The Drawing Room presents an exhibition of Mary Ellen Bartley's Morandi's Books photographs
The First Art Newspaper on the Net    Established in 1996 Monday, November 25, 2024


The Drawing Room presents an exhibition of Mary Ellen Bartley's Morandi's Books photographs
Mary Ellen Bartley, Celluloid Blue Striped Vase.



EAST HAMPTON, NY.- The Drawing Room is presenting two exhibitions on view through Sunday March 12, 2023: Morandi’s Books new photographs by Mary Ellen Bartley and, Compositions: Laurie Lambrecht, Alison Rossiter and Mel Kendrick. In photography, sculpture or weaving each artist explores temporality and dynamic strategies in their artistic practices.

In their unique methods, Kendrick, Rossiter and Lambrecht create works that slow time, allowing the viewer to see the progression of their decisions. Mel Kendrick carves painted blocks of wood into unique shapes that he rearranges, holding the memory of their original unity in a new composition. In Alison Rossiter’s photographic process she exposes geometric shapes of light onto expired photographic papers with deteriorated emulsion. Laurie Lambrecht’s tapestries reveal their photographic origins in her evocative grids, layering, embroidery and weaving.

Mary Ellen Bartley’s exhibition Morandi’s Books presents altered photographs begun at her residency at Giorgio Morandi’s library in Bologna. At Casa Morandi, Bartley’s initial compositions were quiet still lifes of stacked volumes of art and philosophy books with titles such as Nature Morte and Piero della Francesca. On her second visit, after the pandemic, Bartley was allowed to work in Morandi’s original painting studio with the objects he memorialized. Setting up still lifes on his worktable scrawled with contour lines of his positioned objects, Bartley had a revelatory experience taking her technique in new directions.

Upon her return home, during a residency at The Church in Sag Harbor, she made the radical departure to explore the art of trompe l’oeil over her original photographs. Positioning sheets of vellum, glassine and colored paper on top of her earlier still lifes in a collage; she made a new photograph. Each adaptation of an earlier still life represents two periods of time. With titles such as Ingres Collage, Celluloid Blue Striped Vase and Oil Can Glassine, Bartley offers clues to the interventions. Temporality and composition have long intrigued Bartley; she has photographed collections of books for decades, each with an original point of view reflecting the owners.

Mary Ellen Bartley was born in New York, NY and received her BFA from Purchase College, SUNY. Her photographs are represented in collections across the United States and have been exhibited at The Walker Art Center, the Houston Center for Photography, the Parrish Art Museum, Guild Hall Museum and the McEvoy Foundation for the Arts. Bartley is recognized for the bodies of work she has created in response to library collections. The first of these was a site-specific project completed at the Watermill Center in 2015 entitled Reading Robert Wilson. This culminated in a “book of books” and led to her 2017 residency and installation at The Queens Museum. She has also been awarded residencies at the Penumbra Foundation, the Pollock Krasner Study Center, and the Museo Morandi in Bologna, Italy.










Today's News

February 15, 2023

When a visit to the museum becomes an ethical dilemma

Carlos Saura, a leading and enduring Spanish director, dies at 91

LACMA acquires largest collection of blockchain artworks

Hauser & Wirth opens an exhibition of recent paintings by Rita Ackermann

National Gallery of Art acquires painting by Kiki Kogelnik and 17th-century nautilus cup

The collection of bohemian artist Xavier Martinez and his family goes up for bid at Turner Auctions + Appraisals

'Robert Mangold: Paintings and Works on Paper 1989-2022' on view at Pace

Exhibitions present a retrospective of the history of printmaking over a period of six centuries

Burt Bacharach, whose buoyant pop confections lifted the '60s, dies at 94

Cantor Art Gallery showcases the famed Chertsey Tiles and the visual culture of medieval Europe

John McInnis Auctioneers announces an online-only Asian Collections Auction

Organizations partner to digitize archive connected to Black and Native American soldiers from the Revolutionary War

The Drawing Room presents an exhibition of Mary Ellen Bartley's Morandi's Books photographs

Museum of Architectural Drawing opens an exhibition of works by Italian architect Aldo Rossi

Robert Geddes, 99, transformative Architecture Dean at Princeton, dies

For Burt Bacharach, 'Promises, Promises' was one Broadway hit too many

Dresser masterpiece emerges on top at Bonhams sale

Annie Morris and Idris Khan present their practices side by side in new exhibition at Newlands House

Stuart Lochhead Sculpture announces its participation in TEFAF Maastricht 2023

Mellon, Ford, Getty, and Terra Foundations announce new $5M initiative designed to advance Latinx Art in museums

A nod to modernity and Japanese tradition in new show at Appleton Museum of Art

Adelson Galleries Palm Beach presents Man Ray: A Portrait of Love

Sainsbury Centre becomes first UK museum to introduce universal 'Pay if and What You Can' ticketing

Exhibition looks into a 1960 show housed by the Circolo Il Pozzetto in Padua

Best yellow CS:GO Skins

AI and Machine Learning's Effects on Digital Asset Management

Top tourist attractions of Las Vegas that you should check out!

How I Spend Gaming Nights at the Best Online Casino for Canadian Players




Museums, Exhibits, Artists, Milestones, Digital Art, Architecture, Photography,
Photographers, Special Photos, Special Reports, Featured Stories, Auctions, Art Fairs,
Anecdotes, Art Quiz, Education, Mythology, 3D Images, Last Week, .

 



Founder:
Ignacio Villarreal
(1941 - 2019)
Editor & Publisher: Jose Villarreal
Art Director: Juan José Sepúlveda Ramírez
Writer: Ofelia Zurbia Betancourt

Attorneys
Truck Accident Attorneys
Accident Attorneys
Houston Dentist
Abogado de accidentes
สล็อต
สล็อตเว็บตรง
Motorcycle Accident Lawyer

Royalville Communications, Inc
produces:

ignaciovillarreal.org juncodelavega.com facundocabral-elfinal.org
Founder's Site. Hommage
to a Mexican poet.
Hommage
       

The First Art Newspaper on the Net. The Best Versions Of Ave Maria Song Junco de la Vega Site Ignacio Villarreal Site Parroquia Natividad del Señor
Tell a Friend
Dear User, please complete the form below in order to recommend the Artdaily newsletter to someone you know.
Please complete all fields marked *.
Sending Mail
Sending Successful