| Core: Gene Ray George, Lola Montejo, Sandra Jean Ceas |
| Written by Ken Hamel | |||
Gene Ray GeorgeLola MontejoSandra Jean CeasCore New Art SpaceJuly 29 - August 15, 2010
 Gene Ray George - Advice (from the press release) Gene Ray George – The (comic) Strip Show The inspiration for this new body of work was primarily comic books and comic strips of the 60’s & 70’s, the advertisements in the comic books themselves, and ads of that era that use a comic-strip-like format. I used a combined process of collage and painting techniques, so that layers of media were built upon one another to create the final image. It’s easy for the viewer to draw connections to this work and that of Pop Art, when in fact, these pieces were created in the spirit of Dada and Fluxus – emphasizing playfulness with an absurdist slant. The juxtapositions of subject/object/text/context allows the viewer to find an individual narrative in each artwork.  Lola Montejo at Core La Costa Blanca: New Paintings by Lola Montejo CORE New Art Space is pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings by Spanish-American artist Lola Montejo in an exhibition titled La Costa Blanca. Montejo's new series, La Costa Blanca, derives its name from the Eastern coast of Spain. The climate here hosts luscious vineyards and olive groves all growing under a skyline of low mountain ranges and the blue sky reflecting the Mediterranean Sea. In this area there is a proverb, that this Spanish landscape is where Se Le Junta El Cielo Con La Tierra - The Sky Came Together With The Earth. Montejo's work is far from being referential, but it is evocative and opens itself to interpretation. Nature is a surface loosely imagined and images evolve from their origins to ambiguous forms. La Costa Blanca, lends itself to the area from where it gets its name. They each are not a solid depiction of a the place but of a reality represented in the colors' capacity to establish structure and feeling, the space suggestive of a landscape where the sea, land and sky all meet at once. Nothing is defined; it is all allusive and atmospheric. The work crosses the boundaries of what we readily recognize, presenting a world extraneous to the painting itself.
CORE Annex Gallery “STEADFAST” Solo exhibition by Sandra Jean Ceas Conclude your Denver Biennial events with a spiritual experience of a living testimony to a walk of faith through the art of Sandra Jean Ceas. Installations inspired by Scripture that encourage steadfastness and reflections of endurance and trust in a living God. CORE New Art Space
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