Chris Firger and Ed Christie—July 26 – August 8, 2024

Provincetown, MA: The Alden Gallery will present a two-person show of new work by Chris Firger and Ed Christie, opening on Friday, July 26, 2024, at 423 Commercial St. The artists’ reception will be on Friday, July 26, from 7 to 9 p.m. The show will be on view through August 8.

In creating his paintings, Chris Firger was largely inspired by early 20th-century Canadian artists known as the Group of Seven, who were modern realists. “I went to college in Canada, at McGill University in Montreal, and my wife is Canadian,” says Firger, who was born in Haverhill, Mass. and is now based in Salem. “The Group of Seven brought this grandiose, bold approach to the landscape — taking what you love about what you’re seeing and pushing it. When I paint, I utilize clean lines and intentional edits to simplify scenes and emphasize certain elements that I find interesting, unexpected, or important.” Chris summered on the Cape with his family growing up and enjoys painting images of life here. He joined the Alden Gallery in 2023. “My ultimate goal as an artist is to inspire others to reconnect with, appreciate, and protect the natural world and the communities around them.”

Ed Christie is a veteran puppet designer and builder who worked for more than 30 years on Jim Henson’s Muppets in movies, television, and theater, and especially on Sesame Street, where the characters he designed are seen in productions around the world. In 2008, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum presented a solo exhibit of Christie’s puppets, and his fine-art sculpture has been part of the Alden Gallery since its inception in 2007. For his new show, he has constructed a series of abstracted forms in resin, using dryer lint as pigment for faux stone and other effects.

The Alden Gallery is open daily, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., and Wednesday through Saturday evenings, 6-9 p.m., through mid-September, after which it will be open weekends through New Year’s Day, 2024. It is free and open to the public. During gallery hours, call 508-487-4230; off-hours, call 646-483-8164.

Press contact: Howard Karren, at aldengallery@gmail.com or 646-483-8164.

Upcoming shows at the Alden Gallery:

Friday, August 9 through August 22: Joerg Dressler and Kevin Cyr

Friday, August 23 through September 5: Jim Broussard and Robert Morgan

Friday, September 6 through September 26: Alice Denison, Jane Paradise, and Larry R. Collins