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Sep 12 - Oct 19 2024 - 6 days left

From September 12, 2024, VillageOneArt proudly presents the Fall 2024 survey Group Exhibition, “Stretched Out,” featuring works by a range of contemporary artists working in exploring new horizons of painting. Works by Dayana Beisenova, Chukwuemeka Anthony Chukwu, Xinxin Din, Xue Fei, James Gardner, Roast Hoggmann, Yong Eun Kwon, Gianna Putrino, Leah Schrager, Cydney Williams, Hans Wendel, Jingyu Xu, Li Xu and Xue Zheng and give a compelling insight into new directions of painting moving into the late 2024. Works on view span expressionism, photorealism and abstraction, with an expert sense of color commuting mood and meaning across the variety of subject matter these artists depict. Echoing a range of imagery, in the words of artist Gianna Putrino works on view offer, “a response to the nostalgia and desire for an imagined world.” Echoing expansion and ideation of a wider vision for the future, “Stretched Out” pushes back against the perceived limits of contemporary painting. Works by Li Xu, Leah Schrager, Young Eun Huang, James Gardner, Jingyu Xu and Hans Wendel meditate on the place and presence of people, with figures appearing and in some cases contorting across the canvas. Xinxin Din and Xue Fei approximate lived experience through the perception of our environment: pets such as cats exude a calm presence in these interior paintings by Xinxin while Xue evokes period painting while evoking a sense of surrealism and modern culture in these tableaux. Artists Dayana Beisenova, Cydney Williams, Gianna Putrino, Chukwuemeka Anthony Chukwu and Xue Zheng offer a sense of wonder, with dreamy colors painted into dynamic abstractions or evoking a sense of still life or landscape while still offering the viewer a window into a world beyond. “Stretched Out” creates a compelling lens through which to view artists working to push the medium of painting into a contemporary context. The exhibition, on view until October 19th, brings together the most talented artists creating modern sensibilities by utilizing timeless artistic techniques and motifs. Visitors to “Stretched Out” can benefit from the individual perspectives of each artist’s unique vision to better intuit where contemporary art is headed and the range of indelible possibilities still left to be offered for those seeking a spirit of contemporary artistic practice.