UNUSUAL BALANCE: Jeff Sully & Mina Markovich February 9, 2012

Exhibition: Feb 2-26, 2012; Artist Reception: Feb 9, 2012 5:00-7:30pm

Sandra Lee Gallery is proud to present UNUSUAL BALANCE, a 2 person show featuring Jeff Sully and Marina Markovich. Although both working within the Abstract space, both artists have emerged with their own unique styles, thematic motifs, and emotional devices.

Mr. Sully draws on his experience as a wood sculptor to alter the shapes of the paintings and further expand the unique character of each piece. Traditional rectangular canvases are nowhere in sight, and each piece emerges as a call to action, violent or tranquil. This series of work can be seen as an expression of the random fall of mental events. Yet, while this is a sort of meditation-through-material, the activity allows the paintings to unfold and settle well beyond ostensibly undirected beginnings. As Jeff Sully comments, "What the paintings are, ultimately, might be considered a hidden order which lets its presence be revealed in an arena preceding any familiar concept or description." Jeff Sully received his MFA from San Francisco Art Institute.

To Mina Markovich, "There is no escaping political realities, a moment in time on a continuum of history. Personal associative thought may attach political content to abstract, as well as figurative images - and be not necessarily of the same mind as the artist's. Liberated from propaganda or didacticism, giving a viewer the same freedom the artist aspires to, abstractionism can be both political and lyrical..." Ms. Markovich received her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute.

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