Jerald Melberg Gallery, 625 S Sharon Amity Road, is hosting an exhibition, Susan Grossman: Urban Stories, and is holding an opening reception on Friday, January 24th, 2020, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
In honor of Susan Grossman’s exhibition, there will also be a special performance by Principal Cellist for the Charlotte Symphony, Alan Black. Please arrive by 6:30 p.m.
In addition, on Saturday, January 25th, 2020, at 11 a.m., the gallery is hosting a Coffee and Conversation artist lecture led by Susan Grossman.
Grossman has built a strong reputation for rendering urban scenes of New York City primarily in black and white and shades of gray. Colored pastel is typically used minimally or to enhance her glimmering cityscapes, but plays a much larger role in many of these new works. Suddenly viewers are warmed by sherbet sunset hues or drawn to Technicolor taxicabs and umbrellas. These flashes of color, which the artist couples with strong compositional and perspectival effects, make the work glow with a cinematic quality.
Grossman wanders the streets of New York, taking her own photographs, to capture scenes that ultimately inform her compositions. Once the photographs are printed, she sifts through them in her studio, selecting choice components from many images to form the resulting drawing.
The familiar, generally mundane elements of city life define this work. Commuters hustle and families stroll under umbrellas while wet sidewalks reflect street lamps and taillights Cabs, cars and trains cruise along as skyscrapers keep silent watch over the hustle and bustle of the city.
Susan Grossman earned a BA from Bennington College in 1981 and a MFA from Brooklyn College in 1988. She has taught at City College of New York, the National Academy School of Fine Arts and Wesleyan University.
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