September 17 – October 29, 2006

The Hebrew Home at Riverdale is pleased to announce its new exhibition Jane Kent & David Storey: Drawings Prints and Paintings, featuring Jane Kent’s screenprint series The Orchid Thief Reimagined and recent oil paintings by David Storey highlighting his use of vibrant bold colors and mechanistic forms.

A graduate of the University of Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and brilliant printmaker, Jane Kent has been featured in numerous group exhibitions and most recently, solo shows exhibiting The Orchid Thief Reimagined in galleries in Boston and New York City. The artist’s book is the product of her collaboration with author Susan Orlean whose novel also prompted the 2002 film Adaptation. The book consists of images rendered in neutral tones juxtaposed with effusive bands of opaque color, overlaid with evocative passages from the novel selected by the author. The series captures the fragmentary milieu of the novel with the use of color and literary excerpts. Also on view are four recent gouaches by Ms. Kent.

David Storey, born in Madison, Wisconsin and a graduate of the University of California at Davis, has been the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships and has been featured in the publications Art in America and Art on Paper. The exhibition includes five paintings replete with his signature imagery and combination of intense colors – clashing reds, blues, oranges and yellows. A direct descendent of the modernist tradition, Storey has developed a singular style.