The Contemporaries

                                         The Contemporaries at Parlor Gallery 
                                                A Stimulating Visual Experience!

ASBURY PARK, NJ ( April 24, 2017)~
Parlor Gallery is curating a visual feast for the eyes, with the opening of their new exhibit
The Contemporaries. The show will feature celebrated artists whose work is process and materials oriented and also those who explore non objective abstraction. This genre does not imitate a recognizable subject and instead the art is inspired by color, texture, form, balance and the core design elements.
The Contemporaries will feature a solo exhibit in Gallery I from one of their gallery artists Sylvia Hommert. The artist is ”drawn to materials that enhance and illuminate” and by building up layers of materials from the opaque to translucent to transparent, creates extreme depth
and texture. Hommert is a former designer, who now works full time from her studio on Shelter Island creating her luminous and eye-popping works.
For the accompanying group show in Gallery II, the Parlor team sought out some of the freshest in the field. The common thread in all of their work is a complex and expressive investigation of their chosen mediums and their potential to engage and attract the viewer. The precise, political and humorous lego “portraits” of Andre Veloux for example, are a testament to the artist’s love of his medium. The Lego’s “ provide a myriad of different possibilities due to the different available shaped bricks, tiles and plates, with the exciting opportunity to create the 3-dimensional and textural aspects of the art.” Artist Ben Grant, although using paint on canvas, also explores the textural aspects of his images by combining shapes, patterns, and textures which “serve as a kind of syntax; rigidly composed blocks filled with patterns of geometrically precise stripes form shifting relationships as their colors and spatial orientations coexist with and resist one another.”
Parlor will also be showcasing new works from local asbury artists Denis Randall and Songan Brunner as well as Patrick Dintino, Shawn Watrous, Troy Gua, Tom Berenz, Dan Tague, Hellbent and Jeremy Brown. The Contemporaries is co-curated by Parlor Gallery Directors Jenn Hampton and Jill Ricci. The opening night reception is Saturday, May 13th from 7-11pm.

Event Information:
The Contemporaries
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 13, 7-11pm
Exhibit ends: June 19, 2017
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Location:
Parlor Gallery
717 Cookman Ave.
Asbury Park, NJ 07712
732.869.0606
Media Opportunities:
Interview with Artists
Interview with owners/directors & curators: Jill Ricci/ Jenn Hampton

Available upon Request:
High-resolution images
Artist Bio / CV / Statements
Press/Publications
Catalogue in PDF

Contacts:

jill@parlor-gallery.com
juicyjenn@parlor-gallery.com
(732) 869-0909