Common & Uncommon Miracles

exhibitions

Larry Fink.

Common and Uncommon Miracles

Stirner Modern Gallery 230 Ferry St. Suite 1, Easton, PA Hours Wed. –Sunday 12–5 Oct. 1–Nov. 26

PRESS RELEASE

What does that mean? What happens when you press release? What do you release? What was contained?

In these two bodies of work the photographer Larry Fink and the composer musician Patrick McGee are intending to upset your sense of balance and create unusual expressions. Fink looks at common elements hoping to create poetic visual mysteries. McGee takes musical scores and introduces expressionistic marks, lines, and bombastic doodles. Oddly enough, this music can be played; that is if you are playful. These two artists, one ancient and the other young invite your eye to the gallery walls. In the words of Turk LeClair, a notorious beat poet, “If you want nothing you will receive everything. ” Come along, it’ s a long ride into the imagination. Enjoy

Patrick McGee. Leslie Fletcher; “Blue Curve and Straight Blue Lines,

” 2008; Graphite, powdered pastel, watercolor wash on 300lb cold press wc paper; exchange with artist; LUG 2014 1001

Thinking Through Drawing: Works on Paper, Drawings, and Sketchbooks from the Collection and Community Lehigh University Art Galleries 420 E Packer Ave., Bethlehem PA 610-758-3615 luag.org Through December 4, 2021

In 2018, scientists working in a cave outside Capetown, South Africa discovered red crayon markings on a stone believed to be the earliest known drawing, about 73,000 years old. Fast forward to the 1980s and we find prolific Pop artist Keith Haring embellishing blank surfaces in the New York City subway with what would amount to over 5,000 chalk drawings. Ancient and modern, this impulse to draw seems to be hard-wired into all Homo sapiens; author D.B. Dowd calls it a personal capacity for visual thinking.

The practice of drawing invites the brain to engage concepts and objects in new ways, a process that unfolds dynamically across all spheres of human activity.

Join us as we think through the many forms and functions of drawing, exploring the museum collection and the community.

Exhibition and programs supported by The Breen Foundation

Danielle Cartier, “We Can See the Sky from Here, ” acrylic paint

and mixed media on canvas, 5’ x 6’

We Are Here Camden FireWorks 1813 S Broadway, Camden, NJ 856-338-0400 Camdenfireworks.org Now through Oct 31 Hours Fri, 6–9 and Sat/Sun, 1–6

Injustice is happening in a world in environmental decline due to climate change. When and where dumping and pollution occur are not by chance. These acts devalue people ’ s lives and livelihood.

We Are Here is an exploratory discourse about what it means to be in a place where environmental injustice happens. The show features work from established and emerging artists: Robin Brownfield, Danielle Cartier, Dy ’lea Muhammad, Loan Nguyen, Terina Nicole, and Priscilla Rios. Also included are pieces from workshops led by artists Brujo de la Mancha and Dolores Poacelli.

BLM, food deserts, and the co-existence of all sentient beings—inform this collective, many-voiced expression of who we are and where we are.

Robin Brownfield, Leo, mosaic, 2’ x 2’