Adjacent Spaces at Burchfield Showcases BSA Artists Tashjian and Lavatelli

The Burchfield Penney Art Center will exhibit paintings by BSA Exhibiting Artists Karen Tashjian and Mark Lavatelli in "Adjacent Spaces," on view May 10, 2024 - Oct 27, 2024.

Adjacent Spaces: Paintings by Karen Tashjian and Mark Lavatelli, juxtaposes the work of these two painters who focus on the built and natural environment, respectively, creating a harmony in the opposing subjects of their paintings. This exhibition is as much about adjacent spaces as it is about the spaces that are forgotten or unnoticed.

Karen Tashjian and Mark Lavatelli, each with decades of artistic experience in Western New York, have, over the last few years, established their studios in adjacent spaces in the Niagara Frontier Food Terminal. This building complex, once among the largest in the world of its kind, and its neighboring Clinton Bailey Farmers Market, inaugurated in 1930, were pivotal centers for the sale of agricultural goods from regional farms for decades. In more recent years, the terminal has evolved into a community hub, hosting a diverse array of businesses and artist studios.

Adjacent Spaces will open on May 10, 2024 5:30pm — 8:00pm as part of M&T Second Fridays at Burchfield Penney Art Center. For more information, see www.burchfieldpenney.org.

Image: Clockwise from upper left: Mark Lavatelli, Tree Glyph #27 (detail), 2022, encaustic; Karen Tashjian, yellowstair2 (detail), 2021, oil; Mark Lavatelli, Katrina Flood (detail), 2020, oil; Karen Tashjian, descent2, 2022, oil; All works are courtesy of the artists.