Barbara Gilhooly
44T ARTSPACE @ metro frame works
May 4th – June 28th 2012
44T Artspace at Metro Frame Works is pleased to present Play, a solo exhibit of new two- and three-dimensional work by Barbara Gilhooly.
Please join us on Friday evening, June 1st, from 6-11 pm, for the artwalk. Barbara will be in attendance.
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Barbara Gilhooly’s Play reflects her affection for both line and shape. As a printmaker with a background in drawing, Gilhooly often begins her paintings by carving into birch and other wooden surfaces. She then layers paints with brushes and cards, sanding, scrubbing, and further carving as she moves through the work.
Barbara also constructed wire drawings, orbs, and ‘dangles’ for Play that describe her intrigue with circles and wheels.
My compositions are intuitive, evolving from the act of doing, rather than planning. This is not to say that my work is completely spontaneous. Instead, I have come to trust that I can deliberately plunge into the work without fear, secure in the sense that each layer I create has meaning to the final product that emerges. Like so much of life, the layers that are covered over and may go unseen provide depth and substance to the beautiful surface.
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For the past thirteen years, METRO FRAME WORKS has participated in Denver’s oldest Artwalk and Gallery Hop along Tennyson Street in the Berkeley neighborhood.
44T Artspace is proud to be a member of DADA, the Denver Art Dealers Association, which represents Denver's finest art galleries and art consultants. Check the Denver Art Dealers site for our exhibition calendar.
We also join our Tennyson Street neighbors in hosting the Tennyson Street Artwalk and Stroll on the first Friday evening of each month.