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UPCOMING SHOW PREVIEW / DENVER, CO
December 2-31, 2016Abend Gallery
2260 E. Colfax Avenue | Denver, CO 80206
(303) 355-0950 | http://www.abendgallery.comF
or the past 25 years, Abend Gallery in
Denver has hosted its annual Holiday
Miniatures Show with a wide array of small
works available from its roster of artists. For
this year’s 26th edition, the gallery will open
its doors December 2 with a reception from
6 to 9 p.m. The artwork remains on view
through the duration of the month. One of
the hallmarks of the show is the diversity
of the work offered—figures, cityscapes,
wildlife, still lifes and more—to entice new
and established collectors alike.
Alpay Efe will be represented by the
painting Butterfly A.a., which shows a
dark-hued butterfly against an abstract
background. “In addition to the subjects
and scenes depicted, I intend for mypaintings to meditate moods, feelings,
atmospheres...But also to be pleasing and
interesting from an aesthetic perspective,”
says Efe. “I strongly believe that there
is much more to a realistic depiction of
the physical world than just painting
something to be as lifelike or photo-like as
possible. For me, this is where abstraction
and realism can come together to create
something greater than the sum of its parts.
And, oddly enough, often something that is
closer to reality than anything else.”
Afternoon Sunset by Hsin-Yao Tseng
also will be on view. The cityscape is
one where the artist was playing with the
design and abstract texture. “Focusing
on how the light and shadow pattern layout on the building and the street, [and]
simplify the bottom part of the painting by
using more abstract elements and marks,”
Tseng explains.
Among the figurative paintings
displayed will be Zack Zdrale’s Flinch. “I’ve
been digging deeper and taking more risks
in pursuit of a physical, emotional response
from my work. The process and results
have been exciting,” he says. “Flinch is an
example of this effort.”
Another in the genre is D’Apres Elle by
Nadezda Kuzmina. The artist explains,
“Human condition, a blurred line between
the world of phantasm and reality, a place
where one’s mind drifts when daydreaming
or falling asleep, is one of the mostHoliday tradition
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