RED 2018

RED 2018

On view November 8 – December 20, 2018
At Cambridge Art Association’s Kathryn Schultz Gallery and University Place Gallery
Juried by Dan Byers, John R. and Barbara Robinson Family Director of the Carpenter Center for Visual Arts, at Harvard University

Why RED? For nearly 20 years, the Cambridge Art Association has hosted a fall exhibit, open to artists from the New England states, centered around a color – RED or BLUE, depending on the year. Both the success of the exhibit series, and the challenge to participating artists, lies in channeling the varied meanings of a color like RED. It is the color of action, violence, heat. It is the color of luck, happiness, and passion. RED is more than a color. Past jurors for the RED Biennial include: Joseph Ketner; Amy Sadao (Director, ICA Philadelphia); Howard Yezerski (Miller Yezerski Gallery); Carl Belz (Rose Art Museum); Jane Farver (MIT List Visual Arts Center); Nick Capasso (Fitchburg Art Museum).

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About our 2018 Juror: Dan Byers is the current John R. and Barbara Robinson Family Director of the Carpenter Center for Visual Arts, at Harvard University.

Byers has served as senior curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston since 2015. Recent projects included the solo exhibitions of Diane Simpson and Geoffrey Farmer, as well as the group exhibitions “The Artist’s Museum” and the 2017 “Foster Prize Exhibition.”

Before his move to Boston, Byers was curator of modern and contemporary art at Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. There, he served as co-curator, with Daniel Baumann and Tina Kukielski, of the 2013 “Carnegie International,” a widely acclaimed global exhibition that staged a conversation in four parts: a major exhibition of new international art, a project on artist- and architect-designed playgrounds, the museum’s collection, and an engagement with the city of Pittsburgh. Other projects included solo exhibitions by Cathy Wilkes, Ragnar Kjartansson, and James Lee Byars, as well as the group exhibitions “Ordinary Madness” and “Reanimation: Jones, Koester, Nashashibi/Skaer.”

 

Juror Statement | Red is an alarm. It is a color that asks—demands—that you pay attention. We are living in a moment of high alert, and danger in this country. For me red signifies this emergency – the degradation of our democracy, of institutions, of empathy.

Many of the art works I saw while jurying this exhibition expressed anger, trauma, and a heightened sense of emotion. The heat of red burned.  And yet for many, perhaps most of the works I looked at, red was a character amongst many others, or simply a sharp detail, used to articulate a complex narrative or composition. Red does that – it points things out, makes it difficult to unsee them.

The range of works I saw was astonishing, and almost whiplash inducing. The diversity of subjects, affects, subjectivities, and styles was extremely heartening. In my encounter with this difference, I was reminded of how wild, and wildly different, the human mind can be, and the nearly endless options for this difference to find highly individual expression. That range of expression, and the pleasure we experience in holding very different images or forms together in our minds and fields of vision, is the great strength of an exhibition like this one.

The best part of being a curator is playing a part in the transformative journey of an art work from the private sphere of the studio to the public space of the gallery. That transition can feel violent, vulnerable, and uncertain as the art object which had previously only conversed with its maker encounters the subjectivities and life experiences of complete strangers. What might the artworks say, or mean, to these people? And how might these strangers change the artwork? This vulnerability makes the space for minds to be changed, emotional positions shifted.

You are surrounded by red. It is asking for our attention. And perhaps in return we may be more alert to the world, and people, around us.

 

 

IMPORTANT DATES

Reception | November 8, 6-8pm at both gallery locations
Artist Talks
November 29, 6-8pm at Kathryn Schultz Gallery | Presenters:  Clare Asch, Susan Emmerson, Judy Kamm, Katrina Abbott, Andrea Saltzman, Ted Ollier
December 13, 6-8pm at Kathryn Schultz Gallery | Presenters: Nancy Beams, Lea Baecksteiner, Tamara Krendel, Anthony Apesos, Sylvia Vander Sluis, Kale Baker

 

 

AWARD WINNERS

Best In Show | Liz Alpert Fay
Jurors Choice |  N. Sean Glover
Jurors Choice | Noriko Sakanishi
Jurors Choice | Lynn Viamari

 

