Passion Discipline Intuition Intellect

Hygienic Art Galleries proudly present Passion Discipline Intuition Intellect, a fine art show of national and international artists, organized by guest curator Alexander Shundi. The exhibition will feature works by Tony Carretta, Elizabeth Seewald Hill, John Greene, Susan Ferri, Patty Mullins, Kardash Onnig, Murray Zimiles and Alexander Shundi.

Passion is the spark of the idea, coupled with the desire to explore it, and the necessary excitement in its discovery.

Discipline refers to the formal elements and time dedicated toward the physical organization of the concept.

Intuition is the truth of the perception, the recognition and immediate apprehension of the mystery and poetry of the intention, independent from a reasoned process.

Intellect is the dialogue and organization with which one understands and analyzes consciously the content and the structural process of the idea.

The group of artists that Alexander Shundi chose for the exhibition is of diverse aesthetic and conceptual disciplines, each representing particular references and inspiration, independent from one another.
The theme is not the similarity or even agreement as to the images chosen, but the richness of possibilities and choices offered by the adhesion to the principal elements of the title: passion, discipline, intuition and intellect.

This group of painters and sculptors has been friends, and has shared criticisms, discussion, and an exchange of ideas and methods for a long time. They have managed to each create a subjective interest and style, while all reaching a point of elevated artistic value. From pure non-objective and objective abstraction, to landscape, figure, still life, and symbolism, the artists chose a wide menu of methods and materials to tell their stories and reveal their sensations. The imagining and the doing in joy and struggle, the obsession of expression, and the intelligence of presentation are a strong bind between them.

The artists exhibiting in this show have works in permanent collections worldwide including the Smithsonian Institute of American Art, The Holocaust Museum in Tel Aviv, and the White House among others.

Alexander Shundi, born in Parma, Italy and educated at Yale University, has been making art all of his life. He is an educator, a cook, a world traveler and a poet. He chose eight (his favorite number) artist friends whom he respects and represent the value of diversity, and strength of artistic caliber. Alexander Shundi previously exhibited in the "Italian Visions" exhibition in September of 2012.