Entries from July 1, 2007 - August 1, 2007
7/29: Child Parking
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7/27: Buoys & Gulls
Ever since I started blogging on Sea Kayak Stonington, the gallery blog has been perhaps diminished by the lack of Stonington gossip and the other non-art-related stuff that made the blog kind of fun. Maybe it's too small a town to really post any relevant gossip anyway, and when people come into the gallery and interrogate me for all the latest, I find it difficult to even pretend I'm interested (in what the Blue Heron Gallery is doing, or what's going on with the Goose Cove Lodge, etc, etc.). It was in the newspaper, so why ask me?
Tonight in Stonington, the moon is nearly full and it shines across the ocean, illuminating a watery path to the islands. It's been hot, but the air outside now is comfortably cool, and we have fans blowing the night air into the overly-lit gallery. I'm a bit tired, since I began my day at five this morning to go kayaking (see other blog). And I'll be doing the same tomorrow morning. Despite the time I have out there on the ocean, I always want more, and it casts other landbound experiences in an unflattering perspective. This evening at the Opera House was no exception. I suppose we live in too small a town to honestly review our peers, but I'll try to say this as nicely as I can. The jazz festival was kicked off with a panel discussion which was supposed to have some kind of connection to electronic music, but we mostly heard about the state of groundfish, recycling (paper or plastic, let's see how long we can talk about that?) and... I don't know- whatever makes one more environmental than thou.
Here and there we heard recordings: the lapping of water, a bird, etc. I'm sorry, but I was hoping for some jazz. Take that raw material and do something with it. Make us feel something instead of hitting us over the head with a lot of didactic sermonizing. Maybe this is interesting to city people. I was thinking that I should be out in my kayak listening to the real thing. I should have been. I will be soon enough.
7/21: Gallery Snapshots
7/19: Farrell Ruppert
Farrell Ruppert will exhibit a collection of his new sculpture at Isalos Fine Art, Stonington from August 3 through August 17, with an opening reception on August 3, from 4 to 7 p.m. in conjunction with Stonington Galleries First Friday Open Gallery Night.
Ruppert has worked out of his forge in Deer Isle since 2000, and for several years has mentored young people at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. He uses forged and fabricated metals to create sculpture and architectural commissions which are visible in such places as the Stonington Opera House, Seamark Community Arts and the Elan Gallery in Rockland.
On a nearby island Ruppert has visited since he was a child, he’s observed the remains of an old fish weir in the sand, and the way it has been alternately buried and revealed by tides and wind. That, and an interest in fossils led him to experiment with “burying” his forged forms, first in concrete, now in pigmented sand and epoxy. Using the sand to obscure and reveal, his resulting forms appear to have been worn down by time and the forces of nature.
The exhibition will include 12 new wall-mounted sculptures in forged bronze, copper and steel, as well as several freestanding pieces and a fountain.
7/17: What's Happening?
