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Davenport and Shapiro to Present Works on Paper by Ted Stamatelos

artefuse — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:58:54 +0000

Works on Paper by Ted Stamatelos at Davenport and Shapiro

Davenport and Shapiro Fine Art (www.davenportandshapiro.com) will present works on paper, including works from his Greek mythology series, by artist Ted Stamatelos beginning June 2^nd at its East Hampton Gallery.

“We are always looking to highlight the work of talented East End artists whose careers bear watching,” said gallery director Howard Shapiro. “Ted’s work couldn’t be a better example.”

“I was struck by his exploration of Greek mythology and his use of innovative technique the moment I saw his work,” said co-director Len Davenport.

Stamatelos tends to work in series format, exploring a theme through various permutations until he believes he has exhausted the subject. His Greek mythology works and other works from his “Wall” series which will be on exhibit are examples of this approach.

Stamatelos has displayed throughout the East End, including most recently at Guild Hall. He won a first place medal in 2008 at the South Bay Art Association juried members show.

Davenport and Shapiro is located in East Hampton, NY in the passageway around the corner from Scoop du Jour.

Contact:

Howard Shapiro

Davenport and Shapiro Fine Art

37 Newtown Lane

East Hampton, NY 11937

631-604-5525

New Opening: Signals by Colin McCallum at Bicha Gallery in London

artefuse — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:32:37 +0000

BICHA GALLERY © Colin McCallum - Wave, Acrylic on canvas 2011

Signals, Colin McCallum’s exhibition of new paintings, refer to the subliminal and visual overload of our consumer society. The work is inspired by the collective experience of contemporary living.

City life is filled with an array of imagery, from airport and train station digital monitors to pixelated television and computer screens at home – supermarket shopping aisles and their myriad of packaging, lighting and random colour combinations.

This language is part of our daily life, but we seldom notice its impact or are able to appreciate it as more than a communication tool. Colin is fascinated by it and he takes elements from these aspects to create equivalent visual experiences. They are not simply representative but stimulating and intriguing. In one series of paintings, inspiration came from the aspirational idea of the perfect swimming pool. In his interpretation he presents us with a hypnotic grid of ripples or waves of light in a uniform balance, symmetrical to the edges, the symbol of an ideal that never exists.

The relationship between urban living and all its technology is a recurring theme and influence in his work. These moments are translated into forms and colours, as familiar as a computer screen or as haunting as a night lit office interior.

Colin McCallum’s paintings vibrate with bold, metallic, luminous paint with strong and contrasting colour palettes. Through his observations of man-made structures and objects he shows us an alternative reality, just below the surface of our experiences.

Opening Reception: 6.30 – 8.30 pm 24 May 2012
Exhibition: 25 May – 17 June 2012

Collections
Granada TV, Cooper’s Lybrand Deloitte and various private collections: Switzerland, New York,
London, Barcelona, Singapore, and Brussels.

BICHA GALLERY © Colin McCallum - Index: Red Pink, Acrylic on canvas 2012

BICHA GALLERY © Colin McCallum - Circuit, Acrylic on canvas 2012

BICHA GALLERY © Colin McCallum - Interference: Gold Yellow Red, Acrylic on canvas 2012

Biography
1976-9 BA (Hons) Degree, Fine Art (Painting), Camberwell School of Art, London
1975-6 Art Foundation Course, Camberwell School of Art, London

Awards
London Arts Board Individual Artist’s Award

Selected Exhibitions
2011                      AAF Singapore, Bicha Gallery
                                TIAF 2011 Toronto International Art Fair, Bicha Gallery
                                AAF London Battersea, Bicha Gallery
                                AAF Bristol, Bicha Gallery
                                AAF New York, Bicha Gallery
                                Art Chicago, Bicha Gallery
                                AAF Brussels, Bicha Gallery
                                AAF Milan, Bicha Gallery

2010                      AAF Singapore, Bicha Gallery
                                AAF Amsterdam, Bicha Gallery
                                AAF London, Bicha Gallery

2009 Open Studios Freixas Building, L’Hospitalet, Barcelona

2008 Open Studios Freixas Building, L’Hospitalet, Barcelona

2007 Open Studios Freixas Building, L’Hospitalet, Barcelona

2006 Euro Star Cristal Palace Hotel, Barcelona (One-man exhibition)

2004 Tallers Oberts, organised by FAD, Cuitat Vella Barcelona
Creart Gallery, Barcelona

2003 Sala Gracia, Barcelona (One-man exhibition)

1999-2002 Represented by Si-Art. Art consultancy /internet gallery.
Leasing of large works to various corporate clients.

