Lenore Tenenblatt presents

“Light-Hearted,”

art using amusing or unusual materials

February 27 to April 12

Casually collected objects of relatively low worth are assembled to form structures that have meaning given by a title or whatever strikes the viewer’s insight.

Crowded shows small ceramic animals crowded onto small bowls and plates. The materials are lovely but the circumstances of the creatures reflect on a changing world where their place and circumstance has changed, much to their possible detriment.

Cyanotypes Prints

On a summer week on Outer Cape Cod when the sunlight will be intense, I left to make class on time with scissors in hand, cutting off whatever flowers I might need from my front garden. Many of the lilies were large and transparent and made for centerpiece prints.
Cyanotypes, also called Sun Prints, Blueprints, Prussian Blue, or Camera-less Photographs, are new to my practice. They are not that easy to control but give off a nice illusion of spontaneity and a light touch when they work well visually. Image-making for me was spontaneous laying down of just-picked flowers on a paper surface coated with a mixture of potassium ferricyanide and ferrous ammonium citrate. Made by exposure to sunlight and then washed with plain water, the prints turn the characteristic blue with varying density to make the shadows and highlights. 

Heavyweights

A group of six new wall-mounted sculptures that are made primarily from two large barrels, aged in backyards, follows along the lines of many older pieces. A green barrel handmade in Nova Scotia and given by a fellow artist and red-fading-to-grey set of staves found in another’s backyard and donated by an Open Studios visitor are the basic material.  The finished pieces are speckled with turquoise and other stones then suspended and held by wood dowels.  They are large and heavy but full of energy.

Air kiss to King Neptune on crossing the equator, showcasing artist Lenore Tenenblatt.

 About the Gallery at 249 A

Gallery At 249 A features rotating art exhibitions and special arts events. The space is an evolving project of the 249 A Street Cooperative, one of Massachusetts’s first limited-equity live/work cooperative for artists. The building, which is home to more than 45 artists and their families, has served as a model for artists’ housing nationwide and was key in the growth of the Fort Point Arts Community (FPAC). The 249 A Street Cooperative celebrated its 30th anniversary with the opening of this gallery space in September 2014.

The Gallery at 249 A is partly supported by a South Boston Community Development Foundation grant.

Open by appointment. To schedule an appointment email: 249Agallery@gmail.com

Upcoming Gallery Shows

Apr 17 to May 31       Don Eyles and Kristen Mallia  — DIRT 

June 5 to July 20     Companions — Science · Art + Art · Science Lilly scientists and their community share their creativity outside their labs. Curated by Bebe Beard.  

July 24 to September 4             Sylvia Stagg-Giuliano