Abel Contemporary Gallery Exhibits

A message from Abel Contemporary Gallery: Since we were last in touch with you, COVID-19 has impacted all of our lives. I would like to let you know how Abel Contemporary is responding to the unprecedented events affecting the globe. We are working hard to adjust and make smart decisions for the gallery, the artists we represent, and the people who visit and support us. We are canceling all events; artist talks and opening receptions until restrictions of social gatherings are lifted. We have cancelled the Narrative in Painting event with Charles Munch, Sandra Peterson, and Randall Berndt. We regret not being able to host this noteworthy occasion but look forward to resuming gatherings as soon as we feel it is safe to do so.

Abel Contemporary will continue to operate at this time, and we are following best practices outlined by the CDC, local and state government officials including social distancing and disinfecting any surfaces that staff and customers come in contact with. As you can imagine, presently foot traffic is significantly reduced and in our very large building it is easy to distance ourselves from visitors. We are also happy to schedule private appointments. To schedule one please email the gallery at info@abelcontemporary.com

We have made the decision to postpone the shows that would have opened April 17th, including Kelli Hoppmann’s much anticipated solo show “The Party”, Martha Glowacki in no.5, and the group exhibit “Herbarium”. The current shows will be extended until the end of May and are available to view online. https://www.abelcontemporary.com/currentshow Information about changes to the upcoming exhibits will be available on our website.

Ann, Lauren, and I will be working to keep our online presence up to date and are planning more ways to communicate with you online. Visit our website for updates and follow our Facebook and Instagram accounts for additional news and information.

During times of hardship, art can act as a comfort and help us make sense of the world around us. Our thoughts are with the artist community, many who are dealing with canceled exhibitions and art fairs, living with unknowns and lost income. If you have the means, consider purchasing art from your favorite artist or purchasing a gallery gift certificate to use at a later date. Abel Contemporary is working to help artists now and ensure we are here for them in the future. Thank you for your past and continued support of the arts.

Warm regards,

Theresa Abel

Director, Abel Contemporary Gallery

February 28- April 12, 2020

We present Deb Gottschalk: Water Speaks the Sky, Ancient Modern, Anna Campbell Apparatus for a Prototype in no. 5.

Opening Reception Friday, February 28, 5pm-9pm open to the public

Artist Talk: Narrative in Painting with Charles Munch, Randall Berndt, and Sandra Peterson, Saturday, March 28, 2 - 3:30pm 

Deb Gottschalk: Water Speaks the Sky 

Capturing a moment is a seemingly impossible task but is the lifework of oil painter, Deb Gottschalk. In her exquisite renderings of water and sky, and often conversations between the two, Gottschalk achieves a tranquil yet dynamic stillness in the rippling surface of ponds and rivers, and the amorphous swirling of clouds. Gottschalk takes hundreds of reference photographs, compositing elements of the images together to capture the precise sense of place.

Ancient Modern: Group Show

Artists consistently have both grappled with and marveled at the creations of their ancient predecessors, looking back for their inspiration to move forward. In this exhibition, this connection between archaic art and craft practices and contemporary art is highlighted to demonstrate how these civilizations continue to influence artists working in a variety of modern media. Artists in this exhibition include: Patricia Sannit, Ryan Myers, Nathan Hatch, Alex Mandli, Rick Hintze, Ali Kauss, Andy Rubin, Randall Berndt, Reid Schoonover, Charles Munch, Pranav Sood, Sandra Peterson, and Peter Esdaile.

In no. 5: Anna Campbell: Apparatus for a Prototype  

Using sculpture, site-specific installation and the design of ephemera, Anna Campbell’s work deconstructs otherwise legible signifiers of gender and heteronormativity.  Conceptual, research, and craft- based methodologies are key to Campbell’s practice. Campbell employs props, scaffold and architectural fragments to support models of representation in appropriated and abstracted references to domestic spaces, gay bars and other more provisional locals to access new attachments of possibility and desire from what might seem otherwise like static legacies and conjure historical sites that we might have wished for our ancestors or utopic spaces that we may construct for our chosen families.