We celebrated June 2020 with paintings and sculptures by David Skillicorn, Lydia Mozzone and Gay Malin. All three of our out-of-state artists work with the figure and landscape expressing distant memory or studies of the shifting between clarity and what is distorted or lesser known. They ask hard questions about our existence through their creative processes of painting and sculpture. With the current pandemic situation, we again, did some adjusting, but thankfully brought our original vision to fruition. We had a positive turn out for our second Pandemic Opening Reception. Shari Weschler with Lydia Mozzone.
The Pandemic Closed Art Galleries' Doors. But Who Said a Gallery Needs Four Walls and a Ceiling? BY ANNA PURNA KAMBHAMPATY, TIME JUNE 11, 2020 The traditional art gallery—the sterile, windowless viewing room aptly labeled the “white cube” by artist and critic Brian O’Doherty in 1976—has dominated the art world for decades as the primary way to display works. The white cube, which has been compared to an operating room as well as a burial vault, has been championed as a way to maintain neutrality while viewing artworks. “The outside world must not come in, so windows are usually sealed off. Walls are painted white. The ceiling becomes the source of light. The wooden floor is polished so that
