August 2019 Gallery Walk by The Weekly Sun

Sun Valley Gallery Association

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Robert Moore, “Front Porch,” oil on canvas, 24 inches by 20 inches. Artwork credit: Kneeland Gallery

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Broschofsky Galleries..............................Page 7 Frederic Boloix Fine Arts.........................Page 6 Friesen Gallery.........................................Page 3 Gail Severn Gallery..................................Page 5 Gilman Contemporary.............................Page 4

Kneeland Gallery.....................................Pages 2 & 3 MESH Gallery...........................................Page 6 Wood River Fine Arts...............................Page 7 Feature Stories........................................Pages 2 & 4

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Wood River Fine Arts shows Daniel Pinkham and more at Gallery Walk

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or Wood River Fine Arts’ exhibition for the upcoming Gallery Walk, the entire gallery will be on display—a show of over 20 traditional and contemporary artists capturing the natural grandeur of the American West and the theme “the relevance of craft.” Gallery owner Thomas Bassett will show artists whose commitment to their craft of painting and sculpting is at the highest level—art that requires no explanation as it has truly captured its craft. “The ability to draw, the understanding of color relationships and value relationships is honed to a point where it is second nature,” Bassett said. “The art needs no explanation because the artist has created a relevant narrative for the ‘space between the viewer and the rectangle that hangs on the wall.’” The theme for the show was inspired by a conversation Bassett had with an artist friend who felt that his paintings were a direct connection to the viewer, and should the viewer not understand it while looking at the piece, he has failed as an artist. “The artist was lamenting the fact that so much art in today’s domain is accompanied by a curatorial explanation to justify its existence,” Bassett said. A quote from the great American painter T. Allen Lawson sums it up for the gallery owner: “Art is the space between the viewer and the rectangle that hangs on the wall.” One of the artists Bassett feels best represents the theme of the show is Daniel W. Pinkham, an artist with the gallery for seven years. A plein-air painter, Pinkham’s work uses the effect of light on objects to strike a mood and give viewers a sense of time of day or place. Take “The Witness,” by Pinkham, a painting with blue sky, blue mountains and blue water that all blends together while still being individually identifiable. In the middle is a fisherman on a boat. The blue tones used inspire a sense of calm in the viewer while the time of day appears to be early morning. The interpretation is obviously up to the individual viewer but it’s easy to get a sense of the place that Pinkham was capturing. “Dan’s primary goal when creating his works is the effect of light on objects but also really striking a certain mood,” Bassett said. “When you look at his work, you have a sense of either time of day or a place that he’s contemplated and captured.” Pinkham has been described as both a “poet of the outdoors” as well as a principle force in the resurgence of plein-air painting. Bassett and his gallery co-owner and wife Sandy Gregorak met Pinkham when they first moved to Sun Valley to partner in the gallery. “We were really struck by his work,” Bassett said. “We love how Dan paints, and we’ve collected his works. A lot of the work in the gallery is really a representation of what our tastes are and what we’ve purchased and hung in our home over the years. I think that’s important. Art transcends commodity. It’s not an item; it’s something that changes the feel of your home.” tws

Daniel W. Pinkham, “Soul Rise,” oil on linen, 36 inches by 30 inches. Artwork credit: Wood River Fine Arts

28TH ANNUAL PLEIN AIR EXHIBITION

Featuring:

Steven Lee Adams, Ovanes Berberian, Jack Braman John Horejs, Shanna Kunz, Lori McNee, Caleb Meyer Silas Thompson, Robert Moore & Bart Walker

July 29th and 30th Plein Air Painting Workshop with Steven Lee Adams July 31st Artists paint at the Big Wood River at Hulen Meadows Entrance, 10am-4pm August 1st Artists paint the Reinheimer Barn, 10am-4pm August 2nd Quick Draw • Sun Valley Inn Pond • 12-1:30pm Artists’ Reception • Kneeland Gallery • 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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LAWRENCE FODOR 28TH ANNUAL PLEIN “...A TIRELESS HAND” AIR EXHIBITION

Lori McNee, “June Moon,” oil on linen, 24 inches by 36 inches. Artwork credit: Kneeland Gallery

