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...similar soothing sense of color continues throughout the exhibit, and the viewer may well blissfully ponder Weil’s celebration of cultural heritage before realizing the juxtaposition between subject matter and color. In the “Memories and Dreams” catalogue, Weil constantly asserts his “atheistic philosophy,” where he distinctly separates culture from religion and states that he has no interest in religious ritual or faith...
...Memories and Dreams” is not an exhibit merely of color, texture or beauty. Nor is it decorative art celebrating Israeli motifs or Biblical scenes. It is an exhibit fraught with profound personal meaning, which raises provoking questions about theology...
This is the question posed by Anne Gilson Haney’s exhibit “Homecooking,” which recently ended at Crosstown Gallery in Boston. The most visually exciting pieces in this exhibit grapple with these questions by reducing familiar household objects to the fundamental basics of color, shape and line. Most of Haney’s works are mixed medium—combining acrylic piant with collage items such as newspaper, wallpaper and fabric. Haney’s style is loose and employs warm vivid colors that are applied directly to the surface to create...
...second category of paintings in this exhibit depict Isis searching the countryside for the missing parts of her dead husband. These paintings are predominantly landscapes, into which Isis’ ghostly figure is placed. The paintings in this group are characterized by a drastic departure from the dusky colors seen in the paintings of Osiris’ death. Here we see a pastel color palate, best displayed in “Isis: The Paths Met.” This painting mixes a variety of vivid green shades that contrast with heavy blacks and browns to create a shadowy sylvan grove...
Overall Apesos’ paintings are thematically interesting but not artistically involving. Like the overall exhibit, Apesos’ artistic experimentation seems fragmented, and spread about in pieces. Apesos only sparsely textures his paint, making the majority of the work flat and commercial in appearance. The few times that Apesos experiments with a textured application of paint, it enhances the work, and makes the viewer wish he had used these techniques more often. Additionally, Apesos’ style changes very little throughout the exhibit. For the most part, he uses oil paints to create clearly defined images, reminiscent...