Chestnut. #2 November 20th
November 15, 2009
Well it’s time for our second show at Chestnut. art space. Before we say anything else we would just like to say thank you to everyone who came out for Chestnut. #1. It was an overwhelming success and we are extremely grateful to everyone who came out to support the artists, Andrew Shea and Leah Cooper.
That said … please join us in our home for our second show Chestnut. #2, opening on November 20th. We are pleased to show the work of Baltimore artists, Steve Doolittle and Joshua Smith, two generations of MICA’s Mount Royal School of Art. This is the second show 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: November 20th through December 20th.
Opening reception: Friday, October 9th, 7 – 10 pm.
Alternate hours available by appointment. email for more info.
Steve Doolittle, Airwolf no.7, Archival Digital Print, 2009
Steve Doolittle is a Baltimore Artist and graduate of MICA’s Mount Royal School of Art. Doolittle makes digital prints and video works of carefully rendered environments. All of the environments share in common strange and often discomforting light sources that illuminate the visually, and emotively, dark spaces. Doolittle uses light to as a formal device, drawing the viewer into the imagined space of his work to make connections to the densely layered referents buried deep within the spaces. The light sources in Doolittle’s work act as pathways into spaces that in real life one might hesitate to enter.
Joshua Smith, Mount Washington, Sculpture and Performance, 2009
Joshua Smith is a Baltimore artist currently working towards his MFA at MICA’s Mount Royal School of Art. Showing a series of photo based prints and a site-specific sculpture, Smith’s work is a balance of athleticism and absurdity. His interactive sculpture and performances incorporate a fascination with the implied stability of man-made structures and the comic instability of bodies in motion.
