Artist Marc Josloff, known for his diverse and award-winning paintings, photographs, and mixed-media pieces, will be featured at an art reception at the Bryant Library on Saturday, Aug. 29, from 2 to 4 p.m. The free event is open to the public, and registration is not required.
Josloff’s exhibit, titled “Cranial Playground,” features a diverse collection of paintings, photographs and mixed media works. The exhibit showcases the artist’s experimental approach, ranging from graphic shapes and landscapes to colorful collages and atmospheric scenes.
His work has been exhibited throughout the New York metropolitan area and is included in both private and public collections. Notably, Josloff’s painting “Boy on a Scooter” was acquired by the Art Students League of New York for its permanent collection, displayed alongside masters like Georgia O’Keeffe and Norman Rockwell.
In 2004, Watercolor Magic magazine named Josloff one of “11 Artists to Watch.” His photography has also earned awards, including an international honor from Canada’s PhotoLife magazine.
He teaches watercolor at the Roslyn Village Gallery and often leads workshops, demonstrations and serves as a judge for regional exhibitions.
“As an artist, I am strongly influenced by those art modalities that have moved me: impressionism, post-impressionism, expressionism, fauvism, the art of the nabis, Japanese woodcuts, and you can add in constructivism and even classicism. I guess I’m a bit of an artistic anachronism. (lots of ‘isms’)..and yet I am also a creature of today’s world, so I can’t help but reflect on both the past and present in my work,” said Josloff in his artist statement. “Yet the objective for me is not to emulate past art or contemporary, but to imbue my work with pathos, whether my subject be a street dweller or a head of cabbage: that is what motivates me.”
For more information, email publicrelations@bryantlibrary.org or call 516-621-2240.
