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New solos for four at Abington

Locker, front view, by Frank Vagnone, tool box, glass vases, mixed Using a strategy a number of galleries, like Pentimenti, use, Abington Art Center is hosting four small solo shows at once. And there’s another group of four scheduled to open Mar. 10.Frank Vagnone, one of the current four on exhibit until March 3, is the rare artist who makes bricolage art that is not overly precious. Instead, his conglomerations of objects and materials have a jury-rigged, held-together with string look (indeed, parts of them are held together with string). Locker, detail They are gizmos that light, or threaten to ... More » »

Abington’s annual holds some surprises

Transplant, NY, Ivan Stojakovic, alkyd, aluminum dust and acrylic on canvas The Annual Juried Show at Abington Art Center, curated by Bridgette Mayer, included a little from every genre, from paint to clay to photography to sculpture to jewelry to collage to bricolage, from outsider to insider, adding up to a lot of art–nearly 100 pieces in all. If the mission was to have a broad a show as possible, it succeeds. Butterflies and Brawn, by Jaime Treadwell, oil on canvas Some of the artists crawled out of the woodwork for this show, and others are known quantities, including some ... More » »

Dancing with trees

Each of the six artists included in the group show Inside/Outside: Treelines, at Abington Art Center, has work in the outdoor sculpture garden as well as inside the gallery. But the gallery work is scheduled to close Saturday. But some of my favorite pieces were in the garden, and that will remain up until Nov. 22. The show includes works by Joy Episalla, Robert Lobe, Thomas Matsuda, Jason Middlebrook, Chrysanne Stathacos and Steve Tobin.” Since I can never resist a good laugh, I especially enjoyed the Episalla and Middlebrook pieces in the garden. Grand Tetons of Yonkers by Joy Episalla ... More » »