1998 “Vital Art”, London Arthouse, Atlantis Gallery, London
Art at Institute of Physics, Portland Place, London

1997 “The Motor Show” touring exhibition (Group show)
“The Fine Art Experience”, Atrium Gallery, Whiteley’s, London

1996 Gallery Duncan Terrace, Islington London (Group show)
“The Motor Show” touring exhibition (Group show)

1995 Gallery Duncan Terrace, Islington London (Group show)

New Opening: In Art Gallery proudly presents Oleg Timchenko’s “Auto Portrait”

artefuse — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:58:17 +0000

Adolf Hitler

Marilyn Monroe

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Janis Joplin

In Art Gallery (www.inartgallery.com) – New York’s premier art gallery representing the most sought after Georgian artists and their fine artwork – is proud to present “Auto Portrait,” a solo exhibition featuring new work by Georgian artist Oleg Timchenko. “Auto Portrait” will open on Wednesday, June 6 and will be on view at 25CPW Gallery, located at 25 Central Park West at 62^nd Street in New York City (www.25cpw.org) through Tuesday, June 12.

“Auto Portrait” is comprised of over a dozen paintings inspired by prominent figures that have greatly influenced society within the last century. Strategically intended to open prior to Father’s Day, the series of paintings from “Auto Portrait” will feature notorious automobiles that were once driven by legendary leaders and celebrities. From Janis Joplin and John F. Kennedy (pictured above) to Adolf Hitler and Marilyn Monroe, the series of artwork will feature automobiles along with a citation from the celebrities that once drove in them. This will be the second exhibition presentation from Oleg Timchenko in New York City, following his “Come Together” exhibit from fall 2011.

“I have been thinking about this concept for a long time and I am very proud to be exhibiting these pieces in June,” explains Oleg Timchenko. “The paintings in this particular exhibit are portraits of famed individuals, only they are not present in the paintings. Like they say dogs resemble their masters, I believe that every car resembles the personality and image of its owner. Marilyn Monroe, for example, once drove a vehicle that emulated her femininity and sex appeal, while someone like Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is known for his strength and sturdy build, has driven a Hummer. In my “Auto Portrait” exhibit you will see just that, automobile portraits resembling their celebrity counterpart accompanied by a quotation from them.”

“Georgian art is very eclectic, colorful and lively and unfortunately, the diverse style is not represented enough in the USA.”

“It is In Art Gallery’s mission to recognize and promote such unparalleled artists such as Oleg Timchenko and to realize the potential to attract a broad, culturally diverse audience,” adds Inna Elua and Teah Murvanidze, art curators and co-founders of In Art Gallery.

For over three decades, contemporary Georgian artist and co-founder of the 10^th Floor Group, Oleg Timchenko has never ceased to amaze audiences and art collectors worldwide. Born in Tbilisi, Georgia (former Soviet Union) in 1957, Oleg discovered his passion for the arts at a young age. In pursuing this passion, he graduated from The Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts, one of the oldest and largest art academies in Caucasus, Georgia, where he now teaches as a professor.

Oleg is notorious for his expressive, colorful paintings paired with meticulous attention to detail. In his artwork, he often recognizes symbolic, bizarre or dream-like objects, while his other paintings are of a more classical style.

Oleg Timchenko’s paintings have been exhibited all across Europe. His works are in the permanent collections of prestigious museums such as Tsaritsino Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow, Russia, Tbilisi Museum of Contemporary Art and Ludwig Museum, Budapest in Hungary and remain in private collections coveted by personal collectors such as Wolfgang Flatz, President Saakashvili, and Badri Patarkachishvili – among others.

For further information on Oleg Timchanko’s exhibit and location information, or to view his artwork from previous exhibits, please visit www.inartgallery.com.

