Kitchen Theatre Gallery Features the Art of Michael Sampson
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Kitchen Theatre Company welcomes the exhibition "Abstracting the Figure: Paintings by Michael Sampson" to the Judith Holliday Gallery at KTC.
A reception for the artist will be held on Friday, December 1 from 5pm-7pm at Kitchen Theatre Company's Judith Holliday Gallery, 417 West MLK/State Street, Ithaca, NY. Michael Sampson will be joining us.
Sampson has a BFA from Monserrat College and has been exhibiting his work in this region since 2003. A member of the State of the Art Gallery in Ithaca, NY, his work has been seen at CSMA Gallery, Sola Art Gallery in Ithaca; Finger Lakes Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester; and Montreal Art Center in Canada.
In describing the work now on exhibition at Kitchen Theatre Company, Sampson says,
"My paintings start from figure drawings that I either paint on top of or transfer to canvas. I am interested in gestural, quick compositions from the live model that I can build on as my paintings progress. Though abstract, my paintings assert multiple readings, which I very much allow and hope for in each piece. I think of the model as a collaborator. I am finding shapes and lines in the model's body, but I am also making a picture about them. The colors and textures reveal something I am conveying about the model, and as my muse the model breathes life into my work which would not be there if I was not working with a model."
Paintings will be on display through December 15. The gallery is open one hour before every performance. For more about Michael Sampson: http://michaelfsampson.com/
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