A solo exhibition of new work, "This Happened Here," by Natalie Arnoldi will open at Charlotte Jackson Fine Art on March 9 and extend through March 31. An Opening Reception with the artist will be held on Friday, March 9 from 5-7 p.m. A Gallery Talk with the artist and Bruce Guenther, author and former Chief Curator of the Portland Art Museum, will be held on Saturday, March 10 from 3-4 p.m.
A bleak concrete room lit by a single bulb. Empty doorways leading to empty doorways. A corridor, peeling paint, exposed ducts. Pipes, a sealed door. Even without knowing that each of these paintings references a real place – a room within a concentration camp – the quality of the colors, the unexpected mix of sharp and blurred, light and dark, create a visceral reaction. Something happened here.