John
Dorsey
“Abstract, constructed
works shine at Maryland Art Place exhibit”
The Sun, April 15, 1983
The current show at Maryland Art place is the best I've seen
there since the beginning of the year, and the reason is not hard
to find. It is a good curator who has taken her job seriously
and chosen well. I only wish she had chosen a little more.
Susan Badder (pronounced Bayder), the Baltimore Museum's director
of education, is the curator and has chosen as her theme "emerging
artists in regional collections." This is certain a broad
enough umbrella to allow Ms. Badder to include among the artists
almost anyone she liked. And she has been able to pick the
works she likes, too, for what's in this show is not those
works that are in collections in this area, but recent works
by the artists represented in the collections—both public,
such as the Baltimore Museum and private.
While the general quality is high in this show, the best
works are the abstract and constructed ones. Nan Montgomery,
currently having a show at Grimaldis, is represented here by
two excellent abstract acrylics (Alstead and Iona),
works which display color of cool sensuality and great compositional
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