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SEPTEMBER EVENTS
Saturday September 20, 8pm
Jon Kohen: [Lowell, MA]
Ghost Guest: [Worcester, MA]
Shiloh: [MA]
Gaby Lash: [Lowell, MA]
Friday September 26, 8pm
Hold Ups: [Milford, NH; Lowell, MA]
EP Release Show
More Bands TBA
Saturday September 27, 8pm
The Umbrella Station [Lowell] More Bands TBA
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Sept. 17th - Oct. 4th, 2014
Part of Lowell Open Studios
Reception: Sat. Oct. 4th, 3pm.
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This September 119 Gallery hosts Nothing Saves You More, an installation of new prints and paintings by home-grown artists Justin Campaniello and Olivia Stanislas, curated by Victoria Belakhov. Exploring ideas about transience and experience, the artists attempt to express the paradox of trying to capture a moment in time, while being acutely aware of its ephemeral nature.
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Justin Campaniello finds monotypes to be the perfect vehicle for his art . While the term monotype refers to a single edition of one, creating a print matrix may involve many steps, and Campaniello's prints are more complicated than they first appear. This unfinished look belies the accumulated strata of media and meaning built up in layers by the artist. His huge photo-silkscreens are themselves comprised of pieces of monotypes that he cut up, reassembled, photographed, and finally output as a single image. Destruction and creation, impermanence and permanence are made to co-exist in a finely tuned stasis on the paper.
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The search for permanence in a world of change and confusion is a product of our ability to recognize "existence". To experience our recorded past is know that one day, it will end. This body of work is a reaction to an ever-present state of anxiety about the relationship between being, nothingness, and ephemerality. My focus on production, and use of media without definition and process reflect this perspective of existence and loss.
-- Justin Campaniello
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Olivia Stanislas is keenly aware of her environment. She depicts on the canvas the patterns she sees in nature. On first viewing, her abstract arrangement of colors and form evoke notions of the sublime found in 19th century landscape painting. Stanislas 'small canvases look like views seen from an airplane window. But the artist sees and feels more than the landscape. She also sees the impact of civilization on our natural world. Using recycled materials, she hopes to make the viewer more ecologically aware. Close inspection of her canvases reveal that, like our environment, they are scarred, and covered with man-made intrusions.
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My work examines the landscape as phenomena of pattern and change. Sacredness contrasts with transience as humanity navigates a rapidly changing world. My awareness of our impact on the wild influences my practice and images in an environmentally aware way. --Olivia Stanislas
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119 Gallery is proud to host these emerging art professionals who were trained at local institutions. Both the artists and received their training in art at UMass Lowell, and have exhibited at 119 Gallery before. Campaniello, who completed his B.F.A. last spring, and Belakhov both completed internships with with us. Vicky is our newest, and youngest board member. This exhibition is Stanislas' senior studio project. You can meet the artists at their reception during Lowell Open Studios on Saturday October 4th.
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