Encaustic Entanglements

Wo Schiffman

May 14th – June 1st, 2019
Opening Reception: May 16th, 6-8 PM
Gallery Talk: May 30th, 6:30PM

Atlantic Gallery announces the opening of a solo exhibition of new works by encaustic artist, Wo Schiffman. Her first solo exhibition at the Gallery will feature encaustic paintings and granite sculptures from 2018-2019. Featured paintings are encaustic on wood and sculptures are encaustic on granite.

Colter Ruland from White Hot Magazinewrites, “Schiffman’s most recent series, Encaustic Entanglements, is an ambitious attempt to showcase environments we do not normally think about in relation to ourselves. By echoing the imagery of deep space and the microscopic, Schiffman unfolds and interrogates the mythologies we have taken for granted: how the universe was formed and is still forming, how the microscopic goes about its daily business unseen, how we as humans are merely one part amongst millions in this great, labyrinthine machine of life.”

“Schiffman’s body of work is remarkable in how it opens like a portal into environments that, though rich in physicality, ultimately lead to ethereal places. One begins to wonder, if we never achieve space travel, maybe this is as close as we will get to reaching other galaxies. In that case, it is easy (and a pleasure) to get lost in these molten worlds. “I’ve spent most of my life avoiding entanglements,” Schiffman laughs, knowing full well that she hopes to entangle us all.”

From, “My Brush Called Fire: Wo Schiffman on
Encaustic Painting and the Cosmos Encaustic
Painting and the Cosmos”, by Colter Ruland, White Hot Magazine, May, 2019

Website: woschiffman.com