Reception: Saturday, Nov. 1, 4-6pm

This November Limner presents the Show of Heads. The exhibition, which runs from Nov. 1 - 29, will feature the work of 22 contemporary artists. The artists, selected from artist submissions to the gallery, are a diverse group. Regional New York artists are represented, as well as Midwest and West Coast artists.

Like most shows at Limner, this one has an eclectic bent. The works range in style from traditional oil painting on canvas to digital photo-manipulation and and video. Susan Kaprov's digital manipulation pictured above is an example of the edgy work, the screaming baby head is bulging outward and twisting like a taffy balloon. The open mouth scream is also seen in several other pieces in the show, such as in Jeremy Leichman's Collared, a painted Terracotta sculpture of a business man, his neck stretched out by a stack of collars like an African Kayan woman or a Burmese Pa Dong Karen, but in this case the collars are not for beautification, but strangulation. Russ Orlando, version of the gaping portrait is made of wood veneer, with varying shades of wood used to model the face and background. On the more traditional side is a sensitive portrait of Lucien Freudby Kingston artist Thom Grady painted in Encaustic on panel; and a starkly colored portrait Geoffrey Beadle of Erie, PA.

This Show of Heads shows the many ways in which the head can be used as a means of self-expression. All the artists in the show have used the portrait formula to express their individuality. The character of the artists are revealed in the works, in some we see the comic, in others anxiety, gayety or shock. In Nimue Yang's Oil on panel, Wounded, a mouth growing out of the neck of a medieval princess attempts to speak…need we say more?
The Limner Gallery will be open during the exhibition for public viewing Wednesday - Saturday from 12-5pm. Other times by appointment. For information call 518-828-2343 or visit the gallery web site at http://www.limnergallery.com

Limner Gallery, 123 Warren Street, Hudson, New York

PREVIEW A SHOW OF HEADS

Other shows are still at the planning stage but we hope to be able to give you more information soon.

Last year we had some great shows:

1. A grand Exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London England

2. An Exhibition "Science meets Art " at the Pennsylvania Institute of Technology, USA.

3. An Exhibition in Milan, Italy.

Members - KEEP PAINTING!!!!