In celebration of its new season, the Addison Gallery for American Art held a free, opening reception on Friday, Jan. 27 attended by dozens of Andover residents.
The following exhibits are now open:
Open Windows: Keltie Ferris, Jackie Saccoccio, Billy Sullivan, and Alexi Worth
Guest-curated by artist Carroll Dunham, this exhibition presents the work of four contemporary American painters: Keltie Ferris, Jackie Saccoccio, Billy Sullivan, and Alexi Worth. Representing distinct and varied approaches to painting from abstraction to realism, these artists' works are set in counterpoint to modernist paintings chosen by Dunham from the Addison's permanent collection. It is available through April 8.
John Marin: Modernism at Midcentury
Co-organized by the Addison and the Portland Museum of Art, Maine, and guest curated by Debra Bricker Balken, this exhibition brings together nearly 60 paintings in oil and watercolor from the 1930s through 1953 that draw their inspiration from the coast of Maine and the architecture of Manhattan. It is available through April 1.
Land, Sea, and Sky: Contemporary Art in Maine
Curated by Addison Driector Brian T. Allen, this features works by nine contemporary landscape painters: Dozier Bell, Katherine Bradford, Alan Bray, Terry Hilt, Michael Lewis, Dennis Pinette, Vivien Russe, Susan Shatter, and Robert Solotaire. As the two exhibitions attest, Maine's rugged coast and rocky topography has long been a fertile source of artistic inspiration. It will hang through March 18.
The Addison Gallery on the Phillips Academy campus is the world's first museum devoted entirely to American art, and has an international reputation.
A gallery talk called "John Marin: Modernism at Midcentury" with guest curator Debra Bricker Balken will be held Sunday, Feb. 12 at 2 p.m.
