July 1 - July 28, 2021
The Small Works Show
Contemporary Works by The New York Botanical Garden’s
Botanical Art & Illustration Program
On the Wall: Cyanotypes
Carter Burden Gallery presents three new summer exhibitions: The Small Works Show in the East Gallery featuring the works of over seventy artists; Contemporary Works by The New York Botanical Garden’s Botanical Art & Illustration Program in the West Gallery featuring the beautifully executed botanical drawings by fourteen artists; and On the Wall: Cyanotypes featuring the recent photogram prints of seven artists. The exhibitions run from July 1 through July 28 at 548 West 28th Street in New York City. The gallery hours are Tuesday - Friday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. No reservation required.
The Small Works Show
Seventy-six gallery artists present artwork using identical 10” x 20” canvases in The Small Works Show. The resulting paintings, drawings, photographs, sculpture, and collages vary considerably, highlighting Carter Burden Gallery artists’ diverse strengths. The pieces have all been priced at $200 to be accessible to first time collectors.
Artists include: Lee Apt, Beth Barry, John Beardman, Olivia Beens, Barbara Brier, Arnold Brooks, Walter Brown, Karin Bruckner, David Cerulli, Pauline Chernichaw, Stephen Cimini, Sue Dean, Ellen Denuto, Rena Diana, Vija Doks, Madeline Farr, Reidunn Frass, Azita Gahfouri, Scott Geyer, Maddie Goldman, Basia Goldsmith, Jeanne Goodman, Alyce Gottesman, Bruce Greenwood, Ronnie Grill, Susan Grucci, Sylvia Harnick, Barbara Herzfeld, Kevin Hill, Helen Iranyi, Elisabeth Jacobsen, Cassandra Jennings Hall, Bette Klegon Halby, Bernice Sokol Kramer, Ann Kronenburg, Vicki Kuhzami, Barbara Laube, Sarah Leon, Harriet Levithinos, Mitchell Lewis, Lindsay, Susan Lisbin, Barbara Lubliner, Katinka Mann, Carol Massa, Judy Mauer, Margo Mead, Joan Mellon, Rifka Milder, Patricia Miller, Irmari Nacht, Alan Neider, Hilda O'Connell, Isaac Paris, Quimetta Perle, Ira Pearlstein, Robert Petrick, Charlie Ramsburg, Mary Rieser Heintjes, Luz Rivera, Cari Rosmarin, Robin Rule, Laurie Russell, Nieves Saah, Sheila Schwid, Regina Silvers, Mel Smothers, Syma, Elton Tucker, Susan Tunick, Danny Turitz, Marlena Vaccaro, Ellen Wallenstein, Anna Walter, John Whittaker, Gail Winbury, Sheila Wolper, and Jennifer Woolcock Schwartz.
Contemporary Works by The New York Botanical Garden’s
Botanical Art & Illustration Program
The New York Botanical Garden’s Botanical Art & Illustration Program and Carter Burden Gallery collaborate to present a stunning selection of seventeen masterfully executed botanical drawings by both instructors and students of the NYBG’s program. World-renowned artists Carol Woodin, Dick Rauh and Wendy Hollender are included in this exhibition alongside Elizabeth Fusco, Jean Galle, Gaye Grossman, Ann Hoffenberg, Rose Marie James, Robin Jess, Corinne Lapin-Cohen, Tammy McEntee, Lois Perlman, Susan Sapanara, and Anastasia Traina.
Robin Jess, the coordinator of NYBG’s Botanical Art and Illustration Program, and the former executive director of American Society of Botanical Artists writes in “A Garden Grows on 28th Street” for Fine Art Connoisseur:
“Contemporary botanical art is thriving at The New York Botanical Garden. Artists who wish to learn the time-honored techniques needed to combine scientific accuracy and beauty are flocking to The New York Botanical Garden’s Botanical Art and Illustration Program in Adult Education, now offered virtually. Those who are masters in the artform teach at NYBG and ensure that the tradition continues.” …” The New York Botanical Garden’s Botanical Art and Illustration Certificate Program is one of the first in the nation, beginning in the mid-1980’s. Since then, hundreds of artists have learned about botanical art and many have earned certificates after completing a prescribed course of study of botany and art.”
“Intensely aware of natural challenges to flora globally, there is a desire to make others aware of the relationship between people and plants. While staying true to the tenets of scientific accuracy and concepts of fine art, these artists explore their subject in a very personal way, spending hours studying the plant, mulling over how and where it grows, its appearance in different seasons, what struggles it has, its pollinators; and the resulting work is often a sonnet of love to the unsuspecting forb, fruit or flower. The plants go on with their life’s goal of reproducing, improving and continuing their line, oblivious to the botanical artists who are fascinated and intrigued by them and desire to understand them and share that beauty and knowledge with the world.”
Find the full article here.
On the Wall: Cyanotypes
In On the Wall: Cyanotypes the works of seven gallery artists present cyanotype prints and photograms, all linked by their distinct blue hues. Over the past year many photographers and print makers turned to creating cyanotypes when they did not have access to their normal equipment, studios, and resources. The method’s ease and almost immediate results made it ideal while the world felt in chaos and never-ending turmoil. The artists used objects from their homes, the land around them, images of places they longed to be at, or experimented with abstraction. The artists include: Karin Bruckner, Sandi Daniel, Ellen Denuto, Susan Grucci, Judy Mauer, Jerry Vezzuso, and Ellen Wallenstein.
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