Kneeland Gallery

ach summer, Kneeland Gallery invites its own group of plein-air painters to participate in an artistic celebration featuring gatherings and events throughout the week. Paint-outs, demonstrations, a workshop and a quick draw all feature in the event, and spectators, fellow artists and collectors can enjoy the finished paintings at the culminating Gallery Walk on the final day. The participating artists this year are Steven Lee Adams, Ovanes Berberian, Jack Braman, John Horejs, Shanna Kunz, Lori McNee, Caleb Meyer, Robert Moore, Silas Thompson and Bart Walker. The schedule is as follows: Monday, July 29, and Tuesday, July 30, Steven Lee Adams offers a plein-air painting work-

shop in the scenic Wood River Valley. Interested parties can sign up by contacting the gallery. On Wednesday, July 31, the 10 artists paint at the Big Wood River by the Hulen Meadows entrance. Spectators are invited to watch them at work and learn from their different techniques. On Thursday, Aug. 1, the group will all paint the white Reinheimer barn at the entrance to Ketchum on Highway 75. The final day, Friday, Aug. 2, the artists will partake in a quick draw from noon to 1.30 p.m. at Sun Valley Resort, followed at 5 p.m. the same day by the Gallery Walk where all the paintings from the week will be on display and the silent auction of the quick-draw paintings will take place.

Friesen Gallery

t first glance, Lawrence Fodor’s large-scale mixed-media oil paintings are intense, lyrical, and wholly abstract works of art. Hidden behind the surface of these abstractions, however, is a vast archive of historic masterpieces—meticulously executed homages to icons including Peter Paul Rubens, Jean Etienne Ramey, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Leonardo Da Vinci, Théodore Géricault, JMW Turner, the Laocöon, and ancient Greco-Roman sculpture. Old World masters haunt and vibrate through Fodor’s richly layered surfaces. With a deep reverence for these icons and a fascination with re-interpretation, Fodor draws the past into the thoroughly contemporary present. The images, themes and conceptual content of these historic works are obscured, revised and re-contextualized for the 21st century in a highly personal visual language of intuitive mark

Lawrence Fodor “Laocoön V,” oil, alkyd resin and linseed oil on canvas, 60 inches by 60 inches. Artwork credit: Friesen Gallery

making. The paintings’ directness, raw energy and de/re- construction resonate and reiterate the artist’s worldview while their historic sources reflect the world at large. The exhibition’s title, “...a tireless hand,” alludes to a Victor Hugo poem of the same name. “It represents, metaphorically, many different aspects about my drive as a painter and the approach I take with my work,” Fodor said. “Painting is my best means of communicating, by a long shot, and I have tirelessly pursued building my vocabulary within the medium to more fully and inventively express myself. It is a nonstop job.” Lawrence Fodor currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Friesen Gallery will host an opening reception for the artist on Friday, August 2, from 5-8 p.m.

Lawrence Fodor, “Perseus Releasing Andromeda III (after Frederic Leighton),” oil, alkyd resin and linseed oil on canvas, 40 inches by 38 inches. Artwork credit: Friesen Gallery

LAWRENCE FODOR “...a tireless hand.” new paintings

Reception for the Artist Friday, 02 August 2019 5:00-8:00pm

The Visitation (after Pontormo) | 2018-2019 | oil, alkyd resin and linseed oil on canvas | 84” x 80”

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12TH ANNIVERSARY GROUP EXHIBIT

Gilman Contemporary

ilman Contemporary is celebrating 12 years of visual art with a dramatic group exhibi-

tion. From the beginning, we have made it our mission to introduce artists with an “innovative vision of their craft” to the Valley and we continue to embody this philosophy. We are committed to representing both established and emerging artists who inspire us, and offer new and different perspectives to our clients. This exhibition celebrates our success and brings fresh work from our current gallery artists. From emerging artists Niv Rozenberg, Isabelle Menin, and Kelly Ording, to established favorites Hunt Slonem, Ashley Collins, and Greg Miller, this exhibition explores the art that makes our gallery unique. Emerging artist Isabelle Menin’s manipulated photographs push the boundaries of what we consider

