Untitled Document

NO LONGER, NO LATER : SOLO EXHIBITION
The Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
February 5 – March 25, 2012
Opening Reception : Sunday, February 5, 2 - 4 pm

Link to webpost : http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2011/11/elizabeth-gilfilen-pugilist-painter.html

"For Elizabeth Gilfilen painting is a collision, an aggressive search in which the object and maker are intimately, irrovocably entwined. Gilfilen's exploration of piercing color and gestural abstraction continues in her exhibition of new large-scale work at Gallery Aferro this month. In many of her untitled paintings (sorry I can't refer to specific ones) Gilfilen wrestles images from a thicker scrum of agitated brushwork than in previous work, but in other less vigorously-worked paintings like "Sit" and "Cricket Fix" a more relaxed direction emerges. Gilfilen is the opposite of a casualist--clearly she likes a good skirmish--and her new paintings look terrific--bolder and more challenging than earlier work. "Two Moons," the title of the exhibition, refers to recent evidence that the earth used to have two orbiting masses which eventually became unstable and merged into one. But I imagine they didn't go without a long and interesting struggle."

TWO MOONS : SOLO EXHIBITION
Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
November 12 - December 17, 2011

From the press release: "These visceral paintings embrace the magnetic tie between maker and object. Elizabeth Gilfilen is interested in how the frequent, rhythmic approach to painting creates a physical and psychological bond with the object. For Gilfilen, painting is a collision of two entities, which are engaged in an alternating power struggle. The title of this exhibit, “Two Moons,” refers to recent evidence that the earth once had two orbiting masses that became unstable and merged into one. Like the gravitational pull of two bodies in an awkward negotiation, this series of large-scale works capture a compression of time and energy. Through an aggressive search and discovery, multiple approaches to the painting cast a truce between temporal structure and corporeal desire."

MARIE WALSH SHARPE ART FOUNDATION SPACE PROGRAM
Open Studios : Friday April 15 – Sunday April 17, 2011

Soledad Arias, Thomas Bangsted, Amy Bennett, Ada Bobonis, Martha Clippinger, Vince Contarino, Jackie Gendel, Elizabeth Gilfilen, Anna Kunz, Luke Lamborn, Harry Leigh, Mary Mattingly, Alexandra Pacula, Gelah Penn, Gary Petersen, Danial Rich, Kirk Stoller