Doube Deuce at Rosalux Gallery

The gallery is celebrating its 22nd anniversary with a member show. All of the current members are participating and it’s a wonderful exhibition, showcasing the strength of the collective. My contribution is the painting below on the right. .

The show is up all of January. Open gallery hours on weekends 12-4pm both days or by appointment. Just get in touch and I can meet you at the gallery!

Art works here shown by John Gaunt, Ute Bertog, Priscilla Briggs, Terrence Payne, Eleanor McGough, Tara Costello, Duane Ditty, Betsy Alwin, Frank Meuschke, Laura Stack.

Rearranging the Furniture, 2023 // oil on canvas // 24 x 18”

*** Open Studio at DO the DOW ****

I will have my studio door open this upcoming weekend during DO the DOW.

Here are the details:

Date & Time:
Friday      Dec 1st     5 - 9 pm
Saturday  Dec 2nd  12 - 8 pm

Location:
The Dow Arts Building
2242 University Ave W
Saint Paul, MN 55114
Studio #312

Come and visit me at my studio at #312.
I will have old and new paintings, both canvas as well as on paper, framed and unframed. Pottery will also be there.
And I decided to give 20% discount on everything.

Hope to see you there!

Ute

Popovers & Poetry at Rosalux Gallery on Saturday, Sept 30

Can you believe it! Only two more weekends to see my show before I have to take it down already! Crazy to think about how fast it’s gone by. It’s been a very good run though. I almost sold all of my pottery. Plus, some of my paintings too, which is absolutely heartwarming. Not just for the obvious reason, but what better compliment than people wanting to bring my work into their home?

Anyway, the reason I am writing is that I want to remind people about the upcoming event POPOVERS & POETRY at Rosalux Gallery. It is happening on Saturday, September 30, 10 am. There will be a poetry reading by local poet Sun Yung Shin and Eric Lorberer, followed by a brief-ish conversation between the three of us. Pastries & morning grounds will be there as well, to make everybody awake and satiated, all the better to listen to the poetry. The event is part of Twin Cities Art Week, which will run from September 27 to October 1. Please check out all the other events at local galleries and museums. There are many treasures to be found.

Regular gallery hours after the event will give you time to linger & enjoy the work some more.

I hope you’ll join me that morning to listen to two wonderful poets creating their magic.

Common Ground at Rosalux Gallery coming up in September

I have an exhibition coming up this September at Rosalux Gallery in Minneapolis, MN. It’s called Common Ground and is open to the public from September 2 to October 1, 2023. The artist reception is on September 9 from 7 - 10pm.

New paintings, ceramics and poetry, all intermingling and I can’t wait!

Bonding, 2023, oil on canvas, 24 x 18 in

There will be the event called Popovers & Poetry with a poetry reading and a conversation with local poet Sun Yung Shin and Rain Taxi editor Eric Lorberer on September 30th at 10am in conjunction with the Twin Cities Art Week.

Getting to Center, 2023, oil on canvas, 54 x 62 in

Writing, Gesture, Shape opens October 6

Writing, Gesture, Shape is a group exhibition of 9 artists & 4 writers curated by Mary Bergs and will be presented at Rountree Gallery in Platteville, WI from October 6 - November 12, 2022.

The works explore ideas about abstract language and how abstraction occurs in both visual art and literature. Paintings, collage, mixed media work, and poetry are included in the exhibition.

Featured are works by Will Bentsen, Houston TX, Ute Bertog, St. Paul MN, Pamela Callahan, Highland WI, Laurel Eshelman, Elizabeth IL, Farida Hughes, Baltimore MD, Hannah Kenah, Los Angeles CA, Athena Kildegaard, Farwell MN, Kevin Lawler, Omaha NE, Adam McCauley, Duluth MN, Carisa Mitchell, Chicago IL, Laura Nugent, Kansas City MO, Daniel O’Brien, Cassville WI.

Singing the Tune without Words opens October 2nd at Rosalux Gallery with new works by Ute Bertog and Tara Costello

Opening Reception: Saturday, October 2nd, 7-10 PM

Exhibition Dates: October 2nd through October 31st, 2021

General Gallery Hours: Saturdays & Sundays, 12 - 4 PM

Address: 315 W 48th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55419


New works from artists Tara Costello and Ute Bertog will go on display at Rosalux Gallery this coming October with their new exhibition Singing The Tune Without Words. The exhibition brings together the two artist’s shared love of painting, abstraction, and poetic meaning. Singing The Tune Without Words will run from October 2nd through the 31st, 2021 with an artist’s reception on Saturday, October 2nd from 7-10 pm. Please note the new address of the gallery.

Ute Bertog / Wanderlust, 2021 / Oil on canvas / 20 x 16”

Ute Bertog / Wanderlust, 2021 / Oil on canvas / 20 x 16”

Ute Bertog’s work is a continued meditation on the reluctant relationship between abstract painting and language. Her starting points are words and fragments of text that are collected from her everyday environment. In both cases her process is very much informed by various repetitive additive and subtractive procedures: erasing, covering, tracing, scraping and rearranging, transforming the words until only a faint glimmer of legibility is left. This process signifies a practice of reaching beyond the safety that words, recognizable shapes, and forms impart to open and explore the possibilities for expanded sensibilities. Her goal is to create the right conditions, where imagination and play readily fill in any gaps, offering the chance to reinterpret and expand original intent. Over the years her love for pliable materials lead her eventually to explore ceramics, which she will showcase here for the first time alongside her paintings.

Tara Costello / Angle, 2021 / Venetian Plaster / 8 x 10”

Tara Costello / Angle, 2021 / Venetian Plaster / 8 x 10”

Tara Costello has been developing an abstract language through painting to contemplate aspects of quiet spaces. She is particularly interested in the interplay of color and the simplicity of geometric shapes. She works with rich Venetian plaster and trowels on cradled panels. The plaster is a malleable material, when used in layers it allows her to question aspects of time, light, and space. She paints to find beauty in the tension between the illusion of a felt space and the mark that created it.

 

Green at Rosalux Gallery

I have donated this little charmer of a painting to help Rosalux Gallery raise some money at the upcoming Green fundraiser. The actual event is happening on the 28th of August, 2021, but online sales are already live and are accessible through the link below. The funds will go towards the continuation of their programming that intents to show great art by local artists to the widest audience possible.

This is a great chance to win an original piece of art like this or one of many others donated by Rosalux artists for as little as $5 a raffle ticket.  There is much great work to be seen and had. Online sales have already started, so don’t miss your chance to get in on the action here.

Good luck!

Köpper // 2020 // oil on canvas // 10 x 8”

Köpper // 2020 // oil on canvas // 10 x 8”

Analog show at Rosalux Gallery

I have a painting in Analog, the inaugural show at Rosalux Gallerys new space in the Tangletown neighborhood in South Minneapolis, MN. The group show showcases work of all our members and is a great way to get to know the diverse range of work of the collective. The show is open from August 7th to the 22ndn with a reception on Aug 7th from 6-10pm.

Echoes // 2019 // oil on canvas // 21 x 20

Last online show at Rosalux Gallery

The last online show is live on Rosalux Gallery’s website, appropriately called Last Online. Now that the gallery has found a new home in South Minneapolis the gallery switches back to in person shows. And thank goodness for that. We all need real art in real space in our life! Programming will start with a group show in August of 2021. I will post about this soon.

Webbing //  2020 // oil on canvas // 10x8”

Webbing // 2020 // oil on canvas // 10x8”