Long-Sharp Gallery’s winter exhibit, Rock Paper Metal, will feature works created in what may perhaps be obvious media: rock (stone), paper, and metal. Participating artists hail from as far away as the Netherlands and as close to home as Bloomington, Indiana, with an emphasis on artists with studios in Indiana. The exhibit will include Indiana-based artists Dale Enochs, Jason Myers, Mary Pat Wallen, and Tamar Kander, among others. A Rock Paper Scissors competition during the exhibit’s opening will raise funds for the Gleaners Food Bank of Central Indiana. 

The “rock” component of Rock Paper Metal encompasses hand-carved marble by Charlie Kaplan (NY) and finely-chiseled limestone by Dale Enochs (IN). “Paper” works from Sabina Klein (NY), Jason Myers (IN), and Tamar Kander (IN) will adorn the gallery walls, with Klein and Kander creating in the abstract, and Myers rounding out the paper pieces in his signature figurative style. Tarik Currimbhoy (India/New York), Sylvestre Gauvrit (Netherlands) and Mary Pat Wallen (IN) create sculptures comprising the “metal” in the exhibit – Currimbhoy’s kinetic sculptures, Gauvrit’s colorful, steel forms, and Wallen’s serene, austere figures. 

A Rock Paper Scissors competition during the exhibition’s opening will raise funds for Gleaners Food Bank. Contestants may enter any (or all) of the four rounds of Rock Paper Scissors, leading up to the Final Round at 7:45pm. Entry is a $5 charitable donation per round. The winner will receive a work on paper by Indiana-based artist Tamar Kander, and Long-Sharp Gallery will match funds raised by the competition up to $1,000. Full details about the competition may be found on our website. 

The exhibit opens November 1, 2019 and runs through February 1, 2020. The exhibit opening and artist reception are sponsored by Conrad Indianapolis and are free and open to the public.  The opening will take place at Long-Sharp Gallery, One North Illinois Street, Suite A on November 1st from 6:30 – 9:00 pm.