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Praise for Temples & Cathedrals

paestum IV by ephraim rubenstein

Ephraim’s current exhibition of mixed-media drawings at George Billis Gallery in Chelsea received an excellent review from Kate Deimling at ArtInfo:

The use of ink in most of the drawings displays forceful energy, with ink splashes that resemble bursts or even explosions. “Selinunte II” — whose rippling patches of light and dark reveal the strong afternoon sunlight of Sicily as it might appear in a tourist’s photograph — takes on a layer of added meaning because of those ink splashes, which seem to bounce off the top of the antique structure as if the process of its decay were rendered visible, or as if it exuded some kind of mystical aura.

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Temples and Cathedrals, which comprises drawings from the series of the same name, will be on display through October 2nd, 2010. Further details are available here.

New York Moments Show reviewed in City Arts

Maureen Mularkey of City Arts has posted a lovely write-up of the “New York Moments” group show at George Billis Gallery, including an elegant appraisal of Ephriam’s contributions:

Ephraim Rubenstein looks at the city, across the East River, from Long Island City. “Silvercup I,” graphically striking but elegiac in tone, surveys a subdued Manhattan skyline from a high vantage point behind the old Silvercup Bakery. The letters of the original neon sign, seen from the back and silhouetted against the sky, are a subtle tribute to the beauty of the borough’s defunct industrial buildings.

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Ephraim’s solo exhibition of mixed-media Temples and Cathedrals drawings opens at George Billis’ new location next week. Silverpoint artist Jeannine Cook has written a thoughtful advance discussion of the pieces on her blog.