Month: October 2017

October 24, 2017



Margaret Morrison makes evident that she is a painter’s painter in her recent body of still life canvases. Tablewares is at Woodward Gallery’s exhibition windows this Fall season on view 24/7. Morrison sets her tables with silver antiques, porcelain, glasses and vases. Densely packed shiny offerings impress with reflections she achieves on the surfaces of her objects. The level of detail in Morrison’s realist compositions is utterly extraordinary, galvanizing her expertise, layer upon layer.
“I often worked on Atomic 47 while standing up, because it allowed me the freedom to step backward, to gauge how the reflection in one object would work in another.  I probably logged a few miles a day just pacing up and back as I painted,” Morrison muses.


Known for teasing the viewer with light and shadow, Morrison here offers up just a glimpse of a plot. We become detectives compelled to trace the events left seen in her tableware scenes. The closer we look, the more is revealed. At 72 x 96 inches each, masterpieces Atomic 47 and Keramikos emphasize Morrison’s zest for making the ordinary appear larger than life.
The public will have opportunities to experience more of Margaret Morrison’s paintings throughout 2017-2018 in museum exhibitions in Vermont and North Carolina:

– Sweet Tooth-The Art of Dessert, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT, September 23, 2017- February 18, 2018.

– Margaret Morrison (Sweets), Maria V. Howard Arts Center, City of Rocky Mount, NC, June 8 – September 9, 2018.

 

The complete exhibition is available online (WoodwardGallery.net), always in the Gallery’s street level windows, and by private appointment.

Selected Press:
Wall Street International

October 17, 2017
BlouinartInfo features Thomas Buildmore at Woodward Gallery, New York


The exhibition presents a new body of works by Philadelphia-based contemporary artist Thomas Buildmore, as a tribute to the great artistic achievements in art history.  The artist, a diploma-holder from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, has participated and curated many fine art installations in various venues, drawing appreciation from leading publications such as The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The New York Daily News, Time Out, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. His works center around the reinterpretation of the iconic imageries of recognizable masterful paintings from art history with the use of spray paint providing a modernized take on these works. The artist co-founded Overkill Studio Philadelphia with fellow Artist and Photographer Dan King which features 2700 square feet of creative space.
Check out the feature article here!

October 2, 2017
W Magazine features Val Kilmer’s Valholla at Woodward Gallery

 

Woodward Gallery warmly welcomes Val Kilmer for his NYC Fine Art debut! Best known by characters he plays in popular movies such as (Willow, Top Gun, Tombstone, The Doors, and Batman Forever). His most ambitious character work may be through his study of the character Mark Twain. Kilmer has adapted his one-man play Citizen Twain to a film. Deftly called Cinema Twain, Kilmer is currently screening the film to sold-out theaters across the country. His on-screen work has taken center stage, though Kilmer’s off-screen passion, channeling his creativity into making art, has come to surface.
Read the full article by Stephanie Eckardt here.

October 2, 2017
Observer features Val Kilmer’s debut exhibition Valholla

Woodward Gallery warmly welcomes Val Kilmer for his NYC Fine Art debut! Best known by characters he plays in popular movies such as (Willow, Top Gun, Tombstone, The Doors, and Batman Forever). His most ambitious character work may be through his study of the character Mark Twain. Kilmer has adapted his one-man play Citizen Twain to a film. Deftly called Cinema Twain, Kilmer is currently screening the film to sold-out theaters across the country. His on-screen work has taken center stage, though Kilmer’s off-screen passion, channeling his creativity into making art, has come to surface.
Reat the full article by Alanna Martinez here. 

October 2, 2017

Woodward Gallery warmly welcomes Val Kilmer for his NYC Fine Art debut! Best known by characters he plays in popular movies such as (Willow, Top Gun, Tombstone, The Doors, and Batman Forever). His most ambitious character work may be through his study of the character Mark Twain. Kilmer has adapted his one-man play Citizen Twain to a film. Deftly called Cinema Twain, Kilmer is currently screening the film to sold-out theaters across the country. His on-screen work has taken center stage, though Kilmer’s off-screen passion, channeling his creativity into making art, has come to surface.
Read the full article here.

ARTNEWS features Val Kilmer
October 2, 2017

Woodward Gallery warmly welcomes Val Kilmer for his NYC Fine Art debut! Best known by characters he plays in popular movies such as (Willow, Top Gun, Tombstone, The Doors, and Batman Forever). His most ambitious character work may be through his study of the character Mark Twain. Kilmer has adapted his one-man play Citizen Twain to a film. Deftly called Cinema Twain, Kilmer is currently screening the film to sold-out theaters across the country. His on-screen work has taken center stage, though Kilmer’s off-screen passion, channeling his creativity into making art, has come to surface.
Read the full article by Alex Suskind here.

The Guardian features Val Kilmer’s Valholla Exhibition