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| Alphabetical Listing of Art by Lilith Adler :
Lilith Adler died in December 2000 of pneumonia and exhaustion.
Alder's ashes were scattered, along with the ashes of her dog (Faust), at
the Arnold Arboretum in Boston. There is an unconfirmed report that the ceremony was cut short by the arrival of mounted park rangers who busted everyone for littering. Like I said, unconfirmed.
Lilith Adler was born 1961 in Brookline, MA. She received her art training at the University of Massachusetts/Dartmouth, where she studied with Laurie Kaplowitz, and an M.F.A. in Painting from the University of Texas at San Antonio, where she studied with Ron Binks and Charles Field. Over the course of her life, she lived closely with all classes and all races. In order to support her art career, she worked variously as a dishwasher, waitress, secretary, maid, pasteup artist, illustrator, and finally as a software engineer. She is most known for her Thoughtcrime Series, which she completed in the latter half of the 1990's.
Lilith Adler exhibited the Thoughtcrime Series in a group show in Cambridge, MA at the Gallery of Social and Political Art in 1997, in a solo exhibition in Boston, MA at Gallery Insekt in 1998, and posthumously in New York at ABC No Rio’s “Social Control?group exhibition in 2001.
Many of Lilith Adler's paintings have been sold to art collectors but a few remain and belong to the artist's mother. Some of the art collectors do sell her works and records are kept of who currently owns the individual paintings.
Adler's works were first shown in the Lilith Gallery in April of 2000, as a guest artist. The images of her work went into storage but have since returned to permanent display.
Adler's works focus on themes of religion, racism, sexism and patriarchy. Her works are blunt and use text to get her intended message across. Her words are an important aspect of her paintings because she is also an excellent writer. She is the only American artist ever shown in the Lilith Gallery.
If you have questions about Lilith Adler please email the curator.
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Manhood : Circa 1998
War : Circa 1998
The Alibi : Circa 1998
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Scheherazade : 1998
The Hawk and the Dove : 2003
Valley of Consolation : 1995
Goddess of the Tides : 1993
Jonathon Earl Bowser is a guest artist at the Lilith Gallery. The Canadian artist's work focuses on ideas of mythical goddesses and iconographic images of divine feminine beauty. He is certainly not the first person to dedicate their art towards divine feminine beauty. Patrick Nagel, Eugene Delacroix, Friedrich Overbeck, William Blake and even Leonard Nimoy (who was and still is a successful photographer before he became an actor) all dedicated their art towards finding symbolic meaning(s) between nature, sexuality and spirituality. Bowser's art is so impressive that his online popularity has made him so famous that not only has Saddam Hussein (and everyone else in Iraq) seen Bowser's art work. In the Spring of 2001 Saddam Hussein (or people working for the deposed leader) copied Bowser's 1998 painting "The Awakening" off of Bowser's website and used it as the cover for Hussein's novel "Zabibah and the King". An obvious case of copyright infringement, but also an excellent example of how artists really do make a difference (whether we intend to do so or not, does not matter). Such is the extent of Bowser's "net-fame" that he his fans all over the world and sells his works for thousands of dollars each. He is arguably the most famous Canadian painter in recent history, overlapping the fame of landscape artists the Group of Seven, Emily Carr, and more modernist artists like Bertram Brooker and Joyce Wieland. While Canada does have many famous artists, that fame tends to extend only within the borders of Canadian art history and rarely makes it onto the international stage. Although Bowser resents the copyright infringement of his art piece, no one can dispute that every artist worth his salt deserves extra publicity. Its just a sad turn of events that the publicity came from a notorious dictator on the opposite side of the planet. Perhaps it just shows that Bowser's ability to portray beauty is simply universal. I asked Bowser once about whether world events (such as 9/11) play a role in the shaping of his art. His response was worthy of note: "In my lifetime I have seen (on the evening news, anyway) 1 million dead in Burundi and Rwanda during the tribal violence of the mid-90's, 4 million dead in southeast Asia during the Vietnam war, and a ghastly parade of other bloodbaths to numerous to easily recall. And I have read enough history to be familiar with even more appalling events in the remote past. The terrorist attacks were despicable, and I suppose I hope for an agonizing death for those responsible. But it was only one dark day among countless thousands humanity has endured in its time. I hope there is an element of sorrow in my work, but it is for the ever-dying, self-consuming horror of Life itself, and not for any particular tragedy that affects individuals. 9/11 has not changed my work in any way whatsoever." Which is a great answer, I feel. And so unlike many artists who get swept up due to constant worrying about world events. Beyond his themes of nature and feminine symbolism (which Bowser calls "Mythic Naturalism"), Bowser's skill as a painter is incredible. He makes many traditional painters look like amateurs in comparison. If you need more info about Bowser, contact the curator or visit Bowser's Official website: www.jonathonart.com. |
Alphabetical Listing of Art by Jonathon Earl Bowser :
To see more, please visit: www.jonathonart.com
All art shown on this webpage is registered & copyrighted by Jonathon Earl Bowser. You are free - of course - to download these picture files to your computer, and if you would like to showcase some of his images on your own web-site, then you are invited to do so. This authorization applies to non-commercial (not for profit) Internet applications only, and anyone who places his work on the Internet must provide a full and prominent credit (his name is to appear with the artwork), and establish a link to his web-site (www.jonathonart.com). ANY use of his images without a proper credit and link will be considered an unauthorized use - a violation of, and prohibited by, international copyright law.
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