2010 Exhibits
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“Hammond 2010 Tri State Artist Competition Winner’s Exhibit”
Belle Manes, Constance Kiermaier, Joanna Wezyk, Peggie Blizard, Mayumi Takagi
In 2009, the Hammond Museum hosted the Tri State Artist Competition for artists residing in either New York, Connecticut or New Jersey. The competition Judge, David Revere McFadden, Chief Curator and Vice President of the Museum of Arts and Design, selected one grand prize winner, Jason Noushin and then five winners. These five artists,: Peggie Blizard, Belle Manes, Constance Kiermaier, Mayumi Takagi, and Joanna M. Wezyk are exhibited in a group show in the Guild Hall.
Peggie Blizard will exhibit her series of hardware paintings inspired by her love of hardware and antique stores. Of the paintings Blizard says, “I am, in a sense, trying to paint the essence of these environments.”
Belle Manes will exhibit abstract paintings that she states she builds “from a simple ground by drawing on the surface and losing and finding that drawing by the use of a buildup of color and line.” Through her paintings, Manes is reflecting her journey through her past, present, and future.
Constance Kiermaier will exhibit mixed media works that are begun by the inspiration of the surface of the materials she works with. The aim of her work, she says, is to reflect “a universe of my own making by using the surface to go beyond the surface – to deeper places.”
Mayumi Takagi will exhibit prints, often of everyday objects, that she says are “expressions of those things in life that bring us joy, pleasure, comfort, and something of mystery.”
Joanna M. Wezyk will exhibit paintings that explore light in dark, somewhat cavernous spaces. Recently, she has worked on paintings of the interiors of bedrooms of European castles that explore the dichotomy between past and present and public and private in these spaces.
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