“Places and Things” is Glen Cebulash’s first show at Bowery Gallery. The show features new works created during the current pandemic, including striking large-scale abstract painting and intricate abstract drawings.

Artist Statement from Glen Cebulash:

Like many people during the pandemic, I found myself spending an inordinate amount of time on the internet. Aside from trying to make peace with Zoom and virtual museum visits, I indulged a longstanding interest in wandering the world on google maps. Of particular fascination was the “street-view” function, which allowed me to maneuver through cities and towns, as if driving. None of this has anything to do with painting. Nor is there any concrete connection between any of it and my work, which I see as something more akin to a formal, constructive game. Still, these journeys were always on my mind and, in some very real sense, they informed my painting imagination, hence Places and Things.

The painter Leland Bell, once said “all painting comes from nature.” I have often reflected on this, particularly as my own painting habit went from the perceptual to the non-objective. With its color, density, weight and rhythm, the world and my ongoing desire to connect to it, are always present for me in the studio.

Glen Cebulash has shown throughout the United States, in solo and group exhibitions, and as a member of the Midwest Paint Group. He teaches at Wright State University in Dayton, OH, where he is Chair of the Department of Art and Art History.

An opening reception for the show is Thursday, January 6, 5-8 pm.

The reception is free, open to the public, and does not require tickets or a reservation.

The show is on view at Bowery Gallery January 4-29, 2022.

Bowery Gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday, 11am to 6pm.

Bowery Gallery is one of New York City’s longstanding cooperative galleries, with a history of over six decades of showing contemporary art. The gallery is now located in the heart of Chelsea, at 547 West 27th Street, Suite 508, New York City.

In accordance with New York City requirements, all visitors to the gallery must show proof of vaccination and wear a mask.

For more information, contact Bowery Gallery at info@bowerygallery.org or 646-230-6655.