Please join us for Artists
' Gallery's next show:
"Patterns & Meaning"
featuring Alan J. Klawans
and Andrew Werth
November 9 - December 2, 2012
Opening reception: Saturday, Nov 10, 3 to 6
pm
Artists' Gallery is pleased to present "Patterns
& Meaning", an exhibition featuring the art of Alan
J. Klawans and Andrew Werth. Using the formal terms of
abstraction such as color, contrast, composition, and
repetition, Klawans and Werth encourage viewers to explore
the relationship between the visual image and meaning.
Andrew Werth
"Creation"
30x40, acrylic on panel
Andrew Werth, a former computer engineer turned artist,
celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of
mathematician Alan Turing by presenting paintings that use
"Turing Patterns" for their underlying structure.
Turing, in addition to being famous for his work on computer
science, artificial intelligence, and cryptography, also
wrote an influential paper describing how certain processes
in nature could produce forms like the patterns on zebras
and leopards.
Werth simulates these processes on the computer and embeds
meaning in his images by twisting, tweaking, and otherwise
transforming the patterns before turning them into
paintings. He carefully designs the color transitions and
then hand-paints thousands of individual marks of color so
that the images have an optical depth that belies their flat
surface.
Alan Klawans
"Rotunda"
30x20, original digital print
Alan J. Klawans also uses the computer as a tool in the
production of his artwork. He begins each piece with a
single word and uses that as a starting point for an
abstract design that reflects upon the word's meaning. The
words he starts with are taken from contemporary media
sources and cover a variety of subjects including
architecture, games, climate change, economics, politics,
and war. Klawans interprets his linguistic subjects into
graphic arrangements of colors and shapes, using lines both
for structure and for visual accents in his compositions.
The result is a series of original, limited edition digital
prints.
Note: We are all struggling through Hurricane
Sandy and many of us went without electricity for far too
long. But rest assured, power is back at Artists' Gallery
and we will be open our normal hours. We hope you can join
us at the November 10th Opening Reception and celebrate life
returning to normal.
