“If a Print is Shown, Will Someone See It?”
Stephen DaLay, Bob Hartzell, Jeff Sippel and Rudy Zapf
Curated by Stephen DaLay
Opening Friday, January 20, 5:30 to 7:30
Gallery Talk Thursday, February 16 at 6 pm, Reception at 5:30 pm.
Exhibit runs from January 20 to March 3
Gallery Hours Monday to Friday: 10 am to 5 pm, Saturday Noon to 5 pm.
With a background in math and art, it’s no wonder that Jeff Sippel views printmaking in terms of problem solving. “There aren’t solutions to every problem,” he acknowledges, “but I always enjoy a good challenge,” says Sippel. With regard to art, Sippel enjoys figuring out which elements (colors, objects, or composition) will be most important in his final prints. His work combines balance, illusion, and the evocative quality of abstraction.
Like Sippel, Stephen Da Lay, curator of the exhibition, is also drawn to mathematics. He is interested in how numbers make and predict patterns relating to symmetry. For the past five years, he has been creating a series of three-dimensional polyhedrons with printed images on their surfaces.
This exhibition, which opens from 5:30 to 7:30 on Friday, January 20, includes two other printmakers, Bob Hartzell and Rudy Zapf. Hartzell’s itinerant life led him from northern Missouri to Chicago and most recently to St. Louis. He recently organized the “Lights along the Cherokee” project that corresponded with the SGC International Conference, the largest print organization in North America, held in St. Louis in March 2011.
Zapf is a printmaking and mixed media artist who uses symbols in her work to tell intensely personal stories and address themes of loss, hope, childhood memories and the rediscovery of love.
“If a Print is Shown, Will Someone See It?” encompasses many printing methods including serigraphy, intaglio, woodcut, and waterless lithography. The title of the show asks the viewer to engage in the process of scrutinizing the art and to question the artists’ points of view.
Stephen DaLay, Bob Hartzell, Jeff Sippel and Rudy Zapf
Curated by Stephen DaLay
Opening Friday, January 20, 5:30 to 7:30
Gallery Talk Thursday, February 16 at 6 pm, Reception at 5:30 pm.
Exhibit runs from January 20 to March 3
Gallery Hours Monday to Friday: 10 am to 5 pm, Saturday Noon to 5 pm.
With a background in math and art, it’s no wonder that Jeff Sippel views printmaking in terms of problem solving. “There aren’t solutions to every problem,” he acknowledges, “but I always enjoy a good challenge,” says Sippel. With regard to art, Sippel enjoys figuring out which elements (colors, objects, or composition) will be most important in his final prints. His work combines balance, illusion, and the evocative quality of abstraction.
Like Sippel, Stephen Da Lay, curator of the exhibition, is also drawn to mathematics. He is interested in how numbers make and predict patterns relating to symmetry. For the past five years, he has been creating a series of three-dimensional polyhedrons with printed images on their surfaces.
This exhibition, which opens from 5:30 to 7:30 on Friday, January 20, includes two other printmakers, Bob Hartzell and Rudy Zapf. Hartzell’s itinerant life led him from northern Missouri to Chicago and most recently to St. Louis. He recently organized the “Lights along the Cherokee” project that corresponded with the SGC International Conference, the largest print organization in North America, held in St. Louis in March 2011.
Zapf is a printmaking and mixed media artist who uses symbols in her work to tell intensely personal stories and address themes of loss, hope, childhood memories and the rediscovery of love.
“If a Print is Shown, Will Someone See It?” encompasses many printing methods including serigraphy, intaglio, woodcut, and waterless lithography. The title of the show asks the viewer to engage in the process of scrutinizing the art and to question the artists’ points of view.
The Gallery at the Regional Arts Commission
6128 Delmar Blvd. 63112 (across from The Pageant).
Free parking behind The Pageant or metered street parking.
www.art-stl.com
6128 Delmar Blvd. 63112 (across from The Pageant).
Free parking behind The Pageant or metered street parking.
www.art-stl.com
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