In observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Quogue Library and the library's Art Gallery Committee have scheduled a number of special programs and activities in October, including a group show in the art gallery exploring the beauty and complexity of the female form as it is portrayed by nine East End artists.
The female nude is perhaps the most popular subject in the history of painting, and its representation often reveals a great deal about the status of women and their changing roles in society during different periods in history. Renaissance painters saw the female form as a type of perfection inspiring contemplation and reverence, while contemporary artists have explored its diversity and singularity, often obscuring or distorting classical depiction.
LOUISE PEABODY –(Noyac) She has described her paintings and drawings as "emotional narratives that explore the unseen ...”
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LINDA CAPELLO - (Sag Harbor) – The artist is a classically trained anatomist and a master of figure drawing.
LOVEJOY DURYEA - (Remsenburg) – Ms. Duryea, a “lyric realist,” is known for her floral paintings and watercolors of the East End.
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SALVATORE GULLA -(East Hampton) His paintings range from classical portraiture to cubist landscapes and sensitively rendered watercolors.
KEITH MANTELL - (Riverhead )Mr. Mantell, whose paintings have been featured on the cover of Dan’s Papers,describes himself as a “contemporary realist”.
FRANK SOFO - (East Hampton) Mr. Sofo has illustrated numerous books, including several covers for the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series.
INE WIJTVILET - (Remsenburg) Ms. Wijtvilet, a former graphic artist, says that “movement, color and action inform my work”.
LARRY CARLSON - (Bridgehampton) A former executive at Home Box Office, he discovered his love for figurative and portraiture work when he took up painting upon retirement.
ELLEN BALL -(Quogue) Her paintings are explorations of the female form, combining patterns, mosaics or maps and theuse of linen, photo transfers and oils to create textural surfaces.
Art Gallery Committee Members Cristina Kepner, Lulie Morrisey and Christy Murray are the Chairs of this show, which will be on exhibit from October 1 through October 31.
