Depth be Depth: New Work by Daniel Feldman at Gallery A3 in February 2025
Portrait of Daniel Feldman, courtesy of Nancy Diessner
Source: Gallery A3
Depth be Depth, a new exhibit by Daniel Feldman will open at Gallery A3 on Thursday February 6 and continue through March 1. Feldman passed away unexpectedly on November 21, 2024. He had finished all the work for this exhibition before he died and was eagerly looking ahead to February to share it in his first exhibit at Gallery A3.
Most of Feldman’s works from the past decade are composed as diptychs, or visual “segments,” as he referred to them. Each segment has a foundation in photographic images that he shot as raw material, and he used Photoshop as the medium to dramatically transform and layer that photographic information. He felt that his digital tools in many ways transcended the freedom that oil painting had given him over two decades before. “I’m deeply fascinated by the combination, juxtaposition, and clashing of different types of visual space—both painterly and photographic,” Dan has stated. Relationships among initially disparate fragments—visual, conceptual, and emotional—arise from the artist’s experience, evolving as he worked.
Gallery A3 is located at 28 Amity Street 1D in Amherst. Gallery hours are 2–7 p.m., Thursday-Sunday. There will be an opening reception on Thursday, February 6, 5–7 p.m. at the gallery. The reception is free and open to all. There will be a free online art forum on Thursday, February 20, at 7:30 pm to share thoughtful connections and responses that come from looking at Dan’s work, letting it affect the viewer, and speak to their entire being—heart, mind, and body. Register at www.gallerya3.com
Artist Biography
Daniel Feldman (1957–2024) studied art and art history at Princeton University, where he worked with the painter Sean Scully. He moved to New York City and worked as Scully’s studio assistant, then received an MA in painting from Hunter College in 1982 and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art in 1989. During the 1980s he spent time in Rome and Venice, Italy, painting and learning from what surrounded him there.
Feldman taught art and art history at the New York Academy of Art and Cedar Crest College in Pennsylvania, where he was recruited to be Head of Technology. In 1999 he moved to Massachusetts, where he was VP for Capital Projects and VP for Campus Planning at Brandeis University for most of his 21 years there.
After retiring, he relocated to Northampton, and worked full-time as an artist. Feldman was an artist member at Bromfield Gallery in Boston from 2009 to 2023, and joined Gallery A3 in December 2023.
Read More: Looking into the Depth. Works by the Late Daniel Feldman to Be Exhibited at Gallery A3 in Amherst (Daily Hampshire Gazette)
About Gallery A3
Gallery A3 is a contemporary, fine art gallery in downtown Amherst, Massachusetts. Members of the artist-run cooperative include painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers, fiber artists, and mixed media artists.
The gallery was founded in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on 9/11. A group of local artists believed art to be essential to the health and healing of a community and began the gallery as a place to share ideas and artistic support. Since that time, the gallery has been home to over 60 artists and is now celebrating 22 years of monthly shows with opening receptions and community forums, all free and open to the public, and an annual juried show that supports regional artists.