Artist Reception: Mari Gyorgyey and Fruma Markowitz
Event Details
Join us on Wednesday, May 27 for our a reception and artist talk with visual artists Mari Gyorgyey (Rooms in Bloom) and Fruma Markowitz (Willful Alchemy), joined by Westport artist Miggs Burroughs. Both exhibits will be on display April 9 through May 31.
The reception will take place from 6 to 7 pm, followed by an artist talk from 7 to 8 pm.
About the Artists
Mari Gyorgyey is best known for her narrative art which flows into book arts, drawings, paintings, computer imagery, and printmaking. She is not afraid to mix all of these techniques to communicate her unorthodox themes — some of which are Dogs in Dresses, Tweens in Weight Loss Camp, and Snippets of the Lives of the Romanov's. Mari’s artwork is influenced by living in communist Hungary, and suburban America. Her work has the passion of European Expressionism with the visual superficiality of Technicolor films. Her work seems offbeat...but at closer glance is strangely approachable and empathetic to our human condition. Mari currently teaches mixed media, printmaking and the artists book as well as Procreate for Artists at the Rowayton Arts center.
Fruma Markowitz’s photography practice focuses on historical, experimental, and hand-made processes, with an emphasis on cyanotype and lumen photography, textile-based mixed-media collage, and most recently one-of-a-kind photobooks. Family life, womanhood, cultural histories with shared legacies, and environmental concerns are where she mostly draws inspiration for making images.
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For more about the Library's art exhibits, visit the Art at the Library page.
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