Remembering Winter In An Art Exhibition

Majestic snow mountains, Winter landscapes, snow gazing, children laughter while playing in the snow, are these reminiscent of yesteryear memories? Does Winter become a distant pleasant memory? Such questions and subject matters are addressed in the current Winter group art exhibition at LICHTUNDFIRE where a grouping of established artists have Winter themed artwork that showcase the Winter season through their contemporary art. The exhibition also opens one's eyes to the climate change issue we face in our day and age. It's not hard to see that our world is changing. Just by watching world news and natural occurring catastrophes around the globe from wild fires to rising temperatures - we are at an understanding that we have a climate issue at hand. The current Winter group exhibition "Remember When It Winter Was" addresses the issue of climate change through contemporary works of art. The exhibition sheds a light at the serious climate issue, and it also brings together beautifully curated paintings from talented American and international artists to celebrate the essence of this Winter season.

Very honored to be one of the artists in this special exhibition. Some of my latest Winter paintings especially made for this exhibit are currently on exhibit. Paintings such as "Snow Mountain" pictured here is from a a series of majestic snow mountains' paintings on view at the gallery. Also, abstracted landscapes such as "Winter Blues" and "Pink Horizon" are on display.
In creating these Winter themed paintings, I aimed to not only bring in the Winter wonderland feeling, but also the coldness of the season along with the fragility of nature undergoing climate change especially depicted in the "Pink Horizon" painting. The "Pink Horizon" painting addresses climate change through showing the audience in a painterly abstracted landscape the dire melting of the glaciers. The painting is executed on multiple levels. The foreground shows the fluidity and melting of the glacier which is the issue we face at hand, and the changes happening within our earth and environment due to climate change. In the background, I chose to place a "pink" horizon and execute the tonalities and hues with softer warmer tones to represent "hope" that although we do have a problem at hand; if humanity works together for the better good in preserving and taking care of the earth then our tomorrow will be a better and a brighter one.
Moreover, creating the Winter paintings reminded me of Winter pasts when I was a child. So, I wanted to revisit those days of my childhood and a child's wonder and gaze upon seeing snow fall. Thus, for me my paintings within this winter exhibition are a throwback to winters gone and my distant childhood memory of how I remember the winter season especially during the snow time. The paintings are executed with nostalgia in mind. Partly melancholic, partly romantic, winter evokes such feelings in me. My mélange of feelings are aimed to be conveyed through these winter compositions while still bringing in my abstracted aesthetics and vision.
Here are the info for the exhibition. This one of a kind and exquisite group exhibition will be on view till Jan. 12, 2020. An "Artist Talk" and Reception is held on Friday Jan. 10 in the evening from 6:30 - 8:30 PM. LICHTUNDFIRE is located in Manhattan's Lower East Side at:
175 Rivington Street, NY NY 10002

Gallery Hours: Wednesday to Saturday 12pm to 6pm · Sunday 1pm-6pm

The exquisite group exhibition's concept is by Lichtundfire's director Priska Juschka.
For inquiries contact the gallery, see link: http://www.lichtundfire.com/lichtundfire-remember-when-it-winter-was-not-a-wintermarchen-show/
See below exhibition's info per the gallery. For further details see gallery's link above:
Lichtundfire's "REMEMBER WHEN IT WINTER WAS (Not a Wintermärchen―)" SHOW
A Group Exhibition with Works by Gretl Bauer, Vian Borchert, Jung Ho Lee, Olga Ozerskaya, Sallie Strand, Francine Tint and Martin Weinstein.
Work in Various Media from Abstraction to Abstracted Representation.
Concept by Priska Juschka

REMEMBER WHEN IT WINTER WAS, a group exhibition of works in all media, reflecting snow, ice and winter in various ways by composition, concept, palette, temperature and texture ― while ranging from abstraction to abstracted representation.
The exhibition's title also connotes a potential dystopia, as a result of climate change, evoking the unsettling feeling that nothing will remain the same, and that soon we will nostalgically reflect upon the time when winter was still a substantial and lived experience in our lives.