EXHIBITIONS

JULY/AUGUST

Artspace. 50 Orange St., New Haven. Tuesday-Thursday, 12-6 pm. Friday-Saturday, 12-8 pm.
Pretty Things: Confronting Sensuousness. 10 artists employ diverse materials in innovative ways to entice us with artworks that project a seductive allure. In Gallery 1, view the work of Kelly Bigelow Becerra, Phyllis Bramson, Mia Brownell, Oliver Herring, Grant Lincoln Johnston, Joyce Kozloff, Christi Rinklin and Ben Weiner. In Gallery 2, view the work of Jane Rainwater and Cheryl Yun. Through August 9.
In Case of Loss Please Return to Paradise. An installation by Fredo Conde. On view in Gallery 3, Conde combines painting, drawing and sculpture to collectively form a narrative. The work is the product of Conde’s disillusionment with the excesses of consumerism and subsequent regression into escapism. Through August 9.
Put Together. Last fall Jeffrey Walkowiak, director of the Sara Meltzer Gallery in New York, visited over 400 artist studios during Artspace’s City-Wide Open Studios Festival 2007. His selection of five artists articulate concurrent and relevant issues in today’s art world. In Galleries 4, 5 and 7 view the work of: Brian Huff, Phil Lique, Kari Britta Lorensen, Drew Nemetz, and Dorothy Powers. Through August 9.
Things I’ve Seen. Student curator Simeon Durham, of the Hyde Leadership Academy, selected the work of two artists from the Artspace Flatfile, Robert Knight and Andrew Hogan, for his exhibition on view in Gallery 6. Robert Knight’s colorful photographs playfully expose the personal space of the bedroom. Andrew Hogan pushes the standards of lighting practices in documentary photography in his series, 12 Images of New Haven at Dusk and After. Through August 9.

Beverly Kaye Gallery. 15 Lorraine Drive, Woodbridge. Open by appointment. 203-387-5700. www.artbrut.com.
Outsider and Self-Taught All Skate. Beverly Kaye Gallery’s latest show features open access to all the artists represented. This work will be accompanied by a new portfolio by Germany’s Alexandra Huber. Through July 31.

City Gallery. 994 State St., New Haven. Thursday-Sunday, 12-4 pm. 203-782-2489. www.city-gallery.org.
History Lessons. New work by Mary Lesser. Monoprints and illuminated manuscripts, featuring images of people past and present. Reception: Sunday, July 13, 4-7 pm. Meet the Artist: Sunday, July 27, 12-4 pm. Exhibition: July 10-27.

Claire’s Corner Copia. 1000 Chapel St., New Haven. Daily, 8 am-9 pm. 203-562-3888. www.clairescornercopia.com.
Artist in Residence. Douglas Deveny is a painter who inspires feelings of serenity, peacefulness and solitude through his paintings. His subjects are landscapes that are interpreted through physical texture and translucent pigment. Deveny is the first artist for Claire’s Artist in Residence program.

Creative Arts Workshop. 80 Audubon Street, New Haven. Monday-Friday, 9:30 am-5:30 pm. Saturday, 9 am-noon. 203-562-4927. www.creativeartsworkshop.org.
CAW Student Show. An exhibition of new artwork by CAW students in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, printmaking, basketry, weaving, sculpture, jewelry, pottery, book arts, photography, and mixed media. Reception and Art Materials Tag Sale: Sunday, July 13, 2-5 pm. Exhibition: July 11-25.
CAW August Installation. This installation will be viewable 24 hours a day from the outside of CAW’s two story Hilles Gallery. Reception: Friday, August 1, 5-7 pm. Exhibition: July 27-August 31.

Elm City Artists. 284 York St., New Haven. Monday-Wednesday, 10 am-6 pm. Thursday-Saturday, 10 am-8 pm. Sunday, 12-5 pm. 203-218-3832.
Art in Bloom. An exhibit with colorful florals, landscapes, still lifes and more. Through July 30.
Sailing through Summer. An exhibition that includes paintings from places of interest along the northeast coast, across the country and right here in Connecticut. August 1-September 15.

Guilford Art Center. 411 Church St., Guilford. Monday-Friday, 12-6 pm. Saturday, 12-4 pm. 203-453-5947. www.guilfordartcenter.org.
identity theft: reinventing the comic hero. Classic comic book heroes and heroines are reimagined and reinvented by some of today’s best underground and emerging artists in this large group exhibition. At the opening reception, donations will be accepted for The Heroes Initiative, a nonprofit organization providing support to former comic book creators. Reception: Friday, July 11, 5-9 pm. Exhibition: July 11-August 14.
Arts Connecticut. The 61st Annual juried exhibit of the Guilford Art League. Reception: Thursday, August 28, 6-8 pm. Exhibition: August 28 - September 21.

Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life. 80 Wall St., New Haven. 203-432-1134. www.yale.edu/slifka.
Allan and Leah Rabinowitz Gallery. Monday-Friday, 10 am-4 pm.
Reverence in Bali: Ancient Culture, Modern Translation. A show of Judy Sirota Rosenthal’s photographs of the people and culture of Bali. Through August 15.

Kehler Liddell Gallery. 873 Whalley Ave., New Haven. Thursday-Sunday, 11 am-4 pm. Also by appointment. 203-389-9555. www.kehlerliddell.com.
Paintings by Lawrence Morelli and Lenny Moskowitz. Whether a portrait, landscape, or abstracted impression, Lawrence Morelli’s paintings lead him towards new paths of representation in his signature palette of muted grays and greens, reminiscent of an early spring field. Lenny Moskowitz paints exuberant landscapes in the tradition of the en plein air masters. His lively colors and fluid lines capture the glory of summers in New England. Both artists live and paint in the New Haven area. Through July 27.

