I thought it would be nice to let the folks at home know what was going on as well. I wrote to the The Daily Journal, the local paper where I grew up, and asked if they might be interested. I got a response and was told to send more information and a picture. I can't wait for my father to come across this as he is reading the morning paper! I have not told him about it yet so please don't ruin the surprise!
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PRESS RELEASE
24 Hour Show: Optimal Cut
Organized by: GallerieRieRiemann,
Exhibition at : 88 Hermann-Liebmann St.,
Leipzig, Germany
April 12, 2014
Opening Times: 24 hours, Midnight to Midnight
This coming Friday is set-up day for a 24 hour group art
exhibition in Leipzig, Germany.
The title of the show is Optimaler Schnitt (or Optimal Cut). Steve
Lewis, who was born and raised in Dividing Creek, New Jersey and now resides in
Leipzig, is one of the artists who has been invited to participate. Lewis first moved to Leipzig in 1994
after graduating from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. He was under the tutorage of Judy Scull
at Bridgeton High until he graduated in 1990 and studied oil
painting with Elsie Donaghay in Cedarville as a child. The
show opens on Saturday, April 12th, 2014. The exhibition
officially runs for 24 hours from midnight to midnight.
Lewis has been allocated a space to display his new
paintings, which he began to paint in early February. The paintings are the first of a series of what he is
calling meta-triptychs. Each of
these paintings include 3 narratives within one scene. The compositions
are arranged in a manner whereby the viewer feels as though they are part
of the environment or could easily imaging stepping into the scene –
where they become part of the narrative for that moment and begin to
contemplate what to do next.
The exhibition will be held in a 5 story apartment building
which was last inhabited probably 5 to 10 years ago. The rooms still
look as they did when they were occupied. The room Lewis selected seems
to have been last used as a baby's room (the wallpaper design and growth
marks on the door frame are evidence).
The three paintings that he has completed for this show have images of children
that are central to one of the narratives depicted in each scene.
More information can be found at: Artist-Teacher-HERE.blogspot.com
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In Between Time, oil
on canvas, 75x160 cm, 2014.
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There has been nothing in the paper, and no further contact, so I am beginning to assume that the story will not be published. I also tried sending the press release to RU Alumni, and the South Jersey Times. It was worth a try.
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