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title: "A Quotidian Life: Finding Beauty in the Ordinary"
url: "https://artleagueli.org/exhibitions/a-quotidian-life-finding-beauty-in-the-ordinary/"
post_type: "exhibitions"
date_published: "2017-11-21T20:36:42+00:00"
date_modified: "2020-07-08T20:29:37+00:00"
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# A Quotidian Life: Finding Beauty in the Ordinary

Exhibiting in the Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery

A Quotidian Life: Finding Beauty in the Ordinary

July 15 – August 5, 2017

Award of Excellence Winners l to r: “Ladder”, ladder, broom handles and old wood by Joe Latona; “New York Symphony”, oil painting by Anthony D’ Avino; “Life Cycle”, sculpture by Alan Richards

Juror: Franklin Hill Perrell

Awards for Best Realism & Best Abstract

Reception & Awards Presentation: Sunday, July 16, 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Juror Talk: Thursday, July 27 @ 7:30pm

Congratulations to the artists selected to exhibit in this exhibition. It was a difficult choice for juror Franklin Hill Perrell. Out of 232 images submitted by 79 artists Mr. Perrell selected 57 to hang in the gallery.

Congratulations to the following award winners:

Awards of Excellence

Anthony D’Avino, New York Symphony, oil painting

Joe Latona, Ladder, ladder, broom handles and old wood

Alan Richards, Life Cycle, sculpture

Honorable Mentions

Nicholas Alberti, Wires #5, acrylic painting

Aleta Crawford, When Summer Comes, oil painting

Christine Greene, Picnic at Westbury Gardens, acrylic on gessoed

Masonite

David Jaycox, Jr., No Downtime, watercolor on 300lb hot press d’arches

Cliff Miller, Old Red, oil painting

View List of Participating Artists

Borrowing from the concept of “Genre Painting”, epitomized by Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks” 1942 painting of patrons seated in a diner, visual artists from Suffolk, Nassau, Brooklyn, and Queens were asked to submit two- or three-dimensional works addressing beauty in the ordinary or commonplace. However, in this exhibit in addition to the human dynamic, the theme invites artists to also consider the beauty that may be found in the quality of light or color, or the surprise of a repeated form. Submitted works can be in the form of abstract art or of realism such as that depicted in Hopper’s iconic painting.

Exhibition Juror Franklin Hill Perrell is a well-known art historian, curator, and writer. His career at the Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor, New York spanned over twenty years, culminating in the title of Chief Curator. There, he curated over fifty major exhibitions and numerous contemporary shows, including Miro & Calder, Chagall, Picasso, School of Paris, American Realism, Between the Wars, Pop & Op, and Surrealism. Recent curatorial activities include Feast for the Eyes (with art by Lichtenstein, Warhol, Oldenburg and Wesselmann), The Garden Party (with art by Chagall, Rivers, Hockney and Tiffany) and Long Island Collects (with art by Degas, Monet, Miro, Renoir and Matisse) at the Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor, as well as a retrospective of Richard Gachot’s America at the Heckscher Museum in Huntington.