Lew Achenbach and Lance Rautzhan-both Schuylkill County native artist- will show new art work at the SCCA Galleries this Sunday, November 9th, 2008.
Meet the artists reception is from 2pm-4pm.
Achenbach & Rautzhan have a non representational painting style that will excite your imagination.
Lew Achenbach: "The act of painting is a dialogue that I have with the surface; a call and response. The process is facilitating the work to unfold into it’s proper form. It starts as a solid automatic writing pocket of actuality. A memory, a channeled expulsion, a tug at purity and singularity. Currently, I try ‘not’ to paint in a representational way. Attempting to harness an essence of (non) subject. The high challenge is to maintain the honesty of the initial mark-making, as the work proceeds. Colors ‘ask’ to be next to one another; layered and passing on the surface. A story proceeds with color marks, slashes and logical moves. The work tells me that it is finished (for now), or that I’ve gone that one stroke too far (moving that particular piece into another phase of treatment; a chastising or salvaging. A return to prime with sculptured paint ridges (underneath). I purge found surfaces to work on, from the streets of NY and SF, to discarded planks surrounding my PA studio. Burnt wood, stones, ancestral tools all play essential parts in a completed piece : as pattern makers, derived designs and symbols of influence. Revisiting past works has come to fruition. Example : a river flood altered paint sketches in the studio and have been reworked accordingly. Water lines and smudges have become ‘work from’ points; a collaboration. Entities, ancient writing and animal formations are manifest. I am not concerned with making anything beautiful at this point. Something genuine and real is motive."
Lance Rautzhan: "The bastard child of Hans Hoffman and Stan Lee, Lance Rautzhan’s work draws on the passion and improvisational bravado of the New York School and bridges the gap to a Pop aesthetic that reveals an intimate exploration of the human condition. Continuing his characteristic exploration of a more structured Abstract Expressionist influence, Rautzhan’s new paintings are infused with rich and vibrant color fields littered with elements of screen printing, drip painting, figuration and text. These paintings investigate the consequences of love, loss and living in New York City. Lance was influenced by the fantastic imagery of comic book and album cover art of the 1970’s. Forgoing art school to study social theory at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, he continued to create and study art under his own conditions and on his own terms. After relocating to Baltimore from New York in 1999, Rautzhan began painting prolifically and exhibiting heavily in Baltimore and eventually in New York. His work is included in the collections of individuals, businesses and galleries throughout the US and in Europe."
Schuylkill County Council for the Arts 1440 Mahantongo Street in Pottsville, PA. 17901
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