Dale Stewart reports from Hillsdale and Hudson. From the country to the city, art aficionados got their fill from Hillsdale to Hudson, with openings at the venerable Neumann Fine Art in Hillsdale and the uber-hip McDaris Fine Art in Hudson on Saturday, April 13. A subdued Berkshire/Columbia County crowd packed into Neumann Fine Art to focus on two artists: Oil painter Bob Crimi and furniture maker Joel Mark. Crimi hails from a line of classic fresco muralist/easel painters, but identifies more with the beats of the late 50’s/early 60’s Manhattan. His soft-dreamy, muted oil paintings complemented Mark’s fine museum-quality furniture, meticulously crafted pieces using both modern and traditional woodworking techniques to create fine architectural studies. Meanwhile, artgoers spilled into the city streets in an effort to get a glimpse of "The Mystic Line," featuring works by Brooklyn-based Danielle Ezzo (pictured left with gallerist Wendy McDaris), French-born Laetitia Hussain, and musician/DJ Logan Visscher. The three artists shared a cohesive feel: Mezzo’s series of subtle salt prints document complex geometrical shapes from constellation maps, while Hussain’s laid swatches of transparent plaid over panoramic landscapes lend order to the outside world, and Visscher’s hand-drawn regimented lines serve as a sort of Rorschach test for the ruler set. The two-person show at Neumann Fine Art runs through June 2; the McDaris show runs through May 19.
Jamie Larson, Cheryl Jones, and Dana Kahn.
Artist Bob Crimi with his gallerist Jeffrey Neumann; artist Joel Mark and Wolf Jakubowski.
Jenna O'Brien, Allison Neumann, and Russell Farber; Dave Watson and Trudette Crimi.
Look Hudson's Marie Balle, Jonathan Osofsky, and musician Stephin Merritt.
Community activist Sam Pratt with artist Laetitia Hussain; Inn at Hudson's Windle Davis and IMBY's Enid Futterman.
Artist Nicholas Kahn, Charlotte Marek, and artist David Franck; Hudson Alderwoman Sarah Sterling, Marie Balle, and Terri See. Neumann Fine Art65 Coldwater Street, Hillsdale, NY McDaris Fine Art623 Warren St Hudson NY
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Matteline deVries-Dilling, founder of Lite Brite Neon, one of the evening's honoree of this year's Upstate Benefit adresses the gala from the Caboose's caboose.
- Karen Pearson. Courtesy Art Omi.
Olana senior vice president and landscape curatorMark Prezorski, president Sean Sawyer, The evenings honoree Kristin Gamble and New York State Assemblymember Didi Barrett.
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