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starDUST to starDUST
Anne Laprade Seuthe
February 2 - 28, 2019
Artist Reception: Friday, February 8: 5-8 pm.
Arts Night Out
Initially inspired by the writings of astrophysicist Karel Schrijver and Iris Schrijver, professor of pathology at Stanford, this exhibition starDUST to starDUST, will be comprised of abstract paintings paired with found objects.
In their book, Living With the Stars, the Schrijvers write of how stellar winds from giant stars cause interstellar dust to form ripples. The dust contains oxygen, carbon, iron, nickel, and all the other elements out there, and eventually some of it finds its way into our bodies. Not only are we dust to dust, we are, in effect, stardust.
In starDUST to starDUST, abstract paintings, built from an accumulation of thin layers of paint and glazes on panel, draw on reference images of both the cosmos and the cells that our bodies are comprised of. My reference materials include NASA photographs and images of the cellular structure of the human body. The micro-macro mystery to the similarities of these disparate sources drives the work.
Each painting is paired with an object that relates formally and conceptually. Some of the objects have been altered for the exhibition and some have been left in the state in which they were found. I seek out found objects that have the common characteristics of being stripped down and that exude a skeletal and foundational quality.
The paintings are aligned to the human spirit and the objects aligned with human physicality.
While the work may seem to convey an implied narrative, it remains multi-faceted and open. This allows the viewer to question what we are made of, where we come from, and where we go at the end of our lives.
BIOGRAPHY
Anne LaPrade Seuthe holds an MFA from the University of Massachusetts. Her public and collaborative projects include: X Marks the Spot, DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY; Intrude 366 at the Zendai MoMa in Shanghai, China; Physical Geography/Psychological Landscape at the Goethe Institute in Dresden, Germany and at the Distillery Gallery in Boston, MA;The 2008 London Biennale 1 and The Coaster Project at the Fuller Museum. In 2016 she served as a mentor and panelist of the TransCulturalExchange International Opportunities in the Arts Conference in Boston, MA. She has been a resident artist in the East/West artist residency in Carei, Romania and her work has been included in recent group exhibitions to include: Mapping Heaven, Front Room Gallery, NY; The American Dream at Takt Projekt Raum in Berlin, Germany and AmericAura in Cameroon, West Africa. She has had solo exhibitions at The Augusta Savage Gallery and at Herter Gallery at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, as well as at the Main Art Gallery at Hampshire College. She has been awarded the Strathmore Paper Award for drawing, a study-abroad award from the Ministry of Culture, Germany, a New England Foundation for the Arts presenters award for travel to Eastern Europe, and an Award of Excellence from the Department of Art, Art History, and Architecture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has taught Painting, Drawing Problems, and Writing for Artists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and has been the Director of Hampden Gallery for the past 20 years.
Anne Laprade Seuthe
February 2 - 28, 2019
Artist Reception: Friday, February 8: 5-8 pm.
Arts Night Out
Initially inspired by the writings of astrophysicist Karel Schrijver and Iris Schrijver, professor of pathology at Stanford, this exhibition starDUST to starDUST, will be comprised of abstract paintings paired with found objects.
In their book, Living With the Stars, the Schrijvers write of how stellar winds from giant stars cause interstellar dust to form ripples. The dust contains oxygen, carbon, iron, nickel, and all the other elements out there, and eventually some of it finds its way into our bodies. Not only are we dust to dust, we are, in effect, stardust.
In starDUST to starDUST, abstract paintings, built from an accumulation of thin layers of paint and glazes on panel, draw on reference images of both the cosmos and the cells that our bodies are comprised of. My reference materials include NASA photographs and images of the cellular structure of the human body. The micro-macro mystery to the similarities of these disparate sources drives the work.
Each painting is paired with an object that relates formally and conceptually. Some of the objects have been altered for the exhibition and some have been left in the state in which they were found. I seek out found objects that have the common characteristics of being stripped down and that exude a skeletal and foundational quality.
The paintings are aligned to the human spirit and the objects aligned with human physicality.
