70 x 115 inches

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Showing Works By Renowned Artist JOSÉ BEDIA We are honored to feature jazz pianist Alan Pennay We are located in the atrium of the Galleria Building on Leadville and Fourth in Ketchum.

351 Leadville Ave. in Ketchum Tel. 208.726.8810 Frederic@Boloix.com

José Bedia, “The Return” (detail), acrylic on canvas, 70 by 115 inches.

Artwork courtesy of Frederic Boloix Fine Arts

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rederic Boloix will feature a museum-quality, large-scale piece by iconic Cuban artist, José Bedia.

“The Return” symbolizes a fantastic re-appearance of Moby Dick (whose body is still carrying Ahab’s harpoons), this time being guided by a little devil-like trickster toward a distant battleship. This is an allegory of man vs. nature and, in this case, a raging nature is armed and ready. Bedia’s work is found in the world’s most prestigious art museums, including the Tate Modern in London, MOMA/ NY, The Whitney/NY and the Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany.

Our gallery is located in The Galleria Building, 351 Leadville Ave. (Leadville and Fourth) in Ketchum. Tel. (208) 726-8810. www.

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A VARIETY OF NEW WORKS

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Jill Carver, “The Old Gateway To Glacier,” 24 inches by 24 inches, oil on linen. Artwork courtesy of Wood River Fine Arts

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ome celebrate the holiday season at Wood River Fine Arts during the SVGA Gallery Walk on Friday, Dec. 28 from 5–8 p.m. Wood River Fine Arts will be featuring a variety of new works by American master painters Daniel W. Pinkham, Amy Sidrane, Kathryn Stats, Jill Carver, John Moyers, and Terri Moyers.

Many of the displayed works come to the gallery directly from exhibitions held at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and the Hockaday Museum in Kalispell, Montana.

Wood River Fine Arts is located at 360 East Avenue in Ketchum (The Courtyard Building). For more information call owners Tom Bassett and Sandy Gregorak (208) 928-7728 or visit our website at www.woodriverfinearts.com.

PERFUNCTORY FEMINISM & AN INVITE TO CRAFTSMANSHIP

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his winter Gilman Contemporary will exhibit Michael Massaia’s luminous black and white photographs that capture New York City in moments of quietude. Featuring two interwoven parts of his ongoing series “Deep in a Dream,” the exhibit will draw the viewer into the trees, tunnels, arches and paths of Central Park in the early hours of morning. Massaia’s work demonstrates a deep understanding of traditional photographic process and Jefferson Hayman, “New Martini,” a unique sense of time and place. archival photograph. Artwork In the new series “Respite,” a con- courtesy of Gilman Contemporary tinuation of “Deep in a Dream,” Massaia captures the arches and tunnels that dot Central Park. He writes, “These arches and tunnels have become like homes, and have always given me the second wind to head back out into those late, lonely nights and early mornings.”

In addition, the gallery will exhibit John Westmark’s mixed-media paintings, which incorporate applying sewing patterns to his canvas to shape his female figures. The sewing patterns are embellished with custom text, which play upon the perfunctory pattern instruction by supplementing feminist dialogue to the script. Typically, the women depicted in these paintings are fearless, independent and scandalous, and as the father of two young girls, says Westmark, “I hope for nothing less.”

Lastly, the gallery presents Jefferson Hayman’s photographs, which explore themes of nostalgia, symbolism and memory. Each print has either a vintage or artist-made frame presenting them as more of a unique art object than simply a photograph. Through quiet minimalism, he invites the viewer to partake in the narrative process in a way that is both intimate and deeply personal. Drawing from his education in the fine arts and his training in the art of frame-making, Hayman approaches his work with a deep understanding of traditional craftsmanship and a sense of artistic heritage while remaining tied to the present through the timelessness of aesthetic simplicity.

Daniel W. Pinkham

“The Witness”

Oil on Linen 40” high X 44” wide

Daniel W. Pinkham Featuring New Works

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