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January 2022
Barbara Cole Debuts in New England with Solo Exhibition, Between Forms, at Pellas Gallery
Pellas Gallery introduces photography for the first time to their program with exhibition that spans decades of the renowned artist’s career
Boston, MA – Fine art photographer Barbara Cole, known for her signature underwater photographs exploring the nature of transformation, makes her debut in New England with her first solo exhibition at Pellas Gallery.
In her solo exhibition, Between Forms, Cole gathers photographs from throughout her career to reveal her long fascination with water as a medium that naturally reshapes form. These photographs explore transformation across time, movement, and image. From women rising through enigmatic waters to anthropomorphized flowers in repose to dreamlike mixtures of digital and analog processes, Between Forms navigates the ethereal forces that constitute Cole’s ever-evolving body of work.
Between Forms is the first exhibition of photography in Pellas Gallery’s programming.
More details below.
Details
Exhibition:
January 12, 2022 – February 24, 2022
Opening reception:
Thursday, January 13, 2022, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM EST.
Pellas Gallery adheres to all state and city safety guidelines and protocols due to Covid-19.
About Barbara Cole
Barbara Cole is a fine art photographer working in several photographic mediums, including underwater photography and modernized wet collodion. She was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1953. Her work is noted for its ethereal imagery depicting figures in various states of weightlessness, transformation, and self-actualization.
As an innovator in her field, Cole’s use of traditional and inventive techniques are part of her ongoing search for timelessness. She has held numerous exhibitions across North America, Europe, and the Middle East, as well as in the Canadian Embassy in both Tokyo and Washington D.C. She is currently working on an upcoming book from teNeues.
Website: www.barbaracole.com
Instagram: @barbaracoleart
About Pellas Gallery
Pellas Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in Boston, MA whose primary goal is to discover the best new emerging artists with a focus on local talent. Pellas also has a commitment to showcasing global talent, exhibiting works from prominent West Coast artists as well as international works from Japan, the UK, China and more. F Alfredo Pellas IV and Isabel Arguello, an engaged couple from Nicaragua, are partners at Pellas Gallery and art collectors themselves. Pellas and Arguello view every work at the Gallery as both an object of beauty and as an appreciating investment for collectors.
Pellas decided to take the risk of opening the largest gallery on Newbury Street in Boston in November of 2019, because both Pellas and Arguello saw there was something new their beloved city of Boston needed in its growing arts scene.
Both Pellas and Arguello gained an eye for art through training and traveling the world with presidents of art advisories and senior art directors to see all the most important art fairs from KIAF in Seoul, to Art Basel Hong Kong, to Frieze and the Armory Show in London. This helped them develop a keen eye of appreciation for contemporary art culture and the current market to be able to make investment decisions on their own. Many of the artists Pellas has collected have appreciated tenfold; Pellas also collects the artists the gallery represents. The mission of Pellas Gallery is to give the people of Boston the opportunity to buy the latest and best new contemporary art from around the world.
Background On The Owners:
F Alfredo Pellas IV is 26 years old and from Nicaragua. Pellas grew up in Miami, lived in Telluride for four years, Lugano, Switzerland for three years, nine years in Boston and one year in Sydney, Australia in between. He is an avid traveler, skier, and surfer, and has recently gotten into collecting NFTs.
Isabel Arguello is 27 years old and was born in San Jose, Costa Rica and a native of Nicaragua. She has lived in Boston for nine years and spent a year in Cape Town, South Africa in between. She shares a passion for art, travel, understanding and integrating different cultures with Alfredo, which is one of the many things that brought them together. She has also become very interested in the NFT market.
Website: www.pellasgallery.com
Instagram: @pellasgallery
