Exhibition Dates: July 4 through July 26, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, July 11 from 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Exhibition Sponsors: Lotus Clothing and Jewelry Design
First Friday Music: Quit Thinking

In the Main Gallery and on the Mezzanine:
ABSTRACTION

Sam Albright
Majka Sadel
Austin Smith

As part of its 40th Anniversary celebration, Gallery One Visual Arts Center presents ABSTRACTION, its fourth in a series of six thematic group shows for 2008. Historically, abstract painting in America intensified as a movement called Abstract Expressionism during the late 1940’s and into the early 1960’s. Probably the most well known painter of this era was Jackson Pollock. He became famous for dripping paint across huge canvases laid on the floor of his small garage studio in New York. Pollock and his peers broke many rules, allowing us to rethink what a work of art is as well as how it could be made.

Our exhibit features the works of three mature artists from our region: Sam Albright, Majka Sadel and Austin Smith. Like their predecessors, their paintings contain a raw, boundless energy with strong emotional impact. Albright’s work is inspired by unique and sometimes bizarre forms in nature. Sadel’s layered paintings reveal a deep and personal vocabulary that offer a slow revelation into her world. Smith’s works are often based on landscapes with an interest in exploring the use of unusual materials such as volcanic ash and fish eggs. As is true with many abstract artists, all three are concerned with the way light emanates from the work.


In the Eveleth Green Gallery:
Cooke Canyon Studio
New Fine Art Prints by
Carolyn Johnson & Kristy Busch

Showing in the Horizon Gallery:
Group Show of Abstract Art

Showing in Picasso’s Place Gallery:
Central Valley Academy Students
Child Art Opening

Featured Artist in our Gift Gallery:
Gary Dismukes ceramics work