2/2 Tonight! from 6-8 pm at 77 Gallery, 77 Grove Street, Rutland, VT, we have an amazing portrait show opening. We'll have FREE refreshments from the Rutland Area Food Co-op and live music by Gary Schmidt, plus the artists will be there to meet! Free and open to the public! We hope you'll join us for a cozy night out in Rutland!
Title: "Rutland Studio August - the Portraits of Debo Mouloudji"
Exhibiting Artists: Debo Mouloudji, Bill Ramage, Dick Weis, Whitney Ramage, Oliver Schemm, Christine Holzschuh, Marilyn Lucey, and Ben Leber.
Artists' Medium: Paintings, Sculpture, Photography, and more!
Exhibition Dates: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - Friday, March 22, 2019
Gallery Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 am - 5 pm
Reception: Saturday, February 2, 2019, from 6-8 pm
CURATOR'S STATEMENT:
"Rutland Studio August—The Portraits of Debo Mouloudji is an exhibition examining the result of a portrait artist painting other artists.
Debo Mouloudji is one of six artists who participated in the inaugural #77ART Residency program last August. When she arrived in Rutland, she had canvases, paint, brushes, and an urgent need for subjects to paint. Many of the people I asked to volunteer were artists as well. This is because I was fascinated with Debo's command of her medium and thought artists would appreciate the opportunity to observe the incisive grace of her gestures. Christine Osgood Holzschuh, Marilyn Lucey, Richard D. Weis, Oliver Schemm, Ben Leber, Jamaal Clarke, Whitney Ramage and I each took a turn under her gaze, watching her paint.
Nearing the end of her stay in Rutland, #Debo and I began considering the possibility of curating an exhibition of her portraits alongside artworks from each of the artists she painted. These portraits lie within a tradition of artists painting artists. They are somewhere between the intensity of Chuck Close's portrait of Lucas Samaras and the intimacy of Alice Neel's portrait of Andy Warhol. Debo's fluid mastery of her medium allows her to delve into the characters of the people she paints, resulting in these stunning portraits; a humanist study of the artists who call this region home."
--Bill Ramage, Curator
77 Gallery is located at 77 Grove Street (former CVPS building) in Rutland, VT. Public Hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 p.m. 77 Gallery is physically accessible to visitors who use wheelchairs or other mobility aids, and those who prefer not to use stairs, by the rear entrance. We invite you to contact us to inquire about reserving 77 Gallery for your next event. Questions regarding reservations or bookings may be addressed to Bianca at the77gallery@gmail.com, or by visiting our website at 77art.org, or messaging our Facebook page at 77 Gallery, or by messaging our Instagram or Twitter accounts @the77gallery.
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