Kelly Ording, “Oscine,” acrylic on dyed canvas. Artwork credit: Gilman Contemporary

Rodney Smith, “Edythe Standing on Edg of Sailboat, Larchmont, New York,” arch val pigment photograph. Artwork credi Gilman Contemporary

photography. With distorted fl rals, Menin creates “disorder landscapes” that are both painter and sharp. Our love of photograp has drawn us to seek out inventi and unique takes on this medium. We are also showing a new larg scale assembled painting by esta lished artist Ashley Collins. Co lins has developed a signature sty that is instantly recognizable. As h career has taken off, she has deve oped a love for encaustic that su her gestural style. Her work is lov for her incorporation of layers of hi tory, text and objects. She pushes t boundaries of painting by incorp rating both story and passion into h subject.

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Silas Thompson and Robert Moore to present pieces at the 28

Kneeland Gallery since 1998. As one of the most well-known and well-respected artists or Gallery Walk on Friday, Aug. 2, Knee- that the gallery has exhibited over the years, land Gallery will display the works of 10 Moore’s vivid colors and distinctive strokes imartists. Among them, emerging artist Silas mediately draw the eye. Thompson and the man from whom he learned “He has an amazing technique,” Molter said. his craft, Robert Moore, will appear side by side. “When he paints, he has a four-wheeler, and he At 28 years of age, Thompson will be the puts his canvas flat in front of him and he takes youngest artist featured in the gallery during two tubes in two hands and just pours them out. the Plein Air Exhibition. Furthermore, as a And he’s ambidextrous, so he takes a palette Twin Falls native, Thompson is uniquely at- knife in each hand and goes in. It’s like he’s tuned to the scenery of Idaho, which he depicts cooking or something, and suddenly it takes in his art. His local scenes at once capture the shape.” exquisitely familiar and intrinsically unique, his This description of ease is every bit what one soft edges lending his subjects a personal qual- would expect from a true maestro, and one that ity, as though they are melting from the matter suits Moore particularly well given the plein-air of one’s own dreams or memories. technique and interactive nature of the exhi“I love his use of light,” said Carey Molter, the bition, in which the artists are on full display director at Kneeland Gallery. “It reminds me a while working. The fact that Moore is partially little bit of the Russian impressionists. And I color blind makes his pieces all the more imlove his loose texture on the canvases, which pressive; as Molter explained, he doesn’t see again is more of an impressionist texture.” reds or greens, which are the colors he uses All of Thompson’s paintings that will be fea- most. tured at the exhibition are individual, intimate Moore’s generous use of oil on canvas to moments with a different landscape evoked create a heavy surface texture and the dramatthrough his favored medium of oil on canvas. ic colors he evokes echo in Thompson’s work, “I love his technique, but beyond that he also although they result in entirely distinct pieces has a really unique perspective,” Molter said. as Thompson has come into his own and devel“He’ll paint things from a different angle than oped his own unique style. the one that somebody else might pick. He just “They’re both wonderful,” Molter said. looks at things and sees things a different way.” “Robert doesn’t feel that there is any compeIn many ways, Thompson seems to have it all, tition with his apprentices or protégés. He just even as he pushes himself to grow and explore really enjoys helping up-and-coming artists to as an artist with different compositions and sub- find their galleries and establish their careers. jects. He takes someone new on each year and trains “He mostly does landscapes, but he’s also a them and works with them.” figurative painter,” Molter said. “That’s not easy Three years ago, Thompson came to Sun Valfor a landscape painter to also be a figurative ley with Moore in this role of apprentice and painter, and he does both of those. He also does assistant. Now, the two will be reuniting in the still life. He’s a real all-rounder.” Plein Air Exhibition’s unique environment of Meanwhile, the master artist and Thompson’s camaraderie to experience and learn together, teacher, Burley native Robert Moore, has an- as talented artists each in their own right. nually participated in various exhibitions for tws

Silas Thompson, “Spring Chickens,” oil on canvas, 40 inches by 30 inches. Artwork credit: Kneeland Gallery

