HARPY Gallery has a killer group show opening this Saturday, May 18th, 6-9pm in Rutherford, NJ.
Titled Animal Idealism, the show brings together twenty-one artists, focusing on figurative, psychological, and mythological themes via various representational modes of working. Animal Idealism features artists both local and international, the majority of whom have shown at HARPY in the past or will be showing at HARPY in the future.
HARPY is a contemporary art gallery operating in northern New Jersey focusing on emerging artists from the disciplines of comics, illustration, and representational painting. The show, Animal Idealism, will highlight the bold crystalline renderings of a contemporary soulfulness found in many emerging artists. This reverent and real tendency can be seen in the lush emotional landscape of Kate Klingbeil that leaves the viewer simultaneously moved and contemplative, the oil painting of Adam Amram that concretely presents the soul’s fixation with the static allure of modernity or of Eric Wiley's transfixing figure carved in charcoal bearing the pitchfork of the past and wound about the efficient revelation of the nut-and-bolt.
All of the work seeks to find worthy ways of infusing the pictorial pursuit with substance, be it Nick Norman playfully presenting a surrealism both familiar and new, Margot Ferrick forming a frozen portrait amidst the void, or Maja Ruznic faintly contouring the essential face of her father. For a more visceral understanding of the aforementioned work, you can visit Animal Idealism May 18th to June 8th at HARPY. Opening reception will be taking place this Saturday from 6-9pm. Work can be viewed via their Artsy here.
Participating artists include: Adam Amram, Sara Anstis, Andy Cahill, Christopher Davison, Margot Ferrick, Jesse Fillingham, Rachel Hayden, Delphine Hennelly, Andrew Ho, Kate Klingbeil, Em Kettner, Drew Miller, Katarina Janeckova, Gretta Johnson, Bridget Mullen, Jason Murphy, Nick Norman, Michael Olivo, Maja Ruznic, Audrey Helen Weber, and Eric Wiley.
Text and images courtesy of the gallery.
