 |
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- Stanley Lewis: A major retrospective,
Katzen Art Center
(Photo Album from Opening )
American University in Washington, D.C. Feb 6 - Apr 8, 2007
- Order Stanley Lewis Catalog
-
- Gabriel Laderman Review: Stanley Lewis' Magnificent Retrospective Now In Summit NJ
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
MPG MEMBERS web pages:
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
| Bob Brock |
Michael Neary |
Philip Hale |
|
Missouri
|
Indiana
|
Ohio
|
|
|
|
|
| Barbara Lea |
Timothy King |
Megan Williamson |
|
Minnesota
|
Illinois
|
Illinois
|
 |
|
|
|
Glen Cebulash
|
William Foust
|
Jeremy Long
|
|
Ohio
|
Ohio
|
Illinois
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ron Weaver
|
|
|
Wisconsin
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
The Premise
The Midwest Paint Group, (MPG), is an association of Midwestern US-based painters working under varied processes defined as Post Abstract Figuration. This type of painting is built on configurations and conceptions that evolved out of the past great traditions of art and of 20th Century modernist painting. It is the group’s position that emotive and expressive abstractions are at the core of their images. Each member of the group individually interprets the perceptual-observational process into a pictorial format that evokes the strongest sense of abstract plasticity. Painting is the power of two-dimensional space reaching into the representational visceral aspect of three-dimensional reality. In this sense, to be an MPG painter is a quest to becoming highly aware of nature’s complex beauty balanced against the nature of unifying human vision and deep emotion. When painting utilizes the energy of plasticity expressed in its drawing and color all the subjects that humanity can express as art may be realized. In such painting there are few limits to the range toward which painters can aspire. MPG advocates a significant 21st Century movement vital to the continuation and development of new, visually intelligent and emotive works of perceptual art.
Mission
The Midwest Paint Group is dedicated to promoting the painting and artistic development of its members and, more broadly, the aesthetic movement in contemporary art known as Post Abstract Figuration. The Midwest Paint Group (MPG) joins together in emphasizing the quality and recognition of this art and supporting its practitioners. MPG strives for clear communication, inspirational education, and informative marketing in support of this cause. MPG is keenly interested in building associations and alliances to Post Abstract Figuration painting where it can be found in the Midwest region as well as nationally and internationally.
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Post Abstract Figuration: Paintings by the Midwest Paint Group. December 2 - 22, 2005 (WEB PAGE)
Click here to see exhibition program brochure with introduction by Gabriel Laderman (in PDF format) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Painters Links below:
Christine Hartman, Bowery Gallery Solo Show
Center for Figurative Painting: Leland Bell
Stanley Lewis, Bowery Gallery
Stanley Lewis Art Net
Signs of the Flesh, (includes paintings by Gabriel Laderman and Simon Carr) Salena Gallery, Long Island University
Richard La Presti, Bowery Gallery
|
|
|
|
|
Zeuxis
Poetic Dimensions in the Modern Still Life.
Center for Figurative Painting: Albert Kresch
Albert Kresch Paintings
|
|
|
/Stanley Lewis Speakin#EB505.jpgalter King's review on Albert Kresch
|
|
| Website Director– Timothy King, mpg_artist@hotmail.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
