featuring Jennifer Davies, Nancy Eisenfeld. Sheila Kaczmarek, and Kathy Kane
Artist Max Ernst once said “Creativity is that marvelous
capacity to grasp mutually distinct realities and draw a spark from their
juxtaposition.” Consider that an introduction to the upcoming at City Gallery
show JUXTAPOSITION, featuring Jennifer
Davies, Nancy Eisenfeld. Sheila Kaczmarek, and Kathy Kane, on view from January
4 - January 28, with an Opening Reception on Sunday, January 14 from 3-5pm.
Aptly titled, JUXTAPOSITION is a group show presenting four distinct
points of view in variations of media including painting, ceramics, fiber art,
and assemblages. The process itself is important in the making of the art, and
the viewer is encouraged to see the juxtapositions in the methodologies as well
as the media. The counterpoint to these differences is what unites the artists
and their work: an appreciation of nature as a visual resource and the
opportunity to grow in realizing the art.
Meet the Artists
Jennifer Davies applies a variety of fiber techniques, such
as dyeing, sewing, and wrapping to create her textured objects using paper she
makes herself. In addition to many solo and group shows, her work has been
included in traveling exhibits such as Fiberart International, and The Paper
Runway. She is a member of City Gallery, The Friends of Dard Hunter, a group
devoted to hand papermaking; Fiber Artists Collective; and Surface Design. In
2012. she was awarded a Connecticut Artist Fellowship Grant to further her
opportunities and experience in the field of Fiber.
Nancy Eisenfeld has been
a maker all of her life, and has had a studio in New Haven's Erector Square for
40 years. Her painting, drawing, and sculpture focus on nature, its gifts and
destruction from weather and humans. She says, “The process of making includes
chance, the flow of paint, and the joining together of wood (bark, limbs and
found materials). I look for lively energy and movement in the development of
my art.”
Ceramic artist
Sheila Kaczmarek finds her
inspiration from marine creatures and forms in nature
as she explores the role that multiplicity and inter-dependence plays in their existence.
She has studied at St. Martin’s School of Art, London, UCLA, and the Academie
de Boitsfort in Belgium. She apprenticed at the Guilford Art Center Ceramic
Studio, is the president of the Guilford Art League, and is a Founder Member of
City Gallery.
Kathy Kane
primarily paints with watercolor and acrylics. Recently her pallet has been
pared down to using mostly black and white, applying color subtly, buried beneath
layers of white or black paint. She has maintained a studio in Erector Square for
many years. She is a member of the Guilford Art League, City Gallery, and the
Connecticut Watercolor Society.
Guests can meet all four artists
at the Opening Reception on January 14; the event is free and open to the
public. Refreshments will be served. City Gallery is located at 994 State
Street, New Haven, CT 06511. Gallery hours are Thursday - Sunday, 12 noon -
4pm. For further information please contact City Gallery,
info@city-gallery.org, www.city-gallery.org.
Tangles Tales, Jennifer Davies, thread and handmade paper, 8” x 5”, 2017
Sky, Nancy
Eisenfeld, acrylic and ink on
mylar, 36” x 36”, 2017
Spillway, Kathy Kane, acrylic
on canvas, 22" X 48", 2017
Raft Culture, Sheila Kaczmarek, clay and wire, 12” x
14”, 2017
