Fresh Faces @ Abigail Ogilvy Gallery
January 19-February 27, 2022 Opening Reception: Friday, February 4 from 6-8 pm Abigail Ogilvy Gallery is proud to present our fourth annual Fresh Faces, an exhibition that introduces new artwork by the Northeast’s most talented student artists, located in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont & New York. The exhibition features 27 artists working in a variety of styles and media. 460 Harrison Avenue, C#7 Boston, MA 02118 Gallery Hours: Wed.-Sat. 11am-6pm & Sun. 11am-4pm
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For our second silkscreen assignment, we were challenged to create a poster. A poster? I had no idea what to make a poster about. I talked to my professor and he suggested I make a poster for my upcoming two-person show, Middle Ground, with my friend Benjamin Hawley. The poster is a limited-edition 15-layer screen print that combines imagery from both of our bodies of work. The image on the left is a rough sketch of the initial design for the poster. Using a photograph of one of Benjamin's prints, I collaged a photo of one of the rocks from my collection on top of his bold shadow shape. After testing out multiple designs for the text of the poster, I felt ready to print. I started with a solid rectangle of sea foam green ink, then taped the screen and printed a transparent layer of peach over the top half. Next, I began printing the layers of the rock by using screen filler to block out sections of the rock and print them with increasingly dark grays. The image on the right shows what the print looks like after about ten layers of ink! The image above shows how I planned the final layer of the rock portion of the poster. I blocked out everything but the darkest values, then printed the exposed areas over the previous layers. I used a piece of tracing paper to help me understand which layers to block out with screen filler and which layers to leave empty. After printing all the imagery, I created a screen of the text for the poster. First, I coated the screen with bright pink emulsion and let it try. Then, I printed the text for the poster onto two pieces of mylar, and taped the mylar prints on top of each other so that they would be opaque enough to block out light. Next, I burned the text onto my screen. To print it, I taped off one section at a time and printed each part of the text in a different color.
I'm so proud of this print and the collaboration and hard work that has gone into my two-person show with Benjamin! Middle Ground @ CommonWealth Gallery November 6 - 12, 2021 855 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215 I'm excited to share news about my two-person show, Middle Ground, with Benjamin Hawley @ BU's Commonwealth Gallery! As part of our second-year graduate seminar class, we have been working collaboratively to create a proposal and install a show of our work, and I'm so proud of it!
Made to engage with the quiet act of looking, the paintings and prints in Middle Ground reflect routines and memories. In this show, Emily Manning-Mingle and Benjamin Hawley examine cherished objects and collected observations, extending the life of these things by painting them into psychological and ethereal spaces. The imagery in their paintings is inspired by long walks, states of matter, inherited and found objects, material explorations, and iconic architecture. Often returning to the same objects again and again, each artist develops ongoing relationships with the things they repeatedly depict. Applying layers of thinly veiled paint, ink, thread, and fabric, Hawley and Manning-Mingle translate their observations into intricate and expansive experiences that blur the boundaries between observation and abstraction. The resulting works highlight a shared devotion to perceptual painting and an appreciation for the sublime within the natural and mundane. We will be having a closing reception on Friday, November 12 from 6-7:30pm. In accordance with BU's current visitor policies, if you would like to see the show, you must RSVP in advance. My piece Love Quote is currently on view at BU's Sloane House. On Monday President Brown and his wife, Dr. Beverly Brown hosted a reception to celebrate the artwork currently on view as part of a rotating show of student artwork.
Image: Love Quote, 2020, repurposed clothing and mesh on sewn canvas, stained with fabric dye, and oil on pre-primed canvas, 22 x 18 inches |
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