The Art League of Long Island is hosting “Side by Side,” an ambitious collaboration of bold abstract expressionism and fluid images of collage by artists Joan Klutch and Rosemary Furia next month,
Featuring more than 50 pieces, the exhibit will run May 16 through June 7 at the Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, 107 East Deer Park Rd., Dix Hills. The opening reception is scheduled for Sunday, May 17, 4 to 6 p.m.
There’s nothing tentative about Klutch and Furia’s respective works which combine color, form and technique in powerful explosions of motion and emotion on paper and canvas.
The carefully curated show is a compilation of recent pieces by each artist.
Furia’s dramatic triptych, “Three Parts of One” evokes sensations of discovery using a combination of transfer, rice paper, collage, pen and ink, handmade papers and acrylic gel mediums on paper.
Klutch both calms and excites in “Simplicity,” one of the larger works in the exhibit. In stark contrast are the bold and powerful strokes of “The Conversation.” Klutch has described her artistic vision as “the ability to go to the extreme without going over the edge,” and she has accomplished it here.
Klutch, who maintains studios in East Hampton and Sanibel, FL, is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society. Her work hangs in galleries, museums and private and corporate collections, including Dun & Bradstreet, IMS Health, and American Airlines’ First Class Lounge in Miami.
She has participated in and won many awards in national and local juried competitions and has been a guest artist teacher at the Parrish Art Museum, Master Art Workshop coordinator at Long Island University and watercolor painting adjunct professor at Long Island University, Southampton.
Furia, who maintains a studio in Northport, is a member of the National Association of Women Artists, and has exhibited in galleries and shows in Sarasota and Venice FL. and on Long Island, winning an Award of Excellence in the 2010 Long Island Artists Exhibition.
Fine art photography was her original focus; eventually her interest turned towards mixing media within the format of the photographed image. Using the concepts of design, composition, balance, harmony, color and space, and a variety of components she pieces together materials as if solving a puzzle.
The Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery hours are: Monday – Thursday: 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.; Friday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Weekends: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Call (631) 462-5400 for further information.
