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Opening reception: Friday, April 24, 2015 7 pm - 11 pm
Each of Andrea Bergart and Sheryl Oppenheim's complex, aqueous paintings are antithetical. They stray various polarities of abstraction without fully committing to any one extreme. They are dense but airy, bright but dark, orderly yet messy. Both artists consistently reference textiles and pattern, even using fabrics and clothing as a substrate. The patterns, however, never truly materialize, and the materials never fully reveal themselves.
Oppenheim's marbled acrylic paintings combine influences as varied as medieval illuminated manuscripts and black light poster psychedelia. Bergart's large, translucent silk paintings drape from the ceiling, encapsulating the fluid markmaking of her works on canvas. They are dynamic, "grimy" abstractions, made both on and off traditional painting supports.