Gallery 110

August 2009

Preview Reception: Wednesday, August 5; 6-8pm

First Thursday Opening: August, 6; 6-8pm

Main Gallery:

Eddy Radar's stunning Manmade Landscapes series continues the theme of order vs. chaos in the modern world. The hidden beauty of urban constructions (tarmacs, sand traps, baseball fields and dams) is captured in these large, minimalist canvases.

In the last eighty years, advances in science and engineering have allowed us to create, improve, and reshape our surroundings. This has resulted in a radically different environment of urban life. These new landscapes represent a world that affords air transportation, leisure and entertainment, electric power and water.

Within these landscapes is the hidden beauty of industry and formatted space – the minimalist essence, the geometric order, and the quiet presence of huge structures. They reflect the same timeless grandeur, whether the expanse is of concrete or of grass. The colors of this modern world are the many grays of concrete, the light and dark greens of the grass, the carefully laid ribbons of black and yellow.

Image: Eddy Radar, Double V, acrylic on canvas, 36" x 60"

Gallery 110 Loft:

Maria Frati uses linoleum relief and reduction prints to explore the nature of place by building prints with layers of color and repetition of simple lines and shapes. Through her imagery in Printing the Nature of Place, Frati wishes to convey the rich transience of her surroundings. As if through the distortion of a kaleidoscope; she captures fleeting animals, the flood and retreat of tides, shifting leaves and light on water.

Image: Maria Frati, Deer with Red Butterfly, relief print and watercolor, 14" x 17"