Lorraine Peltz: Light in the Darkness
@ the gallery at a + c architects
4840 Main St, Skokie, IL 60077
Opening Sunday, March 16th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Friday, April 25th
Making art is an act of hope.
For over four decades Lorraine Peltz has been creating paintings that suggest light emerging from the dark. Through her deft manipulation of vibrant colors and evocative imagery emerging from darkened grounds, Peltz reminds us of the duality in our constant struggle to be. The persistence of light as embodied in rich chandeliers, sustains the hope and even the pleasure we must all seek amidst our more painful and challenging moments. Peltz’s paintings allow us to temporarily escape and conjure up a bright place, filled with the promise of imagination.
This selection of Peltz’s paintings presents a range of painterly languages and imagery, including signs and symbols culled from both a personal and public iconography, and a broad array of methods of application–brush painting, spray paint, and stencils. One finds fields of flowers, geometric patterns, images of painted lips, menacing crows, dancing legs, chandeliers, and more. These works are a result of the artist’s careful constructions as well as the serendipity of a well-honed painting practice.
Each of Lorraine Peltz’s paintings offer the viewer an opportunity for slow looking, a generosity of ideas, and ultimately a place of joy.
Lorraine Peltz is an American artist whose work has been exhibited nationally and abroad including New York, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Paris, Verona, and Basel. She is the recipient of awards and grants from the Illinois Arts Council, the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and is included in the Brooklyn Museum’s Elizabeth A. Sackler Feminist Art Center. Born in Brooklyn, NY, Peltz received her MFA from the University of Chicago and her BFA from the State University of New York at New Paltz. Peltz lives in Chicago, where she teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Peltz is represented by Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL.
the gallery at a + c architects
4840 Main St
Skokie, IL
847 829 – 0801
for inquiries: Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago info@zollalieberman.com 312 944-1990
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