| For more information about this article or gallery, please call the gallery phone number listed in the last line of the article, "For more info..." |
November Issue 2006
Jerald Melberg Gallery in Charlotte, NC, Features Works by Brian Rutenberg
Jerald
Melberg Gallery in Charlotte, NC, is honored to be presenting
its third solo exhibition of abstract landscape paintings entitled,
Riverbend, by Brian Rutenberg. The exhibit delves into
the artist's fascination with the particular landscape and quality
of light of the Carolina Lowcountry. Riverbend will be on view
through Dec. 9, 2006.
Rutenberg says, "I was born and raised in the unique and resplendent part of South Carolina from Myrtle Beach down to Charleston and as far back as I can remember it has served as my muse. From hushed rivers and salty marshes to twisted Live Oak trees clotted with Spanish Moss, coastal South Carolina is robust with visual poetry, a landscape complicated in its layers, requiring delicate modulations of color to evoke a hallucinatory, melancholic light."
A South Carolina native, Rutenberg received a BFA from the College
of Charleston and an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New
York City. Since 1985 Rutenberg has been honored with over 100
gallery and museum exhibitions across the United States. Most
recently his paintings were shown in a solo exhibition titled
Brimming Tides at the South Carolina State Museum in Columbia.
While at USC Rutenberg worked with the Atelier to create a series
of limited edition, hand-colored etchings and monotypes. Each
of these vibrant prints will be available for acquisition at the
gallery.
The exhibition is accompanied by a full-color
catalog with an essay by Scott Lucas.
For more info check our NC Commercial Gallery listings, call
the gallery at 704/365-3000 or visit (www.jeraldmelberg.com).
Carolina Arts is published monthly by Shoestring Publishing
Company, a subsidiary of PSMG, Inc.
Copyright© 2006 by PSMG, Inc., which published Charleston
Arts from July 1987 - Dec. 1994 and South Carolina Arts
from Jan. 1995 - Dec. 1996. It also publishes Carolina Arts
Online, Copyright© 2006 by PSMG, Inc. All rights reserved
by PSMG, Inc. or by the authors of articles. Reproduction or use
without written permission is strictly prohibited. Carolina
Arts is available throughout North & South Carolina.