May 4: Fabian Lopez- Sleepwalkin'

Fabian Lopez- Sleeping Pills, 48x36", oil on canvas

Artspace Liberti is proud to present its May/June exhibition, Sleepwalkin’, paintings and drawings by Fabian Lopez. This exhibition runs from May 4 – June 16, 2012. The reception for Mr. Lopez will be held on Friday, May 4, from 6:30-9:30PM.

Lopez connects his work to storytelling and how the fallibility of memory can benefit the individual.  He approaches his work in a manner similar to that of a writer creating a memoir or in the way his family tells stories to recount their personal history.  The failure to recall fact or specific detail can free the artist to construct something that is new, indebted to the past but not shackled by it.  As Lopez states:

“… my paintings and drawings are not complete stories, rather the interest in creating semi fictional narratives through vignettes and documentations of stories and places within my work is to recount, compare, and then contrast my experiences within multiple locations and destinations which have similarities to one another.”

An essay by Jeffrey Ryan will accompany this exhibition.

Fabian Lopez lives and works in Philadelphia, PA.  He holds an MFA in Painting from the Tyler School of Art.   Mr. Lopez has both curated exhibitions and exhibited in his own work in the Los Angeles and Philadelphia areas.  He has been awarded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and the Algarden Artist Residency in Sweden.

While the gallery does not maintain regular viewing hours, visits can be scheduled by appointment. Please e-mail us at artspaceliberti@gmail.com to arrange a visit. Viewing is also possible during Sunday church services between 9:00AM-1:00PM.

Fabian Lopez:  http://www.fabianlopez.com/

Artspace Liberti is a multi-discipline arts venue organized and maintained by liberti church east.

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Friday April 13 reception- Cindy Stockton Moore

Artspace Liberti is proud to present its April exhibition, Toward Futility, a site-specific watercolor installation by Cindy Stockton Moore. This exhibition runs from April 1-28, 2012. The reception for Ms. Stockton Moore will be held on Friday, April 13, from 6:30-9:30PM.

For over a month, Stockton Moore has worked on this installation (approximately 12 x 40’) with the knowledge that it would have a short public life. The piece is consciously rooted in impermanence. Borrowing from the artist’s statement:

“The short-lived nature of this mural subverts its assumed function and imbues the time-intensive work with a sense of fleetingness. Watercolor is encouraged to bleed and drip at the mercy of gravity, highlighting its relative fragility as a medium. Knowledge of the fate of the painting suspends the youthful narrative in an impending sense of loss; the process of painting itself is steeped in equal parts confidence and doubt. Like most of my recent work, this project ultimately explores a distinction between value and worth in painting. “

Also at issue is the role of art installed on the wall of a church.

“No longer considered simply ‘books for the illiterate,’ early examples of ecclesiastical paintings were ‘seeable signs’ of shared information that may have been largely unreadable outside of the context of their community. By creating a narrative painting devoid of a known back-story or doctrine, I encourage multiple readings and personal projections, while drawing on the wall painting’s tradition of communal exchange.”

Cindy Stockton Moore lives and works in Philadelphia, PA. She holds an MFA in Painting from Syracuse University. Her works has been exhibited throughout the United States in spaces including The Center for Contemporary Art in Bedminster, NJ; The Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa, FL; Tompkins Project, Brooklyn, NY; and the Sandy Carson Gallery in Denver, CO.

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While the gallery does not maintain regular viewing hours, visits can be scheduled by appointment. Please e-mail us at artspaceliberti@gmail.com to arrange a visit. Viewing is also possible during Sunday church services between 10:00AM-2:00PM.

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Artspace Liberti is a multi-discipline arts venue organized and maintained by liberti church east.

http://artspaceliberti.blogspot.com/