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Cosmic Shift

July 21 - August 26, 2017
     The idiom of my body of new work I like to call Op-Expressionism. It is a combination of Geometric Abstraction and Op Art techniques that I have been employing for the last 10 to 15 years with Abstract Expressionism, which is fairly new to me. My last show, “Cassini” in 2015, was when I started to merge these 3 disciplines in my painting, my premise being the exploration of outer space, like the NASA space probe of that name.  “Cosmic Shift” is not about altering the trajectory of my search but merely a slight shift in focus --which is more about exploring different aspects of style than about content.
     I generally start my paintings with large palette knives and brushes to build an expressionist foundation and then build on whatever chance relationships occur with precise geometric and optical techniques.  I basically impose order onto chaos. A complete synthesis of the different techniques is the resulting effect.                                                                                                                                                                    
~James Massena March

Puzzled Bipeds

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The Body
 
It’s been said that even the angels ache for a body, sometimes. If I did figurative work what would it look like? I asked myself this question often. I soon realized that figures were part of my work for many years, an ongoing series of pen and ink drawings.
 
Projecting them on larger canvases I was able to find many new compositions and entanglements. I’m often asked where the figures originate. There is an ache in my body, on the outside everything is calm the inside is much different.
 
The postures here are not meant to be literal. I’m trying to create an impression, as simply as possible that describes my two natures.  One grasping and one allowing.
 
This is my situation, moment to moment, day to day and year to year. Where the figures in these paintings come from is a mystery. Dominating the scene, they emerge like rebellious children seeking attention from their elders
- Matt Dibble
April 7 - May 20

The INEFFABLE:
Recent Photographs by
CATHERINE REDMOND

Tregoning & Company takes particular delight in bringing back to Cleveland the art of Catherine Redmond, an esteemed artist who has not been exhibited here in over 20 years. During this long absence there has occurred a major career shift in her artistic expression.

Catherine Redmond is an exceptional artist who was well known in Cleveland for her atmospheric oil paintings depicting Cleveland and Lakewood. She relocated to New York City several years ago to expand on her art as well as teach at the Pratt Institute.  Her work has evolved over the years, transitioning away from a colorful palette into grisaille tonality, and ultimately into photography –all the while, never growing static.  You may explore this evolution by visiting her website: www.catherineredmond.com.

The current body of recent work carries may threads of imagery subtly woven through her photographs.  The chromogenic prints selected for this exhibit are captured in black and white: each has a subtle yet powerful narrative depicting the surroundings in the Hudson River Valley where she now lives.  Further description of such ineffable images is best left to the viewer, as the pictures speak so compellingly for themselves.
This exhibition celebrates the Bi-centennial of Zoar Village’s founding in 1817.
Don Whitemyer assembled a fine collection of Zoar paintings executed by German-American artists best recognized as members of the generic ‘Cleveland School’: Adam Lehr, George Adomeit, August Biehle, Ferdinand Gottwald, William Sommer –all of whom delighted in weekends and trips away from Cleveland, enjoying illicit home-brewed spirits, camaraderie, and painting in both Zoar village and the adjacent countryside. Tim continued to expand the collection he inherited from his dad with purchases from the annual Whitemyer invitational show held in Zoar, made up of paintings depicting Zoar Village. Both men had close ties to Youngstown painter and Butler Museum director Clyde Singer; there are numerous paintings, drawings and prints by this American master as well represented in the Whitemyer Collection.
Check out an article here on "Morning Joe" from untappedcities.com

Eterovich on Ideastream!

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Listen to the T&Co interview here with Ideastreams' Dee Perry on The Sound of Applause!  Perry speaks to curators Bill Tregoning of Tregoning & Company and the Cleveland Institute of Art's Bruce Checefsky about the work of Cleveland artist and educator Anthony Eterovich and the city-wide exhibition celebrating the centennial of his birth.

78th Street Studios - Third Friday Art Walks featured on WKYC 3

CLEVELAND -- The building is a former automotive factory and once was the American Greetings headquarters. Now the 78th Street Studios is the largest fine art complex of it's kind in Northeast Ohio and it's drawing artists and crowds to the Gordon Square art district every month. Although the building takes up the majority of a city block, it still feels like a hidden gem. Inside, 47 creative businesses occupy different creative spaces on three floors.