On the cusp of Valentine’s Day, New Haven’s Kehler Liddell Gallery will present COUPLES, featuring the evocative work of artist Kathleen Zimmerman, a Willington resident. Her drawings, prints and sculpture will be on display from Thursday, January 14 through Sunday, February 14, with an Opening Reception on Sunday, January 24, 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. Casey McDougal, (SAG-AFTRA), an award-winning actor, will perform a devised work inspired by Zimmerman’s exhibition.
As you explore this unique show, you’ll find that Zimmerman often relies on pairs in her work. Sometimes as separate but related images as in WoMan, or mirrored images as in BlockHead Series or two main subjects in one work as in Lovers Series or two different interpretations of the same image in her EastWest Series. She has even married both two-dimensional and three-dimensional in works such in CosmicCow or Horseplay.
In all of her work, Zimmerman’s love affair with form is evident. Her special way of seeing the underlying abstract shapes of her subject matter inspired one of her professors to remark, “you draw like a sculptor.” She earned artistic merit scholarships and academic grants from the University of Hartford Art School in West Hartford, Connecticut, where she received a BFA concentrating in sculpture and printmaking. Zimmerman’s work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions around the country and her work is part of both public and private collections. Most notably, her life-sized sculpture, Melody, is part of the renowned Benson Park Sculpture Garden in Loveland, Colorado. When asked about her work she said, “My art communicates both day-to-day life as well as more profound ideas surrounding relationships, stages of life and culture. By using symbolism and surrealism, a mythical quality is created filling the work with layers of meaning.”
COUPLES runs concurrent with NEW YEAR/NEW WORK, featuring 20 of Kehler Liddell Gallery’s other member artists in a full range of media, from painting, printmaking and works on paper, to photography and sculpture.
Kehler Liddell Gallery is located at 873 Whalley Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut. Gallery hours are Thursday through Friday from 11:00am – 4:00pm: Saturday and Sunday from 10:00am – 4:00pm. It is free and open to the public. For more information, visit our website, www.kehlerliddellgallery.com, or call 203.389.9555.