July 1- 31, 2010

THE LAURA RUSSO GALLERY IS PLEASED TO PRESENT:

Group Exhibition of Gallery Artists: Paintings, Sculpture, Textiles, Works on Paper

Mel Katz: New Wall Sculptures


OPENING RECEPTION:
First Thursday July 1, 2010
First Thursday Hours, 5-8pm

Please join us for an artist talk with Mel Katz, Saturday, July 24, at 11a.m.

Group Show of Gallery Artists


The Gallery's artists present a variety of new work. To see recently arrived work by some of the artists in this exhibitions, simply click their underlined names:

Louis Bunce, Manuel Izquierdo, Jay Backstrand, Marlene Bauer, Judith Poxson Fawkes, Tom Fawkes, Cie Goulet, Gregory Grenon, Sally Haley, Mary Josephson, Kim Osgood, Betty Merken, Henk Pander, Lucinda Parker, David Schwarz, Anne Siems, Eric Stotik, and Sherrie Wolf.

Mel Katz



Mel Katz
Remnants 2009
anodized aluminum
42" x 32" x .5"

Sculptor Mel Katz continues his always evolving exploration of shape and contour. Starting with the drawn line, he translates his ideas into sculptural objects that encourage thought about the concepts of two and three dimensional space. Using bold and contrasting colors, Katz plays with positive and negative shapes. This show features wall sculptures made of machine cut, anodized aluminum. The images that result are simple yet exuberant, made with a clear energy and vision that has been developing for decades. Katz is a 50 year veteran of his craft. His work is fresh, clean, and modern, refined by years of technical expertise and aesthetic consideration.

Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Mel Katz graduated from the Cooper Union Art School in 1953. He moved to Portland in 1963 and became well known in the early 1970s as one of the founders of the nationally reputed, Portland Center for the Visual Arts. Katz taught art at Portland State University until retiring in 1998. He has been exhibiting his work since 1956, which includes a retrospective at the Portland Art Museum in 1988 and the highly acclaimed traveling exhibition “Still Working,” in 1994. Selected collections include; the Portland Art Museum, OR; Seattle Art Museum, WA; Tacoma Art Museum, WA; City of Seattle; Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland; Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, OR; and Safeco Insurance, Seattle, WA. He is currently working on a commission for Fire Station #38 in Seattle.

More examples by Mel Katz

Upcoming 2010 Exhibitions

August 5 - 28, 2010
Sherrie Wolf – Faces: New Paintings
Jackie Johnson – Recent Work

September 2 - October 2, 2010
Michael Brophy - New Paintings
Eric Stotik - Recent Work