“AUTO PORTRAIT”ART EXHIBIT, JUNE 6-12

Press Contact: Eda Kalkay

(212) 877-5551

Eda@EdaKalkay.com

Davenport & Shapiro Fine Arts Opens Summer Season with Emerging Contemporary Art Show

artefuse — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:15:01 +0000

Beast Infection by Eddie Rehm

Rising New York artists, Eddie Rehm and Emanuel Buckvar, will open the 2012 summer season at Davenport & Shapiro Fine Arts (www.davenportandshapiro.com) in an exhibition of cutting-edge contemporary art in its East Gallery.

“We are committed to bringing our clients high quality, but reasonably priced, investment grade art, not limited to one period. We feel both artists’ work is on-the-cusp,” says co-owner Howard Shapiro. “We were intrigued by the work of these two artists with distinct styles, one almost disturbingly energetic with his “Instant Gratification Abstract,” and the other … calming, for all its now almost classical allusions to the Abstract Expressionist tradition,” says his partner, Leonard Davenport, “Both artists call Long Island home, but, they have a raw, uncensored New York City feel.”

Eddie Rehm is one of the hottest new artists to emerge recently. His work has been described by one art critic as “a fusion of raw emotion, deliberately instinctual design, and art-medium experimentation.” He has participated in numerous solo and group gallery exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Pennsylvania, as well as a museum show in Las Vegas. He has recently been named as one of the International Contemporary Masters in the fifth annual juried competition.

Emanuel Buckvar’s expressive passion grew out of his love of his grandparents’ fantastic art collection. It led him to become an art dealer at a young age. “Buying and selling art, however,” he says, “was not enough to feed my love, so I decided to create my own.” His customers include serious private collectors. “In some sense, Buckvar could be considered an outsider artist,” says Davenport. “He has had no formal training, except by exposure to the art of others. His work, however, is very sophisticated.”

Davenport and Shapiro Fine Arts is located on the southern most walkway from Newtown Lane to the parking lot. Its four separate spaces include an eclectic selection of 20^th century paintings, sculpture, ceramics, and affordable works on paper.

Photos:
See attached images. You can also contact the artist representative listed below to acquire additional images.

Davenport & Shapiro

EAST HAMPTON, NY, USA

APRIL 15, 2012

Davenport & Shapiro Fine Arts Opens Summer Season with Emerging Contemporary Art Show

Davenport & Shapiro Fine Arts

37 Newtown Lane

East Hampton, NY 11931
631-604-5525

Exhibition Dates
SATURDAY, May 26, 2012 – Monday, June 18, 2012

Opening Reception
Saturday, May 26, 2012 5-8 pm

Closing Reception

Saturday, June 16, 2012 5-8 pm

Before Their Iconic Rise: Warhol & Indiana

artefuse — Sun, 13 May 2012 17:11:18 +0000

Andy Warhol in a field of black-eyed Susans photo by William John Kennedy

Andy Warhol holding an unrolled acetate of Marilyn Monroe by William John Kennedy

Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana at MoMA 1963 by William John Kennedy

Warhol with Self Portrait SB, Factory Fire Escape by William John Kennedy

Robert Indiana with LOVE by William John Kennedy

Andy Warhol with assistant Gerard Malanga filming Taylor Mead by William John Kennedy

The Pop Art movement was burgeoning and a photographer isolated two artists as its rising stars. Back in 1963, William John Kennedy focused his lens at the studios of Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana. As history has fated it to be, these two names are the bastions and icons of the genre.

More than 50 years later, unearthing a cardboard box kept in a closet, which was full of film negatives, contact sheets, and transparencies that Kennedy discovered them by chance as he was cleaning out to move to Florida. The world breathes a collective sigh of relief as this is a rare and historic look into the art world that doesn’t exist anymore but it is the stuff legends were made of.

Attending a brunch event on May 5, 2012 at Site/109 on the LES that Arte Fuse saw the photographs of Kennedy and heard a panel talk “Telling Tales: Warhol’s Friends Tell It Like It Is”. Eric Shinman, the president of the Andy Warhol Museum, moderated with the panel consisting of Ultra Violet, William John Kennedy and Taylor Mead. For a good hour or so anecdotes about Warhol meeting Kennedy and how this shutterbug had the rare opportunity to document Warhol at work in The Factory kept all entranced. “Andy” to his friends was undeniably a genius and bench marked an entire art movement into the realm of commercialism still co-opted or appropriated by present artists in some form. As much as he was a genius that he’s also a contradiction in terms. He’s an Angel and the Devil. He’s Generous and a Tightwad. He’s supremely a Genius and an Idiot. But nevertheless, his place in art history is held firm permanently.

