Matthews Gallery Presents NEW HORIZONS Landscape Show

Painted and sculptural worlds intersect in exhibition featuring Frank Morbillo
 
SANTA FE, N.M. - Oct. 16, 2013 - PRLog -- In the Matthews Gallery’s NEW HORIZONS: Focus on Landscapes (http://thematthewsgallery.com/Exhibit_Detail.cfm?ShowsID=51)  show, Tesuque sculptor Frank Morbillo’s latest body of work engages with contemporary and historic landscape art of the Southwest.  The exhibition opens Friday, October 18 from 5-7 pm and runs through October 27.

Morbillo was born in Queens and grew up on Long Island, but when it was time to strike out he headed for the wild. It’s a journey that generations of artists have taken to reach New Mexico: from East to West, from urban to rural life.

“I’m from New York, where a lot of what you experience is manmade landscapes,” Morbillo says. He left the city behind to study sculpture in Upstate New York and Montana, drawing inspiration from frequent hiking trips. When he moved to New Mexico the landscape spoke to him like never before.

“Growing up in the East, the landscape is covered. Here, the land is exposed,” Morbillo says. “The daylight is really crisp. You see the ridges and the drainages as opposed to the outlines of land features.” The swooping lines of the desert canyons soon found their way into the artist’s bronze and steel sculptures, with glass elements capturing the glow of the sky.

In NEW HORIZONS: Focus on Landscapes, Morbillo’s latest sculptures appear beside landscape-inspired paintings and prints by contemporary and historic artists including Jamie Chase, Barbara Brock, Fremont Ellis and William Lumpkins.

“You’d be surprised by how our ideas can intersect, just by working in this place,” Morbillo says. Come see artistic philosophies unite under the Southwestern sun in the Matthews Gallery’s NEW HORIZONS: Focus on Landscapes (http://thematthewsgallery.com/Exhibit_Detail.cfm?ShowsID=51), opening Friday, October 18 from 5-7 pm. The reception will feature a panel discussion with Frank Morbillo, Lawrence Matthews and Santa Fe painter Jamie Chase.

The Matthews Gallery shows distinctive European and American masters from the 19th and 20th centuries and contemporary art by mid-career and established artists.
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