thank you, ensemble39!!

The ensemble39 concert last Saturday at AxD was simply wonderful.  The turnout was terrific and the music was ever better.  Larry Wood’s metal work not only provided unique settings for chamber music, but the metal and fabric behind many of the pieces potentially added to the acoustics in the space. The ensemble’s performance of “Different Trains” by Steve Reich was the highlight of the evening.  That piece requires precision timing between the live instrumentation and the prerecorded sound sampling of Reich’s voice.   The ensemble’s execution was flawless.

ensemble39 has upcoming shows in NYC and on the mainstage at World Cafe Live.  Please visit their website for further updates.

www.ensemble39.com

ensemble39 performing "Quintet, Op 39" by Sergei Prokofiev

Chamber music at AxD Gallery saturday, december 10th

Please join us for an evening of chamber music in the gallery.  On Saturday, December 10th starting at 7pm ensemble39, a mixed chamber ensemble founded and led by Curtis Institute of Music students present Point of Origin.  This concert will feature three eclectic pieces by these composers:

Steve Reich: Different Trains
Gabriella Smith: Kisiabaton
Sergei Prokofiev: Quintet, Op. 39

ensemble39 is

Alexandra von der Embse, oboe
Stanislav Chernyshev, clarinet
Rebecca Anderson, violin
Zoe Martin-Doike, violin
Jessica T. Chang, viola
Ayane Kozasa, viola
Gabriel Cabezas, cello
Rex Surany, bass

Point of Origin will be approximately an hour and a half with intermission. Tickets are $7/$5 with student ID.  A reception with light refreshments will follow concert.

Ensemble39′s Facebook page

www.ensemble39.com

StripWorks preview 2

Here a few new photos of the installation, this time taken with a better calibrated camera!

StripWorks – Larry Wood opens with reception this Friday, December 2nd from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Stripworks is up at AxD gallery – preview images

StripWorks – Larry Wood

opens with reception this First Friday, December 2nd from 6pm to 9pm.

Here are some images of the new installation at the gallery; fifteen of Larry Wood’s newest patina and abrasion drawings of the human form on stainless steel.  Lighting these eerily lifelike images was a challenge.  Photographing these works on metal has proven even tougher.

Here are few preview images of StripsWorks.  Sadly, these images do not do the work proper justice.  To see this unique show with your eyes come to AxD on First Friday, December 2nd.

"Strip 017", patinated stainless steel sheet - 18" x 72"

Black fabric, separate from the works, were installed to absorb light bouncing off the opposite walls and to minimize light reflecting off each darkened steel sheet.

 

"Strip 023", patinated steel sheet with bronze background - 14" x 97"

Detail of "Strip 023"

There are a few more female images than male in StripWorks.

Detail of "Strip 014", patinated stainless steel sheet - 12" x 72"

"Strip 021", patinated stainless steel sheet - 24" x 48"

StripWorks – Larry Wood continues through December 31st at AxD Gallery.

www.strip-works.com

Silent art auction and fundraiser at AxD Gallery on Friday, November 18th

Paint it Right – an art auction and fundraising event
Friday, November 18th from 8pm to 11pm at AxD Gallery

Come on out to AxD Gallery Friday, November 18th for a fundraising art auction benefitting The RIGHT Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides medical resources and counseling to people living with HIV/AIDS, diabetes and other life-threatening medical conditions in the Philadelphia area.

A silent auction will take place throughout the evening featuring work generously donated by 13 artists including past AxD artist Paul Davis Jones and AxD Gallery’s upcoming featured artist Larry Wood.
Door prizes will be given away and raffles will also be held.  100% of the proceeds will go to The RIGHT Foundation and there efforts help those affected by HIV/AIDS in the Philadelphia area.

 
Tickets are $20 per person / $30 per couple
Tickets can be purchased online here, or at the door on the night of the 18th.

Paint it RIGHT is organized and presented by Team Hyperion from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.  World AIDS Day is Thursday, December 1st www.worldaidsday.org

reminder: Turnarounds ends Saturday, November 12

A big thanks to Annette Cords and to everyone who visited her show at AxD Gallery over the past six weeks.  Annette’s next exhibition will be in Germany in the new year.  Visit www.annettecords.net for updates on what Annette will be up to in the future.

Turnarounds at AxD Gallery ends Saturday, November 12th.

Annette Cords' wire mesh sculpture currently hanging in AxD's front window with the painting "Phasing (1:30)" in background.

Sneak peak at AxD’s upcoming exhibition, StripWorks – Larry Wood

Here is a quick look at AxD Gallery’s next exhibition, StripWorks.

Artist Larry Wood presents a unique form of figure drawing at this December.  Narrow strips of steel are turned into monochromatic imagery depicting the male and female form.  An architectural metals fabricator by trade, Wood has married his professional expertise with prior classical training in drawing.  Wood has developed a way to draw nuances of curve, shadow and line of the human torso on six and eight foot steel sheets without the use of cameras, brushes, inks or pigments.  The imagery is hand-etched into the metal sheets using chemicals and abrasives.  The reflective nature of the metal sheets on which they are made gives each image an eerie living quality from the surrounding light reflecting off the art as the viewer moves past.  They are light recorded by hand.

StripWorks opens with reception First Friday, December 2nd, and continues through the 31st.

 

Artist Talk with Annette Cords Saturday, November 5th

You are invited on Saturday, November 5th as Annette Cords visits AxD to discuss her artistic career and her current exhibition Turnarounds.

Inspired by biological structures and digital technology, Modernism and Indian Miniatures, Annette Cords explores the fluid, interconnected world that surrounds us in her paintings and collages.  Please join us on Saturday, November 5th at 3:30 pm as Annette discusses this and other topics important to her work and her latest exhibition Turnarounds at AxD Gallery.

Free concert following artist talk and Q&A session: Jazz duo featuring percussionist Jim Meneses and pianist Stephen DiJoseph

Short film screening Friday night at AxD

Greenhouse
Please join us for the premiere of a new short film written and directed by AG McCants

Friday, October 21st 7pm to 9:30pm at AxD Library
Two screenings followed by Q&A session

Free!

Watch trailer on Vimeo.com

Synopsis:

Eight year old suburban twins, with big dreams, appear to be raising themselves in the absence of their parents, but it soon becomes apparent nobody and nothing is what it seems.

 

Annette Cords – Turnarounds extended!

Annette Cords – Turnarounds at AxD Gallery will now run through Saturday, November 12th.

Cords' expert grasp of contrast does make her work a challenge to photograph. The reds and cyans in the painting on the right are as intense as this image shows.

Gallery hours: Wed – Sat, noon to 6 p.m. or by special appointment
215.627.6250