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EXHIBITIONS
Exhibition at AIA
Knots
Opening recepetion: June 15th 6 - 8 PM
Catalyst Contemporary and the Baltimore chapter of the American Institute of Architects partner to present sculpture by Alberto Cavalieri at the Center for Architecture and Design located in historic Charles Center. The works on display come from Cavalieri's series of twisting and elegant “Knots.”
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Solo exhibition at the Academy Art Museum, MD
Sebastian Martorana: Public/Private
10 Nov, 2023 - 24 Mar, 2024
Sebastian Martorana (American, b. 1981) creates masterful sculptural vignettes of public and private life out of the timeless medium of marble. Carving highly realistic yet unlikely textures such as those of an old mattress, a teddy bear, or the pages of a book out of stone, Martorana comments on sociopolitical realities and the human condition in his work. The stoic, classical appearance of marble connects his subjects to a social and artistic legacy that has been more hegemonic than welcoming for millennia, and Martorana wittily questions this through his focus on intimate subjects: Kermit the Frog’s unwavering eye contact with the viewer is a playful reflection on childish attachment, while a plush sheep evokes the human need for comfort. In his contrasting works depicting objects pertaining to public life, such as marble benches that will activate the Museum’s courtyard during the exhibition, Martorana explores the power and possibilities of community.
Featuring: Damon Arhos, Christopher Batten, Joan Cox, William S. Dutterer, Kate Kretz, and Thiang UK
Manifest Presence
10 Nov, 2022 - 7 Jan, 2023
Catalyst Contemporary presents Manifest Presence, a group exhibition of contemporary figurative paintings. The works depict evocative characters that emerge from each artists' personal mythology in the pantheon of collective dreams. With pressing vogue topics like immigration, gay identity, women's reproductive sovereignty, black identity and speaking truth to power, the actors in these paintings speak to various moments of resilience, love, acceptance, humor, and hope.
Solo exhibition featuring the works of Inocencio Jimenez
Uncle Rabbit & the Wax Doll
9 Mar - 8 April, 2023
Catalyst Contemporary presents a solo exhibition featuring the work of Inocencio Jiménez Chino, a corn farmer and self-trained artist from the Nahuatl (Aztec)-speaking village of San Agustín Oapan.
Featuring William S. Dutterer, Artemis Herber, and Kei Ito
Sedimentary Time
9 Mar - 8 April, 2023
Catalyst Contemporary presents “Sedimentary Time” a group exhibition that highlights the artistic expression of exploring the three-dimensionality between space and the wrinkles of time flattened out onto works on paper. The three artists William S. Dutterer, Artemis Herber, and Kei Ito examine the types of memory, the unfolding of time, and the layers and sediments of what is beneath us.
Featuring: Damon Arhos, Christopher Batten, Joan Cox, William S. Dutterer, Kate Kretz, and Thiang UK
Manifest Presence
10 Nov, 2022 - 7 Jan, 2023
Catalyst Contemporary presents Manifest Presence, a group exhibition of contemporary figurative paintings. The works depict evocative characters that emerge from each artists' personal mythology in the pantheon of collective dreams. With pressing vogue topics like immigration, gay identity, women's reproductive sovereignty, black identity and speaking truth to power, the actors in these paintings speak to various moments of resilience, love, acceptance, humor, and hope.
Group sculpture exhibition
The Foundations of What
26 Jan - Mar 4, 2023
Catalyst Contemporary presents, “The Foundations of What,” a group exhibition that pushes and questions the boundaries of contemporary sculpture while addressing deep-seated concerns about the truths that underlie our visual perceptions, our cultural principles, and relationships to one another. Artists include Jose Arellano, Alberto Cavalieri, Kei Ito, Gard Jones, Giulia Livi, Caryn Martin, Sebastian Martorana, James von Minor, and Geoff Robertson.
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