The works of New York-based visual artist and poet Ellen Peckham can be seen in “Immersion and Emergence,” a new exhibition at Guttenberg Arts Gallery with an opening reception on Saturday, Nov. 6, from 7 to 9 p.m. The reception will will include a poetry reading by the artist and a live musical performance by Barry Seroff.
Peckham has read, published, and exhibited in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America. She frequently uses both art forms in a single work, the text decorating and explicating and the image illuminating.
“When I was young long ago we were taught that the artist should concentrate on one medium: oil, sculpture, pastel, etc. and certainly not presume to communicate in more than one voice,” says Peckham. “I remember being fascinated by Van Gogh’s letters, Blake’s prints with his poetry, Haiga, the Japanese form containing poems and drawings.... I use various voices alone or layered. Poems can stand alone, be published without visuals or be included in visual art as illumination, as gloss, as decoration. And etchings are sometimes printed on collages of paper, fabric; scraps saved from my personal history, freighted with memories and associations that I hope enhances the intensity.”
Connecticut-based composer and songwriter Barry Seroff spent his formative years in New York City playing guitar in metal and hardcore band. He began making his mark as a composer out of college with ensembles such as Anti-Social Music and ThingNY. He also improvised in the downtown jazz scene with luminaries such as Marc Ribot, Daniel Carter and William Parker.
Seroff eventually joined the progressive rock band Edensong as flautist, with whom he has toured internationally. When he moved to Connecticut, his focus shifted to songwriting. These songs first manifested themselves in the band The Accidental Villain, which released their first self-titled album in 2015. This was followed by the EP “Spent” in 2020 at the beginning of quarantine.
“Immersion and Emersion” runs until Dec. 5. Guttenberg Art Gallery is free and open to the public by appointment only. Schedule your visit by going to www.guttenbergarts.org/exhibitions. Guttenberg Arts Gallery is located at 6903 Jackson St., Guttenberg.
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