WHQR welcomes local talents Elizabeth Singletary and Robert Salemme to the MC Erny Gallery for their amazing collaboration "Pieced Together." Be sure to stop by and see this unique, once-in-a-lifetime collection.
Opening Fourth Friday Reception: May 22, 6-9 PM
Closing Fourth Friday Reception: June 26, 6-9 PM
Show Closing: Friday, July 10.
Regular MC Erny Gallery Viewing Hours:Monday-Friday, 10 AM - 4 PM
About the Artists:
Elizabeth Singletary: Elizabeth Singletary is a collage artist who describes her style of art as "painting with paper." She tears pieces of magazine and glues them onto canvas. This is her second show at WHQR, the previous being her first art show. She was chosen as the featured artist for the North Carolina Azalea Festival in 2013. Her interpretation of azaleas and butterflies became the official festival poster for which she received a bronze medal in an international competition. The print was the first ever to sell out in the festival's 65 year history. Elizabeth was a 2014 WILMA Magazine's "Women to Watch" finalist. She was also voted "Best Local Artist" in 2015 by Encore Magazine's Best of Wilmington. She is excited to have another show at WHQR, "The staff and volunteers at WHQR make any artist feel like a welcomed one. I am grateful to show my work in such a wonderful place."
Robert Salemme: Robert Salemme has been creating works of art for over 50 years in a variety of media including steel, wood, paint and most recently, textiles. Regardless of the medium, his approach has remained consistent: he is interested in assembling found or discarded objects into aesthetically pleasing pieces. In his earlier works of welded sculpture, Salemme referred back to his apprenticeship in his father's blacksmith shop. In this most recent work, he pays tribute to his grandparents and immigrants to the US who worked as stitchers in the garment industry in Boston.
Salemme's works are intended to be viewed as a whole, rather than dissected into their components. Once a work has been completed, it is the gestalt that is important and the individual components cease to be relevant.