Tales from the Razors Edge
April 24th, 2009 by Sarah LiptonAn exhibition in two parts

All that we see is a dream, Pearlescent ink on black paper, by Ilona Anderson
by Ilona Anderson
April 28th – May 30th, 2009
Kingston Gallery
450 Harrison Ave. #43
Boston, MA 02118
First Fridays reception: May 1, 5 – 7:30 pm
Gallery Talk by the Artist and Opening Reception: Saturday, May 2, 3 – 6 pm
Ilona Anderson exhibits two bodies of work that explore, in different ways, our relationship with the taste of honey on the razors edge.
“Please come celebrate with me at the opening of my show at Kingston Gallery. Essentially I am hanging two different bodies of work. It should be really beautiful. I have been working on it really hard.
The opening is May 1 (First Friday. real cool)
I will give an artists talk on the Saturday May 2nd at 3:30.(same day as the Dalai Lama’s visit)
Looking forward to seeing you there.
The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday 12-5, if you can’t make the opening or artists talk.

All that we see is a dream, by Ilona Anderson
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream
—-Edgar Allen Poe
A series of drawings with pearlescent ink on black paper exploring mythology and the notion of our created identities, who we think we are, or want to be.
In the Center gallery:

by Ilona Anderson
Some Very Important Things – an installation using embroidery, a bed frame, paint cans, shoes and Astroturf.
Anderson states: “As an artist, I am drawn to interconnecting spaces, the multiple planes where our inner and outer worlds meet.”
Embroidery on cotton fabric with silk thread.
Ilona Anderson is an Assistant Professor of Foundation & Fine Arts at the New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University. She a long-time practitioner in the Shambhala lineage, and is originally from South Africa.
http://www.kingstongallery.com/upcoming_exhibition.html





