The Moby Show: “A Whale’s Tale”

In our 30+ years Gallery X has organized hundreds of exhibitions covering almost every topic or subject you can think of with perhaps one glaring omission – Moby-Dick. Curator Chuck Hauck sought to fix that by organizing, The Moby Show, A Whale’s Tale. Originally planned as Mobys at the Melville, an exhibition of sculptures by select artists inside The Whalehouse AirBNB last summer, the show evolved into an open call community exhibition taking place both in the Main Gallery at Gallery X as well as the garden of The Mobyhouse.

This exhibition will be on view at Gallery X (and the garden of the Whalehouse at 100 Madison Street) from June 27 through August 1.

Join us for an opening reception, Saturday, July 3 (5-8pm) at Gallery X.
A second reception will be held during July’s Aha! Night – Thursday, July 8 (5-8pm) and will feature a performance by Hula La!

The Moby Show, A Whale’s Tale features works of all styles, interpretations, and media from a wide array of artists from the Southcoast and beyond. The exhibition can be viewed in person during gallery hours, by appointment, or in the slideshow below.

The Whalehouse is a grand Victorian built in 1855 located on the southwest corner of Madison and Orchard streets in historic New Bedford, Massachusetts. It’s the former home of Herman Melville’s sister, Catherine, and this is where he used to stay while visiting her.

The garden sculptures at the Whalehouse can be viewed from the sidewalk along Madison and Orchard streets.

For inquiries or more information please contact Gallery X (508-992-2675 or GalleryXNB@gmail.com).
The curator, Charles Hauck, can be reached at chasahauck@comcast.net

Click on any image below to enter the slideshow of works.

Thank you to our 2021 Supporters, The Island Foundation, and the Schrafft Charitable Trust.
Special Thanks to James Correia for photographing in-gallery submissions.

Cate Becker Milk of Queens, 2021 Acrylic on canvas $350.00

Midnight Moby Wood SOLD!

Eye Acrylic Framed $100.00

Queequeg’s Sister Mixed media POR

Dead Whale or a Stove Boat Spray paint on canvas $1500.00

From the Ocean Personified Series: Maternal Watercolor Matted, framed SOLD!

Untitled Acrylic on canvas $175.00

A Storm of a Whale Pen & ink Framed SOLD!

Harpooner Graphite Matted and framed $145.00

Ernestine – Past, Present, Future Mixed media $400.00

Foreigner Ink, pencil Matted, framed $85.00

Sunny Jellies Watercolor Matted, framed $150.00

Susan Hauck Faux Whalebone Ditty Box – 4 Wood, paint $135.00

Dig Deep For What You Seek Watercolor Matted and framed $85.00

New Bedford Whaling Mixed media $250.00

KOBO Aquatint etching $50.00

Cate Becker Leviathan, 2021 Conte, acrylic $250.00

Mermaid Whale Mixed media $300.00

Moby Ghost Wire $200.00

Mother & Calf Metal, stone Sold! View in person at the Whalehouse garden

Moby Punk Wood NFS

Sea Perils & Defeat, A Nautical Poem Found poem and linocut Sold!

Cate Becker Hunt, 2021 Acrylic, oil pastel $250.00

Moby Fits Graphite Framed $45.00

Maria Crocker The White Whale Acrylic NFS

Susan Hauck Faux Whalebone Ditty Box – 3 Wood, paint $135.00

Fish Moon Watercolor Matted and framed $85.00

Queequeg Acrylic Framed $80.00

Blue Humpback Ceramic $130.00

Wrong Whale, Ahab! Relief print $175.00

Calm Before the Storm, 2020 Watercolor Matted, framed $170.00

Untitled Acrylic on canvas $475.00

Carved Whale Wood NFS From the collection of Susan & Charles Hauck

From the Ocean Personified Series: Hunger Watercolor Matted, framed $100.00

Close Encounter Mixed media, acrylic $300.00

Pequod Mixed media $350.00

Moby Plush, 2021 Italian linen, vintage buttons $150.00

The Woman Pointilist needlwork $1500.00

Deep Down Acrylic Matted, framed $100.00

Moby Tar, asphaltum, oil on wood 8″ x 8″ NFS

Berth, 2021 Acrylic on canvas $400.00

Maria Crocker Storm Acrylic Framed $495

Moby Dick Oil on oak Framed SOLD!

Sugar Mixed media $350.00

Sea Foam Monotype, oil ink on paper Matted and framed $60.00

Michael Tracey Scrimshaw Bookmarks Piano key ivory $35.00/ea

Old Timer Watercolor Matted, framed $75.00

Ernestina Morrissey Pieces Mixed media $750.00 Copper, mast hoop, and base from the Schooner Ernestina Morrissey

Wrong Whale! Relief print $225.00

Sou’Wester Tar on canvas 48″ x 36″ NFS

Michael Tracey Scrimshaw Horn Scrimshaw $250.00

Whale Tail Granite SOLD!

Like Father, Like Son, 2021Watercolor

Narwhal metal, stone $1200.00

Whaling Scene Acrylic on canvas POR

Faux Whalebone Ditty Boxes 1-5 Wood, painted $135.00/each

Breach, 2021 Photograph Framed $175.00

Dive ‘Oh, Ahab! what shall be grand in thee, it must needs be plucked from the skies and dived for in the deep, and featured in the unbodied air!’ 48″ x 60″ NFS