Pentimenti Gallery
145 North 2nd Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106

Pentimenti Gallery is pleased to present 2 solo shows by artists: Matthew Kucynski, You’re Apocalypse, paintings in the Main Gallery & Project Room and David Ambrose, The Braille Landscape, works on paper in the Annex Gallery. The exhibitions open on Monday, April 21, 2008 and continue through May 31, 2008, with a reception to meet the artists on Friday, May 2, from 6:00 to 8:30 PM.

Matthew Kucynski. You’re Apocalypse. Paintings in the Main Gallery & Project Room.

Matthew Kucynski uses a range of mixed media including, acrylic, oil, graphite and ink on wood panels to imply a narrative. Kucynski’s stories are based on children’s pop-up books and religious icons.
In You’re Apocalypse, his characters rely on the comfort of modern technology to deal with a fictitious war within a ghost land. Each stories are interpreted and expressed with great fantasy and mystery.
Matthew Kucynski is a graduate of the University of the Arts, Philadelphia (BFA). Kucynski exhibited in both one person and group exhibitions on the East Coast and in several art fairs: Scope, NY; Aqua Art Miami’07, FL; University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Sundance Film Festival UT and Perkins Center for the Arts, NJ.

David Ambrose. The Braille Landscape. Works on paper in the Annex Gallery.

David Ambrose’s new watercolor on paper works are composed of intricate patterns. His patterns and shapes resemble in elements found in or on architectural facades, interiors or floor plans, paintings on hand stitched lace or pierced paper. Ambrose begins each composition by piercing repeatedly with a pin hole through a thick piece of paper building and repeating patterns as he goes. Eventually, once the entire surface of the paper has been worked over. The artist applies color to the surface. Control and chance are an integral element of the artwork.
David Ambrose studied at Universita Italiana Per Stranieri, Italy and graduated at Muhlenberg College, PA (BA) and at the University of Pennsylvania, PA (MFA). Awards received: Rutgers Center for Innovative Prints & Paper; New Jersey State Council on the Arts, (Painting Fellowship). Ambrose’s exhibitions include: Kaiserslautern, Germany; Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art, NJ; Jersey City Museum, NJ; Noyes Museum of Art, NJ and more. His work is in the following collections: Jersey City Museum, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum; Atlantic Academy, Germany and Newark Public Library.WHEN: April 21 - May 31, 2008. Reception to meet the artists: Friday, May 2, from 6:00 to 8:30 PM.HOURS: Tuesday by appointment, Wednesday - Friday 11 AM to 5 PM, Saturday noon to 5 PM.