Knights of Columbus Museum. 1 State St., New Haven. Open daily, 10 am-5 pm. 203-865-0400. www.kofcmuseum.org.
Etchings of the Eternal City: Piranesi’s Rome. An exhibition that examines artist, print maker and Venice native Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s etchings of 18th-century Rome. Through November 9.

The Parachute Factory Gallery. Erector Square, 319 Peck St., Building 1, New Haven. 203-772-2788. www.newhavenarts.org.
Routes. An exhibition that explores actual and metaphorical maps, networks and pathways. Participating artists include: Scott Andresen, Leila Daw, Naomi Darling, Jennifer Jane, Derek Leka, Martha Lewis, Lawrence Morelli, Meena Negishi, Steve Tarquino and Jonathan Waters. Through September 5.

River Street Gallery. Fair Haven Furniture, 72 Blatchely Ave., New Haven. Monday, Thursday-Friday, 9 am-6 pm. Saturday, 10 am-9 pm. Sunday, 12-4 pm. 203-776-5466. www.fairhaven-furniture.com.
Transformation. Paintings by Nancy Moore Hulnick. Through July 17.

Small Space Gallery. 70 Audubon St., 2nd Floor, New Haven. Monday-Friday, 9 am-5 pm. 203-772-2788. www.newhavenarts.org.
Cultural Exchange. Art students from the National School of Visual Art, Krakow, Poland. Organized by Monika Jastrzebiec Czepielewska and Stanislaw Zielinski. Through July 11.

Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery. Fairfield University, 1073 North Benson Road, Fairfield. Tuesday-Saturday, 11 am-5 pm. 203-254-4010. www.quickcenter.com.
Falling and Floating. This exhibition features 30 paintings on paper by Tom Weaver, chair, Department of Art at Hunter College. Weaver’s range of painterly means encodes subtle contradictions in his works, which combine the “immediacy of touch” of “pointillist” drawing, glazing technique, blending, scumbling and dripping with “mechanized” devices or repetition, found wood blocks and decorative-pattern rollers. Curated by Jo Yarrington, chair, Studio Art Department, Fairfield University. Through July 31.

White Space Gallery. 1020 Chapel St., 2nd Floor, New Haven. Monday-Saturday, 10 am-6 pm. Thursday until 7 pm. Sundays by appointment. 203-495-1200. www.whitespacegallery.com.
Fabric of Life-Investigation in Chaotic Symmetries. John Arabolos’ work is an investigation of chaotic patterns found in nature through photography, using elements of nature such as grass, trees, pine needles. Through July 12.

Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center. 229 E. Litchfield Rd., Litchfield. Monday-Saturday, 10 am-4 pm. 860-567-3163. www.wisdomhouse.org.
Natural Connections. Works of Amelia deNeergaard at the Marie Louise Trichet Gallery at Wisdom House. Reception: Saturday, July 26, 1-3 pm. Exhibition: July 26-October 11.

Yale Center for British Art. 1080 Chapel St., New Haven. Tuesday-Saturday 10 am-5 pm. Sunday 12-5 pm. 203-432-2800 or 877-BRIT-ART.www.yale.edu/ycba.
Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool. This is the first exhibition to focus on the painter’s significant creative and professional development in Liverpool from 1768 to 1771. Co-organized by the Yale Center for British Art and the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Through August 31.
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection. This exhibition of more than eighty outstanding watercolors from the Center’s collection includes masterpieces by J. M. W. Turner, John Constable, and Thomas Gainsborough. Organized by the Yale Center for British Art in association with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. Through August 17.

Yale University Art Gallery. 1111 Chapel St., New Haven. Tuesday-Saturday, 10 am-5 pm.Thursday until 8 pm. Sunday, 1-6 pm. 203-432-0600. www.artgallery.yale.edu.
Van Gogh’s Cypresses and The Starry Night: Visions of Saint-Rémy. The Yale University Art Gallery is honored to exhibit two of Vincent van Gogh’s most renowned paintings, Cypresses (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) and The Starry Night (Museum of Modern Art, New York), side-by-side for the first time. Completed in June 1889, during his yearlong confinement at the asylum in Saint-Rémy, these two paintings exemplify the work of this modern master at the height of his creativity. Together, Cypresses and The Starry Night reveal the artist’s vivid and tender vision of Saint-Rémy as he observed the French countryside from his window—by day and through the night. Through September 7.
Behind the Seen: The Photographs of Abelardo Morell. This exhibition provides an in-depth look at the role that artworks and monuments play in Abelardo Morell’s major photographic series. Approximately forty images are on display, featuring Morell’s work in black and white alongside his newest color photographs, and including twenty of his camera obscura images. The exhibition also features a special camera obscura room, which invites visitors to enter the space of one of the artist’s pictures. Several recent photographs made at the museum are on view for the first time. Through August 10.
From Any Angle: Photographs from the Collection of Doris Bry. An exhibit that celebrates the remarkable collection of over two hundred photographs brought together by Doris Bry and currently on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery. A noted scholar of eminent American photographer Alfred Stieglitz, Bry is perhaps best known as the agent and confidant of Stieglitz’s wife, the painter Georgia O’Keeffe. The collection includes photographs by renowned masters, such as Irving Penn and Berenice Abbott, as well as intriguing works by lesser-known artists, and showcases examples of a wide range of styles and photographic media. Through September 7.
Everyday Monuments: The Photographs of Jerome Liebling. This monographic exhibition features approximately fifty photographs by American artist Jerome Liebling. Active since the 1940s, Liebling has explored a variety of photographic themes including social-documentary photographs of people and places, poetic images of the relics and physical remnants of literary figures, and photographs of mannequins and corpses. The body of work on display includes representative examples from the many facets of Liebling’s practice. Through September 7.


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