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RELIEF – an exploration

By admin | Published July 6, 2024

exhibition dates: through September 29

gallery hours: Wed-Sun 12-5

Mathias Fine Art is pleased to present RELIEF – an exploration. Works by ten artists from New England and New York have been brought together to form an exciting display of different approaches to employing relief elements in sculpture, painting, ceramics and mixed media works on paper.

Shown on the right: Antoinette Prien Schultze “Dressed Torso”  20.5 x 10 x 10”, granite, glass, steel.  The artist comments thus on her work: “My Dressed Torso is a sensually feminine expression of a female dressed in her finery. The clothes one wears can change ones outlook.” 

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Gallery Talk

By Mathias | Published July 16, 2023

July 20  3:00 – 4:15am

The current exhibition Culver at al is a celebration of Michael Culver’s dynamic paintings and his latest achievement: the publication of the fascinating new book Sparring in the Dark – The Art and Life of Maine Painter Henry Strater.  The talk by Cordula Mathias is in form of a walk-through where Culver’s work is compared to the other ten artists and where we consider different media and approaches. Questions and comments are welcome.  The event is free and open to the public. 

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CULVER et al: Group Exhibition 2023

By Mathias | Published July 13, 2023

JULY through OCT 15, 2023               

Hours: Wed-Sun 12-5pm & by appointment

Mathias Fine Art is presenting a changing display of paintings, works on paper & mixed media & sculptures by Clinton Adams, Chris Alexander, Martha Holland Bartsch, Max Bartsch, Brenda Bettinson, Michael Culver, Michael Eisemann, Paul Feyling, Patt Franklin, John Lorence, Lesia Sochor.

Michael Culver is the featured artist of the show.  Michael Culver has garnered praise for his use of color and the dynamic application of paint.  He works on different surfaces in small and large formats. He is also an exhibiting photographer who has received recognition for that part of his oeuvre.  Two of his photographs are included in Iconic New Hampshire now on view at Plymouth State University, NH until Sept 30.   A number of his photographs are also available at Mathias Fine Art.  Culver’s paintings are interspersed here with works, which range from mid 20th century to the 2020s.

The photo shows Culver‘s dynamic painting Wet Fall in center, surrounded by two Eisemann serigraphs and a 3-D painting by Bettinson & a bronze by Holland Bartsch. 

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Blue and Yellow: persist

By Mathias | Published July 18, 2022

exhibition dates: July 20 – October 2

gallery hours: Wed-Sun 12-5

reception: July 30, 3:00 – 5:00pm

gallery talk by Cordula Mathias: 

July 27  10:30 – 11:15am & Aug 12  3:30 – 4:00 pm

musical presentation of the Bandura, the national instrument of the Ukraine by Andrea Goodman:

August 20   4-5 pm

Included artists: Max Bartsch, Brenda Bettinson, Kimberly Callas, Michael Culver, Paul Feyling, Patt Franklin, Brigitte Keller, John Lorence, Kate Marohn, Antoinette Prien Schultze and Lesia Sochor. This topical exhibition includes vibrant collages, paintings, works on paper, mixed media pieces and sculptures.

Lesia Sochor‘s powerful new canvas “Freedom” is the first painting in a planned series of babushkas.

Given the context of the invasion of Ukraine this is a logical follow up to her previous series dealing with thread, cloth and sewing. 

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