New Works By Harry Folsom December 5, 2003 – January 1, 2004 The William Scott Gallery is proud to announce the opening of Harry Folsom: New Works, on view December 5, 2003 to January 3, 2004. Folsom's expressionistic paintings introduce us to a bizarre cast of invented characters whose provocative nature elicits a visceral emotional response. He paints both the landscape and inanimate objects with the same exuberance and vitality that emanates from his character studies. Please join us for an opening reception on Friday, December 5, from 5:30 – 7:30pm

Harry Folsom The Gift

Inspired by artists of the early-twentieth century German Expressionist movement, Folsom often begins a piece by creating a tumultuous, violent underpainting upon which he places his subjects, giving the work an energetic, almost frenetic quality. As in the tormented subjects of Egon Schiele‚s oeuvre, the resulting portraits can be disconcerting, unsettling, even frantic. Folsom‚s work also reflects some tenets of the French Realist movement of the mid-nineteenth century. For example, his Two Man Plow and other images of peasants toiling in pastoral settings recall historical works such as The Stone Breakers by Gustave Courbet, who was known for his lack of idealism and honest depictions of ordinary people engaged in everyday activities. Leaving art historical references behind and branching out into new territory, Folsom paints not only on canvas, but on unexpected supports, such as wooden slats, hammered tin, and glass. The slats, hanging flush to each other, create the appearance of a continuous picture plane, yet produce a disruptive effect as they shift and move, causing the image to dislocate and transform. Folsom‚s works painted on glass have multiple layers, giving the space in which his subjects reside a theatrical quality akin to a three-dimensional stage set. The artist also constructs playful, free-standing sculptural works, some of which have a kinetic aspect, some are mounted on wheels. Folsom‚s artistic education began at the early age of fifteen, when he enrolled in the Gifted Artists Program at Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, FL. He later received his B.F.A. from Limestone College in South Carolina. His work has been exhibited at the Summit Gallery in Fairhope, AL, the Southside Gallery in Oxford, MS, in Boston at Space 12 Gallery and the Media Gallery, and at the Max Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic. The William Scott Galley is located in the heart of the SOWA gallery district at 450 Harrison Avenue at the corner of Thayer Street, on the third floor, suite #318. Gallery hours are Wednesday - Saturday, 10:30 - 5:30. Accessible by public transportation via the Orange Line New England Medical Center and Back Bay stations, and the new Silver Line bus, there is also ample parking available. Visit our website www.williamscottgallery.com <http://www.williamscottgallery.com/> for driving directions. All exhibitions and receptions are free and open to the public, and fully wheelchair accessible. For more information please call Almitra Stanley, Director, at (617) 542-4030. Digital images available for publication upon request.