Emergence

Frieda (detail), ceramic decorative teapot by Noi Volkov
Frieda (detail), ceramic decorative teapot by Noi Volkov

Emergence: Contemporary Artists To Watch

March 11 – May 10, 2011

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Emergence: Contemporary Artists to Watch features forty artists from across the country, who are making an indelible mark on the contemporary art movement with compelling and technically skilled artworks. The exhibition explores the renaissance of artistic expression and creativity in American art, and highlights Baltimore’s position as an up-and-coming arts scene while raising questions about where art is going, both geographically and intellectually.

Myrtis Bedolla, Curator
Aden Weisel, Assistant Curator

Artwork

Artists

Exhibition Featured: Christina Batipps, Lois Borgenicht, Anne Bouie, Al Burts, Eugene Campbell, Jennifer Cheek, Larry Cook, Loring Cornish, John Cotterell, Daniel Everett, Peggy Fox, Phylicia Ghee, Lisa Grabenstetter, Don Griffin, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Judy Hintz-Cox, Robin Holder, Amy Jackson, Evan Jensen, Rochelle Johnson, Nikia Kigler, Sharon Minor King, Douglas Kinnett, Gloria Kirk, Vivian Leinio, Jeannie Monico, Edmond Nassa, Lilya Pavlovic-Dear, Aidah Rasheed, Jamea Richmond-Edwards, Zenobia Rickford, Rachel Rotenberg, Donald Swindler, Jennifer Tam, Samuel Tefcon, Evita Tezeno, Melissa Vacek, Noi Volkov, Sigrid Vollerthun and James Williams II.

Press

Urbanite 1-25-11

Artist

Elizabeth Catlett

Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012)

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Elizabeth Catlett is best known for her work during the 1960s and 70s, when she created politically charged, black expressionistic sculptures and prints. Catlett, a sculptor and graphic artist, was born in Washington, D.C. in 1919. She attended Howard University where she studied design, printmaking and drawing.

Mimi, 2007
Medium: Print
Dimensions: 8” x 10”
Edition: 90
Price: contact gallery

Uncategorized

Elsa Gebreyesus

Each of my paintings starts with a loose sketch, landscape or object and is built up with layer upon layer of paint. Often it will be in a state of chaos before the process of adding and subtracting begins. I do not start with an end in mind when I begin a painting, instead the challenge is to find the end. This process to me is a type of meditation – an intimate conversation between the materials and myself.

I am drawn to abstract compositions because they require us to stop and reflect, to ask questions. Abstract art is also open to multiple interpretations. Each viewer will bring his or her own experiences into play as they contemplate the work.

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Artist

Susan Goldman

Susan J. Goldman, artist, master printmaker, curator and filmmaker, is Founding Director of Printmaking Legacy Project ®, (PLP®) a non-profit based dedicated to the documentation, preservation and conservation of printmaking practice and history.

Squaring The Flower, #12, 2019
Screenprint

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Artist

Michael Gross

The energy I call up to work in this way is both physical and spiritual. I am wrestling with divergent forces: intensity vs. detachment, emotion vs. reason, light vs. darkness, and color vs. black. Every work is an attempt to capture a moment of equilibrium, a kind of elegant balance in time and space that is recorded permanently in the painting, drawing or print. I settle for a while, and then I seem to need to do it again.

artwork
Colors 4
Acrylic and collage on canvas
4 x 4 ′

Artist

M. Scott Johnson

M. Scott Johnson (b. 1968, Inkster, Michigan) is a New York City‐based artist and educator, has carved out a legacy as one of the most stimulating and unique artists of his generation. M. Scott has explored, both in his practice and through his 20‐year visual arts teaching residency at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, New York, a rich vision of contemporary Afro‐aesthetics.

