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\n\n Amy Sim on Fine Art\, located at 1869 Post Road East\, Westport is pleased to anno unce its latest exhibition\, WAX IS HOT!! Selections in Encaustic. The sh ow features
\n\n encaustic work by five artists: Binnie Birstein\; Jeri Eisenberg\; Lynette Haggard\; Lisa Pressman
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\n\n Encaustic is a wax based medium characterized by luminous color and a lush surface. It is o ver 2\,000 years old\, but has experienced a tremendous revival among many contemporary artists. The process itself is not simple. It involves melt ing wax\, adding pigment\, painting and fusing. Painting in encaustic mus t be done quickly as the molten wax paint begins to harden the moment that it leaves it heat source.
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\n\n There are many different ways to make encaustic painting. Each of the a rtists in this exhibition use encaustic differently.
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\nBinnie Birstein’s work is about energy and spatia l ambiguity. In many of the works there is a central spiral set against a grid. There are strong physical elements that come from the intensity of layering\, cutting in\, scraping and manipulating the images with ink\, o ilstick\, pencil and graphite. These tools make marks in the wax fueled b y the artist’s motivation. Although these works may incorporate a geometri c framework\, expressiveness becomes the ultimate driver of the compositio ns\, one mark or layer leading to another and creating sensations of movem ent\, progression and dissonance.
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\n\n Jeri Eisenberg’s diptych and triptychs are photo-based. Images of nature are captured with oversized pinhole or defocused lens\, printed on Japanese Kozo paper\, and infused with encaustic medium. The works have a translucency and luminance. They purposefully balance the concrete and th e abstract. Ephemeral elements fade in and out of recognizable form.
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\n\n Lynette Haggard’s work explores material history\, sensory perception and reconstructive memory. Beautif ul encaustic paintings are built up by layering and reworking
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\n\n surfaces\, then using s uperimposed lines and grids for excavating. She explores the relationship of color\, transparency and opacity. There are multi-layers of energized \, sensual surfaces that combine the past and present\; alluding to the di mension of time. Haggard’s intent is to connect a place of perception that resonates with the viewer’s sensory perceptions.
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\n\n Lisa Pressman’s beautiful abstract work is rooted in pla y\, a sense of discovery and a passion for revealing the unknown. Images e merge from the artists’s translation of experiences from the outside world . Motion\, energy and balance are key to the work. There is a deliberate dialogue between intentional marks and accidents unfolding.
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\n Charyl Weissbach’s encaustic work uses minimal colo r\, pattern and arboreal-based imagery. She explores nature’s vastness an d mysterious allure. Her work is a dialogue between color\, resin and pig mented wax. Gold leaf\, flowing shapes and ornamental designs are metapho rs. The work is elegant\, mysterious and beautiful.
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\nWAX IS HOT!! Selections in Encaustic is on view from January 4th through February 16th. There is an opening rece ption\, Friday\, January 4th from 6 to 8 p.m. Gallery hours are Tuesday th rough Saturday\, 11 to 5:30. For information\, please call 203-259-1500 o r visit the gallery website\, www.amysimonfineart.com.
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\n\n\nPhone: 203-259-1500\n\n1869 Post Road East\nWestport\, CT\n068 80\n\n DTSTART:20130104T110000 DTEND:20130104T173000 LOCATION:Amy Simon Fine Art PRIORITY: RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20130216;INTERVAL=1 SUMMARY:Wax is Hot! Selections in Encaustic URL:http://amysimonfineart.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR