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Joan Belmar at the Chilean Embassy

October 25, 2009

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Joan and admirer
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Minna and Jim Nathanson
I think of Joan Belmar as a sculptural painter. His three-dimensional wall pieces under glass present at least three layers of overlapping meaning, each both obscuring and revealing the others. The format, which he has deepened and extended over the past few years, has developed gracefully in tandem with his themes of memory and dislocation.
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a gorgeous precursor
Joan currently has a solo show at the Chilean Embassy, a terrifically fitting venue for work that is so pertinent to the expatriate experience. In addition to much new work, the show contains several gorgeous earlier two-dimensional pieces that are clearly the precursors of Joan’s current work. It is always fun and illuminating to see an artist’s progression, as we can here.
 

 
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