MG in the Press

EMERGING OIL PAINTER MG’S FIRST SOLO SHOW IN U.S. AT BURNING BUTTERFLY GALLERY

Union City, NJ, June 5, 2003 – MG has her first solo exhibition in the United States as Burning Butterfly Gallery’s inaugural show. The opening reception will be held June 5, 2003 from 7pm to 11pm at 1616 Manhattan Avenue, Union City, New Jersey. The exhibition is a mini-retrospective of MG’s work, including 12 oil paintings completed in the last 4 years. Beginning with work from before M’s first solo show in Guadalajara through work recently completed in her Brooklyn studio, these pieces reflect the artist’s eclectic and unique style.

Most recently MG’s ‘Tile 4 (orange)’ was selected by Anne Umland, Associate Curator of the Department of Painting & Sculpture of the Museum of Modern Art New York, to be included in Pleiades Gallery of Contemporary Art’s 21st Annual Juried Exhibition (June 25 – July 12, 2003, Pleiades Gallery, 530 West 25th Street, 4th Floor, NY, NY). Two paintings from the same series ‘Tile 3 (blue)’ and ‘Tile 8 (orange)’ are included in the Burning Butterfly exhibition. The tile paintings are energetic and dynamic, exploring the boundaries and characteristics of foreground and background. In ‘tile 3’ areas of cobalt blue interact with grayscale polymorphic forms. ‘Tile 8’ is a canvas packed with vigorous orange lines and thick white paint.

In February of this year, M exhibited six paintings in Concept Management Group’s (CMG) “Winter Wonder 2003”, at the Eickholt Gallery in SoHo. Brad Gishen, show curator, stated "I believe MG has immense talent, her work is bright, beautiful and definitely sensual.” ‘Negative Space 2’, previously shown with CMG, is included in the current show. This painting blocks out the figures in white and explores the energy between two women in sky blues with hints of violet and wispy whites.

‘Lightning’ is a night seascape bisected by a single dynamic bolt (from ‘The Mummies of Guanajuato’, solo exhibition at the Modern Art Gallery of Guadalajara, Mexico, June 2001). ‘Ice’ is a recent work of subterranean blues and lush whites inspired by M’s trip to Alaska.

Burning Butterfly Gallery is owned and operated by Deshawn Marie. The inaugural reception will include live music by Sweetsop, JazzCamp and Craig Stephen with refreshments provided by The Spot Tavern. MG: Mini-Retrospective will be on view from June 5 – June 29, 2003. Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 1pm - 8pm, Sunday 4pm - 8pm. The gallery may be contacted at (201) 422-0744.

Photos, slides and digital images of MG’s paintings are available upon request.
For further information regarding MG contact: Jesse Lambdin, artist’s representative, at jesse@gallerymg.com or 718-497-1541. Additional information is also available at the artist’s website www.gallerymg.com.

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