public exhibitions

August 5 - September 12
Tony Savoie: New Work
Opening Reception: Thursday, August 5, 6:30-8:30
Tony Savoie's distaste for war is front and center in much of his work. His pieces often position animals, perfectly obedient, in front of soldiers or other expressions of warfare, drawing comparison in their training to follow commands. Savoie criticizes the pack mentality and questions the morality of acting solely on orders rather than self -evaluation. "In addressing the gap between the potential for human decency and an often brutally cruel reality, I'm attempting to balance anger and apathy with humor and horror. I want to combine immediate and exciting painting with broader concepts, and the desire of initiating a dialog on the topic of human critical thinking." Tony Savoie's process is intricate in its execution, laying reverse painted pieces of clear acrylic onto backgrounds composed of found photographs and artifacts. He uses a wide range of media, from spray paints to pencils, photographs, stencils and oils to create his multi-dimensional statements.
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July 8 - August 1, 2010
Informed Design
Opening Reception: July 8, 6:30-8:30pm
"Informed Design" strives to expound on the role of art objects within the context of interior design and architecture. This exhibition will feature a sampling of the inventory in our newly launched corporate art consulting branch, as well as two architectural design vignettes by leading D.C. architects Ernesto Santalla and David Jameson. In contrast to typical gallery shows in which pieces hang on blank white walls, "Informed Design" demonstrates how art can influence or interact with an interior. "Informed Design" aims to explore the relationship between art and architecture, and argues that exceptional works of art establish dialogues with their surroundings. The show will encompass a wide variety of abstract paintings and low relief sculptures by artists on our corporate art consulting roster. These artists include: Joan Konkel, Anne Marchand, Victoria Cowles, Steve Griffin, Patricia Burns, Wanda Wainsten, and Susan Finsen.
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June 3 - July 1, 2010
Anna U. Davis: The Dance before the Kill
Opening Reception: June 3, 6:30-9:30pm

In her first exhibition of works on paper, "The Dance before the Kill," Anna Davis adopts the pasodoble as a metaphor to contrast the fluidity of women's roles with the aggressive, prideful posturing of paternal authority. She has translated the gray "Frocasian" characters of her vibrant mixed media paintings into starkly black and white illustrations of entangled bodies. An amalgam of the terms "Afro" and "Caucasian," "Frocasian" designates the artist's construal of Primitivism's "noble savage" and symbolizes the utopist aim to transcend identity politics. On paper, however, these figures lose their uniformly gray hue, underscoring their cultural oppositions and differences in appearance. The flamboyant garb and histrionic facial expression of each character evoke the dance of the bullfight, as these attributes augment the dramatic tension between the sexes.
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April 22 - May 20, 2010
Mike Weber: Identify
Opening Reception: April 22, 6:30-9:30pm

In his first solo exhibition with Long View Gallery, Mike Weber explores concepts of commemoration and heritage (including his own lineage), as he symbolically reinvents the life stories of his unknown or forgotten subjects. He selectively edits and reframes vintage photographs, which derive from both his family's collection and estate sales, into newly composed digital prints on canvas. This process of converting an analog photograph into a digital copy unearths previously overlooked details that shed light on the biography of the sitter and his/her relationship with the faceless photographer. Weber augments these details with layers of paint, unorthodox collage materials, and high-gloss resin, intensifying the mood of the original photograph. The inclusion of scant, stenciled text invites the viewer to speculate the historical importance of the depicted sitter. Ultimately, Weber's artistic praxis ascribes a new narrative to his source materials and re-presents them as glossy, modern images.
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March 6 - March 21, 2010
DCist Exposed Photography Show
Opening Reception: March 6th, 6-10pm

Long View Gallery, the massive, 5,000 square foot, newly renovated art gallery just two blocks from the Mt. Vernon/Convention Center Metro, will host 2010's DCist Exposed photography show. DCist is planning this year's opening night to be bigger than ever, with one very special guest: room to breathe! Along with a toast to the DCist Exposed contest winners, we're working on a few other surprises to make this an even more exciting all-over celebration of local photography. Sponsors already in place for this year's event include Ten Miles Square, the Pink Line Project, and Pabst Blue Ribbon.
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February 5 - March 1, 2010
Dana Ellyn and Matt Sesow: Till Death Do Us Part
Opening Reception: February 5th, 6:30-9:30pm

Where do two artists meet and fall in love? At an art show, of course. On Friday, February 5, from 6:30 - 9:30 PM, two of Washington, DC's most celebrated local artists will tie the knot at Long View Gallery at 1234 9th St NW. During the opening night reception for Dana Ellyn and Matt Sesow's "Till Death Do Us Part" art exhibition, the long-time couple will exchange nuptials. The couple is inviting all of DC's artists, collectors, and art enthusiasts to the public event.
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December 1 - December 31, 2010
Jeff McElhaney: ADS vs. AIDS
25 Years of Communications for the Cause

Jeff McElhaney and freelance creative teams tackled the controversial subject matter of AIDS through advertising despite its taboo status among industry players. ADS vs. AIDS, which runs through the end of December, chronicles a period marked by the struggles of scientists to combat this microscopic enemy and the gargantuan challenge that gay community leaders faced in their efforts to change the behaviors that perpetuated its spread. Created from the dawning of the AIDS crisis in the mid-80s, many of the ads were developed for forward-thinking organizations that included the Maryland Department of Health AIDS Administration, Whitman-Walker Clinic and the Health Education Resource Organization (HERO) under trying circumstances and amid significant concern about both the messaging and whom would be credited with delivering it, including that a press run of 70,000 were once ordered destroyed.
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