GREENWALD GALLERY ARTS LEAGUE OF LOWELL (ALL) OCTOBER 12-30
307 MARKET STREET LOWELL GALLERY HOURS WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY 12-4
ENCORE PERFORMANCE OF "BETWEEN THE DAY AND THE NIGHT" AN INTERMEDIA PERFORMANCE PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY VIDEO ARTIST GREG KOWALSKI FEATURING MOVEMENT BY GEOFFREY KOETSCH, SOUND DESIGN BY DAVE SEIDEL AND ANALOG FILM BY DOUGLAS URBANK.
SUNDAY MARCH 3, 8:00PM
THE WIRE FACTORY, 171 Lincoln Street, Lowell, MA.
TICKETS $15
COMING FEBRUARY 2018: "BETWEEN THE DAY AND THE NIGHT" AN INTERMEDIA PERFORMANCE PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY VIDEO ARTIST GREG KOWALSKI FEATURING MOVEMENT BY GEOFFREY KOETSCH, SOUND DESIGN BY DAVE SEIDEL AND ANALOG FILM BY DOUGLAS URBANK.
Come listen to Geoffrey’s public lecture about his new work on October 28th at 2pm at Gallery Z.
Meet Geoffrey Koetsch and listen to him discuss his latest work.
Artist Reception - 7 to 9pm
Artist Talk - 8pm to 9pm
Solo Exhibition: Geoffrey Koetsch, To Be, To Desire, To Conceive, To Decay, To Die, New work created since 2016.
October 11 - November 4
"VANISHED LANDMARKS." WORK BY SIDNEY HURWITZ, SEAN HURLEY, GEOFFREY KOETSCH, July 15–August 4, Perkins Cove Gallery, 100b Perkins Cove Road, Ogunquit Maine, opening reception Saturday July 15, 5:00–7:30
I will be screening THE PREPARATION for THE PERFORMANCE LAB program on April 15, 7:00 at the Hearing Room, 119 Chelmsford Street, Lowell. Also on the program: SOUND ART by GESTURES, TYTO ALBA, and EGREGOROS.
Is the spiritual in art outdated? As a young artist in the 1960’s Geoffrey Koetsch was in the thrall of Kandinsky’s Concerning the Spiritual in Art. In the Seventies it was Jung and Campbell and The Perennial Philosophy. A self-described spiritual junkie, Koetsch once said “I never discovered a religion I didn’t like.” Spiritual themes have dominated his work for over forty years. Now in his seventies, seeing his pursuit reaching maturity, he asks the question: has the spiritual in art become irrelevant to the contemporary art world? In digital slide format, Koetsch will show select key works of his artistic journey over the years as well as his recent improvised mixed media “Wall Compositions.” In addition he will premier an 18 minute video of “The Preparation,” a performance taped at the 2014 First Biennial Festival of Sound Art and Performance Art at The Quarry
A retrospective Exhibition of Geoffrey's work will be on display at the Quarry from July 4th to the 31st, with an opening reception on Sunday July 6th.
Rub a Dub Dub, May 3rd at Mobius
An irreverent confrontation with aging and its accompanying advance of wisdom and foolishness. The performance juxtaposes irony and utter sincerity, the whole is soaked in pathos. Koetsch appears simultaneously as wise man, fool, and Buddha. The event ends appropriately in bone ash on a burning ground–Koetsch’s signature action.
Geoff Performed as part of the 2013 Quarry Art Festival organized by Contemporary Arts International.
