Broadway and 55th Street, New York City, 1970 (Ed Grazda)
Ed Grazda’s gritty, black and white photographs of downtown, New York City are collected in print for the first time in his latest book, MEAN STREETS, NYC 1970-85. Five limited edition prints are available to view, with others from the series available upon request.”For the tough and determined, the quick and the gifted, the prescient and the prolific, a cheap living could be scratched out in the mean streets.” – PowerHouse Books, NYC. Grazda is the author of several photo-books published by PowerHouse Books. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Double Take, and Granta, and is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Public Library, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and MoMA, New York, among others.
Christopher Wright: New infused metal prints from his ongoing series, “Night Skies of Martha’s Vineyard”. Wright has been photographing the island at night for the past several years, capturing Super Moons, the Milky Way and other astronomical occurrences over Vineyard beaches, harbors and iconic landmarks. All prints are limited in edition, available in various sizes, available in framed and unframed formats.
> Origins, 2018, Infused metal print, 48 x 46″ Ed. 1/9, with metal sub-floater frame.
Amy Upton: A selection of black and white pictures are available to view, from two series: Sunday, after the war, and Journal Entries, from travels abroad. All prints are limited in edition, and available framed or unframed.
John Zannini debuts a selection of his photographs, “Reflections of Martha’s Vineyard.” His pictures are “a reaction to evolving light. Some are conscious and others are by pure instinct. “At the moment of going outside one becomes immediately aware of the surroundings, as if almost for the very first time, as the light, the temperature, wind rain snow or heavy dew all make for a completely unique experience each and every time.” Limited edition prints on archival photo paper, signed and numbered, framed and unframed.
Anna-Marie Strömberg photographs the natural world. “Nature reminds me where we all came from. Nothing is, or has to be perfect. It’s a place where I am allowed to use all my senses without judgments. Many times, I find what I call hidden miracles underneath the actual subjects.”She is a graduate of the Art Institute of Boston and New England School of Photography – and has recently relocated to the island from upstate New York.Limited edition, infused metal prints, numbered, framed and unframed.
NEW WORK July 18 – August 1, 2018 – Reception: Saturday, July 21st – 5 to 7 PM
Lily Morris exhibits a new a oil painting, Dusk, 48 x 36″, which adds commentary to her American dream series featured as a solo exhibit in 2017. This recent painting illustrates modern isolation, where digital light illuminates every intimate corner of our lives as we search for connection through devices.
Jennifer Joanou presents her newest project, School of the Sea, a multipage, mixed media, hand painted and collaged illustrated journal, with hand embroidered detail, bound in a leather cover.
The exhibit also features a series of customized prints: handprinted on paper, some with paint; handprinted on linen; and original artworks on paper. Two earlier illustrated art books are available to view, from which custom prints can be ordered by request.
Brigitte Cornand, filmmaker and conceptual artist, presents her latest series, FUNGOS TABULATORUM AMORIS (My Beloved Mushrooms): a series of mushrooms scientifically presented with photographic imaginary, characteristics and observations handwritten in latin, on antique catalogue pages, as one would expect to discover in a herbarium.The inspiration arose from her love of wild edible mushroom foraging, which she learnt as a child from her grandmother while growing up in the South of France. She observes that the island is abundant with a variety of fungi, including her favorite – the porcini, a well proportioned mushroom in relation to it’s size.
“While photographing them, they began to resemble small sexy male figures that populate the forest,” and reminded her of boyfriends, platonic and otherwise, and their unique qualities.
Hab•i•tat
Reception: Saturday, August 4 – 5 to 7PM
Exhibit August 4 – 22, 2018
Lucy Mitchell: August 4 – 22, 2018 – New ink and watercolor works on paper, from her new ongoing series, Alphabet Pages, and other new works.
Photographs by MARIANA COOK: August 4 – 22, 2018, Gelatin silver prints.
Julia Mitchell : August 4 – 22, 2018 – Her newest tapestry, and other works.
Her recently completed tapestry, Signal Rock, 80″x 80,” wool, silk and linen, took several months to hand-weave, and is inspired by a large rock where the artist and her sisters would spend time as children on the island.
NEW PAINTINGS
Reception: Saturday, August 25 – 5 to 7 PM
Exhibit August 25 – September 14, 2018
Alejandro Carreño: August 25 – September 14, 2018 – New acrylic on canvas paintings inspired by his music interests, his Cuban roots, and his annual visits to the colorful and texture rich Caribbean islands.
Billy Hoff: August 25 – September 14, 2018 – New oil paintings of imaginary landscapes and figures, with their distinctive hats and period-like attire.
Jack Yuen: August 25 – September 14, 2018 – Exhibits at A Gallery for the first time, with acrylic on canvas, mixed media paintings. He is an island native, a graduate of MVHS and is currently studying art and design at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).