440 Gallery Small Works Show

440 Gallery presents the Fifth Small Works Show beginning
Thursday December 3 at 440 Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

This annual juried exhibition features the work of artists from all over the country, but with the majority of the participants from Brooklyn. All work is 12 inches or smaller and of a great variety of media and styles, including painting, photography, sculpture, collage and mixed media.

The juror this year is Charles Long, internationally exhibited artist with work included in the Whitney Biennial, New York's Museum of Modern Art, MCA Chicago, Museo de Arte Moderno Mexico City, Mori Art Museum Tokyo, the Hirshorn in Washington and more. Long is represented in New York by Tanya Bonakdar Gallery. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, two NEA Grants, two Pollock-Krasner Grants and a Louis Comfort Tiffany grant. Long has taught at the California Institute of the Arts, Art Center College of Art and Design and Otis College of Art and Design and Harvard University.

The artists chosen for the show are: Nina Allen, Jonathan Allmaier, Nelson Alvarez, Carla Aurich, La Thoriel Badenhauser, Gerard Barbot, Bob Barry, Louise Barry, Angela Basile, Michele Aki Becker, Reamonn Byrne, Giora Carmi, Ron Diamond, Karen Drew, Kurt Dyrhaug, Janice Everett, Alice Garik, Sally Gil, Eric Ginsburg, June Glasson, Jason Gondo, Ian Addison Hall, Rachel Hellerich, Brian Hiott, Azmeer Hossein, Illyan Ivanov, Liz Jaff, Deb Karpman, Jamie Kay, Jeemin Kim, Christina LaBue, Laura Lee-Geogescu, Damien Leibold, Terri Lindbloom, Richard Lund, Makiko Maekawa, Jacqueline Malanga, Nik Malkmus, Eric Mavco, Garret McDonald, Steve Messenger, Chuck Moffit, Laura Morris, Rachel Mosler, Toby Needler, Michael Nelson, Paul Nicholson, Jessica Nissan, Carolyn Oberst, Alisa Ochoa, Brian Ormond, Civan Ozkanoglu, Jung Min Park, Johanna Povrik-Znoy, Alex Pravich, Andrew Roberto, Sarah Rockower, Crystal Roethlisberger, Rhett Russo, Taher Shafie, Lawrence Shen, Junko Shimizu, Hester Simpson (courtesy of Ricco/Mareska Gallery), Andrew Small, David Stock, Maria Tanikawa, Jared Udell, Maria Walker, Evans Wittenberg, Jeanne Wilkinson and Andrew Yonda, Joe Zarba.

This year's Small Works Show will coincide with the holiday season. Because the pieces are small, the gallery has been able to accommodate around 80 works of art. Unlike the usual gallery practice, clients will have the option to take the artwork before the close of the show for timely gift giving.

The Fifth Annual Small Works Show is on view at 440 Gallery from
December 3, 2009 - January 10 , 2010. An artist's reception at the gallery will be held Thursday, December 3, 2009 from 6-9 pm.

Red Flower Series

Practicing Yoga

Some new drawings of the springs...

I created a new series of water color images..still in progress..inspired by the hot springs I visited in Santa Barbara, California. Mandala forms were present in the waters and formed from bands of sulphur that collected towards the edges of the pools. The drawing is flat and space less in an attempt to reference the painted cave art of the Chumash Indians who were some of the first to discover the magical waters of the Little Caliente Hot Springs.

Little Caliente Hot Springs

When traveling through Santa Barbara California Nick and I discovered secret paths that led to the Little Caliente Hot Springs. The springs are rich in sulphur and minerals making them a perfect place for healing and meditation.

The Blue Heron Ranch Cookbook

I was honored to meet Nadia Natali, the author of The Blue Heron Ranch Cookbook at her Zen Retreat Center in Ojai, California. Nadia and her husband Enrico Natali prepared an incredible dinner for Nick and I and told stories of their life and work. I feel deeply grateful for their hospitality and for sharing their spiritual journeys and wisdom.

Untitled

Untitled, originally uploaded by rachel mosler.

Design for Mankind

Erin Beneker Loechner of Design for Mankind was sweet enough to post my new works. You can view the posting Here. Both drawings are for sale on The Beholder.

Barnacle #1, #2

New drawings available on The Beholder.

Containment

Containment

2009

handmade paper, seeds, found bottle, shadow box

5 x 3 x 7 inches

sold individually, 15 available at AHN/VHS

Containment is my most recent sculpture. I made hand made paper with seeds integrated into the pulp. I tore the paper and then placed it inside of 15 glass bottles. The bottles are housed inside of shadow boxes. The sculpture is interactive in that you can remove the paper discs from the bottle and plant them in dirt inside of the shadow box. When the seeds begin to grow the roots are visible beneath the glass. I planted one at home and it is quite beautiful.

