Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art is pleased to announce Sample 3, a group exhibition highlighting the work of first year Master of Fine Arts students Matt Kalasky, Tyler Kline, Aubrey Levinthal, and Stuart Lorimer, some of the Mid-Atlantic region's most promising emerging artists.

Matt Kalasky's videos use humor to poke holes in the mythic reality of pop culture. Generally, Kalasky's practice is 'about how understanding is generated.' Often a character in his own videos, Kalasky creates ridiculous narratives that are fully executed to completion. He hopes to 'reveal the sinews' of the myths that exist all around us.

Tyler Klines' sculptures use aluminum foil, a common domestic material that is both 'portable and grounded.' Kline's sculptures are complicated pseudo-organic masses that belie their humble origins. Kline states that his sculptures are depictions of 'cathedrals, turbulence, and paranormal entities.'

Aubrey Levinthal's paintings are full of fragmentary narrative elements. Each has the appearance of being a piece of a larger collection or story. Her works uses her own memories as a reference, creating work, which is at once whimsical, clumsy, nostalgic, and elegant.

Stuart Lorimer's painting practice is characterized by an oscillation between representation and abstraction. Lorimer is interested in the 'potential of an idea' realized through the painting process. Lorimer's abstract work is contemplative yet, seems to be free of the art historical baggage that sometimes drags down contemporary abstraction.

Sample 3 opens on Thursday, May 13, 2010 with an opening reception from 6-9 pm. The exhibition includes painting, sculpture, and video. The show closes on Saturday, June 19, 2010.