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HAVEN-SMITH SCULPTURES AND CARVAJAL-HUFSCHMID WOODBLOCKS

December 8, 2005- January 14, 2006

Gary Haven Smith, Amparo Carvajal-Hufschmid

Reeves Contemporary

535 W 24th St

Gary Haven Smith, a stone sculptor based in New Hampshire, has new works on view at Reeves Contemporary in conjunction with unique woodblock prints by Columbian artist, Amparo Carvajal Hufschmid. The exhibition runs from December 8th – January 14th, 2006.

Gary Haven-Smith, who works with the found stone of his native New Hampshire, is challenged by the massive, naturally-occurring stone forms found near his home. He describes the process of finding what the stone wants to do as “bumping shoulders with the stone.” This gracious approach opens a call and response creative process, where he is constantly listening to, and tuning, the material. The lyricism he discovers within the massive and dense rock is stunning; by creating apertures in this dense material, the stone becomes light and porous.

After having had residencies in Greece, Italy and in many locations in the United States, Haven-Smith has exhibited his work throughout the northeast, in New York, and in Europe to wonderful reception. His work is in corporate collections such as General Electric, Fidelity Investments, Chase Manhattan Bank, Putnam Investments, and Healthsource, among others, as well as in numerous private collections and sculpture parks. He teaches in New England.

Amparo Carvajal Hufschmid, a native of Columbia, has pursued the rigorous art of woodblock printmaking for many years. In this current series, the overlay of up to 18 colors laid in a thicket of color and pattern is exceptionally done. Each piece can take up to three weeks to complete, as each layer ing of color is pressed into the Japanese paper and then allowed to dry. Her subtle eye for color can, in this series of prints, juxtapose strong reds, greens and yellows, threadin g them together to create an intricate, tapestry-like effect.

Now a resident of the United States, Amparo works primarily in printmaking, especially in woodblock printing and collage. She is a graduate of the Museum School in Boston, and has shown her work in the US and in Latin America.

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