Jason Wheatley
Illuminated Silence: A Still Life in Motion is Jason Wheatley’s second solo exhibition at Gilman Contemporary. In this compelling series of oil paintings, Wheatley reimagines the still life as something alive and resonant. For him, silence holds weight, and stillness hums with meaning. His work moves beyond representation. Each painting layers metaphor and symbolism, drawing the viewer into a world where animal archetypes carry stories and emotions. A monkey grasps a ripe fruit, embodying the trickster in the ongoing tension between chaos and order. A great white heron stands poised, a silent sentinel at the edge of two realms. Goldfish glide through impossible spaces, suggesting realities that stretch beyond the physical. In his hands, silence becomes a presence. It is not absence, but a space where meaning takes shape.
Frances McCormack
Frances McCormack’s lush botanical abstractions reflect a freedom of expression honed through years of artistic practice. In 2019, she turned to collage, a medium that allowed her to work on a smaller scale. Though smaller in scale, McCormack’s collages carry the same energy as her large-scale paintings, referencing the natural world through the lens of the marvelous.
Dora Somosi
Gilman Contemporary also exhibits the work of Hungarian-American photographer Dora Somosi. Somosi’s blue-hued cyanotypes are personal reflections on feminism, art, and nature. In the series By Her Side , leaves and branches stretch over textured paper, each image shot at the studios and homes of female artists and thinkers whose work was inspired by nature. In the series Mending, Somosi embroiders over failed cyanotypes and test prints. Drawing on the tradition of Hungarian storytelling through needlework, each piece is unique and tells a unique story.
Captions:
Balancing Crane: Pink Lady
by Jason Wheatly
oil on Canvas
60” x 36”
Gold and Black
by Frances McCormack
collage on panel
25” x 21” (framed)
Imogen Cunningham
by Dora Somosi
handprinted cyanotype on watercolor paper
38” x 26”
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