Arcane Convergence - Adam Zynger and Linda Trope - Reception

Posted by: Adam Zynger

Bernice Kish Gallery 10400 Cross Fox Lane
At Slayton House Columbia, Maryland 21044
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January 29, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Carole Black, Gallery Director
410-730-3987
cjblack@columbiavillages.org

Bernice Kish Gallery at Slayton House, 10400 Cross Fox Lane, Columbia, Maryland, is pleased to announce a two-person exhibit in the galleries for February through April 2013. Adam Zynger will exhibit fractal prints and Linda Trope will have a mixed media show in an exhibit titled “Arcane Convergence” in the Bill White Room and Lobby galleries. The dates of the exhibit are February 28 through April 13, 2013. The title of the exhibit derives from stylistic convergence of these two, so different artists.
Adam Zynger, of Baltimore, Maryland, has exhibited throughout the world, including in New York, Warsaw, Dusselfdorf and Amsterdam and locally in Baltimore Museum of Art, University of Maryland Medical Campus, the Enoch Pratt Free Library and the American Institute of Architects, Mr. Zynger has also taught art history on a college level and has a medical degree, which influenced his style.
Linda Trope, of Owings Mills, Maryland, has exhibited in local galleries and public spaces in the Baltimore area. She was juried into the Northern California Arts Inc. Open International Exhibition in 2012. Ms.Trope is a member of the Maryland Art League. She will be exhibiting at the Unicorn Gallery in Towson and in a Maryland Art League exhibit in February.
There will be a reception on Saturday, March 2, 2-4pm AND Sunday, March 17, 3-5pm. The public is invited to attend. Refreshments and music. For more information call 410-730-3987 or 301-596-4883.
Monday - Thursday 9:00am - 9pm
Friday 9:00am - 5pm
Saturday 9am – 2:00pm
Sunday CLOSED

The Bill White Room Gallery is also used for meetings and classes. Please call to check availability of viewing artwork in this gallery.


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Arcane Convergence

Linda Trope and Adam Zynger are the two artists unknown to each other, matched by their inadvertent drift towards geometry and quest for definition – an arcane convergence.

Trope draws her stereotype images using mixed media and following fluid and intertwined curves symmetrically interpolated into figures, which constitute signature of the artist. The parallel circles, and lines on a delicate grid of engineered background to figurative symbolism evolving around similar theme create a symmetric dance pattern. The grid background, which may not be evident in the final version, the use of rapidograph pen and stippling pattern give us the clues of her geometric inclination and a desire to capture and “freeze” the quintessence of dance in motion. They have the primordial mark of the cave paintings and Greek vase decorations.

Zynger, by a fractal search and discovery, a pursuit-n-capture, arrived at similar results albeit resulting in totally abstract images with life of their own. His work shows a persistent drive toward rhythm, clarity, repetition, and added mutation to the equation. Yes, this art is based on actual fractal equations, which allow for iteration, “errors” and new discoveries. While he doesn’t manually draw the images, it is his art background, which allows him to formulate the art image out of spectacular fractal chaos. These discoveries represent an unusual richness of patterns frequently possessing some elements of what we consider a reality yet drastically divergent from the same. It reminds us of a concept of multipotent stem cells capable of giving rise to specific tissues and organs.

This apparent readiness to pre-form and diverge from known configurations is not totally at odds with real findings in sciences, or, for that matter, of an artist, who metaphorically alters known connotation, be it of color, shape or symbol, say, Gauguin ‘s pink sands. The message is, the elements are there – the nature and we create new entities out of predetermined structures. Thus neither art imitates life nor life, art. It’s a proof that these two entities coexist independently, both capable of viable pursuits.

Adam Zynger