“Sharing Mythologies”

It’s good to see eclectic artwork that imaginatively combines current events, mythology, and the history of art to represent our current fears, anxieties, and hopes. Art can combine the past and the present, the real and the ideal, and can both satirize the problematic present and present imaginative humanist alternatives for the future. Louise Bourgeois said, ‘Art is a guarantee of sanity’ and, ‘It is not a torment to be an artist. It is a privilege.’"

– DeWitt Cheng, Juror

“Stillness”

L7 Gallery invites contemporary artists to share their art that investigates and represents the concept of stillness. Being more than just quiet or calm, stillness in a moment can be filled with serene reflection, joyous possibility or anxious alertness. Stillness can be evoked through muted colors such as Giorgio Morandi's still lifes, Gwen John's various portraits and Agnes Martin's large abstract expressionist works; or stillness can be as richly colored as Vermeer's "Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window". Animals can represent the moment of stillness before action, such as Rosa Bonheur's "Stag", or  seemingly humorous self-realization of a frog by Meika Gafu.

Consider what work you have, or create something new that you feel depicts "stillness", be it figurative, landscape, or abstract and let us present your work in our online show.

For this exhibition we are accepting painting, drawing, printmaking, mixed media, collage, fabric art and sculpture.