72nd A-ONE
A-ONE is a national exhibition highlighting the diversity of work currently being made by established and emerging artists. Established in 1949 as the New England Exhibition, a regional exhibition, it later became known as Art of the Northeast and is now a national exhibition. It features a wide range of collectible contemporary artwork that is both vibrant and surprising.
Throughout its history, Silvermine’s signature exhibition has featured the work of many prominent artists, including Louise Nevelson, Elaine de Kooning, and Milton Avery, and jurors have included major critics, curators, and directors from influential art institutions.
Thank you to our award sponsors: Rose-Marie Fox (Board Chair), Patricia Warfield Jinishian Fund, Mollie & Albert Jacobson, Carole Eisner, Jerry’s Artarama of Norwalk, CT, and Meadow Ridge.
Curator: Sharon Butler
Bells for Magical Arts, watercolor on prepared rice paper, 68 x 44 cm
Board the Plane acrylic on prepared paper, 67 x 43 cm
The ephemeral quality of Bells for Magical Arts and Board the Plane comes from the first summer of complete lockdown in Berlin, when I rode my mountain bike to my studio through a deserted city, with no people, no cars, just silence, strange transient sunlight and a feeling of being the last person in the world. It was a surreal experience. Everything was so quiet and beautiful, and there was a sense of the past in the empty city, a place everyone had left and that seemed to exist no more. At the same time, this was before we knew when a vaccine would come, so there was this very real feeling of imminent danger. That sensation found expression in these works two years later
72nd A•ONE Exhibition
Silvermine Galleries, Silvermine Arts Center
3 September – 20 October 2022
Juror: Sharon Butler
1037 Silvermine Road
New Canaan, CT 06840
USA
