AS Art Foundation


OUR SUMMER 2008 EXHIBITIONS

THE ANITA SHAPOLSKY ART FOUNDATION (AS ART FOUNDATION), 20 W. BROADWAY, JIM, THORPE, PA, WILL FEATURE FOLLOWING EXHIBITIONS DURING SUMMER 2008:

ANITA SHAPOLSKY ART FOUNDATION PRESENTS:

*****AUGUST FEATURED EVENT******

ARTIST DEMO – MICHAEL DOMINICK CREATES “MOLTEN IRON DRAWINGS” AT 2,800 DEGREE F. AS HE POURS AND MANIPULATES LIQUID IRON ON PAPER WHICH BURNS AND SMOKES LEAVING BEHIND COMPLEX GESTURAL DRAWINGS THAT PERMANENTLY SEAL THE INSTANT OF THEIR MAKING.

********SAT., AUG., 16, 3PM*********

“There is no advance planning other than specially preparing the paper,” says Dominick, who persuades the liquid fire on its collision course with the picture plane. 

The drawings are reminiscent of the works of Jackson Pollock, but unlike the maestro, Dominick’s drawings come into being in a matter of seconds.  No two are the same, and each one successfully captures the chaos of the moment in a dynamic, spontaneous and visually compelling manner.

Iron pour and a molten drawing
Iron pour
Iron pour
Iron pour

ALSO ON VIEW NOW THRU SEPTEMBER 28, 2008:

  • ABSTRACT PAINTINGS OF SEYMOUR BOARDMAN, JOHN HULTBERG, ERNEST BRIGGS AND OTHERS.
  • RADIATOR SCULPTURE OF MICHAEL DOMINICK 
  • COLLECTION OF WORLD/ETHNIC MASKS, JOE WILKENS.  Gathered in travels around the world, primitive to artisan works.

JPGs AVAILABLE.

Lower Level: Michael Dominick
- FEEL THE HEAT; Seymour Boardman - MINIMAL PAINTINGS; and Ethnic Masks collection of Joe Wilkens
Dates:  May 24 - Labor Day
Reception:  Saturday, May 24, 1 - 4PM

Upper Level: Large Abstract Expressionists' Paintings; Sculpture and Stain Glass windows

Always on view at the Anita Shapolsky Art Foundation’s 10,000 square foot exhibition space, a former Presbyterian church built in 1849, are the historic stained glass windows by Tiffany, LaFarge and others.

Saturday, July 12 at 3PM - THE GRAVESEND PLAYERS, a baroque music concert
Performing: Mary Hurlbut, Soprano; James Wong, Harpsichord; Paula Rand, Baroque Bassoon and Andrew Bolotowsky, Traverso
For program click here

   
   
Michael Dominick - FEEL THE HEAT
   
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Heating Sculptures / installation by Michael Dominick.
   
"My recent series focuses on the elements of water, fire & heat, air & steam and earth & iron in an effort to more inclusively involve the process of iron melting (fire and earth) and re-direct the work’s focus more closely towards the notion of that which is ephemeral (air, steam and heat).  The concepts of forgotten memories and lessons once learned are universal.  I make these themes resonate with hypnotic frequency as one gazes upon water dripping steadily into a heated iron basin creating a steady cadence of audible hissing.  In this instant the life giving compound vaporizes into nothingness like a memory lost forever.

With my radiator series I am presenting a new kind of readymade that contradicts one of the basic conditions of the genre. The tradition of the readymade has been predicated on its removal from a utilitarian context.  By going a step further I make my radiator sculptures generate heat as was their purpose. Rather than simply borrowing an object and placing it on a pedestal I additionally restore and appropriate its original function and transform that into a formal quality of the work.  These sculptures deny my audience the option of non-involvement.  Casual observers may choose to ignore a typical work of art, but they cannot deny the feeling of warmth against their skin.  This quality surrounds the viewer and forces them to engage my work through the inescapable sensation of heat thus rupturing the typical boundaries of art perception. 
 
I aspire to use iron, the most utilitarian and ubiquitous element on the planet, and transform it into something magical that transcends the limitations which keep most iron or metal sculpture in the realm of object.  Once this boundary is lifted an entirely new vision is possible."

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Seymour Boardman - MINIMAL PAINTINGS
   
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Seymour Boardman, "Untitled," 1974, 41" x 60" Seymour Boardman, "Untitled," 1975, 52" x 74"
   
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Seymour Boardman, "Untitled," 1980, 55" x 55" Seymour Boardman, "Untitled No.8," 1986, 74" x 72"
   
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Seymour Boardman, "Untitled," 1983, 61" x 85" Seymour Boardman, "Untitled No.4," 1991, 60" x 78"
   
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Seymour Boardman, "Untitled," 1980, 59" x 80" Seymour Boardman, "Untitled No.1," 1988, 60" x 84"
   
Seymour Boardman created contemplative landscapes. His work reduced complicated
image to its essence through a simple play with basic color planes while the original
background, color lines pierce, bend and twist the negative space.

 
Reception at the AS Art Foundation - May 24, 2008
     
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Installation view Concert - "3 of Us" band Reception - gallery view
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Molten drawings by Michael Dominick Casted "Book" by Michael Dominick Sculptor Michael Dominick
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World Masks, collection of Joe Wilkens Joe Wilkens Installation view, Seymour Boardman & World Masks
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Works by Seymour Boardman & Mike Dominick Installation view - Paintings by Seymour Boardman & Scultpure by Michael Dominick Garden party - reception
 
 
SCULPTURE by DAVID HAYES at the AS ART FOUNDATION
   
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Shirley Thomas & sculpture by David Hayes outside AS Art Foundation Sculpture by David Hayes outside AS Art Foundation
   
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