Please Join Us

for an Artist Talk on 

The Great American Landscape 

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

10:oo a.m. in the Flinn Gallery

The exhibit is a stunning selection of 55 paintings by nine artists from all over the country highlighting the glories of the American landscape from Maine to Hawaii.

Stop by great conversation, coffee, fruit and pastries

(courtesy of Whole Foods) 

Michael Thornton-Smith, one of the exhibiting artists, will discuss his work  and answer questions.  The show's curators will be available to share background information and answer questions about the artists.

Curators are York Baker, Barbara Richards, Katy Finnell, Joan Stern and Diane Stevens.

OPENING THURSDAY DECEMBER 17, 6-8pm

On View through January 27,2016

THE GREAT AMERICAN LANDSCAPE

Mariella Bisson "First Snow",(Stow, VT)

Featuring artists from varied locations in the United States - 

Mariella Bisson, (Woodstock, NY); Nate Burbeck, 

(Robbinsdale, MN); Jay Friedenberg (NY.NY);

John Griebsch, ( Rochester, NY); Jivan Lee, (Santa Fe,NM); Susan Lynn, (Kansas City, MO); Craig Mooney (Stowe, VT); Michael Thornton-Smith (Rye, NY) and Travis Walker, (Jackson Hole, WY).

Lisa Corinne Davis      Fallacious Structure

BEYOND BOUNDARIES opened Thursday October 29, with a terrific crowd... All four artists and friends joined in the celebration of maps and mapping.
 Lisa Corinne Davis, Hazel Jarvis, Shannon Rankin and Rebecca Riley were all engaged with our visitors and curators.

In conjunction with the Greenwich 375th Anniversary, the library, The Friends and the Flinn presented their Mapping Greenwich project.

BEYOND BOUNDARIES will be on view thru December 9, 2015.

Greenwich Point       Hazel Jarvis

New York Metro        Rebecca Riley

Shannon Rankin      Terrain (Wicomico)

Opening Thursday October 29 from 6-8pm

"Beyond Boundaries"

Lisa Corinne Davis, " Visonary Verite" 

Looking at maps and mapping in novel and imaginative ways... featuring artists Lisa Corinne Davis, Hazel Jarvis, Shannon Rankin and Rebecca Riley.

On view at the Flinn through December 9, 2015

THE FLINN GALLERY PRESENTS THE FIRST EXHIBIT 

OF THE 2015-2016 SEASON 

AKINORI MATSUMOTO - SOUND SCULPTURE

A Sound and Movement installation
Special Performance by Akinori Matsumoto with guest musician Michael Pestel
Saturday September 19 at 2pm in the gallery

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On View through October 21, 2015

SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER!!

Back to the blank white cube... 

The Flinn will be closed for floor renovations until September 7.

We begin installing the first show of our 2015-2016 season on September 8.

  

Watch for our Opening reception 

Thursday September 17, 6-8pm 

'AKINORI MATSUMOTO - 

SOUND SCULPTURES'

ON VIEW THROUGH 

OCTOBER 21, 2015

The Flinn Gallery welcomes the second of our summer renters...

"SPLASH!"

an exhibit by 

THE ART SOCIETY OF OLD GREENWICH

on view 

Tuesday, July 21 - Thursday August 13, 2015

Opening Reception Thursday July 23 6-8pm

The Flinn will resume their 2015-2016 season in September

watch for our bookmark of exhibitions in late August

We welcome the first of our summer renters...

GREENWICH ART SOCIETY 

"EMERGENCE: INSIGHT OUT"

on view 

June 25 - July 14, 2015

While our curatorial program is on hiatus over the summer, the gallery remains open as we let out our space to two local arts groups. Please support the Greenwich Arts Society and the Art Society of Old Greenwich as they present their summer juried shows at the Flinn Gallery.

Enjoy the summer and see you in September,

The Flinn Gallery Art Committee

THE FLINN GALLERY IS GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY THE FRIENDS OF GREENWICH LIBRARY... WE THANK THEM AND WE THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE FLINN!

SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER

Dear Flinn Gallery Supporters,

During the past season you've seen 24 contemporary artists in diverse media: painting, textiles, photography, sculpture, and video, along with the original 1950s artwork in 

"KA-POW! When Comics Imperiled America." Kathleen Vance explored the Horseneck Brook for "Reconnecting With Nature" and recreated the stream (with running water!) in the gallery. Katherine Mann's own take on "The Stream" resulted in a large-scale four panel painting created specifically for "Fukui, Hsu, Mann, Wang." "In Focus" featured Francine Fleischer's photographic series of swimmers that have been shown and published around the world.

Many of the artists we've shown this season have gone on to significant exhibitions: Anne Lilly's kinetic sculptures were featured at the MIT Museum, Nicole Cohen's work was sent to Jakarta by the Art in Embassies program, and Beth Livensperger was selected for the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Letters Invitational (and her prices have subsequently tripled). After receiving rave reviews and coverage in both local television and print media, "KA-POW!" is poised to travel to museums in Florida and London.

We have an exciting 2015-16 season planned for you: sound sculptures, site-specific work, and a lot of beautiful painting too. While our curatorial program is on hiatus over the summer, the gallery remains open as we let out our space to two local arts groups. Please support the Greenwich Arts Society and the Art Society of Old Greenwich as they present their summer juried shows at the Flinn Gallery.

