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Anna Demovidova, in this exhibition titled
"Women: Food for the Eye," she presents
a new series of paintings of women and food. These
paintings are about women, food and beauty that represent
external giving in a place and time, and the internal
giving becoming a symbol for desire, fear, discontent
and satisfaction. One variation in this series is
women that become objects of prey and appetite from
unnaturally large insects. She also has women with
seeds, where the symbolism is of fertility, potential,
and awakening. Demovidova seeks beauty in her work:
beauty of a person, beauty of a line and beauty of
a color. She also addresses modern life and the concept
of beauty in today's consumer society. In one of her
paintings Demovidova depicts a woman on a plate with
exotic foods served on a table. Anna is reflecting
on how female beauty sometimes becomes a part of consumable
goods. Demovidova was born in Rostov Veliky, Russia,
a historic town near Moscow. Her work has been exhibited
in Russia, Wisconsin, New York, and in and around
Washington, DC, where Demovidova now lives and works
as a professional artist.
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Louis Ruffin, in the current show entitled "A
Time for Life" Jazz Paintings, focuses on the feeling
and movement of jazz in urban life of the African-American
community. Within his paintings, Ruffin draws the viewer
into an expressive vision of jazz and urban landscapes,
reflecting his positive experience in urban settings
and the appreciation of life in the jazz halls. Ruffin's
highly activated surfaces retain an energetic quality
and at the same time a kind of refined gracefulness.
Ruffin began painting in the ashcan and cubist painting
styles, and gradually grew into a style of painting
all his own, appealing widely to an urban audience.
Ruffin came to be known for incorporating social realities
and spiritual truths into his paintings. His works are
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