From Now to Then

February 6- 28, 2021

Featured ARTISTS : Samuel Beckett, Jesper Just, Anna Anders, Beth Humphrey, Mary Tooley Parker, Sarah Lutz, Carlos Pinto, Maxine Leu, Stuart Farmery, Ernest Jolicoeur, Rodger Stevens, Becca Van K, Bradley Wood, Jen Kelly, Celeste Fichter, and Seth David Rubin

Sometimes we have to look back to push forward, we need to lose ourselves to find ourselves. Living here and now does not always give us an opportunity to quietly reflect. The exhibition “From Now to Then” looks at transitions, comparisons to establish dialogues from one situation to the next. We are taking time to pause, to observe and to view things in a different light.

On view, is a selection of moving images, video and film, to discover a time, a sense of place for reflection.

Jesper Just tells us a story of social despair and loneliness mixed with joy and exhilaration in the mix of society. Anna Anders creates a perspective as “outsider” with “INTRUDERS” crawling into a private space, welcomed or not, a reflection on the global issue of refugees trying to escape and enter.

Contrast or comparison offers a deeper look into what is presented, as in Goethe’s, famous novel “Elective Affinities” there are new pairings of works in our exhibition to create new dialogues. Comparatively the works by painter, Ernest Jolicouer open up new worlds of space to explore on canvas. Paired with delicate architectural wire sculptures by Rodger Stevens that play with light and shadow in a perfect composition of strengthened fragility. Debating reality with the use of photography are Seth Rubin’s distorted images and Celeste Fichtner play with objects as other. Beth Humphrey and Sarah Lutz’s abstract works dialogue side by side with joyful compositions of color and shape. The group of Stuart Farmery sculptures join together as a governing body holding court in the center space and engaging with a new character to chat with.