Spring is here and the world is teaming with the force of life — as daffodils pierce through the soil and buds set on our trees and shrubs, so too, newARTSpace jumps back to life with a new exhibition celebrating three exuberant bodies of work by some of our favorite Wisconsin artists!
Opening April 11 for Art Nite in Downtown De Pere, élan vital features the collaborative large-scale cyanotype work of John Shimon and Lauren Semivan, an installation of mixed media works by Katherine Steichen Rosing and recent paintings in acrylic by Peter Koury.
John Shimon and Lauren Semivan have been working collaboratively to create over 100 cyanotype, or blueprint, photograms since 2018 in work they title Tangency.
Inspired by Robert Rauschenberg and Susan Weil’s blueprints created between 1949 and 1951, the imprint of the human form on paper is ghostly and translucent.
Tangency stretches across time, space, and worldly dimensions.
Selections from this ongoing body of work are featured in this exhibition.
They have previously been shown at The Meadows Museum of Art in Shreveport, LA, the Denver Photographic Arts Center, and the Portrait Society Gallery for Contemporary Art in Milwaukee.
The artists live and work in Northeast Wisconsin.
Katherine Steichen Rosing, of Madison, creates immersive installations that explore environmental processes and phenomena in forests and watersheds.
Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries across the United States and abroad.
She has received numerous grants and awards including the Forward Art Prize and the Madison Arts Commission/Wisconsin Arts Board Individual Artist Fellowship.
Her work is represented by Kim Storage Gallery (Milwaukee) and Groveland Gallery (Minneapolis).
Peter Koury is a distinguished, award-winning contemporary painter from De Pere.
His work harnesses vibrant colors and realism to captivate the viewer, blending realism with abstraction and symbolism to offer social commentary through the human experience. Throughout his 30-year career, he has consistently integrated environmental and conservation themes into his art.
His most recent work is derived from his photographic excursions, with birds as the most prevalent imagery depicted from his travels.
A meet-the-artist reception will be held from 5-8 pm on April 11, coinciding with the monthly Art Nite in Downtown De Pere.
The exhibition will remain on display through May 23.
Visiting the galleries at newARTSpace at 124 N. Broadway, Ste. A, in De Pere is always free and open to everybody.
For further information and weekly hours, visit the website newartspace124.com or follow the gallery on Facebook and Instagram at @newartspace124.
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