Sellars Project Space and EvB Studio are pleased to present the second installment of Sole Purpose - an exhibition inspired by footwear. 

Opening Reception: Friday, November 6 from 6 - 10 p.m.
Exhibition continues through December 2009

This year twenty-six artists were chosen from across North America to share their works in clay and mixed media. This juried exhibition speaks of footwear on many levels; the pure aesthetic of a well designed and handcrafted shoe and the psychological connections and metaphors that footwear can offer. 

Historical, comical, methodical... Sole Purpose Two offers up a variety of interpretations on footwear.

This Exhibition includes amazing works by: 
Bebe Alexander 
Wesley Anderegg 
Penney Bidwell 
Tom Bartel 
Cynthia A. Brown-Carlson 
Mark Chatterley 
Martha Daniels
Kristin Davis 
Flo English 
Brianne Fulton
Patricia Moffet-Gans 
Linda Ganstrom 
Aimee Geurts 
Marie E.v.B. Gibbons 
Kim Louise Glidden 
Janey Hubschman 
Angel Lam 
Gayla Lemke 
Lisa Maher 
Katherine Mathisen 
Jessica Orlowski 
Megan Ratchford 
Helaine Schneider
Bob Smith 
Suzanne Stumpf 
Chet R. Weber 
Flor Widmar

A full catalogue of shoes will be available soon along with photos from the exhibition, opening, artist talk, etc. Check back soon.

Sharon Feder
Convergence
new paintings

Opening Reception for the artist will be held on Friday, October 2, 2009 from 6 - 10 p.m. Exhibition continues through October 31, 2009.

Sharon Feder's life-long commitment to painting is intense and unrelenting. Her journey in painting has taken her from formal roots into the land of the abstract, to landscape, and back through portraiture and structural still life. Approaching painting as both an emotional communication with the observer and as technical challenge, Feder breaks rules and tests assumptions while exploring the communication that exists between shadow, reflection, and atmosphere.

Feder’s new exhibition, Convergence, is a continuation of her exploration of the River North Series. These new paintings take on a semi-abstraction of architectural forms while maintaining the integrity of the previous imagery. In these new works her approach of combining imagery (extreme close-ups, distant images, silhouettes, etc.) in multiple paintings (diptychs, triptychs, etc.) create a dialogue that offers an even more descriptive sense of place. At the same time, questions of identity are given a complex representation in both time and place.