Holland Tunnel Gallery Williamsburg Brooklyn presents 3inOne Bix Lye sculptures and drawings Paulien Lethen paintings Jan Mulder paintings Opening Nov 7‐8‐9, 2014 Bix Lye, Paulien Lethen and Jan Mulder are three of the earliest artists of the stable of Holland Tunnel Gallery. They have often shown work in the gallery in Williamsburg as well as in the summer extension on the Greek island of Paros, and also exhibited regularly together in The Netherlands. They will exhibit work in the Home Depot garden shed that served as HTGallery’s art space from 1997‐2007, when Paulien Lethen, artist and gallery director, presented a monthly exhibition schedule. Now the mini gallery only opens up for special events. The special event is the celebration of 17 years Holland Tunnel Gallery. During a weekend of concerts and performances on Nov 7‐8‐9, a book about the gallery from 1997‐2014 will be launched, and there will be the kick off of Framed, a mega group with works of 100 – and most likely more ‐ artists, in the monumental staircase of the brownstone next to the gallery. BIX LYE Bix Lye was born in London, emigrated to the U.S.A. He lives and works in Williamsburg, Brooklyn/NY and spends the summer on the Greek island of Paros, where he also has a workshop. The sculptures of Bix Lye, compositions of colored blocks, look simple but on closer inspection turn out to be complicated structures. “I like playing with colors, shapes, and their relationships. What fascinates me about color is that almost any object, when completely covered in paint, tricks one into believing the color could go thru and thru. I think that high finishes without brush marks enhance this effect.” (no website) PAULIEN LETHEN Williamsburg/Brooklyn‐based Dutch painter Paulien Lethen lived on the Greek island of Paros from the late ‘60’s till 1982. In that year she moved to NY but spends several months each year on Paros. She also has been living in Kyoto. Her paintings on paper, wood and metal are inspired by the different worlds of New York, Paros and Japan. Light, shadow and movement are returning elements in Lethen’s bold, strong and colorful compositions. In 1997 she founded the Holland Tunnel Gallery in Brooklyn NY that has gained worldwide recognition as a microcosm of local and international talent. In 2000, Lethen opened a summer extension on Paros with her sister Heleen. A long term art space in the staircase of the brownstone next to the NY gallery, called Stairmasters, was opened in 2003. www.paulienlethen.com JAN MULDER Painter Jan Mulder lives and works in Utrecht, The Netherlands. He is a regular visitor of New York and spends several months of each year on the Greek island of Paros, where he also has a studio. In his paintings, space plays a role of central importance. The passage of time is a recurring motif. H.J.A. Hofland, writer/ journalist: ‘Mulder’s paintings (…) produce the sensation that comes with the discovery of things which were thought to be lost.” Jan Mulder’s commitment to convey emotional and existential experiences through memorized or invented landscapes, results in vivid abstract oil paintings; balanced compositions with broad brush strokes and abstract marks of paint that has been poured and splashed over the canvas. www.janmulder.info