Then & Now
Then & Now featuring the work of Channing Lefebvre, Peter Leue and Terry Slade opens January 2 and runs until February 7. The opening reception will be held on Friday January 2 from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. in conjunction with 1st Friday.
Channing Lefebvre attended the graduate program at the State University of New York at Albany in Printmaking and received his B.F.A. from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Lefebvre’s prints are on archive with the Print Club of Albany and the Zea Mays Printmaking. His works are in numerous collections including The State University of New York at Albany, The Rensselaer-Newman Foundation, RPI Campus, Northeast Savings Bank Corporate Headquarters and General Electric just to name a few. Lefebvre received the prestigious National Endowment Fellowship Grant in Printmaking in 1974 and his works have been on exhibit at Russell Sage College Gallery, The Schenectady Museum, Empire State Plaza, Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany Center Gallery and many more. This exhibit features approximately twenty new drawings which are process driven. “The mark is made by the repetitive movement of my natural gesture…and is methodical, energetic, rhythmic and hypnotic. Interwoven, multidirectional and overlapping marks create subtle layers of gradations. This translates the lines into translucent layers of color and emerging form, creating a ‘chaotic elegance’. Although there are no overt associations with the forms at the start of the drawings, associations appear as the drawing progresses”.
Peter Leue received his B.F.A. in woodworking and furniture design from the Rochester Institute of Technology and attended the School for American Craftsmen. Leue has had a one-man show at the Schenectady Museum and received the Historic Albany Foundation Preservation Merit Award. Leue’s work was featured in House and Garden, Playboy, Esquire, Home Furnishings Daily and Hudson Valley Magazines. Leue is a master at blurring the line between furniture and sculpture. “My practical side, however, has always enjoyed the interactive nature of furniture. It matters if a chair feels right, a cabinet befits life-style needs and a well-crafted handrail leads the eye and hand to its destination. Enjoy my toys”.
Terry Slade has lived in New York State since 1983. Slade’s work has been exhibited widely throughout the United States, including solo exhibitions in NYC, Rochester, Albany, Utica, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Memphis and Knoxville, Tennessee, Duxbury and Pittsfied. He has also exhibited in Japan and Europe. His work is represented in private and public collections in the US, Japan and Europe. Slade’s work has included the use of many different media including found objects, wood, paper, stone, bronze and glass, producing works ranging in size from small objects to large indoor and outdoor installations. His primary focus has been exploring the relationship between humans and the natural world, often using objects from nature, such as sticks, branches and seedpods, cast in bronze.
