Linden Frederick, Grange, 1996
April 25 - July 18 2009
YOU ARE HERE: Linden Frederick, Studies, Paintings
Main Gallery
Please join us for an opening reception on Friday, April 24 from 5-7pm.
Following on the successes of previous Distinguished Artist exhibitions of the work of Alan Magee and Lois Dodd, CMCA is now celebrating long-time Belfast resident Linden Frederick as the 2009 Distinguished Artist with the exhibition YOU ARE HERE: Linden Frederick, Studies and Paintings. An outstanding realist artist with a national reputation, Frederick has made Maine his home since 1989. His range of subjects encompasses isolated houses, fairground buildings, shop windows, gas stations, railroad yards, motels, and drive-ins, as well as large urban panoramas and stretches of roads. Frederick has a unique ability to find beauty where we may least expect it.
YOU ARE HERE presents a new way of looking at Frederick’s work. The exhibition includes 35 works of art and pairs paintings with their related painted studies, enabling visitors to catch a glimpse of Frederick’s creative choices. The studies allow the artist to work out what he calls “the mechanics” of the final painting. Borrowed from the artist’s gallery and private collections all over the East Coast, YOU ARE HERE provides a rare opportunity to see so many of his paintings together in one space. The exhibition is accompanied by a richly illustrated catalogue that also contains an essay by curator Britta Konau.
