VERTEX | Geometry of Edges: curated by Jen Dragon

VERTEX | Geometry of Edges

Opus 40 · The Richards Gallery

356 George Sickle Road · Saugerties, NY 12477

26 June - 2 August

OPENING RECEPTION 28 June, 2:00 - 4:00 PM

Gallery Hours:
June - July | Friday - Monday: 10:00 - 5:00 PM

TICKETS | EXHIBITION WEBPAGE

(Saugerties, NY) - (Saugerties, NY)- Vertex | Geometry of Edges, curated by Jen Dragon, opens with a reception for the artists on Sunday, June 28, 2:00 - 4:00, and runs through Sunday 2 August, 2026, at the Richards Gallery at Opus 40. Tickets can be purchased at the Opus 40 website.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

In geometry, a vertex is the meeting place of edges and the origin of the third dimension. The optical illusion created by this junction convinces the viewer that what they see, in fact, exists. Because of this three-dimensional illusion, the paintings of Ginnie Gardiner, Whitney Hagen, Susanna Ronner, Lynne Tobin, and Kati Vilim fool the eye with color, form, and line, presenting a believable space that defies the flat surface on which they are painted. The sculptors Osi Audu and Alex Kveton work with solid shapes and forms. Their art directly and deliberately challenges the intangible, and their forms engage the invisible spaces carved out by their work. It is in the edges of these compelling artworks, the vertices where these painted and sculpted edges meet, that the visual effects of space begin.

Osi Audu: Not content with the painted surface, Osi Audu constructs disciplined forms from metal that alternate between wiry lines and shaped planes according to the viewer's position.
Ginnie Gardiner: Ginnie Gardiner meticulously creates abstract collages from paper and color acetate, which the artist then precisely paints on canvas, exploring the subtle color interactions between light and the form's edge.
Whitney Hagen: Whitney Hagen’s paintings depend on flat color planes to shape and bend space. Her use of uniformly applied pigments depicts an alternate universe independent of tonal gradations.
Alex Kveton: The crisp stainless-steel edges of Alex Kveton's sculptures defy their metallic structure with organic, sinuous movement.
Susanna Ronner: Susanna Ronner's vibrating lines dance around and among colored shapes in an improvised game between mass and movement.
Lynne Tobin: Lynne Tobin references a space beyond the confines of paper as arcs emerge from rhythmic lines drawn with ink-soaked string.
Kati Vilim: The prismatic paintings of Kati Vilim depend on the illusion of refraction as light changes through its passage from one angled edge to another.

In Vertex, the artists independently create a balancing act between the physical and the perceived. The ever-shifting planes in these artworks finds their equilibrium only at the painted edge or the welded joint. Like the intricate vertices of paper origami, each artist folds space, and from this intricate work, a new dimension emerges.