Medford Arts Center Winter Exhibition at TV3 Medford
January 10 - February 10, 2008
Opening Reception Thursday, January 10 7-9pm
@ TV3 Medford, 5 High Street, Medford, MA 02155
MACI is proud to announce the first of its 2008 art exhibition series featuring works of three local artists, each employing a different medium in their works: Sophie Glikson, Sand T, and Lisa Tang Liu.
Gouache and Watercolor
by Sophie Glikson
Sophie Glikson Cahen moved from Paris to Boston in 1982 to study Expressive Arts Therapy. This path of inquiry led to an artistic awakening. Since then, painting has been a source of awareness and fascination. Emotion and creative transformation inspire her art. Colors mirror the inner landscapes of the moment, and interacting with the colors guides her art making. Sophie’s artwork is semi-abstract and evocative of internal spaces. She works in a variety of mediums including gouache, oil stick, and mix media. She has been exhibiting in the New England area since 1984. In 2006, Sophie received an honorable mention from the juried exhibit and auction, “Gift of Art for Aids”, in Arlington, MA.
Sophie’s research interests include awakening consciousness and transformation through creativity. She believes, as an artist and healer, that we impact our world with even the smallest action. The ripple effect, caused from the vibration of the art making process, naturally radiates and cultivates transformation within both artist and observer. Her hope is to nourish the seeds of true understanding and serenity.
The Mind of Space Series
Paintings by Sand T
Soh H. Tan Kalloch, who goes by the nickname Sand T, graduated from Tufts University and the Museum School with a Masters of Fine Arts Degree in 1997. Besides her ardent involvement in the Malden art community, Sand T has been actively creating and exhibiting her work for over two decades.
Sand T will present a mixed medium painting series entitled The Mind of Space that she created using ink, acrylic, wood stain, tea wash, varnish and resin on masonite board.
Sand T uses forms of abstraction to explore questions of time and space. Over the years, Sand's work has ranged from large energized canvases rendered with stormy brushstrokes to smaller more intimate works depicting turbulent forms set quasi-landscapes.
The Mind of Space series is generally open to interpretation; wind, storms, rain, and other natural phenomena are recalled for many viewers. The vocabulary rich in marks and multi-layered effects emerging from the work is at once mysterious and introspective. The sense of place they create is both physical, spiritual, and oddly familiar.
Black & White Fine Art Photography
by Lisa Tang Liu
As an antithesis to her work in digital media, Lisa Tang Liu returned to black and white film and darkroom processing in 2007.
In this show, Lisa will present pieces from her series THE FORGOTTEN, in which she captures images of abandoned and neglected objects in the ghost towns of Idaho and Utah. Also featured in the show are new works produced by using her plastic Holga camera, many of which are images of Medford's underestimated beauty.
Black and white silver gelatin prints have a haunting, nostalgic look that is difficult to replicate by digital processing. Lisa considers it therapy to return to work that she produces purely for her own self-expression.
