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Janet Fish,
Sentinels (Windex), 1990, watercolor on paper, courtesy of
the artist and DC Moore Gallery, NYC
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Janet Fish:
Into the Light
July 12-September 23, 2008
HUNTER GALLERY
Free Opening Reception
Saturday, July 12 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Vermont painter Janet Fish has spent much of her life exploring the
action of light as it interacts with both translucent and reflective
objects. Since the late 1960s, she has explored the subjects of still
life and figure painting through bold compositions characterized by
intense, dissolving color. Today, Fish is a leader in contemporary American
realist painting, and her work may be found in public and private collections
from Texas to Vermont.
Organized by the Southern Vermont Arts Center, this retrospective exhibition
will also be featured at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum in South
Hadley, Massachusetts. Starting with Fish’s early Pop Art-inspired
images of food and packaging, the exhibition will survey four decades
of work and culminate in the artist’s most recent tabletop still-lifes.
Fish herself will play a major role in selecting the works, which will
number approximately thirty paintings and pastels borrowed from private
collectors, museums and the artist’s own holdings.
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Janet
Fish, Bag of Bananas, 1971, oil on canvas, courtesy of the artist
and DC Moore Gallery, NYC
Janet Fish, Treats for Buddies, 1997, oil on canvas, courtesy
of the artist and DC Moore Gallery, NYC