Featured Exhibits

 

UPCOMING EXHIBITS

Five American Artists in St Tropez, France
Gallerie Vieceli invited five artists from Gallery A to exhibit in it's St Tropez location: Rosana Azar, Marian Bingham, David Goslin,  Judith Judy, and David Suter. 
A 2012 exhibit is planned for Galerie Vieceli in Paris.

 

CURRENT AND PAST EXHIBITS

 

David Suter: New Painting and Sculpture
November 1-December 31, 2011

Opening reception Friday, November 4 6:00-8:30 PM

David Suter is a beloved local painter and sculptor who made his name as a graphic illustrator for The Washington Post, New York Times, and Time magazine. He grew up in DC, and recently returned home after passing a decade in New York.

In the works of art on display in November,  Suter seeks forms that we all carry within our collective memory, from cozy fireplaces and ducks on ponds to Grim Reapers and an Every Man being chased, David Suter's work is representational and highly symbolic. Art critic Florie Gilbard explains, “He digs intently into his own psyche to unearth forms that have profound familiarity and meaning – shapes and structures derived from nature, our own bodies, and those of other beings.” Suter paints with acrylic, often composing frames out of found pieces of wood. His sculptures are made of wood, aluminum, glass, and steel. Approximately 15 of his paintings and 15 of his sculptures will be displayed.

More examples of his current work are here: www.alexgalleries.com/David_Suter.php

 

Aboud Dweck: Monument Light & Other Works
October 4 – 29, 2011

Opening Reception, Friday, October 7. 6:00 – 8:30 PM

Aboud Dweck is a renowned architectural photographer, who returns to his hometown of Washington DC for this one-man exhibit. In The Monument Series, Dweck captures elements of iconic places in and around DC highlighting both the visual and emotional content of each place. Employing his professional command of light, texture, and contrast, he creates images that are original and beautiful—no matter the viewer’s familiarity with the place. Other images include “natural still lifes” such as trees, coastlines, and flowers.
Dweck's works reflect his nuanced appreciation of structure and landscape. Approximately 25 of his new photographs, printed on canvas, metal and mixed media, will be on display.

More examples of his current work are at: www.alexgalleries.com/Aboud-Dweck.php

Swiss Style: Fashion & Jewelry Design  
Sept 16 - October 14, 2011

Opening reception Friday, September 16, 6:00-8:30 PM

Award-winning apparel and accessories designed by 10 top graduates of the Geneva University of Art and Design

Washington, DC – From September 16 to October 14, the Alex Gallery in Dupont Circle presents “Swiss Style: Fashion & Jewelry Design,” a showcase of contemporary fashion and jewelry designs from the Geneva University of Art and Design / Haute école d’Art et de Design Genève, one of Switzerland’s most prestigious design centers.  The Swiss search for quality has earned the country a solid reputation for perfectly functioning and fresh design.

Julie Simon

Camie Rebord

Original fashions for men and women created by 10 top student designers will be displayed on two floors.  The collection reflects diverse design talent, with items ranging from gowns to casual wear, footwear and jewelry. These inventions play with unique materials, illustrating techniques that mix know-how and new technologies.  Many of the pieces were created for big name designers including the Martin Grant fashion house in Paris and the Brazilian shoe brand, Melissa. Outfits worn by the Swiss Pavilion guides of the World Expo Shanghai will also be on display.  A projection will show the latest runway show of the Geneva University School of Art and Design, as well as varied student design creations.

The opening reception, with wines from Geneva, will be held September 16 from 6 pm to 8:30 pm.

This show is part of the Alex Gallery’s commitment to promote international works of art, made possible in collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland.

 

2011 Traveling Exhibit of American Artists in France
First Stop - St. Tropez ~ August 2011

American Artists in St. Tropez
2011 Traveling Exhibit

Rosana Azar	Marian Bingham	David Goslin	Judith Judy	David Suter

First Venue:
Galerie Vieceli - Saint Tropez, France
7 quai Frédéric Mistral
83990 Saint Tropez

Opening Reception, Saturday, August 2, 6:00 p.m.
Exhibit Runs: August 20-31, 2011
Upcoming Venues: Galerie Vieceli, Paris and Cannes

 

Gallery A: May 3-31, 2011
DAVID GOSLIN: New Color Paintings

 
Unmistakably influenced by the Washington Color School, David Goslin’s vibrant pieces are distinguished for their technical qualities-- every line is straight, and every color has been carefully chosen. His most recent work also features stacks of horizontal. The viewer sees each hue as individual and full of character; creating an  organic abstraction which represents a new direction.
 
