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Artist Talk: Joel Brown and Joe Squillante

  • BAU Gallery 506 Main Street Beacon, NY, 12508 United States (map)

Ceramics artist Joel Brown and photographer Joe Squillante will discuss their two-person exhibition Landforms. An architect for 40 years, Brown takes the process of making work as his sculptural focus, rather than beginning with an image or narrative. His pieces are coiled, paddled, cut, and wood fired. After completion, the array on view here reminded Brown of the Carrara marble quarries photographed by Edward Burtynsky, hence the title Quarry. In Landforms, acclaimed Hudson River photographer Squillante steps beyond the Hudson to explore landscapes near and far: the Grand Canyon, Susquehanna River, Point Lobos, and Sardinia, capturing compositions of individual forms to create a visual balance and gentle rhythm. Squillante hopes the exhibition allows viewers to stop and look slowly, feel the landscape’s quiet architecture, and enter a shared act of seeing.

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September 12

Opening Reception: “Philozoic Gestures”, “Experiments and Discoveries” and “Landforms”

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October 3

Artist Talk and Closing Reception: John Cote, Alison Palmer, and Eileen Sackman “How Animals Transform Us: Art, Activism, and Storytelling”