CONTINUUM: THE INDEFINITE PROGRESS OF EXISTENCE

JRB will feature the work of Denise Duong, Gabriel Friedman, and Rebecca Wheeler in current exhibition, Continuum: The Indefinite Progress of Existence. We will be open from 4pm to 8pm on Friday, October 2nd. Masks are required and entry number will be limited to 10 at a time. The gallery will be open Tue-Sat 11am-5pm for the remainder of the exhibition, and by appointment - call 405-528-6336, send us an email or Facebook message. We encourage you to experience our wonderful new exhibitions! 

"This small series of cave paintings are from my fascinations with the Lascaux cave in the south of France. The more I read, the more I wanted to know about these prehistoric paintings. They expressed themselves with paint that told their life stores. Georgia O’Keefe said, “I find that I have painted my life things happening in my life without knowing it.” For these people they knew this was their only way to tell about their stories. The Lascaux Cave had led me to this work. There are many unexplained symbols and I have used their symbols in this art and created my own cave paintings."

Denise and Gabriel are artistic and life partners. Together they created some phenomenal pieces that are currently being featured in our show "Continuum: The Indefinite Progress of Existence!"

JRB Art at The Elms event: An exhibition opening called “Continuum: The Indefinite Progress of Existence,” featured the narrative collage paintings, drawings and three-dimensional objects by Denise Duong. There was an outdoor and indoor sculpture by Gabriel Friedman and paintings by Rebecca Wheeler...

Denise Duong’s collages suggest secret compartments and worlds within worlds, while Rebecca Wheeler’s paintings take us back to cave art. 

Their work, and that of Duong's life partner, Gabriel Friedman, who is Wheeler's son, are in the first "generational" show at JRB Art at The Elms, 2810 N Walker. Called "Continuum: The Indefinite Progress of Existence," the show evokes both our uncertain times and hope for future art advancement...

Denise Duong is a nationally known narrative painter with a long exhibition history with our Gallery. Born in Oklahoma City of Vietnamese refugee parents she attended the University of Central Oklahoma before attending the Arts Institute of Chicago. In addition to her studio art, Denise is an accomplished painter of murals, which have become a valued addition to Oklahoma City’s Public Art Collection.

EXHIBITION VIEWING OPPORTUNITY! We will be featuring the work Denise Duong, Gabriel Friedman, and Rebecca Wheeler in our current exhibition, “Continuum: The Indefinite Progress of Existence.” Instead of having our typical First Friday Opening Reception, we are offering sign up opportunities to see this extraordinary exhibition on Thursday, Sept. 3rd, Friday, Sept. 4th, and Saturday, Sept. 5th from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm!

Oklahoma City—Beginning on September 3, 2020, JRB Art at The Elms will present its first generational exhibition. “Continuum: The Indefinite Progress of Existence,” featuring the collage paintings and three-dimensional creations of Denise Duong and Gabriel Friedman, as well as, the paintings of Rebecca Wheeler. The exhibition will be on display at the gallery during September and October and will also be available to view online at www.jrbartgallery.com.

Instead of having our typical First Friday Opening Reception, we are offering sign up opportunities to see this extraordinary exhibition on Thursday, Sept. 3rd, Friday, Sept. 4th, and Saturday, Sept. 5 th from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm! The gallery will be open Tuesday through Saturday from 11:00 am - 5:00 pm for the remainder of the exhibition, and by appointment - call us at (405) 528-6336, or send us an e-mail or Facebook message. All of our inventory can be found on our website. We encourage you to experience our wonderful new exhibitions!

The lives and activities of these three artists are intertwined in real life. Denise and Gabriel are artistic and life partners. Rebecca Wheeler is Gabriel’s mother. Denise and Gabriel are expecting a daughter in November. The art of each of these artists is a testimony to the continuum of creativity that has existed since the Lascaux cave drawings in Montignac, France about 20,000 years ago to the present time. The art that will be exhibited presents the narratives of each artist, documenting the development of the modern world, and giving us a glimpse of a utopian, environmentally balanced future.