Gallery Henoch Presents KATHY RUTTENBERG and STEPHEN WRIGHT

Kathy Ruttenberg's ceramic sculptures have received wide critical acclaim. Roberta Smith from the New York Times calls Ruttenberg, "a force to contend with as a narrator and symbolist, a form maker and colorist. Coating sexual tensions with a storybook innocence, she works in a triangle bordered by Louise Bourgeois, Viola Frey and Beatrix Potter."

Kathy Ruttenberg's piece Stung is a wonderful example of this tension as she eloquently draws out themes of love and loss through the imagery on the figure's dress. As Smith goes on to write in the Times, "Ms. Ruttenberg's environmentally astute fantasies assert that human companionship may be hard to sustain, but, like it or not, we are one with nature."

Come see the piece for yourself in the Winter Mix show, or contact the gallery for more information.

Stephen Wright's approach to portrait painting emphasizes the flesh of a model's thigh or the length of her neck, as if seeing and assessing her for the first time. As Wright notes in the August 2012 issue of Poets & Artists, " The idea of just staring wordlessly at another person - giving that space and time selflessly to someone - gave me a renewed interest and different insight into portraiture. A portrait may not convey the soul of an individual, but I do believe we have a desire to look at/into another person, even a stranger (maybe especially a stranger)."

A selection of Wright's work is now on view in the Winter Mix show. Stop by to see the work for yourself or contact the gallery for more information.

Photo Credit: Stung, Ceramic, 38" x 17" x 16"; Jen 6, Oil on Canvas, 36" x 48"