BY JESSE COLE

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Robb Putnam Robb Putnam builds animal forms with cast-off blankets, shirts, fake fur, rags, plastic bags, leather scraps, glue and thread. These sculptures evoke playful, whimsical characters found in children’s books, but his characters are something different: they are physically and psychologically vulnerable and seem like overgrown stuffed toys or imaginary friends—misfits whose demeanors both invite and may also posses a sense of sadness. Putnam’s drawings, too, create images that carry associations with simplicity, innocence and play, but as if experienced in a dream. In these works, cartoon heads drift, collide and overlap in space. These orphaned characters in search of a body attempt to reassemble themselves into a larger whole—but sometimes never quite manage the feat. In both his sculptures and drawings, Putnam explores the murky spaces intersecting empathy, intimacy, humor, the desire to touch or connect, and the impulse to back away. Through these works, he hopes to expose a complex and contradictory human presence that mirrors our own vulnerability. Putnam’s sculptures and paintings are included in many collections throughout the United States and abroad, including the Oakland Art Museum, Palm Springs Art Museum and The Weisman Foundation Collection.

Kara Maria For her first exhibition with Gail Severn Gallery, Kara Maria will present both paintings and mixed media on paper. Her work reflects political topics— feminism, war, and the environment. Maria borrows from the broad vocabulary of contemporary painting, blending geometric shapes, vivid hues and abstract marks with representational elements. Her recent work features miniature portraits of disappearing animals, focusing attention on the alarming rate of extinction now being caused by human activity. Maria received her B.A. and MFA from the University of California, Berkeley. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group shows throughout the

United States at venues including the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno; the Cantor Center at Stanford University; the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, Texas; the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art; and the Katonah Museum of Art in New York, among many others. Maria’s work has garnered critical attention in the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Art in America. Maria has been awarded artist residencies and she has been a recipient of many awards and honors. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, the San Jose Museum of Art, the de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University, the di Rosa in Napa, and Mills College Art Museum in Oakland, among others.

Lynda Lowe Lynda Lowe’s latest work explores the object-quality of books and her longtime interest in the interplay of text and image. In some of these artworks, she has referenced her fascination with incunabula, those ancient manuscripts with mysterious content and undecipherable script upon their worn pages. Ed Musante Ed Musante captures the soul of the solitary animal. His primary subject is the bird, which he paints with exquisite detail. They are painted on cigar boxes and cigar-box lids that refer to another time and place. Often, Musante’s subjects are floating in an undefined space or on a field of color. Interested in surface and texture, his works offer depth and beautifully painted surfaces. His manner of isolating his subjects, be they animals, birds or people, is reminiscent of Morris Graves’ approach to making the subject an icon. Ed Musante’s paintings are coveted by many collections, including the Detroit Zoo, Microsoft, Washington State Arts Commission and many private collections.

KARA MARIA

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8th Annual Plein Air Exhibition

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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

Silas Thompson, “A New Day,” oil on canvas, 24 inches by 24 inches. Artwork credit: Kneeland Gallery

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FREDERIC BOLOIX FINE ARTS Showing NEW ACQUISITIONS

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NEW ACQUISITIONS

Julian Voss-Andreae’s “Slender Sentinel” and Julio Figueroa-Beltrán’s “Spyglass” (alongside Boloix Gallery’s chief curator, Mr. Quigley). Artwork credit: Frederic Boloix Fine Arts

Frederic Boloix Fine Arts

Martin C. Herbst “Hidden Treasures #46” Oil on Aluminum

Open for Gallery Walk - Friday, August 2nd, 5-8pm 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

rederic Boloix Fine Arts will be showing new acquisitions. Featured are paintings on various shaped metal objects by renowned Austrian artist Martin C. Herbst, along with a quantum sculpture by Hamburg-born artist Julian Voss-Andreae, and paintings by Rainer Gross, Emile Lahner and Eduouard Vuillard.

