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The public is invited to attend a FREE opening reception on June 28 from 6-8 pm where the artists will be present, and refreshments will be served. From June 28 to August 9, 2024, Quad City Arts presents oil paintings by Chantal Danyluk and screen prints by Kate Goodvin.Chantal Danyluk is an oil painter whose works are painted on large panels of plywood or MDF board which are cut around the silhouettes of her subjects, breaking away from the typical window of squared canvas. These subjects are whimsical and surreal, often depicting humanoid figures in drastic situations. Danyluk uses tongue-in-cheek visual metaphors to comment on the disillusionment many young people feel about the unattainable ideals of life in conjunction with the pressures of our society. She invites viewers to “contemplate how these serious themes might resonate with them”.
Kate Goodvin is a screenprint artist whose work utilizes hundreds of layers that she prints using her own paper stencil process that she developed during the height of the pandemic. She has recently also begun to combine this unique screenprinting process with a collage applique technique borrowed from quilt making. Goodvin’s imagery focuses on people and their environments as they relate to contemporary, everyday life. The results are saturated and intricate compositions that create “a narrative that enforces the tension of living in an overbearing, but also joyous, space and time”.
Danyluk and Goodvin’s work pairs well together aesthetically and thematically. Their saturated colors and figurative subject matter complement nicely. Each body of work reflects on the burdens of current culture.
The artist’s works can be viewed and purchased online at www.shopquadcityarts.com/rock-island-gallery. Quad City Arts is a nonprofit local arts agency dedicated to enriching the quality of life in the Quad City region through the arts. Support for art exhibitions is provided by the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Quad City Arts Gallery is located at 1715 Second Avenue in Rock Island. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m.–5 p.m. For more information, contact Dawn Wohlford-Metallo 309-793-1213 X108, or by email at [email protected].
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Quad City Arts, 1715 2nd Ave,Rock Island,IL,United States
