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Slick

JON PETERS

sLick

On Our Projects Level:
Vanessa McKnight


Opening Reception for the Artists:

Saturday-September 25, 2004

7 P.M. - 11 P.M.
Bettcher Gallery
miami


SOYKA'S 55TH STREET STATION
5582 NORTH EAST FOURTH COURT
(BISCAYNE BOULEVARD AT 55TH STREET)
Miami, Florida 33137


inquiries: 305.801.1047

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Opening Reception:

sLick

MIAMI, September 25, 2004.   Join us in welcoming artist Jon Peters as we open sLick , Peters' first solo exhibit in the Miami area, on Saturday, September 25 from 7-11PM.  sLick extends to our Project Level with recent paintings by Vanessa McKnight .

In his epoxy, acrylic, and lacquer paintings, Jon Peters aims at an architectural dynamic that evokes a multi-sensory physical experience and a sense of something made well with the appropriate materials.   “The goal of my work is to seduce the viewer and once seduced to entice the viewer to have a closer look. Color and surface are the vehicle, and I immerse myself in detail but enjoy the cadence of my work.  ”

Peters's work concerns process and perfection: the sanding and applying of layers whether it is lacquer, epoxy, encaustic or acrylic.  His result: a one dimensional sensual object that appears three dimensional - for his use of color, translucency in surface, and edge.

Vanessa McKnight's recent series offers cinematic glimpses into an intimate and sensual world.  Her figurative paintings are innocently voyeuristic - advertising private moments in cropped enlarged proportions to reveal something otherwise hidden about the mood of the subject.  McKnight's nonfigurative canvases are vivid manifestations of sensory experience.  Something sublimely tactile and tempting in her use of texture and color lures the senses abruptly.  Each piece expresses desire, appetite, and passion that is somehow contained within borders of confinement.

“This is a series of clips and suggestions, parts of an enigmatic whole, rather than a depiction of an entire scene.”   The almost claustrophobic closeness and severe cropping paired with the ultra-real satin surfaces give McKnight's paintings their provocative power and sense of life.

sLick opens in conjunction with 55th Street Station's Last Saturdays in the Courtyard on Saturday, September 25 from 7PM through 11PM and runs through November 20, 2004 .  Please contact gallery for additional information or visual material.

Bettcher Gallery is located in the center of the Fine Arts District of the Biscayne Corridor and within the heart of  Soyka's 55th Street Station's enclave of shops and restaurants at Biscayne Boulevard and 55 Street.   Gallery hours are Tuesday: 11:00-5:00 PM, Wednesday through Saturday 12:00-10:00 PM, or by appointment by calling (305)758-7556.

Bettcher Gallery is committed to facilitating, nurturing, and advocating the achievement and evolution of emerging, mid-career, and established contemporary artists in all media.  The gallery embraces the artist who challenges conventional expectation in concept or design while maintaining emphasis and excellence in formality, technical expertise, craftsmanship, and originality.

55TH STREET STATION    5582 NORTHEAST FOURTH COURT    MIAMI , FLORIDA    33137   305.801.1047