Goslin’s signature sharp-edged lines can still be found in various works both horizontal and vertical. His work continues to pop, and his colors couldn't be more eye-pleasing. David Goslin: New Color Paintings is a wonderful display by an artist who continues to expand and evolve his repertoire.

 

Gallery A: April 1-30, 2011
JUDITH JUDY: Mystical Forests
Open Reception: Friday, April 1, 6:00-8:30 PM

Can anyone think of a better way to kick off the new birth of Spring than with a show highlighting the dreamy landscapes of Judith Judy?  Mystical Forests—a collection of recent works— will be on display at Gallery A April 1st through April 30th.  In her paintings, Judith Judy creates a space that is both fantasy and reality, imaginative and familiar, to the point where the viewer is inescapably drawn in.  Judy uses a process of heavy layering which renders her work slightly abstract, enveloping us in a setting far away from the everyday mechanical world we know. 

 

Gallery A: December 3-31, 2010
MARIAN BINGHAM: Equine Perspectives

 

Gallery A: November 5-30, 2010
ALEX LORD: Car. Body. Beauty.

 

Gallery A: October 1-29, 2010
ROSANA AZAR: Worlds of Color

 

Lithuanian Season
Contemporary Artists from Lithuania
Exhibit at Alex Gallery & Gallery A

Opening Reception: February 5, 2010 at 6:00 pm. The “Lithuanian Season” exhibition features works by prominent Lithuanian artists: painting, graphics, textiles, sculpture, and watercolors. This contemporary exhibit reflects a wide range of trends prevailing in Lithuanian art, and is the largest exhibit of its kind exhibited in the United States. The Alex Gallery shows renowned Lithuanian painter Vytautas Valius and internationally recognized textile artist Felixas Jakubauskas. Gallery A shows master graphic artists and other mediums. "Lithuania Season" is part of a well-established tradition of artistic exchanges, and will run from Friday, February 5 - Wednesday, March 31.

 

Bright Young Things: Re-Introducing David Goslin
By The Washington Post, November 5, 2009

David Goslin
Re-Introducing David Goslin
November 3-30
Opening reception: Friday, November 6, 6:00-8:30 PM

The raft of exhibits last year dedicated to the great Washington Color School of painting, re-energized local artist David Goslin’s passion for color in all of its simplicity and splendor. The retro appeal of bright vertical bars and horizontal bands of color—gloriously un-peopled, minimally decorated—is made contemporary through subtle modifications. David Goslin first exhibited hard-edge abstraction in DC in 1982. His reintroduction to the Washington art scene provides new evidence for the vitality of our city’s greatest artistic school.

 

New Work by Judith Judy
October 2-31, 2009
Opening reception: Friday, October 2, 6:00-8:30 PM

Master landscapist Judith Judy uses glaze after glaze of color to create imagined landscapes of great beauty. As the director of Lithuania’s National Art Museum has said about her work, “Judith Judy makes luminous paintings in the great tradition of American mystical landscapes."

 

Kaleidoscopic Visions by Stephanie York

In September, Gallery A features two painters with widely different approaches to abstraction. Inge Strack is a German-American painter, based in Richmond, Va whose stirring works are composed of wide, angular planes of bold color. Textured passages are increasingly prominent. Many of her recent, golden pieces were inspired by travel in Africa, including tracking wildebeests and the Serengeti. 

Stephanie York produces fantastical landscapes of bubbles and tubes in bright bold hues. The patterned chaos of these compositions is balanced by her meticulous attention to line. Stephanie is a photographer by training, who has rediscovered the satisfying intensity of painting as a way to cope with the challenges of Army life; Stephanie’s husband is a young soldier, recently stationed at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, DC.  

 

Lithuanian museum exhibit and acquisition
December 1-31, 2009
Lithuania Season: Contemporary Painting, Sculpture, and Graphic Works from Lithuania, in its 1,000th Year.

Gallery A artists are on exhibit until August 30th, 2009 at the M.K. Ciurlionis National Art Museum's Mykolas Zilinskas Art Gallery. The museum also inaugurated the establishment of an American art collection with the placement of works by Kim Abraham, Gary Bowers, David Goslin, Judith Judy, Inge Strack, and Rob Vander Zee in the museum's permanent collection, with the participation of media owners Mark and Marilyn Wodlinger.

 

Palosuo at Biennale
Artist Hannu Palosuo, represented by the Alex Gallery, was selected to exhibit at the 53rd annual Venice Biennale 2009. His exhibit, None of Them is the Truth, will be on display from June 7-November 22 at the renowned international exhibit.