Advertisement. Advertise with us

Ava Federov, who grew up in Schenevus, will give a free artist talk about her “Strange Creatures” at the Art Garage on July 26. (Photo provided)

‘Passages: Creatures & Curiosities’ Exhibit To Open at Art Garage July 20

COOPERSTOWN

Passages: Creatures & Curiosities,” the high summer show of the Art Garage season, will kick off on Thursday, July 20 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. with a reception to celebrate the art of Petey Brown, Ava Fedorov, and Helen Quinn.

All three artists have regional roots: Brown divides her time between studios in Gilbertsville and SoHo; Fedorov grew up in Schenevus and now teaches in Boston; and Quinn divides her life between Jamaica, Queens and, in the summer, Treadwell.

The show celebrates inventive quirky “passages,” whether the visual and cultural wonders Quinn and Brown experience and find inspiration from on their daily New York City subway rides—one of the miracles of modern mass transit—or the mysteries of the animal kingdom witnessed by Fedorov, imagery she further modifies in multiple dreamlike iterative passages. Quinn will also offer a series of “face-pot” ceramics, clay heads as semi-functional vessels—glazed brown pots melding into creature faces and animation.

On Wednesday, July 26 at 6 p.m., Fedorov will discuss her haunting “Strange Creatures” series, the first of three free artist talks offered in conjunction with the exhibition.

Fedorov’s “Strange Creatures” began as an exploration of the strangeness of the natural world.
“The bizarre creatures that actually exist, defying fiction, truly as weird as any human imagination could devise,” she noted.

“As a journey is built of layers—of days, of miles—these images are the result of the layering of many cycles,” Fedorov explained. “They began as very basic pencil drawings of interesting animals, which were then scanned, printed, drawn on again, scanned and printed and drawn on in repetition.

“In the process, as the line of unconscious inspiration is blurred, so is the line of the drawing itself: its origin and its completion. Evolution proves to be a more powerful force than the conscious intention of the artist. As a result, this work has an organic mind of its own,” she added.

The Art Garage will also be open on Saturday, July 22 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., subsequent Saturdays through September 9, and always daily with a text or call to (315) 941-9607.

Posted

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.

Related Articles

Special Effects Artist Builds Stuff of Nightmares in E. Springfield Garage

True fans of the horror genre will be familiar with Troma Entertainment, Lloyd Kaufman, and Rocko Zevenbergen, collectively known for such delightfully disturbing B movie cult classics as “The Toxic Avenger,” “Class of Nuke ‘Em High” and the more recent “I Need You Dead!” Here in Otsego County, a local man is leading a team of experts as they develop special effects for Zevenbergen’s latest movie in an East Springfield garage.…

Artist Helen Quinn To Speak at Art Garage

Internationally active artist Helen Quinn will present a free artist’s talk on Thursday, August 10 at 6 p.m. at the Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow Road, just outside of Cooperstown. Quinn’s program is offered as part of the current show, “Passages: Creatures and Curiosities.” The three-person exhibit also includes work by Ava Fedorov and Petey Brown.…

Former Springfield Farmer Honored at Festival

At this year’s North Carolina Blueberry Festival in Burgaw, again host to 45,000 visitors, special recognition was awarded to Harold G. Huntington—former Springfield, New York pioneer blueberry farmer—who was represented by his surviving family, Robert G., Mary H. and John F. Huntington, VIP guests of Burgaw Mayor Olivia Newsom. This recognition comes on the 100th anniversary of Huntington’s start of America’s cultivated blueberry industry in 1923.…