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| Barbara Ann Levy & Peter Downes Lead Walking Tour of Grove Art |
by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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On August 4, Barbara Ann Levy, of the BAL Gallery, and Peter Downes, of the Brooklyn Museum, led more than a dozen men and women on the first of two Cherry Grove Art Walks to see the work of ten local and visiting artists.
CJ Mingolelli showed his sculptures of nudes, male and female, standing and reclining, at the Prudential Douglas Elliman office downtown.
At Star Gate, Dennis McConkey displayed some of his newest paintings, a series of abstracts representing the seasons, as well as his seascapes, and spoke of the Churchill School for children with learning disabilities, where he heads the Art Department.
At Roseland, Michael Fitzgerald explained his collages, work about homosexuality and Christianity, replete with erotic and religious images, all representing what he called "green art," made from natural and recycled materials.
Painter and performance artist Tabboo (Stephen Tashjian) exhibited "Fruits for the Fruity on Fire Island," still life, almost three-dimensional paintings on linen, prepared especially for the Art Walk, at Cielo e Mar. He described one, of bananas and kiwi fruits, as phallic and another, of pink grapefruits, as suggesting women's breasts, and talked about his painting of Nancy Sinatra currently on display in a New York City gallery.
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At Belvedere, we saw Steven Menendez's erotic photos of the "iconic male," with a look of antiquity, and a Scott Parent nude painting, which Barbara called "erotic but [with] childlike innocence." Steven said he strove to depict "power, balance, innocence, [and] strength" in his photographs, including the "softness" to balance out the "hyper masculinity" usually seen in such images today.
Displayed at Un Cauchemar, on Sumner Walk, were paintings by California artist "Virginia Trembles" and by Camilla Fallon, and giclée prints by Diana Milia.
Mike Fisher showed one of the wooden sculptures he has assembled at the beach as memorials to friends he has lost to AIDS and other causes. The one we saw suggests a roadside chapel with a cross. Philip Williams, who died suddenly of a heart attack here in May, is one of the friends honored in Mike's work.
To purchase some of the work displayed, contact Barbara Ann Levy at cherrygrove07@aol.com.
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