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FRESH PAINT
2nd Biennial International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting

Main Gallery + Drawing Room + Parallel Space

When Manifest cut the ribbon on its brand-new North and Central galleries in 2013, we celebrated by devoting all of our exhibition spaces to contemporary painting and watercolor. Two years later, we're kicking off our 12th season of exhibitions with FRESH PAINT, the second of our now biennial display of contemporary painting from around the world.

For this exhibit 245 artists submitted 757 works for consideration. Twenty-seven works by the following twenty-four artists from fourteen states, Ireland, and The Netherlands were selected by several jurors from across the U.S. for presentation in the gallery and the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication.

Works included in the exhibition range from painterly realism, to abstraction, to works made from sensitive observation, to paintings that explore three-dimensional space. All works speak to the quality work and vibrant dialogue generated by today's painters.

Presenting works by:

Bartosz Beda
Moscow, Idaho

Darcie Book
Baltimore, Maryland

Mark Bush
Columbus, Ohio

Spencer Corbett
Williamston, Michigan

Ron Gerbrandt
Thornton, Colorado

Kenneth Hall
Cedar Falls, Iowa

Samantha Haring
Cincinnati, Ohio

Matthew Hilyard
Andover, Kansas

Joseph Holsapple
Thibodaux, Louisiana

Ellen Holtzblatt
Chicago, Illinois

Zoltan Janvary
Reno, Nevada

Riin  Kaljurand
Dublin, Ireland

Rob Kolomyski
St. Paul, Minnesota

Kathy Liao
Kansas City, Missouri

Gordon Lee
Columbus, Ohio

Marius Lehene
Fort Collins, Colorado

Gregory Martin
Mississippi State, Mississippi

Michael McCaffrey
Lawrence, Kansas

Marcus Michels
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Barbara Miner
Bowling Green, Ohio

Cap Pannell
Dallas, Texas

Gibbs Rounsavall
Louisville, Kentucky

Paul Smulders
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Judy Takacs
Solon, Ohio

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SWARM
An Installation by Joomi Chung

North Gallery

Manifest’s North Gallery will be buzzing with activity while it’s inhabited by Joomi Chung’s sculptural installation, SWARM, a three-dimensional wire drawing resembling a dark cloud of insects hovering above the floor.

SWARM is the newest of Chung’s installations providing the viewer the opportunity to navigate the piece visually and physically. The hundreds of linking marks and lines give the impression of a living mass winding through space, constantly shifting as the viewer explores its form.   

This exhibition of Joomi Chung’s work is one of 9 selected from among 151 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest’s 12th season.

Of her work the artist states:

Swarm consists of abstracting thoughts and sensations into a gradually expanding web of lines. Through the act of drawing in three-dimensional space, this project explores the idea of image-space, which has been the foundation of my creative process.

The composition of this work is unpredictable and changes from one installation to another, affected by the spatial condition and intuitive choices made while linking hundreds of segments...With a vein-like structure made of contours and intervals, Swarm creates a milieu where there is neither beginning nor end, but always a middle from which it grows and which it overspills. 

Joomi Chung was born in South Korea and partially grew up in Argentina. She obtained her B.F.A. degree in Painting (1999); M.F.A. Research Certificate at Hong Ik University in Seoul, South Korea (2000); and M.F.A. at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (2004).

Currently she is Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.  Her work has been exhibited in various national and international venues.

Her works can be viewed at www.joomichung.com

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PROPHETIC WORDS
Recent paintings by Ivan Fortushniak

Central Gallery

Ivan Fortushniak’s collages picture the intrusion of art historical divine and pastoral figures into photographs of WWII warfare, raising questions about the repercussions of mass-scale violence on both its vicitims and perpetrators. His use of romanticised and mythologized figures from Renaissance, Baroque, and 19th centery American painting act as a startling counterpoint to the monochrome and mundane images of war, resulting in contemplative strangeness that encourages the viewer to consider the signifigance of violence in our history.

This exhibition of Ivan Fortushniak’s work is one of 9 selected from among 151 proposals submitted for consideration for Manifest’s 12th season.

Of his work, the artist states:

 My artwork integrates images of war with mix-media approaches in fine art while examining its moral, religious, and sociopolitical implications. Part of this research comes from various historical texts and documentaries including the images of Eric Hammel's book Pacific Warriors and Sir Jeremy Isaacs' award winning 1973 television series, World at War. Some of these images are appropriated from Renaissance and Baroque artists as well as late 19th century American painting. The combined processes are...an attempt to instill photography with the tactile and malleable characteristics of painting. 

Ivan Fortushniak is an Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and has exhibited extensively in the United States as well as abroad. He received his MFA in Painting from the University of Cincinnati.

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General Info:

Free Public Artist’s Reception: September 25th, 6 - 9:00 pm.
Refreshments will be served, in-part sponsored by the Echo Restaurant.

Walk on Woodburn - Cincinnati’s Instant Arts District!: visit galleries, shops, and restaurants all along Woodburn Avenue, all with special events and fare for the evening of September 25th.

TWO Free Public Artist Talks:
Joomi Chung | October 2nd | 6:30 PM
This fall, Manifest's North Gallery will be teeming with activity as it is overrun by artist Joomi Chung's wire installation, "Swarm". Visit the gallery on October 2nd to hear from Joomi as she discusses her work and process.

Ivan Fortushniak | October 23rd | 6:30 PM
On the final night of Manifest Gallery's season opening exhibition, artist Ivan Fortushniak will be sharing his insights as he talks about his work and how it addresses the moral, religious, and social implications of war.

Come and listen, ask questions, and join the creative community at Manifest!

*Meet the Manifest Artists In Residence!: At every opening reception the MAR space and resident artists Marina Fridman and Samantha Haring will be receiving visits, discussion, and hosting a viewing of their recent and ongoing projects for their one-year Manifest residencies. This will be a chance for the public to meet these two artists as they continue their time at Manifest. 

Exhibit Runs Through October 23rd

GALLERY HOURS (free admission): Tuesday through Friday 12 – 7:00 p.m., Sat. 12 – 5:00 p.m. or by appointment - school groups welcome and encouraged.

LOCATION: 2727 Woodburn Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45206
(Just south of Madison Rd. at DeSales Corner in East Walnut Hills.)

PARKING: On street and parking across the street in DeSales Business Parking Lot and in public lot between Myrtle and Madison.

CONTACT: Jason Franz, Manifest Executive Director at [email protected]

GALLERY PHONE: 513-861-3638

FOR MORE INFO: www.manifestgallery.org

 
A NEW HARDCOVER MANIFEST EXHIBITION ANNUAL PUBLICATION WILL DOCUMENT EVERY EXHIBIT OF THE SEASON: Members at the Craftsman or Artist level will have the option to get this large-format book for free. Discount pre-orders are being taken now! www.manifestgallery.org/mea

BECOME A SUPPORTING MEMBER FOR SEASON 12!: www.manifestgallery.org/support