Thursday, August 9th in the Gallery: Mary Chiaramonte - Murmur
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solo exhibition of work by Mary Chiaramonte.
NEVIN KELLY GALLERY TO EXHIBIT "MURMUR," A SERIES OF NEW PAINTINGS BY
LOCAL ARTIST MARY CHIARAMONTE
Show runs August 1 - September 2, 2007.
Opening Reception Thursday, August 9 from 6 until 8 pm.
Local painter, Mary Chiaramonte, will unveil a new series of paintings
called "Murmur" at the Nevin Kelly Gallery, located at 1517 U Street,
NW, in Washington, DC. The show will run from August 1 through
September 2. The gallery will host an opening reception with the
artist on Thursday, August 9, from 6 until 8 o 'clock p.m. Mary
participated in the gallery's "Women's Work" exhibition earlier this
year.
The artist explains the series this way: "I wanted to create a series
that worked as a narrative as one progressed around the room. This
past February, I learned that I would need to have surgery. The idea
terrified me. I saw an immediate image of a theatrical stage with a
wooden cutout of a dark cloud moving across the stage from right to
left. As it reached the center, a bolt of lightning came down from the
cloud, cymbals crashed, and the cloud retreated stage left. The vision
made me realize that we all have things we must do but don't want to
do. With perseverance, or luck, or grace, or some other way out, we
can get past the things that hold us back or keep us down."
"Murmur" shows the struggle to "overcome life's difficulties and
limitations using the image of individual attempts to escape from a
box." Each painting tells a different story. In the final painting,
the box is empty: the individual has broken free. The title "Murmur"
refers to the faint remnant one hears a moment in time after the
original thunderclap.
"Murmur" runs from August 1 until September 2, 2007. The opening
reception is on Thursday, August 9, from 6 until 8 o 'clock p.m.
See more information here: http://www.nevinkellygallery.com/news/
For additional information contact:
Nevin J. Kelly or Elizabeth Carriger: in...@nevinkellygallery.com
Nevin Kelly Gallery
1517 U Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Tel: 202-232-3464
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