Moonlight is Visible, Solo Show

AHNVHS
319A North 11th Street, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
www.ahnvhs.com
info@ahnvhs.com

Rachel Mosler
Moonlight is Visible
July 3 - August 1, 2009
Opening: Friday July 3rd, 7-11pm

"Here I came to the very edge where nothing at all needs saying, everything is absorbed through weather and the sea, and the moon swam back, its rays all silvered, and time and again the darkness would be broken, by the crash of a wave, and every day on the balcony of the sea, wings open, fire is born, and everything is blue again like morning."
-Pablo Neruda- It is Born

AHNVHS presents an exhibition of works on paper by Rachel Mosler.
Drawn in watercolor and ink with stunning care and grace, her compositions range from sparse images of oceanic scenes to architecture or botanical forms in various states of growth and decay. Her work is heavily influenced by a "post and beam house" upbringing on Martha's Vineyard, where "my father carved botanical patterns and planted an orchard in her backyard, while my mother stitched and collected feathers alongside roads". Growing up in such an environment offered little access to the forms of entertainment common to others of her generation, so that leisure activities were instead filled with "quiet observations of nature and time", and careful crafting such as stitching and book binding. Her drawings and sculptures are psychological inquiries into the construction and deconstruction of memories from her childhood.

Mosler's imagery is never quite literal, and often it is the space between drawn or painted forms that calls our attention. The Artist speaks of the forms in her work as "a safe space for tension to settle and rest." These works display such a penchant for careful process and exude an aura of rhythmic contemplation. Much like a life spent staring at the sea.

Rachel Mosler is an artist based out of Red Hook in Brooklyn, NY, and currently works as an Art Therapist. She received her BFA in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2003 and her MPS from the School of Visual Arts in 2008. Her work was recently included in a group show at Kentler International Drawing Space in Brooklyn, NY. Prints of her drawings will be featured on Little Paper Planes and the Beholder in the next coming months.

For additional information please contact info@ahnvhs.com
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About AHNVHS:
Gallery owners Julianne Ahn and Lauren van Haaften-Schick are Philadelphia-based artists and arts professionals.
In addition to monthly exhibitions, AHNVHS features a growing inventory of works on paper and editions in all media in our flat file and on our store shelves. All artwork is available for viewing and for sale in the gallery and on our website http://www.ahnvhs.com/.

BOOOOOOOM, FFFFOUND!

I woke up this morning to find bromeliads mysteriously placed in front of my computer, a heavy rain poring through my studio windows and a lovely postings of my drawings by Jeff Hamada from http://www.booooooom.com/ and by http://www.ffffound.com/ . A morning filled with surprises and new things, all of which I am very grateful for! Check out the postings here:

http://www.booooooom.com/2009/06/18/rachel-mosler-drawings/

http://ffffound.com/image/37e5195d4d1878d017e4fcc91ef0f1d724ca30eb?c=3310273

Design for Mankind

I have exciting news! Erin Loechner, the editor for Design for Mankind, was kind enough to post my artwork on her blog. I am very gratefull to her and to Design for Mankind. Thank you for the support! You can view the post at http://www.designformankind.com/2009/06/rachel-mosler/

Constellations

AHN/VHS

I am excited to announce that I will be having a Solo Show at my friend Julie Ahn's new Gallery, AHN/VHS in Philadelphia. I would like to thank Julie for giving me this wonderful opportunity and for all of her support. Starting July 3, 2009, the opening of the show, prints of select drawings will be for sale in their Flat File Archive. You can view the gallery at http://www.ahnvhs.com/.

www.rachelmosler.com

The Builder, Undone

The Builder, Undone, will be exhibited at Kentler International Drawing Space for the 7th annual 100 Works on Paper Benefit. Kentler International Drawing Space is located in my new neighborhood and home, Red Hook, Brooklyn.

Drawing

Untitled

Mother

Father

The Diver

Drawing

Coptic Books

Both Coptic books were hand made during an eight week intensive taught by Daniel Essig at Penland School of Crafts in the fall of 2001. Materials include: Walnut, Kozo Paper, Papyrus, Found Wood, Waxed Linen, Brass, Silver, Silk, Bark, Tea and Mica.

Water Crystal Drawings 1 & 2 & 3

Water crystals, indicative of traditional Tibetan mandala forms, are referenced to more deeply explore the interconnectedness between art, psychology and science. The water color drawings are psychological inquiries of individual’s personal narrative, history, and unconscious process. They are biographies of people who are often unknown, forgotten or who have been subjugated by society.