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Abel Contemporary Gallery

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A Contemporary art gallery located in a beautifully renovated tobacco warehouse in Stoughton, WI, just south of Madison. Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 11am - 5pm abelcontemporary.com 524 E Main St, Stoughton, WI 53589

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#handbuiltceramicscupture #handbuiltpottery #figurativeceramics

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New work in the gallery and online from Ryan Myers!

"I was raised on cartoons, comic books, superheroes & villains. I grew up with Native American artifacts & American antiques.I am attracted to nostalgia & to the curious β€” things unusual yet familiar β€” objects that creates a linkage across time."

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no. 5: Каtюша (Katyusha) by Stephen Hilyard
is a three channel video piece based on material collected at Pyramida, a showcase community established in 1928 by the Soviet Union that was home to more than 1000 Ukrainian coal miners and their families evacuated in two days in 1998 leaving a ghost town

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Beasts and Monsters: Tom Bartel, Kelly Connole, Gerit Grimm, Stacey Hardy, Kelli Hoppmann, Debbie Kupinsky, S.V. Medaris, Candice Methe, John S. Miller, Marlene Miller, Ryan Myers, Dennis Nechvatal, Wendy Olson, Tim O’Neill, Jean Roberts-Guequierre, Gail Simpson, Pranav Sood, and Jonathan Wilde.

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Skyler Simpson - Limescale
Limescale examines personal mythology and the home as a fraught refuge. The narrative pulls from Simpson’s Midwestern upbringing and confronts socialized domestic ideals.

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April 18 – June 1, 2025
New shows open at Abel Contemporary Gallery

Skyler Simpson- Limescale, Beasts and Monsters: Group Show, and in no. 5: Каtюша (Katyusha) by Stephen Hilyard

Opening Reception Friday, April 18, 5 - 8pm

Shows Open Online Saturday, April 19 at 10 am CST
#oilpainting #ceramics

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OPENING WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 10AM CDT - JENNI BRANT - NEW WORK
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The detailed surface decoration lends a seemingly delicate appearance, while the carefully handcrafted symmetry of the forms highlight the strength and functionality of each piece.

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New Online Feature: Jenni Brant
Opening - Wednesday March 26, 10 AM

Jenni Brant creates porcelain pieces that are wheel-thrown and altered then intricately decorated with colored slip.
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Join us at 2pm, Saturday, March 22 for our artist talk with George Shipperley and Rick Hintze.
Hintze and Shipperley will be in conversation with gallerist Theresa Abel followed by Q&A from the audience.This event will be held on the first floor of the gallery and will be recorded for later viewing.

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Trina May Smith
Longing for the Mountains 9,
watercolor and oil on canvas, 40" x 55" x 2.5"

In our current show Botanical on display through April 13, 2025

Trina is trying to capture the feeling of the mountains, to hold onto the sensation of the colors, layers, and complexities of the mountain.

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ARTIST TALK WITH RICK HINTZE AND GEORGE SHIPPERLEY
Saturday, March 22, 2pm
Hintze and Shipperley will be discussing the work in their show Surface Matters, followed by Q&A from the audience. Open to the public, this event will be held on the first floor of the gallery and recorded for later viewing.

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Botanical featuring Alison Bailey, Sandra Byers, Kay Brathol Hostvet, Jessica Calderwood , Craig Clifford, Mary Fischer, Deb Gottschalk , Rain Harris, Richard Jones, Debbie Kupinsky, Glynnis Les-sing, Rachelle Miller, Erica Schlueter, Gregory Schulte, Juliane Shibata, Trina May Smith, Jonathan Wilde

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Current exhibits up through April 13
"Surface Matters" - new work by Rick Hintze and George Shipperley.
in Gallery no.5: "The Light Saw What I Couldn't" by Paulina King
Group Show: Botanical

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This is the final week to see our current exhibits - "The Nature of Things: Maggie Jasczcak and Joanne Kirkland, group show: "Celestial", and in no 5: Glacial Bodies by Carolyn Spears.
Our next Opening Reception is Friday, February 28 5 - 8pm. Save the date! abelcontemporary.com/exhibitions-...

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LOVE this new work!

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Opening February 28th
Rick Hintze and George Shipperley: "Surface Matters"

Group Show: "Botanical"

In gallery No.5 - "The Light Saw What I Could Not" by Paulina King

Opening reception Friday, February 28, from 5-8pm

Shows available online Saturday, February 29, 10 AM CST

abelcontemporary.com

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