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In this new group of paintings Marianne Van Lent continues her exploration of the natural world through a quasi-combination of representation and non-objective painting.  As is characteristic of Marianne’s work there is more than a nod to the Romantic School of landscape painting from the 1900’s.  But something else emerges here too; a third quality that suggests a mystical sensibility.  The true magic in this body of work is found in the way she is able to blend this with her emphasis on formal concerns along with channeling historical landscape painting.

Glades and Mirages
 
Paintngs by Marianne Van Lent
 Jan 16th to Feb 26 2012
 

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Urban Archeology / Galen Cheney
 

12.16.2011

As with 2011 coming to its end in a couple of weeks we lost, last month, a luminous presence in the art world: Pat Passlof.  She passed away just days before her show opened at Elizabeth Harris Gallery.  When this site was a journal I reviewed a couple of her shows in this same gallery and was particularly struck by the lusciousness of her paint handling. To honor Pat I’ve written a somewhat extended review of her last show.

The other review I have for December is a wonderful online photography exhibition that was first presented about a year and a half ago by the Library of Congress. This was recently brought to my attention by the artist Barrie Karp via Facebook. These images of the Russian Empire are from about 100 years ago just prior to the revolution and World War I. They have had a profound effect on me for several reasons which are detailed in the review.
 

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Pat Passlof ~ Elizabeth Harris. Gallery to 23 December

The Empire That Was Russia ~ Library of Congress, Online Exibition