Exhibition Opening Tonight: Joan Belmar - Color Transparencies
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Please join us Thursday, May 24, 6-9pm for the opening of Color
Transparencies, a solo exhibition of work by Joan Belmar.
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NEVIN KELLY GALLERY TO FEATURE "COLOR TRANSPARENCIES," A SOLO
EXHIBITION OF WORK BY WASHINGTON, DC ARTIST JOAN BELMAR
Show runs May 23 - June 17, 2007. Opening Reception Thursday, May 24
from 6 - 9 pm.
The Nevin Kelly Gallery, located at 1517 U Street, NW, Washington, DC,
will host a solo exhibition of works by Chilean-born, Washington, DC
artist Joan Belmar from May 23 until June 17, 2007. The exhibition,
titled Color Transparencies presents Belmar's recent work in paint,
acetate and Mylar. The gallery will host an opening reception with the
artist on Thursday, May 24, from 6 until 9 o'clock p.m. The public is
invited.
Joan Belmar is not a linear thinker. In fact, he thinks very much in
circles. His work has always eschewed the notion that the straight
line is a fundamental element of artistic composition. Recently, he
has abandoned the strictures of the singular plane of the canvas as
well.
For "Color Transparencies," the artist has constructed works from
strips of painted Mylar that he fashions into circles and curvilinear
forms and mounts on-edge to a backing of paper, wood or other
material. These shapes form the main compositional elements of the
work. He overlays the composition with translucent sheets of frosted
acetate in which he has cut out shapes that reveal the strips of Mylar
beneath. He draws on portions of the acetate so that elements of the
composition exist above, within and below the frosted plane. The
multicolored strips show clearly where the acetate has been cut away.
Where it remains, the strips appear as if through a fog. The width of
the strips, sandwiched between the backing and the layer of acetate,
gives the works literal depth.
Belmar is a frequent exhibitor in the Washington, DC area. He was born
in 1970 outside Santiago, Chile. He received a degree in graphic
design at the Catholic University of Chile before moving to Spain at
the age of 24. There, he adopted the Catalan "Joan" for his first name
(Juan or John). He came to Washington, D.C. in 1999 and in 2003 was
granted permanent residency in the U.S. based on extraordinary
artistic merit. His work is included in the permanent collection of
DC's John Wilson Building.
Color Transparencies runs from May 23 until June 17, 2007. The opening
reception is on Thursday, May 24, from 6 until 9 o'clock p.m.
For additional information contact:
Nevin 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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