FEATURING TALENTED LOCAL ARTISTS
Furnace – Art on Paper presents Kim Schmidt Fine Art
We all love a pop-up, and this show is well worth browsing both the wall and flat files. Art dealer Kim Schmidt has taken over Furnace – Art on Paper, curating a salon-style show of works on paper with a large bandwidth. Schmidt is more often showing at art fairs, so seeing these works in the Northwest Corner is a treat, not to be missed.
A small Howard Hodgkin, one of my early influences, sits alongside a Richard Diebenkorn print; it is joyous to […]
Sharon Butler’s Buildingdrawing show at Furnace – Art on Paper Archive
Sharon Butler’s solo show, Buildingdrawing, at Furnace – Art on Paper Archive, located at 106 Main Street in Falls Village, CT, is a unique experience. Her double-sided drawings, a rare sight, welcome you as you enter. They hang at a 90-degree angle from the wall, offering an intimate view of both sides. This arrangement allows the viewer to follow a narrative that unfolds around the edge of the room.
Standing throughout the space are installations on rolling trolleys reminiscent of market carts, hung with further […]
A Moment in Time
Linda Stillman grew up in the Hudson Valley in Orange County, NY. She and her husband discovered their home in Hillsdale in 1980. “It was a rundown, beautiful farmhouse, inexpensive because no one wanted a big, old farmhouse in that era as fuel was prohibitive. We were young and naive and didn’t know how hard it was to heat an uninsulated house. However, I’m so glad we were that foolish, it’s a unique historic house, and we have made it our own over the years.” […]
In the Beginning Was Clay
My directions to Eve Kaplan’s Taghkanic studio were to turn at the pink mailbox. Originally red, it has now faded to a fabulous electric pink. Eve Kaplan hails from an artistic background. Her Norwegian mother was a ceramicist whose first husband was a painter. Her brother was also a painter. Her father, Richard Kaplan, was a documentary filmmaker who directed films about Martin Luther King and Eleanor Roosevelt. Creativity is embedded in Kaplan’s genes.
Kaplan’s gilded age
“I attended Bennington College, which has a strong […]
