Hommage to Zao Wu Ki
Suzanne Goldberg
Artist Suzanne Goldberg was inspired by the breadth and beauty of Zao’s work that she saw in an exhibit in Paris at the Musee d’Art Moderne. Goldberg photographed the sections that she found inspiring and used them as a template for these new works.
In the Lower Gallery
Night Boats
Micheline Klagsbrun
Night Boats is a series of mixed-media sculptures expressing the dislocation and migrations of my family as they escaped from and to various countries. The precarious quality of these pieces speaks to their sea voyages. Patched together from a variety of unseaworthy materials, this work evokes the refugees’ desperation and determination to escape, their resourcefulness and resilience.
The current plight of refugees everywhere has been on my mind constantly and gives this work added resonance today.
At the same time, the work alludes to other voyages through the darkness: the journey of the soul through the Underworld and the journeys we take when we close our eyes at night.
In lieu of a traditional reception, artist Micheline Klagsbrun will be present at Studio Gallery to receive visitors on the following dates:
Thursday May 6th, 2 - 7 pm
Friday May 14th, 2 - 7 pm
Saturday May 22nd, 1 - 6 pm
Micheline Klagsbrun studied in Paris with Alfredo Echeverria and at the Corcoran with William Newman and Gene Davis. She has exhibited widely, and is in private collections nationally as well as in Europe and the Middle East. Please visit the artist’s website at www.michelineklagsbrun.com to learn more about her work.
To make an appointment, please contact director@studiogallerydc.com.
Ignorance Was Bliss
Watercolors from a time before Covid
Deborah Addison Coburn
After my previous show of figurative drawings with a political theme, I had decided to allow myself the freedom to just experiment for a while, incorporating watercolors with some of my doodle images. It was all very playful and light-hearted.Then Covid-19 hit, and I was no longer in a very playful mood. I put these pictures away, asking myself, "What was I thinking; playing around while disaster was looming?"
A year later, with vaccinations giving a new sense of optimism, I see these pictures with new eyes. Are they as light-hearted as I thought? Why do so many of these images look microbial? Do some of these pictures feel a little scary or foreboding, or is it just me?
In lieu of a traditional reception, Deborah Addison Coburn will be present at the gallery to receive visitors on the following dates:
Saturday May 8th, 1 - 4 pm
Wednesday May 12th, 4 -6 pm
Friday May 21st, 4 - 6 pm
Please visit the artist’s website at dacoburn.com to learn more about her work.
To make an appointment, please contact director@studiogallerydc.com.