January 11th, 2021 through February 11th, 2021.
Results & Recap
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Number of Show entries = 108
Results & Recap
The Fort Myers Beach Art Association and Gallery presented awards for their current show, Beyond Boundaries. 108 paintings were submitted for the exhibit which was juried and judged by Rangsook Yoon curator of the Baker museum at Artis-Naples.
Show Information
Welcome to the 2021 Winter Judged Show This show is open to all artists and has awards totaling over $1000.
Through February 11th, 2021, the images on this page are just some of the of the 72 paintings which are hanging on the wall and for sale at the FMBAA Gallery.
If you are interested in a painting, you can call the gallery, (239)463-3909, and verify that the painting is still available.
About our Judge and Juror, Rangsook Yoon:
Rangsook Yoon is Director of Curatorial Affairs at Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum. She earned her Ph.D. in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, and has curated numerous exhibitions and published widely in academic journals, edited volumes and exhibition catalogs. Prior to her tenure at The Baker Museum, she held the position of Director of Experiences and Curator at the Art & History Museums, Maitland located in the greater Orlando area. In that role, she curated exhibitions as well as executed various “pop-up” installations and community-based projects in collaboration with local artists and organizations. She also administered the artist residency program among others. As a curator, Yoon has a passion for visual arts, arts advocacy and community engagement.
Judge’s overall comments
This juried exhibition is my first engagement with Fort Myers Beach Art Association, and I must state how delighted and honored I am to have this opportunity to get acquainted with local artists’ works. Before starting to judge, I was informed by the committee that FMBAA received a record number of submissions for this show, and many new and old members, as well as the general public, submitted their works. This meant that more artwork had to be unselected to make room for a proper display of selected works. However more difficult that makes my task was, I also felt uplifted, as this was a full testimony to the power of art, and in these challenging times, people had been creating more artwork.
Overall, the wide range of artwork is truly impressive in terms of media, style and subject matters. Numerous artists here display masterful handling of their materials, and they are no doubt in pursuit of their distinctive styles and finding subject matters that appeal to them the most, while pushing themselves artistically and technically—and at times, conceptually. I am pleased to know that works selected for the show turn out to have a healthy balance of artwork by recent and old members of FMBAA.
Awards
1st Place
Judge’s Comments
This collage work immediately caught my attention with the artist’s conscious and balanced use of blank space, a multitude of fine vertical lines, and colorful burnt papers pasted on the top portion of the Hanji paper. Upon a close inspection, I saw handwritten inscriptions, starting from February to November 2020, on the bottom of the paper. It was undoubtful that burnt (sometimes gold) vertical lines, reminiscent of a graphic chart, were not pure abstract marks, but rather, the artist’s visceral responses to the total number of the Covid-19 cases and deaths over the past months. I praise the artist’s aesthetic sensibilities to create a balanced composition as well as abilities and willingness to blend formalistic concerns with recordings of our lived experiences—in this case, by referring to visual charts we encounter in news media.
2nd Place
Judge’s Comments
This realistic seascape painting, depicting a quiet harbor lined with the cluster of houses, stores and boats, not only beautifully captures the sense of place and time (a gloomy, wintry day of a New England town) but also evokes a sense of Americana in its stillness, reminding us of the Gloucester harbor scenes frequently painted by American modernists in the early 20th century.
3rd Place
Judge’s Comments
The painting representing parrots and a cockatoo sitting on tree branches at full moon has the irresistible charm, joyfulness and simplicity of folk art and outsider art. The flat and matte, simple black backdrop works well, enhancing a sense of magic and dream of this nocturnal scene.
Merit Award
Judge’s Comments
This small oil painting titled “Rome, Old City” depicts a cluster of houses in a working-class neighborhood on a hillslope. The artist’ use of lines and colors is assured and confident, recalling certain qualities of Cézanne’s late works.
Merit Award
Judge’s Comments
The work represents the ‘Wall of Moms’ locking their arms, wearing masks and yellow shirts, with a “Feds Go Home Moms” slogan prominently displayed in the center, during a Black Lives Matter protest in Portland, Oregon in July 2020. The artist’s rugged, expressionistic brushwork seem to capture the energy of protesters, as well as urgency and importance of the subject matter.
Honorable Mention
Judge’s Comments
The artist has sophisticated skills to realistically render landscape and uses pastel beautifully to capture conditions of light.
Honorable Mention
Judge’s Comments
This small pastel painting attracted my attention with its simplicity and serenity, presenting a fragment of beauty found in a mundane, domestic setting: freshly washed, white pieces of clothes hung to dry outdoors.
Lee Ackert Memorial Award for Use of Color
Judge’s Comments
Deeply rooted in the aesthetics of urban graffiti art, the work is full of colorful rhythms and energies. The work also seems to be a direct response to colorful buildings, stores, water and quirky charms of Fort Myers Beach.
Sylvia Kasparie Memorial Award for Collage
Judge’s Comments
What drew my attention to this work the most was the artist’s of the numbers stamped in the Hanji paper as the primary components of this collage work. The paper is masterfully stained to create a semblance of something aged and used, and chopsticks and a found coin are also seamlessly incorporated into the composition. Intentionally or unintentionally, the artist pays homage to the legacy of Jasper Johns, I thought.
