This Saturday in the Gallery: Ellyn Weiss

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Please join us Saturday, June 2, 5-8pm for the unveiling of Time of
War, a series of new monoprints by Ellyn Weiss

See invitation here: http://www.nevinkellygallery.com/pdf/TimeofWar.jpg

NEVIN KELLY GALLERY TO EXHIBIT "TIME OF WAR," A SERIES OF NEW PRINTS
(MADE ON A ROBERT MOTHERWELL PRESS) BY PROMINENT LOCAL ARTIST ELLYN
WEISS

Show runs June 1 - June 30, 2007. Opening Reception Saturday, June 2
from 5 until 8 pm.

Noted local printmaker and painter, Ellyn Weiss, will unveil a series
of prints called "Time of War" at the Nevin Kelly Gallery, 1517 U
Street, NW, in Washington, DC. The show will run from June 1 through
June 30. The gallery will host an opening reception with the artist on
Saturday June 2, from 5 until 8 o 'clock p.m..

"Time of War" is a series of 14" x 14" monoprints made last summer at
the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts on a press
that was once used by Robert Motherwell. The artist describes them as
"meditations on the pain of war, as simple and universal as I can make
them - my effort to convey feeling directly with a minimum of
complexity."

A frequent exhibitor in the Washington area (with a solo exhibition of
paintings currently on display at the Touchstone Gallery), Weiss
spends her summers printmaking on Cape Cod. During the rest of the
year, Weiss lives in Bethesda and paints in her studio in Washington,
DC.

As is typical of her print work, the pieces in the Time of War series
are marked by dramatic imagery and a mixture of bold colors and stark
black and white. Putting aside one's views on the justness of war,
these works are sharp reminders that war is a hellish experience for
those who are caught in the middle of it.

Time of War runs from June 1 until June 30, 2007. The opening
reception is on Saturday, June 2, from 5 until 8 o'clock p.m.

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
www.nevinkellygallery.com and http://nevinkellygallery.blogspot.com/