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Gold Coast Arts Center Chapter Two Artists Art Exhibit 2017 Long Island New York |
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at The Gold Coast Arts Center in Great Neck, Nassau County, Long Island, New York |
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September 24, 2017 - October 29, 2017 |
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4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
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The Gold Coast Arts Center |
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113 Middle Neck Road |
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Great Neck, NY 11021 |
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Gold Coast Arts Center Chapter Two Artists Art Exhibit 2017 at The Gold Coast Arts Center in Great Neck, Nassau County, Long Island, New York.
On September 24, 2017, the Gold Coast Arts Center will unveil a new exhibit called Chapter Two, featuring the creative works of nine older adult artists, all of whom are either septuagenarians, octogenarians, or nonagenarians.
Featured Artists
Dan Welden
Master Print-maker, Painter, Educator, Author
Dan Welden is a master print-maker, painter, educator and author, has been making prints and works on paper for more than 50 years. As the Director of Hampton Editions, Ltd. in Sag Harbor, he has collaborated with such noted artists Robert Dash, Willem and Elaine de Kooning, Jimmy Ernst, James Brooks, Dan Flavin, Esteban Vicente, William King, Ibram Lassaw, Kurt Vonnegut, Alfonso Ossorio, Jane Freilicher, David Salle, Eric Fischl, Linda Benglis, Jack Youngerman and others. His work has been shown in over 80 international solo exhibitions in museums and galleries and more than 700 group exhibitions in the U.S., Europe, China, Japan, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand and Peru.
George Adler
Painter, Sculptor, Photographer
George Adler, who is a painter, sculptor, and photographer, began to create art in 1956 in New York City after living through Fascism, the Holocaust, war, Communism and the Hungarian Revolution. He recalls "I was free for the first time in my life."
Marty Fagin
Potter, Metal-smith
Eight years ago Marty Fagin restarted his artistic pursuits after a 42 year hiatus and hasn't stopped creating since. Fagin, who considers himself a potter and metals-mith not confined by the materials he uses says, "To me, a piece of pottery is a canvas I formed with my hands that is waiting to be transformed into a piece of art. Likewise, a flat piece of copper is waiting for me to transform it into a canvas full of texture and color."
Violet Baxter
Painter
Drawing from direct observation has always been important to the work of Violet Baxter, a painter, who tries to describe the elusive light of night and day through color. "As the paintings evolve slowly, sometimes over many years, resolution will rely upon memory" she says. "The memory drives the painting. Memory becomes the subject."
Max Ginsburg
Painter
Painter Max Ginsburg paints realistically because he believes "realism is truth and truth is beauty." He continues "derive an aesthetic pleasure in skillfully done realistic drawings and paintings. I believe that realism can communicate ideas strongly and it is this communication that is extremely important to me."
Elinore Schnurr
Painter
Elinore Schnurr, also a painter, focuses on paintings of people in urban spaces, especially in New York. "I have been painting New York City since I arrived from Ohio 50 years ago" she says. "I never run out of inspiration."
Herbert Rustler
Photographer
Herbert Rustler is a photographer who fled war-torn Europe with his spouse, and documented their arduous journey to America, from the Liberty Ship passage to New York to a new life in the Midwest. Today, with a camera still in hand, he continues to vividly record life's experiences through photography.
Stuart Rabeck
Ceramic Artist
Stuart Rabeck began working with clay in the late 1970's but did not get serious about his work as a ceramic artist until after retiring from the plastics industry in the early 2000's. His work has been evolving in various directions and all of his pieces are truly one of a kind.
Edith Seltzer
Collage Creator
Collage creator Edith Seltzer describes herself as "drawn and challenged by society's discards, recycling disposable materials into works of art" noting that corrugated cardboard and colored paper has replaced large construction of found industrial materials in her work.
All of the artists will be attending a gallery opening reception, which is free and open to the public, on Sunday, September 24, 2017 4:00PM-7:00PM. The "Chapter Two" exhibit runs until October 29, 2017 at The Gold Coast Arts Center, 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck, NY.
"Artists don't lose their creativity as they get older," notes Jude Amsel, Gold Coast Arts Center's gallery curator. "The wisdom and maturity that comes with experience often result in the best work of their lives."
Amsel adds that the works in the exhibition "are a testament to the creative freedom, self-expression, and artistic courage that comes with age; serving as an inspiration for visitors to the exhibition as a reminder that there is much to be learned and produced at any age."
The artists have a wide range of backgrounds and influences. For more information about the artists or the exhibit, please visit www.goldcoastarts.org, or call 516-829-2570. |
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516-330-1647 |
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