Posted in Uncategorized on May 28th, 2009
“Every picture tells a story,” so the saying goes. This week’s highlight from AN INTIMATE VIEW: Small Paintings & Drawings by Ben Solowey, has a story to tell as to why it has not been on view for 13 years at the Studio. It is a lovely pastel that dates from the last decade of […]
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 21st, 2009
Ben and Rae Solowey had just finished lunch on May 26, 1978, when the artist told his wife he was going to trim hedges by the stone steps that led to their house. The couple, married just two weeks shy of forty eight years, were expecting guests from England that Memorial Day weekend. Rae asked […]
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Posted in exhibition on May 15th, 2009
Assembling the artwork for AN INTIMATE VIEW: Small Paintings & Drawings by Ben Solowey, has been a pleasure. There are so many terrific pieces to choose from, the task proves that the curator’s job is often times not what one puts into a show, but what must be left out. We have whittled the list […]
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