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Kehler Liddell Gallery presents two solo shows: Allegories of the Heart and Mind by William Butcher and GROW UP! by Sven Martson. An Opening Reception is planned for Sunday, October 16, 3:00-5:00pm with an Artist Talk starting at 4:00pm, sponsored by ArtEcon Initiative.

 

William Butcher explores the line between the physical, mysterious, illusive and often spiritual nature of human life.  The drawn, painted and arranged figures and forms in this work blur the lines of negative/positive space and reality, concluding perhaps that all things exist integrally.

 

Sven Martson prefers to find images in reality. He seeks to discover and record significant moments in life through the process and craft of photography. GROW UP! is a gathering of mostly outtakes from his work photographing in educational environments for academic publications. Primarily of children being honestly candid, these photos address the complex emotions at work during childhood and adolescence.

 

William C. Butcher is a graduate of the Drake University School of Fine Art where he earned BFA and MFA degrees in painting and studied with internationally recognized artists.William went on to teach visual art including drawing, painting, sculpture and architecture at Suffield Academy in Suffield Ct. where he chaired the Visual Art Department for nearly forty years and served as a technical director for school productions. William has exhibited widely, received numerous awards and has art work in private collections internationally.

Sven Martson received his BA from Syracuse University and learned photography great Walker Evans, making prints from Evans’ negatives. After Evans’ death, Martson continued to print for the Evans estate. His work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibits including National Association of Independent Schools, Washington DC, Kiek in de Kök Museum Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia, The Connecticut Open Real Art Ways, Hartford CT, Artspace, New Haven CT; Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury CT;Connecticut State Capitol, Hartford CT; Shoreline Alliance for the Arts, Guilford CT, and Schelfhaudt Gallery, University of Bridgeport.

 

ArtEcon Initiative is a neighborhood-based non-profit. The  primary mission of ArtEcon is to produce and support free, or low cost, arts and community programs for all  ages in the Westville West-Rock neighborhood. Programming is made possible in part with support from the Community Foundation of Greater New Haven, CT Humanities (CTH), SHARP (Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan), The Pincus Family Foundation, and the CT Dept of Economic Development of the Arts. www.ArtEconInitiative.org.   ###