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ART*SPARKS
Rekindling the Gifts
Marian Osher
February 29 – March 25, 2012
Washington Printmakers Gallery
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, 2nd Floor
8230 Georgia Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20910 • 301.273.3660 www.washingtonprintmakers.com
Hours: Wed - Thurs, Noon - 6 pm
Friday, Noon - 7 pm, Sat, 10 - 5 pm
Sun, Noon - 5 pm
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Here Comes Sunshine
mixed-media monotype on canvas, 11 x 14 |
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Opening Reception: Saturday, March 3, 1 to 4 pm
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Artist Talk: Saturday, March 3, 1:30 pm
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Just ten months before ART*SPARKS, her solo exhibition at Washington Printmakers Gallery, was set to open, Marian Osher suffered from a case of the dreaded creative block. Osher's success in breaking through her block resulted in the creation of fifty-eight new works for the exhibition. In ART*SPARKS, she pushes her monotype media past the flat plane of the paper, reworking the prints into multi-dimensional mixed-media artwork on canvas. Flowers expand and evolve as layers of petals continue to open. Shells are found nested inside other shells, broken or not, mixed with layers of sand. In addition there are six free-form relief prints on sculpted canvas. All the work in this exhibition is shown without the barriers of glass, making it unique for a printmaking exhibition.
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