EXHIBITING ARTISTS

First Name Last Name Title Media Dimensions Price Member Gallery Location
Katrina Abbott Lost when Sea Level Rises Earthenware and glaze 13 x 9 x 10 inches NFS Artist Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Liz Alpert Fay Jagged Heart Wool on linen, hand hooked 44 x 78 inches $5,000 Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Brian Alward Poppies in Common Acrylic on canvas 16 x 20 inches $100 Associate Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Anthony Apesos Rose Oil on canvas 28 x 22 inches $1,000 Artist Member University Place Gallery
Clare Asch Dream in Red and Orange Watercolor on paper 48 x 35 inches $2,000 Artist Member University Place Gallery
June August RBG Red Unique Screenprint 47.5 x 31.5 inches $1,500 Artist Member University Place Gallery
Lea Baecksteiner Swans who die don’t sing Oil and charcoal on canvas 35.5 x 55 inches $4,500 Associate Member University Place Gallery
Kale Baker Red Hot Oil on wood panel 12 x 12 inches $528 Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Jim Banks Scarlet Pimpernel Gouache on masonite 25.5 x 23.25 inches $1,495 Artist Member University Place Gallery
Nancy Beams Self Compassion Etching 14 x 14 inches $225 Artist Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Anne Beinecke Runner Acrylic on paper 14 x 20 inches $1,300 Artist Member University Place Gallery
Susan Blatt +4 Acrylic on canvas 30 x 24 inches $2,800 University Place Gallery
Nancy Hall Brooks The Red Suitcase Oil pastel on panel 12 x 9 inches $215 Artist Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Joe Carpineto Isamu Who Carved Wood and Steel 8 x 2 x 14 inches $900 Associate Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Sally Casper Shame Oil on canvas 14 x 11 inches $75 Associate Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Iris Chandler Desert Garden Drypoint 13 x 16.75 inches $700 Artist Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Gwen Chasan Red and Yellow Acrylic on canvas 12 x 16 inches $350 Associate Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
b chehayeb passing of old heaven Acrylic paint and pencil 8 x 11 inches $500 Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Matthew Cherry Mad Red Face & Sad Red Face Oil on canvas 68 x 68 inches (each) $6,000 (each) University Place Gallery
Lisa Kyle Clark Scroll Acrylic, paper and pastel 33 x 25 inches $2,000 University Place Gallery
Jane V. Coder Where Do We Go From Here? Acrylic on canvas 36 x 36 inches $3,500 Artist Member University Place Gallery
Yhanna Coffin YES Acrylic on canvas 52 x 42 inches $1,800 University Place Gallery
janet cooper Really Red Fabric and stiches 16 x 16 inches $650 Kathryn Schultz Gallery
David Covert Sidewalk Landscape Series 4 #2 Monoprint 13 x 13 inches $600 Artist Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Jeanne-Marie Crede Two Red Clouds Woven Mixed media 24 x 12 inches $750 Associate Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Cindy Cuba Clements From Beyond Space and Time Acrylic, house paint, oil stick, pastel on canvas 30 x 40 inches $1,800 Associate Member University Place Gallery
Malcolm Montague Davis Massif Red Ridge Latex on Hardboard 23.5 x 45 inches $3,000 University Place Gallery
Paula A. DeSimone DayShift Monotype with Collage 37 x 30 inches $1,200 Artist Member University Place Gallery
Kevin Duffy Red Wagon Granite 26 x 8 x 12 inches $4,000 Artist Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Susan Greer Emmerson View from the RedLine Acrylic and ink on molded Tyvek 38 x 24 x 4 inches $1,200 Artist Member University Place Gallery
Laura Ewing What Would Be Burning Acrylic on masonite 48 x 24 x 1 inches $595 Associate Member University Place Gallery
Diane T. Francis Bad Hair Day Monotype 18 x 24 inches $650 Artist Member University Place Gallery
Abigail Frank Energy I & II Oil on canvas paper 18 x 24 inches (each) $300 each Associate Member University Place Gallery
Diane Franklin Revelation Fiber 55.75 x 49.25 inches $3,500 University Place Gallery
Erik Gehring Red Leaf Japanese Maple Photograph – Archival Pigment Print 26 x 20 inches $525 Artist Member University Place Gallery
Shawna Gibbs Make America Great Again, 2003/2018 Mixed media 48 x 36 inches $2,500 Kathryn Schultz Gallery
N. Sean Glover Still Here #1 Cast expanding foam with found foam 9 x 8 x 28 inches NFS Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Conny Goelz-Schmitt Cloud cover Vintage book parts 10 x 7 x 5 inches $1,200 Artist Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Julie Gorn Opposites Attract Oils and oil sticks 30 x 30 inches $1,800 Artist Member University Place Gallery
Betsy Gould River Fragment Monotype 21.5 x 26 inches $1,400 Artist Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Roberta Nigro Hall Snap Judgement-02 Acrylic on paper 30 x 24 inches $1,400 Associate Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Fay Lamson Hannon Train Window #6 Oil on canvas 24 x 20 inches $640 Artist Member University Place Gallery
Erik H. Hansen Mind Haunt Photography 13 x 19 inches $450 Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Amanda L. Hockensmith Cellini’s Narcissus Oil on canvas 14 x 11 inches $450 Associate Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Wilson Hunt Sanguinity Acrylic on yupo 36 x 30 inches $2,000 Artist Member University Place Gallery
Debra K. Jayne Venturi Acrylic on Canvas 28 x 42 inches $600 Artist Member University Place Gallery
Andrea Kadomiya Guapa Oil on wood 8 x 10 inches $300 Associate Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Judith Kamm Energy Watercolor on paper 24 x 18 inches $500 Artist Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Meren Kim Burn Acrylic on canvas 8 x 10 inches $100 Associate Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Jim Kociuba Maple Breeze Acrylic on canvas 36 x 48 inches $2,400 Artist Member University Place Gallery
Mary Kostman The Whole Truth – Diptych Monotype 20 x 9 inches $1,500 Artist Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Tamara Krendel Night Moth on Grape Vine Watercolor on paper 16 x 20 inches $2,500 University Place Gallery
Frantz Lexy Man on rug Acrylic on canvas 36 x 48 inches $5,000 Associate Member University Place Gallery
Erica Licea-Kane Seeing Red Acrylic medium, acrylic pigment 16 x 13 x .5 inches $1,300 Artist Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
B. Glee Lucas Tall Poppies Oil on insulation board 48 x 36 inches $3,450 Artist Member University Place Gallery
Patrick Maloney Portrait of a Madman Charcoal and pastel on paper 22 x 30 inches $500 University Place Gallery
Arena Matthis Joe Ann Colored pencil 20 x 25 inches $1,750 Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Emily Manning-Mingle …in the eye of the beholder Oil on canvas 15 x 11 inches $425 Associate Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Katherine McGough The Struggle Watercolor and pencil 11 x 14 inches $250 Associate Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Michael Moore Lone Sail Oil on panel 11 x 14 inches $2,100 Associate Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Carolyn Newberger Autumn Ferns with Red and Yellow Mushrooms Watercolor 16 x 5.5 inches $1,000 Artist Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Charles Newton The Sun Up And Down Like A Yo-yo Oil on canvas 36 x 36 inches $1,000 University Place Gallery
Diane E. Novetsky Cat’s Eye Acrylic on Canvas 24 x 20 inches $1,000 Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Mark O’Grady Collonade Gouache on paper 6 x 8 inches $300 Artist Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Ted Ollier A Difference of 8 Protons: He-Ne-Ar-Fe Glass tubes, noble gases, steel pipe, wire 32 x 6 x 36 inches $7,000 Artist Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Marcus Parsons Fingers Digital painting 20.5 x 20.5 inches $600 University Place Gallery
Astrid Reischwitz Tapestry #2 Archival Pigment Print with Embroidery 25 x 20 inches NFS Artist Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Karen Rothman Troubled Waters 1 Acrylic, oil and watercolor on canvas 28 x 22 inches $2,000 Artist Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Alexandra Rozenman Invisible Red Thread Oil on canvas 28 x 24 inches $1,750 Associate Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Noriko Sakanishi Red Field Acrylic and mixed media 23 x 23 x 5 inches $3,000 Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Aaron Salm Before the School Bus Comes Oil on canvas 47 x 51 inches $1,200 University Place Gallery
Andrea Saltzman The Day I Stopped Painting Dead Birds Oil on panel 24 x 24 inches $800 Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Rani Sarin Homage to Keith H. Mixed media 24 x 28 inches $700 University Place Gallery
Ingrid Scheibler Untitled Acrylic and mixed media 36 x 36 inches $2,450 Artist Member University Place Gallery
Rochelle Seltzer Transit Acrylic on canvas 20 x 20 inches $600 Associate Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Adrienne M. Shishko On the Fringe Recycled textiles and recycled wood 59 x 36 x 2 inches $4,200 Associate Member University Place Gallery
Siri Smedvig Fée Mixed media 5 x 5 inches $480 Artist Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Roz Sommer Poppies 3 Oil on board 10 x 10 inches $500 Artist Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Brenda Steinberg What is Is NOT Oil 22 x 28 inches $1,000 Artist Member University Place Gallery
Thomas Stocker Place Your Bets – ASL: “You’re Fired” Acrylic on canvas 60 x 36 inches $10,000 Artist Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Delaine Strandberg Trinidad Hospital 12 Mixed media on paper 4.5 x 7 inches $550 Artist Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Alan Strassman Really? Photography 30 x 22 inches $450 Artist Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Barry Tarr Light Fantasticstic Photography 20 x 24 inches $380 University Place Gallery
Barbara Trachtenberg Immigrant Appropriating The Wall Acrylic on canvas 23 x 18 inches $1,435 Artist Member University Place Gallery
Sylvia Vander Sluis Clothing Relic 2 Handknit silk sari ribbon 18 x 14 x 1.5 inches $600 Associate Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Lynn Viamari Big Suits Oil on canvas 48 x 36 inches $900 Associate Member University Place Gallery
Eamon White Two Ways Oil 30 x 15 inches $2,000 Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Neil Wilkins laminae/Re:26 Encaustic and mixed media 12 x 24 inches $435 Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Jenny Wu Stock Market hits all time high! Latex paint and resin on wood panel 10 x 8 x 1 inches $1,000 Associate Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery
Philip Young P’town series #6 Acrylic on canvas 24 x 24 inches $1,000 Artist Member Kathryn Schultz Gallery

 

<Image in header courtesy of June August. Originally featured in RED 2016, juried by Joseph Ketner >