Shifting

Hampden Gallery

Opening Reception: Saturday, October 15 from 3-5 PM

Performance by Kim Bernard

Talk / Demonstration: Sunday, October 16, from 3-5 PM

Exhibition Dates: October 12 to November 10, 2011at Hampden Gallery

Gallery Hours: Monday through Thursday: 12PM to 6 PM & Sunday 2 PM – 5 PM

Shifting, curated by Sue Katz, is an exhibition of five artists from the Northeast who expand the ancient art of encaustic painting with pigmented wax into edgy new territory. These artists are part of the revival of encaustic painting and will provide viewers with a show of two- and three- dimensional art incorporating wax. This mid October weekend, "Encaustic Extravaganza" features an opening reception and a performance titled "HOT WAX" by Kim Bernard on Saturday, October 15, and a talk/demonstration with all five artists on Sunday, October 16.

	Through Sue Katz Katz shifts toward the viewer's experiential space, from on the wall to off and through space, by extending painting to sculpture made of paint and found objects.
	Vade Mecum Pam Farrell Open Book is a series of mixed-media works on paper exploring the paradox of the "book with no words" a template-like image in book form, layered expanses of ambiguity.
	Readymade Kim Bernard Continuing to explore movement, Bernard makes paintings by pouring hot wax from a pendulum, sculpture that spins, and her own body experience motion by sky diving.
	Timeline Toby Sisson  Incised lines, graphite, a palette of monotype markings in nuanced black and white - all typify Sisson's way in to her textured world about our environment and human condition.
	Sentieri Donna Talman  Talman, painter and photographer, works with vertical textured and colored lines, paths guiding us on a visual and spiritual journey unifying body, mind, and soul.