Statesman Article on Form and Facture
Exhibit showcases New York artists
By | November 19, 2014
 Photo: Boreum Lee/The Statesman. |
Escaping from the dreary weather and leaving their dripping umbrellas at the door, dozens of Stony Brook students and community members entered into the world of abstract art, where sunny sights and enticing illusions are a daydreamers paradise.
Splashes of color and delicate designs by six award winning New York artists plastered the Staller Center’s Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery in an exhibition of “Form and Facture: New Painting and Sculpture from New York.”
“This exhibition delves into the conceptual and aesthetic concerns of contemporary abstraction from six New York artists,” Karen Levitov, director and curator of the gallery, said.
The exhibit featured large scale paintings and sculptures created by Rachel Beach,
Paul Behnke, Matthew Neil Gehring, Osamu Kobayashi, Rebecca Murtaugh and Fran O’Neill.
During an Artist Talk at 1 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17, the artists explained how their
work represented their personal pursuits, their experience with modern media and popular
culture, their upbringing and life as a whole. All artists were present for the panel
discussion, with the exception of Kobayashi.