Chestnut. #1 October 9th
September 23, 2009
Please join us in our home for our inaugural show at Chestnut. opening on October 9th exhibiting the work of Baltimore artists, Leah Cooper and Andrew Shea. This is the first in a series of monthly shows highlighting the work of artists in Baltimore and its surrounding communities. Each show is held in our living room and we hope that by welcoming you into our home you will have a chance to view new and exciting art, talk, sit, and make friends.
Show dates: October 9 through the end of the month.
Opening reception: Friday, October 9th, 7 – 10 pm.
Alternate hours available by appointment. email for more info.
Notice: For those with pet sensitive allergies, please be aware that we have a big frumpy labrador retriever named Hades, and one small but sneaky cat named Snarly. If you suffer from allergies and plan to attend an opening please take note and prepare in advance.
Leah Cooper-Iteration 1 (detail), 2009
Leah Cooper is a Baltimore artist and recent MFA graduate from Maryland Institute College of Art. Cooper’s work employs drawing as a strategy to investigate the influence of visual information on a viewer’s subjective perception of object and place. Cooper works outside the traditional notion of drawing as a 2-dimensional representation of the 3-dimensional world; using drawing as a means to iterate rather than illustrate a variable framework of information. In her site-responsive drawings, Cooper brings to attention the ordinary and overlooked, creating drawings that simultaneously represent the space as well as become the space.
Andrew Shea, Neon Yolk, 2009
Andrew Shea is a Baltimore artist and designer working in a variety of mediums including video and film, photography, sound installation as well as graphic design. Growing up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Shea became inspired by cultural discontinuities, nuanced textures and found artifacts. He is interested in building tension and dialogue between similar and dissimilar subjects, themes and mediums. Andrew is currently towards his MFA in graphic design at Maryland Institute College of Art.
October 12, 2009 at 4:00 AM
Darn! I forgot all about the opening (what with all this shadow puppet video, and all)! Now you’ll have to have a closing, please…
October 12, 2009 at 4:37 AM
You can always email us to stop by another time if you like, the work looks fantastic. We’ll be having another show early next month. Hopefully you’ll be able to drop by.