Three solo exhibits to open in April in Bedminster

BEDMINSTER, N.J. - March 23, 2015 - PRLog -- The two exhibits in The Center's first floor galleries present the work of artists Anna Kell and Sam Metcalf who were selected from the 2014 Juried Exhibition for The Center’s special Exhibitions Committee Solo Exhibit Award.The Center for Contemporary Art and Evonne Davis of Gallery Aferro, have worked together many times in the past, and Davis served as the exhibition’s juror. Her excellent selection of artists made the selection a difficult one for The Committee that ultimately decided to split the honor between Anna Kell and Sam Metcalf.

Indiana native Anna Kell is a painter and installation artist who explores domestic interior spaces and the influence of an exterior world. She will exhibit her installation titled, “The White Room.” Kell’s paintings and installations have been featured inexhibitions nationally at venues such as the Jolie Laide Gallery in Philadelphia, the Governor’s Island ArtFair, the AC Institute and Caelum Gallery in Chelsea, Root Division in San Francisco, and the ARCGallery in Chicago. She is currently Assistant Professor at Bucknell University, where she teachespainting and drawing. According to Kell, her work is an “investigation into the way nature is represented in our cultural commodities.” She builds paintings and installations out of existing images of idealized nature: wallpapers, found paintings and prints, needlework, puzzles, posters, labels, patterned textiles, upholstered furniture, rugs, floral mattresses and even lampshades.

“Big Game of the American West” presents the work of New Jersey artist Sam Metcalf. Through his work, Metcalf explores nature and the wonderment of its decaying remains. He describes the exhibit at The Center as "a series of kinetic works that use the bones of mule deer, elk and bison to recreate the optical effects of wind sculptures that are commonly displayed as lawn ornaments across the country."  Metcalf’s work has been exhibited at the Art Ark Gallery, San Jose State University Gallery and the Herbert Sanders Gallery in San Joe, CA., the De Young Museum,111 Minna Gallery and Root Division in San Francisco among others.

“Glove – The Emotional Core of Objects” is on view in The Center’s second floor gallery. Photographer Jay Sullivan of Red Bank positions his work at “the intersection of photography and psychology,” choosing subjects that challenge his own emotional and psychological boundaries. In this exhibit, Sullivan explores memory, regret, and parent/child relationships, specifically his own with his father, often reducing a complex subject to a single, beautiful object that is presented unhindered by the distraction of visual noise.

Also on view in The Center’s lobby are three sculptural tapestries or “Stitch Drawings” by London-based artist Annie Morris who is best known for pieces that combine obsessive drawing and ready-made sculptures. Morris’ installation explores how thread can disrupt a drawing and mend it at the same time.

The Center for Contemporary Art is located at 2020 Burnt Mills Road in Bedminster, NJ. (908) 234-2345 www.ccabedminster.org

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