Jasmina Danowski Exhibition, Westfield State College, Massachusetts

Reception, Danowski Exhibition, Westfield State College; left to right: Bob Plasse, Faith Lund, Jasmina Danowski, Bob Ziomek

Danowski Exhibition Reception, Westfield State College, Massachusetts

Lisa N. Peters

“We are bringing New York City to Westfield with this exhibit,” stated curator Faith A. Lund in an article in the Springfield Republican on the exhibition, Jasmina Danowski, North, South, East and West of the Pecos (July 10-September 15), organized in cooperation with Spanierman Gallery, that marks the reopening of the Downtown Art Gallery at Westfield State College, Massachusetts.   The very large abstract works in home-made ink and gesso on paper and oil and allkyd on panel and canvas are an ideal complement to the just renovated, high-ceilinged space.

Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Danowski moved to the United States in 1987 and currently lives in Brooklyn.  Drawing on a wide range of references, from literature to memories to overheard conversations, she works with a self-critical eye, questioning rules of painting as she follows each work’s inner life to its logical endpoint.

Held July 10, the show’s opening reception was well attended.  The artist and Spanierman Gallery’s Gina Greer were among those present.  The show is part of the Masters Festival of the Arts, a summer-long festival that includes art exhibitions as well as lectures, theater productions, and concerts.