New exhibits from Micheal Becker, Edward Lightner, Leah Knecht, and Susan Price opens to the public June 8th.
Artist Reception
Saturday, June 11, 5 - 9pm
Photographer Michael Becker will be exhibiting his intriguing and recognizable views of a city that is a mystery like we have never seen.
“The experience of visiting Havana and capturing the bold landscape of an urban relic and the vibrant people was a challenge I cherished.” He also added “I wanted to make this work about the beauty of a city that has had a difficult history of decline and poverty.”
-Michael Becker
Edward Lightner will be exhibiting his series Niblick Underground Tests, part of a larger body of work contemplating a new world after the invention of the atomic bomb, with this series becoming more object oriented.
“It has been noted that I am ‘…well established for making bright, almost cheery geometric abstraction based on centered symmetrical compositions that have a conceptual foundation in critiquing the power of Mutually Assured Destruction. By basing the image in his pictures on the patterns of underground bomb blasts, the natural logic of the composition resolved itself.’ Thus I have given myself ‘…the freedom to emphasize color as a creative liberation independent of the centrifugal pattern. The subtext to adding luscious color to such a stark, nihilistic thing as a bomb blast is the ultimate in artistic liberty.’”
-Edward Lightner
In this exhibit, Knecht grapples with issues of racial, cultural, and sexual identity, including being bi-racial and the conflicting forces at play.
“Leah Knecht is one of those rare creators who combine immense technical skills with a strong vision, therefore making objects both meaningful and exquisitely wrought.”
- Break The Painting—The Subversive Riddles of Leah Knecht by Toti O’ Brien
Susan Price will be exhibiting a series of abstract and surrealist work that showcase her constructive and chaotic approach to art.
“I see ...something...I want to make a picture. I have been at “it” since early childhood. Currently, I am inspired by my memories, live models, chairs, phrases of the day, anger, photographs of people or patterns, or bad news. I search for forms that interest my eye or my heart”
-Susan Price