ICONS AT DAWN

Jeffrey H. Lubeck, “Dawn on El Capitan,” gallery-wrapped canvas, 2018. Artwork credit: MESH Gallery

MESH Gallery

awn—to become the day—a magical stretch of time that cozily positions itself between twilight and sunrise each day. As seen through a photographer’s lens, these breathtaking moments can capture immense colors seldom seen for those not waking up with the morning sun. Highlighting images previously passed over for grand landscapes or magnificent mountain peaks, MESH Gallery has reached in to the achieves to showcase an array of photographs that bring this short time period to life for everyone to take in. Resident artist Jeff Lubeck’s works will be on display for this week’s Gallery Walk and weeks leading up to Labor Day. In addition to our featured showcase, MESH Gallery will have an encore presentation of “Observing the Mountain Goat.” Following continued interest from local and visiting parties alike, it is our pleasure to continue to display an in-depth look at this often-elusive animal in its southernmost natural habitat.

Jeffrey H. Lubeck, “Regan Sunrise,” gallery-wrapped canvas, 2018. Artwork credit: MESH Gallery

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Ken Peloke, “Running Free,” oil on panel, 48 inches by 66 inches. Artwork credit: Broschofsky Galleries

Broschofsky Galleries

hrough experimentation and self-teaching, Ken Peloke has learned to use all of his past works, whether it be landscapes, people, animals, abstracts, design or photography, in his current work. A move to Scottsdale, Ariz., inspired a current direction, with Ken finding inspiration by spending time with his wife’s horses. Ken has discovered their beauty, their athleticism, and also their innocence. Ken’s bold, large-scale pieces capture the pure essence of the horse while still challenging his artistic talents. His multimedia approach creates depth and incredible realism to his pieces that give them a one-of-a-kind contemporary appeal. “I work with many layers, different substrates, and all types of media,” Peloke says. “Instead of using colors to create depth, I use my surface. I feel it is the most important element of my work.” Broschofsky Galleries is also showing works by Russell Chatham, Michael Coleman, Edward Curtis, Rudi Broschofsky, Russell Young, Billy Schenck, Theodore Villa, Andy Warhol and more.

Ken Peloke, Regal 50” x 38” Oil on Panel

Libations by 360 East Ave. Ketchum, ID 208.726.4950 www.brogallery.com

THE RELEVANCE OF CRAFT Wood River Fine Arts

ood River Fine Arts will feature artists currently exhibiting at the Prix de West Show in Oklahoma City at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. Gallery owner Tom Bassett stated that the “Relevance of Craft” comes from a conversation with an artist friend who he greatly G. Russell Case, “Winter Hills,” oil on admires and who has won linen, 16 inches by 20 inches. Artwork the Prix de West Purchase credit: Wood River Fine Arts Award on two occasions. The artist was lamenting the fact that so much art in today’s domain is accompanied by a curatorial explanation to justify its existence. Bassett was reminded of a statement made by the great American painter T. Allen Lawson during a lecture at the Oklahoma City museum. “Art is the space between the viewer and the rectangle that hangs on the wall.” The show presents artists whose commitment to the craft of painting and sculpting is at the highest level. The ability to draw, the understanding of color relationships and value relationships, is honed to a point where it is second nature. The art needs no explanation because the artist has created a relevant narrative for the “space between the viewer and the rectangle that hangs on the wall.” Wood River Fine Arts is located at 360 East Avenue in Ketchum (The Courtyard Building). For more information contact owners Tom Bassett and Sandy Gregorak at (208) 928-7728 or visit our website at www.wo- Amy Sidrane, “Sawtooth Valley, Idaho,” odriverfinearts.com. oil on linen, 12 inches by 18 inches. Artwork credit: Wood River Fine Arts

John Moyers

“The Golden Realm”

Oil on linen

John Moyers

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360 East Avenue | In The Courtyard | Ketchum 208.928.7728 | www.woodriverfinearts.com

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1. Broschofsky Galleries 1. 360 Broschofsky East Avenue Galleries 360 East Avenue

2. Frederic Boloix Fine Arts LeadvilleBoloix Avenue,Fine The Galleria 2. 351 Frederic Arts Building 351 Leadville Avenue, The Galleria Building

3. Friesen Gallery First Avenue North 3. 320 Friesen Gallery

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360 East Avenue 9. MESH Gallery 4th Street East 9.420MESH Gallery

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