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Gayle, Michelle, Analya and Dave at Studio 4903.

April 19, 2009

Just upstairs from the landmark Pizza Boli’s on Wisconsin Ave. is Studio 4903, the airy studio/atelier of three inventive contemporary jewelers, and one each inventive contemporary painter and printmaker. On Saturday they had open studios and I met metalsmiths Gayle Friedman and Analya Cespedes and printmaker Dave Peterson.
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Michelle Banks with her work
I already knew painter Michelle Banks, known for her signature color grids, the best of which are shimmery veils of eye candy. In Michelle's new work, the grid is implied rather than explicit and it has a bit more freedom and mvement. As always, the color is a treat.
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Gayle Friedman wearing her work
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Analya with her work
The jewelry here is absolutely top-drawer both in conception and execution, and I say this as a pretty well-educated devotee of contemporary metalwork. Gayle’s silver and white porcelain pieces combine biomorphic delicacy with presence and Analya uses a kind of split-pod form in a beguiling variety of ways and finishes that sometimes suggests chains and sometimes plants.
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Brand Dave (sorry you can't see his work)
Dave screen prints charming and evocative bits of childlike scenes on unexpected surfaces including wood and Styrofoam. (I wish someone would invent archival styrofoam because I love the stuff and I use it myself). He also does some kicking tee-shirts as BrandDave.
Studio 4903 is threatening to hold these opens studios monthly. As an addict of both carbs and studio jewelry ,this would be disastrous for me on both a monetary and caloric basis. But you should go.


 
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