While the work may seem to convey an implied narrative, it remains multi-faceted and open. This allows the viewer to question what we are made of, where we come from, and where we go at the end of our lives.
BIOGRAPHY
Anne LaPrade Seuthe holds an MFA from the University of Massachusetts. Her public and collaborative projects include: X Marks the Spot, DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY; Intrude 366 at the Zendai MoMa in Shanghai, China; Physical Geography/Psychological Landscape at the Goethe Institute in Dresden, Germany and at the Distillery Gallery in Boston, MA;The 2008 London Biennale 1 and The Coaster Project at the Fuller Museum. In 2016 she served as a mentor and panelist of the TransCulturalExchange International Opportunities in the Arts Conference in Boston, MA. She has been a resident artist in the East/West artist residency in Carei, Romania and her work has been included in recent group exhibitions to include: Mapping Heaven, Front Room Gallery, NY; The American Dream at Takt Projekt Raum in Berlin, Germany and AmericAura in Cameroon, West Africa. She has had solo exhibitions at The Augusta Savage Gallery and at Herter Gallery at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, as well as at the Main Art Gallery at Hampshire College. She has been awarded the Strathmore Paper Award for drawing, a study-abroad award from the Ministry of Culture, Germany, a New England Foundation for the Arts presenters award for travel to Eastern Europe, and an Award of Excellence from the Department of Art, Art History, and Architecture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has taught Painting, Drawing Problems, and Writing for Artists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and has been the Director of Hampden Gallery for the past 20 years.
Serious Play Theatre Ensemble presents-
Staged Reading of compelling new script discovered at the Edinburgh
Fringe Festival last August-A conversation centered around current gun violence in America.
ON THE EXHALE by Martin Zimmerman
Performed by Serious Play alumna, Elizabeth Solomon
Directed by Sheryl Stoodley, Artistic Director
*Post Show Discussion: following Sunday Feb 10, 2:30 staged reading
led by Boston University Dept. of Medicine’s Dr. Bindu Kalesan
Performances:
Sunday Matinee, February 10, at 2:30pm (*with post show discussion)
and Monday February 11 at 7:30pm
Location: A.P.E. Gallery, 126 Main Street, Northampton, MA
Tickets: $20 General, $18 Students / $24 at the door
Performances for 14 yrs.& up
Available starting Jan 11 at www.brownpapertickets.com
Reservations are encouraged due to limited seating
Box Office opens half hour before staged reading at A.P.E Gallery
Contact: Sheryl Stoodley for more information
Call (413) 588-7439 or email seriousplaytheatre@gmail.com
About the Play: After a devastating school shooting, a mother develops an obsession that begins to take over her entire existence. Play written in response to the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, CT.
“A startlingly original, and visceral examination of American gun violence.” NY Times
Staged Reading of compelling new script discovered at the Edinburgh
Fringe Festival last August-A conversation centered around current gun violence in America.
ON THE EXHALE by Martin Zimmerman
Performed by Serious Play alumna, Elizabeth Solomon
Directed by Sheryl Stoodley, Artistic Director
*Post Show Discussion: following Sunday Feb 10, 2:30 staged reading
led by Boston University Dept. of Medicine’s Dr. Bindu Kalesan
Performances:
Sunday Matinee, February 10, at 2:30pm (*with post show discussion)
and Monday February 11 at 7:30pm
Location: A.P.E. Gallery, 126 Main Street, Northampton, MA
Tickets: $20 General, $18 Students / $24 at the door
Performances for 14 yrs.& up
Available starting Jan 11 at www.brownpapertickets.com
Reservations are encouraged due to limited seating
Box Office opens half hour before staged reading at A.P.E Gallery
Contact: Sheryl Stoodley for more information
Call (413) 588-7439 or email seriousplaytheatre@gmail.com
About the Play: After a devastating school shooting, a mother develops an obsession that begins to take over her entire existence. Play written in response to the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, CT.
“A startlingly original, and visceral examination of American gun violence.” NY Times