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See That the World is Moving
by Holly Johnson and Meg Knowles
2010
Smother
New Works by Esther Neisen
Cloud Corrosion: Photography at the Visual Threshold
Feauring Phil Cavuoto, Alexander Enser+Christopher Franklin (FalseHope Photos) and Jonathan Grassi
2009
2009 Member's Exhibition
Juried by Michael J. Beam
Dimensional Transitions
New Works by Gary Wolfe
Who Would Like to See Mary Again?
Paintings by Dorothy Fitzgerald
Balancing Acts
Works by Jackie Felix, Coni Minneci Cathy Pardike
  
     
   
  
  
  
    
 
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Smother: New Works by Esther Neisen
On View: February 4, 2010 – March 19, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 4, 2010 6-9pm
Smother is the first exhibition in the newly reformatted East Gallery 'Project Space' at the Carnegie Art Center in North Tonawanda, NY. The project space is an opportunity for artists and curators to experiment with new ideas, explore collaborations with creative freedom. The Carnegie Art Center is pleased to present Esther Neisen's Smother as the first installment of the new project space program which is curated by Lauren Albrecht, Grants and Exhibition Manager.
Smother is an exhibition that features representational insects in precarious scenarios all in confined visual 'containers.' The method of confinement is influenced by Esther's sister unique way of dealing with the occasional insect encounter. In her efforts to avoid any possible contact she places them under a weighted cup that forces them a slow death by means of suffocation. All of the insects in Smother are in the process of dying or are dead or within varying degrees of captivity. This act of suffocation can be translated into how we deal with what we perceive as undesirable parts of our personality throughout our lives and the sometimes unintentional suppression of those personality parts.
Esther Neisen is an up and coming artist that has built an impressive 'buzz' around her artwork over the last year or so. She has shown in group exhibitions in the Buffalo, NY area since completing her undergraduate degree at Buffalo State College in 2008. Most recently, she debuted an installation at the Burchfield Penney Art Center's Art Auction and Gala at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo in October 2009.
Cloud Corrosion: Photography at the Visual Threshold
Featuring works by Phil Cavuoto, False Hope Photos and Jonathan Grassi
Exhibition curated by Lauren Albrecht
On View: February 4, 2010 – March 19, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 4, 2010 6-9pm
Cloud Corrosion: Photography at the Visual Threshold is a three-person exhibition that captures the essence of a postindustrial city through the eyes and experience of the first fully digital generation. Cloud Corrosion features works by four artists with a Western New York connection: Phil Cavuoto; False Hope Photos: a collaboration between Christopher Franklin and Alexander Enser; and Jonathan Grassi. Several images were taken in and around the immediate Buffalo/Niagara region, in places such as Grand Island, North Tonawanda, Amherst, Silvercreek, Dansville, and the city of Buffalo. The exhibit includes over 30 color and black and white photographs, many of which are being publicly exhibited for the first time. Collectively the images depict a landscape of urban volatility by a generation encapsulated by a region's rise, fall and progression into the future.
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