Alden Gallery launches its 2016 season with “Meme”—May 27 – June 23, 2016

The Alden Gallery will launch its 2016 season with “Meme,” a spring group show opening on Friday, May 27, 2016, from 7 to 9 p.m., at the gallery’s exhibit space at 423 Commercial St. Drinks and refreshments will be served. The exhibit will be on view through June 23.

For this group show, the Alden Gallery asked all its artists to contribute new work that relates to the definition of the word “meme” (which shares an etymology with Mem-orial Day): “an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture.” The artists are: Ed Christie, Kevin Cyr, Cathleen Daley, Alice Denison, Joerg Dressler, Robert Glisson, Raúl Gonzalez III, Paul Kelly, Sean McCabe, Catherine McCarthy, Robert Morgan, Paul Pedulla, Linda Reedy, Anne Salas, Heather Toland, Mike Wright, and Laurence Young.

The gallery will be open Friday 6-10 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Monday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Memorial Day weekend. It will remain open Fridays through Sundays till mid-June, when hours will expand to a daily schedule through Labor Day. 

Press contact: Howard Karren, 646-483-8164 / hjkarren@mac.com

Velvet Sun 3, by Cathleen Daley, oil on linen, 28 x 28 inches

Velvet Sun 3, by Cathleen Daley, oil on linen, 28 x 28 inches

 

You are pulling my leg, by Joerg Dressler, digital collage, 14 x 11 inches

You are pulling my leg, by Joerg Dressler, digital collage, 14 x 11 inches

 

Above It #53, by Paul Kelly, oil on canvas, 14 x 14 inches

Above It #53, by Paul Kelly, oil on canvas, 14 x 14 inches

 

Memory of a Summer Day, by Robert Morgan, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches

Memory of a Summer Day, by Robert Morgan, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches

 

Green Shade Neighbors, by Paul Pedulla, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 20 inches

Green Shade Neighbors, by Paul Pedulla, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 20 inches

 

Exiting the Memes II, by Linda Reedy, oil on hardboard, 12 x 12 inches

Exiting the Memes II, by Linda Reedy, oil on hardboard, 12 x 12 inches

 

Shore #1120, by Anne Salas, oil on canvas, 28 x 26 inches

Shore #1120, by Anne Salas, oil on canvas, 28 x 26 inches

 

Falling to Pieces, by Laurence Young, oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches

Falling to Pieces, by Laurence Young, oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches

 

The 2016 season schedule for the Alden Gallery, following “Meme”:

June 24 through July 7: Anne Salas, Linda Reedy, and Robert Glisson

July 8 through July 21: Mike Wright and Paul Kelly

July 22 through August 4: Laurence Young and Ed Christie

August 5 through August 18: Joerg Dressler and Kevin Cyr

August 19 through September 1: Robert Morgan and Sean McCabe

September 2 through September 15: Catherine McCarthy and Cathleen Daley

September 16 through January 2, 2017: Autumn Group Show