OHT Gallery Boston

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Back to Front

Hidden Treasures
from the Gallery's Back Room

March 12 - April 11, 2009
Reception: Friday, April 3, 5:30 - 7:30pm

O·H+T Gallery is pleased to present Back to Front. Since we consider the work stored in our back room to be as important as what we exhibit in the front gallery, we have curated an exhibition of old favorites, unseen works, and timely choices, all hidden treasures from O·H+T's back room.

Back to Front will include . . .

In recognition of Pulled Up, Carl Ostendarp's mural installation at the RISD Museum in Providence, we have brought out some of Carl's work that we exhibited in 2004. From his small works on paper to his room-sized canvases, Ostendarp's witty, impeccably painted works reflect his quirky aesthetic and his continuing interest in the history of painting from Surrealism, to Pop, to Minimalism.

Patrick Strzelec calls on his knack for combining odd-ball materials to fabricate small, rubber and steel sculptures. Strzelec's hard/soft, loopy objects occupy space in a commanding manner despite their diminutive size and Easter egg, pastel colors.

Heidi Johnson's new savagely funny, black and white painting, Family Outing, depicts a nightmarish family excursion in the park. Despite the fact that Mom is a medusa-like tart and Dad a horned, forked-tongued monster, they dote on junior in his pram while strolling through a landscape of Boschian fauna and flora.

Oliver Warden's digital prints, appropriated from the popular computer games Counter Strike, drew the attention of James Danziger (The Year in Pictures, http://pictureyear.blogspot.com) at Aqua Art Miami 08. Warden's latest work from the No Man's Land series distills his barren doorways and shaft-like halls down to minimal abstractions, emphasizing the black and white ramifications of the choices made at each decisive point in this life and death game.

Michael Dumontier, a founding member of The Royal Art Lodge, makes small, intricately cut and painted panels. Funny and poignant, these quasi abstract pieces charm the viewer at first sight. Dumontier's mundane subject matter (matchstick men, peas on a plate, branches of bare trees, electrical wires) belies his insightful and intuitive portrayal of the human condition.

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