Abstract
Here Is Where We Meet features large-scale paintings and works on paper by Dennis Congdon and Susan Lichtman.
The artists’ styles are decidedly distinct and yet united by the deliberate attention given to the way in which a painting is constructed. Congdon makes playfully saturated works with the use of a stencil template. Lichtman is a figurative painter of domestic spaces who understands the practice of painting to be a “life of the mind.” Here is Where We Meet looks at how each artist riffs on the language of painting as well as the written word.
Throughout the exhibition, writers and poets will be invited to respond to the visual works. Curator Laurel Sucsy states, “I am inspired by the relationship between painters and poets and how artists working in each discipline use the other for inspiration and structure.”
In the month of April, the gallery will host a poetry night during which a collection of responses will be presented to the public.
Curated by Laurel Sucsy
This LifeWorks exhibition was made possible by the generous support of the Don Pelts Memorial Foundation.