Dumpster Diver extraordinaire, Alden Cole in the Noyes Museum annex gallery in Hammonton, NJ. Click the pic for a wide angle view of this important new art space.
Noyes Museum of Art in Hammonton NJ
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Dumpster Divers @ Noyes Art Museum, Hammonton, NJ
Hammonton NJ is the self proclaimed blueberry capital of the world with a wonderfully quaint downtown district which has truly suffered from Wal-Martization. Art to the rescue with the Noyes Museum occupying a lovely space with bright windows and unbroken sight lines. The mysterious Dumpster Divers have been on display with a lavish installation of mixed media works of art that excites the senses and stirs old memories. Saturday is the last day at the Noyes but then a lot of the work will move to 734 South Street, Philadelphia where the Dumpster Divers have taken over a vacant store front on the hippest street in town.
Carol Cole, “New Beginnings“, mixed media. DoN was drawn into the luster of the paper mache eggs with the opalescent knobs, spikes and arrow forms creating a frame of strangeness; very desirable, chic and modern.
Ellen Sall, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds“, mixed media.
Betsy Alexander’s crosses made from cds wonderfully mixes the magic of contemporary music distribution with ancient symbols. Music was once held secret and sacred by the churches who recognized the power of aural input to influence behavior. Betsy’s crosses sing a contemporary song with visual cues and signs, symbols and silence speak volumes.
Alden Cole, “Eros Ex Machina”, mixed media @ The Noyes Museum gallery in Hammonton, NJ.
Alden Cole’s, Divine Lorraine series is on display at various locales. Cole’s use of wood is lavishly skillful, real love is applied to the surfaces of his creations.
Burnell Yow!, “La, Va, Ra, Ya“, mixed media @ Noyes Museum in Hammonton, NJ.
LOVE-ARMOR in the Icebox @ Crane Arts Center
The LOVE- Armor project is a collaborative work describing the empathy felt for those existing in war torn Afghanistan and Iraq. The Icebox is in the Crane Art Center @ 1400 North American Street. Read the whole story here.
Sho & DoN were both drawn into the craftsmanship and thought utilized in the Hummer cozy including J. Crew style pockets, buttons and closures; the pictures of an actual Hummer covered in the crocheted cover reads like putting a daisy in the barrel of a gun. The space is divided in two with cloth banners separating the movie area documenting the creative process and collaboration involved in producing the huge piece and is an experience design in itself; the movie is heartening and hopeful considering the dire situation. No more War.
William Lukens – Recent Paintings @ Da Vinci Art Alliance
William Lukens @ Da Vinci Art Alliance.
William Lukens @ Da Vinci Art Alliance.
DoN attended the lecture about Hamlet, the play & Romeo e Gulietta, the opera and noticed how marvelously these paintings complemented the discussion about language and story telling. Lukens paintings reach out to the viewer with signing, signature and the signed – Karen Saillant, artistic director of the International Opera Company said her players must have “aus strahlung” – an emanation or outer radience. Lukens ist wie äußere Strahlung zur Unendlichkeit und jenseits.
Gus V. Sermas @ Blue Streak
“Disappearance – Remembrance” The Myth of Persephone works on paper.
Gus V. Sermas @ Blue Streak Gallery.
Art party for Gus Sermas @ The Blue Streak Art Gallery, Wilmington.
The myth of Persephone was the closest the Greeks came to resurrection. Sermas chooses to tell the tale with bold mixed media drawings, combining natural shapes with machine overtones. Demeter, goddess of the Earth, was Persephone’ mother; Persephone’s father was Zues. Gus told DoN, “Persephone went to the Underworld, everything dies so she can come back.”
Blue Streak Gallery is @ 1721 Delaware Ave, owner Ellen Bartholomaus is an old freind of DoN’s, it was wonderful re-connecting with an influential art person from the past.