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| WISDOM
:: TREMAIN SMITH |
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THE DOOR :: TREMAIN SMITH |
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The Esther M. Klein
Art Gallery is pleased to announce "In the Presence of
Spirits", an exhibition of mixed media paintings and works
on paper by Philadelphia artist, Tremain Smith.
Smith's abstract oil paintings and works on paper are deeply
textured with tiers of obscured forms that convey depth and
mystery. Her mix of scratchy surfaces and waxy translucencies
of grit and pigment turn into a world of totems, talisman and
other such tokens inspired by nature and representative of a
spirit world hidden beneath the surface of things. When viewing
her work, one has a sense of viewing something old and sacred.
Smith describes her painted surfaces and primitive forms as,
"reflections, metaphors for inner mysteries."
Smith studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Tyler
School of Art and the University of Pennsylvania. She is a recent
recipient of a Leeway Foundatation Window of Opportunity Grant
(2000) and her work was featured in the art journal, New American
Paintings, Volume 21. Four of Smith's pieces are in the permanent
collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City.
*Tremain Smith is represented by Richard Rosenfeld Gallery.
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