CURRENT GALLERY SHOW

The Baseball Show

October 24 through December 31, 2008

Opening reception Friday October 24 from 5:30 - 7:30

Featuring: Margaret Wharton

Baseball paraphernalia used in non-traditional ways to create art objects. With:

Robert Barnes
Claudia DeMonte
Gladys Nilsson
Donna Rosenthal
Karl Wirsum

Diane Cooper
Tony Fitzpatrick
Merry-Beth Noble
Ann Savageau
Zachary Wirsum

 

Margaret Wharton
Stolen Base, 2008
Baseball bat, plaster, matches, base: 9.5" x 13" x 11"
chain: approx 16 feet

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Margaret Wharton
Catch of the Day, 2008
Small Louisville Slugger, baseball, newspaper, 24” x 4”

Margaret Wharton
Sub, 2008
Baseball bat and balls, 10.5" x 3.5" x 5"

Margaret Wharton
Sunny Side Up (Walk), 2008
Wok, baseballs, 18" x 8" x 9"

Margaret Wharton
Error, 2008
Bat, 32.5" x 3"

Margaret Wharton
Kneading a Hit, 2008
Clay, baseballs, bat, 14" x 6" x 10"

Margaret Wharton
Down Home Pitch, 2008
Wood, baseball, plexiglass, 41" x 13"

Margaret Wharton
The Show, 2008
Umpire’s vest with collage baseball players, cupcake wrappers,
35.5" x 24.5" x 3"

Margaret Wharton
Mittens, 2008 wood, glove padding, 12" x 11"

Margaret Wharton
Documenta, 2008
baseball spec papers, baseball imagery, 20" x 16"

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Ann Savageau
Screwball, 2007
Wooden baseball bat, baseball, 6.5" x 7.5" x 6"

 

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Ann Savageau
Curveball, 2007
Wooden baseball bat, baseball, 6.25" x 15.25" x 2"

 

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Claudia DeMonte
Female Fetish: Baseball & Mitt, 2008
Pewter on wood, 11” x 10” x 4.5”

 



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Tony Fitzpatrick
Shoeless Joe Jackson, 1991
Ink & acrylic on wood panel, 9.5" x 11" framed

 

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Donna Rosenthal
She Steals My Heart, He Knows My Sweet Spot, 2007
Vintage romance novels, gel medium, acrylic coating, text, steel,
approx. 12 inches tall

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Donna Rosenthal
Most Valuable Player, 2008
Vintage romance novels, baseball papers, gel medium,
17" x 14" x 4"

Gladys Nilsson
A Little Friendly Game, 2008
watercolor and gouache on paper, 10" x 14"

Diane Cooper
Genten, 2008
mixed media on wood, 12" x 12" each

 

UPCOMING GALLERY SHOW 

SOFA CHICAGO 2008

Navy Pier, November 7 - 9
Booth #1128

 

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Luciana Abait
Untitled (Lightboxes), 2004
Mixed media on vinyl, lightboxes,  16” x 16” each

 
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Fletcher Benton
Folded Square Alphabet K, 2006
Steel, 12" x 12" x 12"

 

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Ann Savageau
Bookworm, 1998
Books, wood, paper, 10" x 13" x 9"

 
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Claudia DeMonte
Female Fetish: Tennis Racket, 2005
Pewter on wood, 27" x 11.5" x 2"

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Dale Gottlieb
Bring It On, 2008
Hand woven limited edition rug, 4 x 5 feet

 

Donna Rosenthal
Jewels (mesh mini dress), 2008
Crocheted black copper wire, decorated ribbon, approx. 7 inches high

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Diane Cooper
Genten, 2007
Wood, leather, fiber, dye, 12” x 12” x 4” each

 

GALLERY ARTISTS IN MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS


Valerie Beller

solo exhibition of the artist's paintings
Sioux City Arts Center, Sioux City, IA
October 18, 2008- January 12, 2009

seduction

Seduction, 2007
Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 inches

Donna Rosenthal - Feminine Image

Three-person exhibition in The Contemporary Gallery
at The Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, NY
September 21 - January 4, 2009


Ever Ready Girls Series, 2006
Vintage romance comics, newspaper, steel
each dress approx. 12 1/2 x 7 x 6 inches

 

RECENT EXHIBITIONS

HUNT SLONEM

September 5 - October 18, 2008

hunt slonem

Manors of Extravagance and Birds of Paradise:

Inspired by Hunt Slonem's unique sensibility, Jean Albano Gallery will create an environment
of artistic opulence using fine antiques, tropical flora and fauna, and the artist's colorful paintings.

Luciana Abait and Donna Rosenthal
July 18-August 23, 2008

Opening Reception
Friday, July 18, 2008
5:30-7:30 pm

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Fletcher Benton: Studies, Maquettes, and Wall Constructs

Show ran May 2- July 5, 2008

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Fletcher Benton: Studies, Maquettes, and Wall Constructs
Show ran May 2- July 5, 2008


Fletcher Benton is the recipient of the International Sculpture Center's 2008 Lifetime Achievement
in Contemporary Sculpture Award. Past recipients of this prestigious award include Louis Bourgeois,
Claes Oldenburg, Nam June Paik, and Robert Rauschenburg.

 

JIM WAID

Show ran MARCH 7- APRIL 26, 2008

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Jim Waid installation shot

 

Diane Cooper and John Geldersma

Show ran January 11- March 1, 2008

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History Revealed: Jules Feiffer and Bill Mauldin

October 26, 2007- January 6, 2007

With new "Willie and Joe" prints and a special limited edition print of Mauldin's "Weeping Lincoln,"
and new prints, original drawings, cartoons and illustrations from Feiffer's The Long Chalkboard

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