MALTON GALLERY
Along with Jana Feverston, I attended two different gallery spaces in the upper class area of Cincinnati. The first which we adventured through was the Malton Gallery, sponsored by Summerfair. This commercial gallery is used for show casing and selling artwork of all sorts. Within the gallery was displayed a broad variety of work varying from creatively crafted oil paintings, metal sculpture with stretched fabric, molded bronze, rusted metal plates covered in aesthetically pleasing pigments, antique and vintage jewelry, carved wooden bowls, ceramic maracas, shredded glass paintings and more. The work seemed to reflect a new age style, geared towards drawing in a young audience just graduating from college.
The exhibition currently on display is titled Lightness of Being, featuring the work of two emerging artists Abby King and Emily Sites. From what I understand, it seems as though the gallery would be very excited to review and possibly even display the work of any emerging artist freshly beginning their career in the fine arts. Emerging artists coming out of their cocoons should apply at the Malton Gallery.
The interior of the gallery appeared both professional in some areas and also amateur. At the entrance of the gallery was a small cubbyhole like room which held about ten showcases displaying jewelry and small sculptures. The lower floor of the gallery was very open with an extremely tall ceiling casting excellent lighting down on the pieces. There was plenty of room for walking about and easily viewing the work which both hung on the walls or stood on pedestals. Some of the framed pieces on the lower level were very carelessly framed and mounted which detracted the value of the work. After walking into a small opening on the side wall, the viewer walks up the stairs where on the second floor artwork is cluttered about the small balcony. Some of the framed work sat on the floor when it could have been easily hung on the surrounding walls. The showcase boxes, walls and hand rails were chipped and dirty. It was a drastic change of space from the bottom floor to the top.
The Art Design Consultants Inc. at adcfineart.com, records a short history of the gallery.The Malton Gallery has been in business for 37 years and specializes in the best of contemporary fine art and sculpture. Malton Gallery represents over 100 local, regional, national and international artists. Malton Gallery has earned the reputation as one of the premier galleries in the area and was voted best sculpture gallery in the Midwest by Sculpture Magazine. Malton Gallery recently moved to their newly built, light filled location, designed specifically to showcase art. The outdoor sculpture garden showcases large scale sculptural works in a variety of mediums.
Here is the information necessary to show work at the Malton Gallery. If you are an artist looking to display here you must contact Sylvia Rombis to gain further instructions:
Malton Gallery
Owner: Sylvia Rombis
3804 Edwards Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 4509
(513) 321-8614
srombis@maltonartgallery.com
maltonartgallery@zoomtown.com.
http://www.maltonartgallery.com/
MILLER GALLERY
The second gallery space Jana Feverston and I explored was the Miller Gallery in Hyde Park.
This gallery, similar to the Malton Gallery, is also used as a commercial gallery, showing primarily large scale paintings and several smaller sculptures made of bronze and aluminum castings. Much of the work displayed is figurative consisting of both human and animals. The work seemed to reflect a romanticism and realism style of painting geared toward those whom appreciate a traditional style of creating art.
I had A Vision
28" x 60"
Oil on canvas
Johanne Cullen
Along with all of the traditional paintings, there was also work such as that by Bruce Riley who is a florescent abstract painter. He uses large scale canvases and resin in his innovative creations. By layering both mediums he forms three dimensional patterns within the canvas.
Bruce Riley
Headlong
2011
96" x 48"
Mixed Media
http://deltaskymag.delta.com/Destinations/Cincinnati/Shopping/Miller-Gallery.aspx is a website describing local activities and events in the Cincinnati area It states of the diverse selection of art from 60 local, international and emerging artists, will appeal to those who appreciate works of contemporary realism and abstraction. The range and the pedigree shown here are impressive, culled together in Cincinnati’s oldest gallery.
Miller Gallery
2715 Erie Avenue
Hyde Park Square
Cincinnati, OH 45208
(513) 871-4420
Monday, By appointment
Tuesday-Saturday 10-5:30
Sunday 11ish-2ish
Contact@millergallery.com
http://www.millergallery.com/
Anyone who creates work which reflects the traditionalism of this gallery should apply. If interested in showing your work at Miller Gallery follow these instructions:
Co-Owners: Gary Gleason & Laura Miller Gleason
Gallery Director: Rosemary Seidner
1. Emailed submissions are preferred.
If you have a website, please include the URL.
If you do not have a website or images accesible online, please send small image files.
Submit to: contact@millergallery.com
Use artist submission in the subject line, or your email will most likely be deleted along with our daily spam.
2. All portfolios/slides/ materials submitted that you wish returned MUST include a self addressed stamped envelope with the proper postage.
3. Please include pricing, sizes, mediums, exhibition history and public and private collections as applicable. Any personal information and philosophy as it relates to your work is always interesting and reviewed.
4. Please include gallery affiliations, past and current with contact information.
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