Museum Collections
The Hampton University Museum
The Schomburg Center Research in Black Culture
Embassy of Oslo Norway, Arts in Embassies Program

Deodate (High John as a infant), 2022
Exhibited at the 2022 Venice Biennial
31 x 11 x 18 ″
Springstone
70lbs without base

Artist

Anderson Pigatt

Secondary Market

Anderson Pigatt (1928-2009)

Artwork

Black Skin White Mask, 1966,
Painted Wood,
1' 2" x 7' x 6"

Sky People (Zulu), 1997,
Painted Wood,
6' 11" x 1' 7.5" x 2'

Hope, 1964,
Painted Wood,
2' 6.5" x 1' x 3'

Gas Tank, 1987,
Painted Wood,
1' 6" x 1' x 11"

An African American Princess, 1997,
Painted Wood,
2' 6" x 1' 5" x 1

Son of the Sun, Date unknown,
Painted Wood,
6' 6" x 1' x 1'

America the Beautiful, 1967,
Painted Wood,
7' 6.5" x 1' x 9"

Om, 1966,
Painted Wood,
1' 1" x 1' 1" x 5' 6"

Mad as Hell, They Killed Dr. King, 1966,
Painted Wood,
2' 2" x 10" x 1"

Red Stick for Columbus and Friends, (back) 1966,
Painted Wood,
6' 11" x 32" x 16"

Our Father Which Art in Heaven, 1965,
Painted Wood,
7' 5.5" x 2' x 2'

Diane, 1995,
Painted Wood,
1' 6.5" x 10" x 1'

Sky People (Zulu), 1997,
Painted Wood,
6' 11" x 1' 7.5" x 2'

Aint I a Woman Too, 1966,
Painted Wood,
3' 3" x 9" x 10"

East and West, 1966,
Painted Wood,
1' 1" x 7" x 1'

Slave Girl, 1967,
Painted Wood,
6' 10" x 1' 1" x 1' 1"

The Prophet (back), 1995,
Painted Wood,
4' 6.5" x 1' 4" x 1' 2"

The Prophet (front), 1995,
Painted Wood,
4' 6.5" x 1' 4" x 1' 2"

Man, Love and Father Time, 1976, (back),
Painted Wood,
3' 2" x 6' x 8"

Son of the Sun, Date unknown,
Painted Wood,
6' 6" x 1' x 1'

Blessing #2, 1966,
Painted Wood,
1' 1" x 7" x 1'

One, 1980,
Painted Wood,
3' 7.5" x 10" x 9"

Farewell Paradise, 1983,
Painted Wood,
3' 3" x 1' x 10" x 1' 3"

I Remember Pablo, 1995,
Painted Wood,
11" x 5" x 6.5"'

Homage to the Mothaland (Africa), 1979,
Painted Wood,
3' 2" x 1' x 3'

Message from the Mountain, 1966,
Painted Wood,
3' 5" x 8" x 17"

Gods Christmas Tree and Members Rejoicing, 1992,
Painted Wood,
4' x 2' x 1'

Man, Love and Father Time, 1976, (front),
Painted Wood,
3' 2" x 6' x 8"

Mask, 1964,
Painted Wood,
1' 1" x 6" x 2.5"

Red Stick for Columbus and Friends, 1966,
Painted Wood,
6' 11" x 32" x 16"

Mad as Hell, They Killed Dr. King (detail), 1966,
Painted Wood,
2' 2" x 10" x 1"

Artist

Lynda Smith-Bugge

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Artwork

48 Hour Film Project, Inc.

Artist

Sigrid Vollerthun

In my work, I am pursuing both the visible beauty, which I find abundantly in nature, and the invisible, which we can glimpse occasionally. My camera has become the main strument in this pursuit. From the start, I dreamed of using it not only as a recording device but also as a painter’s brush, filling the film with glorious colors, intriguing forms, inspiring abstracts

My enthusiasm for vivid colors has always been a dominant force in my life, and I enjoy expressing this in my images, at the same time aiming at conveying serenity and harmony… a contemplation of peace and wholeness.

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Emergence: Contemporary Artists To Watch

March 11 – May 10, 2011

Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012)

Secondary Market

Anderson Pigatt (1928-2009)

Artwork

Lynda Smith-Bugge

Artwork

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