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Director Joseph Walentini





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	Claire Seidl Farrell Brickhouse Joe Walentini Emily Berger Ravenna Taylor Marianne Van Lent Janet Shapiro

Galerie Cerulean Presents

Juxtapositions
Galerie Artists Group Show

June 7th to July 19th 2010

The title for this show was derived from combing these artists within a context that celebrates their great diversity with regard to imagery, materials and approach. At the same time a subtle undercurrent ties the group together as found in the order and structure of their work. Despite the variety offered by each artist, all have some relationship, great or small, to the grid. Yet each artist also incorporates a concept of the organic combined with a painterly approach to their imagery. It is primarily this organic-order mixture that unites these artists and establishes the juxtaposition.

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Galerie Cerulean, is an online exhibition space sponsored by Abstract Art Online with an emphasis on a wide array of and an open definition for abstract art.

Galerie Exhibition Schedule

Farrell Brickhouse Setember 15 - October 26, 2009
Claire Seidl October 27 - December 7, 2009
Joe Walentini December 8 2009 - January 18, 2010
Marianne Van Lent January 19 - March1, 2010
Ravenna Taylor March 2 - April 11, 2010
Emily Berger April 11 - June 6th, 2010

A Critique of Critics

"Pay no attention to what critics say. No statue has ever been put up to a critic."

This quote is attributed to a number of people but the original source seems to be the Finish composer Jean Sibelius (1865 1957). The Artist part of me applauds this statement, at least in relation to the so-called �Pros� out there writing for the mainstream publications. For many of my ilk the professional critic is an anathema. Why? Because they so often don�t get the art, these expert viewers, and too often the prime directive is not the art but other interests and agendas. What do they really know about the art, we ask? Who invited them in for commentary on this thing we struggle with? Who the hell are they are to say anything about our art?

But then� there is the Art Critic part of me with a bevy of several art reviews under my belt having written about wide diverse of art, albeit confined within the general perimeters of abstraction. Prior to writing about art it was difficult for me to remove my artist persona and put on my objectivity suit. The impulse was to be drawn to the sort of art I make - painterly abstraction. Yet, I found that I had something useful to say (in my humble opinion).

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