Enjoy the summer and see you in September,

The Flinn Gallery Art Committee

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of artwork during the Flinn exhibit season goes to fund programs of the Friends.

The Flinn Gallery is generously sponsored by The Friends of Greenwich Library.

ART OF THE WEEK

Kotaro Fukui

FLIGHTLESS#1, 2015
71 x 283.5 in. - Eight panel folding screen
Japanese paper, Indian ink, mineral pigment 

East meets West in our last exhibit of the season " FUKUI  HSU  MANN  WANG"

All four artists have familial and stylistic ties to Asia, yet each has adapted techniques traditionally used by Asian artists to express some of the influences western culture has had on their art.

The aesthetics are distinctly Asian, yet global, steeped in tradition, but thoroughly contemporary.  On view are many large-scale paintings commissioned for this exhibition.

On view through June 17, 2015.

Flinn Gallery is proud to be a part of the nationwide celebration of the Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month in May.

Opening Reception " FUKUI, HSU, MANN, WANG" Thursday May 7, 6-8pm

Please join us opening night to celebrate and meet the artists... in conjunction with Greenwich Art to the Avenue the Flinn has planned an evening of spectacular wine and hors d'oeuvres.

East meets West in our final exhibit of the season.  All four artists have familial and stylistic ties to Asia, yet each has adapted techniques traditionally used by Asian artists to express some of the influences western culture has had on their art.

The aesthetics are distinctly Asian, yet global, steeped in tradition, but thoroughly contemporary.  On view are many large-scale paintings, commissioned for this exhibit.

The Flinn is proud to be a part of the nationwide celebration of Asian-Pacific Heritage Month in May.

GALLERY TALK 

SUNDAY APRIL 12, 2PM

with collector

ROBERT REINER 

on his collection of 1950's original comic art 

now on view in "KA-POW! When Comics Imperiled America"

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"KA -POW! When Comics Imperiled America"

Collector Robert Reiner being interviewed by News 12 CT at the opening tonight for "KA-POW! When Comics Imperiled America".... come to see this remarkable collection of original comic art from the 1950s....

Gallery Talks Sundays April 12 and 19 at 2pm.

On view through April 29. 2015

Flinn Gallery presents  

"KA-POW! When Comics Imperiled America"

OPENING THURSDAY

MARCH 19, 6-8pm...

"KA-POW!  WHEN COMICS IMPERILED AMERICA"
with two Gallery Talks... April 12 and 19th at 2pm

Curated by Joanne Terracciano, Yvette Kahn, Barbara McGuigan

Artwork from the Collection of Robert Reiner and

Sponsored by The Friends of Greenwich Library

Flinn Gallery's fourth show of the season: "INTERIORS"...

SAVE THE DATE!

There will be a Gallery Talk with all five artists on Sunday March 1, at 2pm.

All are welcome!

"INTERIORS" 

Opening Thursday January 29 from 6-8pm

We had a terrific opening last night with about 160 visitors celebrating our artists...

Daniel Bohman

Nicole Cohen

Echo Eggebrecht

Beth Livensperger

Roxa Smith

Artists have long been interested in depicting interiors - whether to prove their ability to create three-dimensional space, a love of objects, or still life - or perhaps a desire to create a setting injected with political, religious or personal ideas.  The five artists in "INTERIORS" go beyond simple graphic achievement to explore real expression. Steeped in the tradition of Van Gogh's iconic painting, " Bedroom in Arles" , these artists are interested in the psychological exploration of interior space that exists between representation and abstraction.  Familiar spaces are turned unpredictable, edgy, flattened or unstable, yet have their own logic and arrangement.

Nicole Cohen's videos bring together past and present.  Each begins with the stillness of a historical period interior and is boldly interrupted by new digital animation.  The overlay provides a new narrative of mystery, humor or excitement as old collides with new.

Beth Livensperger's focus is on notions of spatial organization.  Objects and how they are arranged or displayed make us question our relationship to public interior settings.  Objects appear and disappear or are bisected to block our view .  Paint inselt becomes a screen or barrier between viewer and image.

Painter Daniel Bohman's seemingly familiar rooms are artificial spaces featuring collaged elements of emotional significance.  He further disorients the viewer by blotting out or masking off areas to become "thought bubbles" that distance us from totally inhabiting his interiors.

The surreal or inexplicable is explored in  Echo Eggebrecht's intimate interiors.  They seem to dipict an event- a scene that is out of order or pushing toward a memory, but doesn't quite make sense.  Filled with painstaking detail of commonplace objects, plants,, and personal symbols, the artist's painted world melds with the viewer's  own narrative.

Roxa Smith infuses the everyday world with extraordinary beauty.  Her richly patterned surface and bold color engulf the viewer.  The hyper-clarity of objects in Roxa Smith's interiors is flattened with a deceptive perspective.  These intricate, domestic spaces signify " home" and its inhabitants, yet the people are absent.

The curators, Tracy McKenna and Kirsten Pitts will present a Gallery Talk with "INTERIORS"  artists on Sunday March 1 at 2pm in the gallery and will be on view through March 11, 2015.

All artwork is for sale with a portion of the proceeds going to The Friends of Greenwich Library.

Gallery Talk

for 

"Reconnecting with Nature"

Sunday January 11, at 2pm

Stop by to meet the artists

Katie DeGroot, Daniel Mosher Long,
Kathleen Vance and Lisa Warren.