ArtHouse429 celebrates the gallery’s inaugural season with a spring group exhibition and sale by Bruce Helander
ArtHouse429 has had a remarkable first year in operation, with packed openings and outstanding press coverage, with articles in all local news media, as well as international coverage in The Huffington Post. Based on its initial success, the gallery is expanding its artist base in paintings, prints and sculpture. This spring exhibition will display the works of emerging as well as established artists, and promises to be one of the most exciting shows of the season.
Among the new artists on exhibit is CARL PAOLI, who constructs mesmerizing portraits in an abstract expressionist style. The artist presents a variety of brushstrokes and palette knife surfaces, adding a raised, three-dimensional flair to his works and inspiring a somewhat theatrical charm and mystery. TROY SIMMONS explores painterly surfaces that seem to commemorate the old and the new from fragments of civilizations. In some pieces, we are reminded of Pompeian walls and of color field painters such as Kenneth Noland. JACQUELINE ELLIS offers a fantasy world of photographic scenes that are exotic and often whimsical. In her latest series, the artist’s delightful images have a magical spirit through merging realism and surrealism. MARK FORMAN offers bright and bold color field canvases that pay homage to the delicate surfaces of Mark Rothko while including bits and pieces of narrative fragments, often from flowers. MARGARET ELLIOTT contributes charming abstract portraits that incorporate harmonious color swatches followed by a meandering line that could be mistaken for clues in a treasure map. MELINDA TRUCKS, who recently exhibited her work at the Palm Beach Cultural Council, paints romantic still-lifes, often from fauna and flora, which are skillfully laid down on canvas and honor the organic design of nature. SARA MUSHEGIAN investigates minimal line drawings depicting characters that are kissing or otherwise displaying affection. These uncomplicated studies deal with the interaction and symmetry of figures in streetwise customs, which take on a formula of simplicity and honesty. DEBBIE MOSTEL has been inspired by the ocean since she was a child. Her mysterious underwater worlds of textured waves and currents explore the natural beauty of the sea with a combination of assemblage and painted sea life that seem to be moving in all directions. JACKIE GORISSEN’s unstructured abstract expressionist works respectfully pay homage to painters like Jackson Pollock. In this new series, Gorissen skillfully adds multiple layers of thick medium that are reminiscent of stain-painting traditions and the early works of Helen Frankenthaler. CLARK HIPOLITO is a multi-talented artist whose engaging imagery and colorful finishes embellish a variety of objects, from guitars, skateboards and surfboards to dramatic ambitious murals on urban brick walls and luxurious hotel foyers. He produces convincing patinaed surfaces on his canvases, which successfully mixes the old graphic imagery with the new.
In addition to the presentation of new artists, there will be a sampling of regular gallery artists with specially priced prints and small works. The adjoining sculpture garden, now in full bloom, has become a favorite spot in Palm Beach County to view a variety of contemporary three-dimensional sculptures. The gallery is located on 25th street in West Palm Beach’s historic Northwood Village. This rejuvenated neighborhood has become a pioneering area for young artists, entrepreneurs, designers and architects who enjoy the dramatic spirit of a recently developed area that offers the excitement of innovation and renovation, giving vintage spaces a fresh life and sparkle.
The show continues through June 1. For more information, please contact Gallery Manager Karene Telesca at 561-231-0429, or email her at [email protected]. www.ArtHouse429.com