Kennedy was fortunate to be assigned to document what was the raging art movement then, Pop Art. He remembered Warhol being intensely focused as an artist at work but a kindred soul who was generally reserved. In fact, Kennedy was the only photographer allowed to document the Americans 1963 exhibition at the MoMA, which included other legends like Oldenburg, Rosenquist and Lichtenstein. There was one shot that had a relaxed Warhol and Indiana basking in their first glimpse of artistic legend limelight. Kennedy went on to take iconic pictures of Warhol holding up a Marilyn Monroe acetate and Indiana with his LOVE artwork. Both of these are iconic works that defined the movement.

Consider it fortuitous that the pictures were rediscovered in good condition and now ready to share to the world. Before they were famous, they were just working artists but their passion transcended past the silver gelatin prints.

Before They Were Famous: Behind the Lens of William John Kennedy
On View: April 19 – May 29,, 2012
Gallery Hours: Wednesday to Sunday (12 – 6 pm), Monday & Tuesday by appt.
Site/109. 109 Norfolk Street (between Rivington & Delancey) NYC, NY 10002

article by: Oscar A. Laluyan

Courtney Makes You Feel Her Love

artefuse — Sun, 13 May 2012 02:50:51 +0000

Dont You Know Who I Am 2012 by Coutney Love

You! Are A Very Bad Liar, 2011 by Courtney Love

Post Mortem, 2011 by Courtney Love

Room 9, 2011 by Courtney Love

Guests feel the LOVE at Fred Torres Collaborations

Drawing reveals the interior motives of the artist. It shows the breadth of technique and also the emotion in every pencil stroke. At times, it is even employed as a form of therapeutic expression. On May 3, 2012 the artist, Courtney Love, had over 45 works featured at Fred Torres Collaborations, and it debuts her foray into the art world. Yes, the famed musician and actress bared a lot in her first exhibition “And She’s Not Even Pretty”.

Arte Fuse came to the opening reception and was told early on that the infamous Courtney Love won’t be able to attend that night. One can speculate the reasons and roll their eyes but at the end of the day, it’s what’s up on the wall that matters. I had to be considerate to look past Courtney Love’s celebrity persona and view her work as that of a person creating her art.

Raw and Emotional. These are two words that immediately come up when you gaze upon her drawings. They have female figures in them that are either self-portraits or a representation of a character. Done mainly in colored pencils, markers, pastels, and watercolors that each piece is a stark depiction of a woman’s innate desire to love and be loved. Mixed in with her drawings are written texts, lines of poetry and thought provoking musical lyrics. There are also white tattered dresses as installations with red markings or embroidered messages that defile the virginal symbolism of the said garment. Love is stark and effusive in her narrative. The females as central figures in her renderings morph from defiant, anguished, emboldened, tattered, formidable and totally damaged. Love does not take the middle road at all. Instead, she goes for the jugular and slashes at the artery to burst forth the emotion of the drawing as brutally honest.

Perhaps this is the real opportunity to see her work and come away understanding more of her as a person and not the notorious celebrity pictured in your head. It is absolutely difficult for Love to shake off the publicly famous persona that follows her like a shadow. However, in the stark and naked artworks that she has presented in this exhibition that you’re able to take a peek behind the tattered but beautiful curtain and see her for being the girl who yearns to love and be loved. Even when she’s not feeling that pretty, it is quite beautiful when Courtney Love’s soul is laid bare to those who opt to see beyond what they know about her.

Courtney Love: And She’s Not Even Pretty

On View: May 3 – June 15, 2012

Gallery Hours: Monday to Saturday (10 am – 6 pm)

Fred Torres Collaborations. 527 W 29th Street, 3^rd Floor. New York, NY 10001

article by: Oscar A. Laluyan

Tech Tools for the Art World

artefuse — Sat, 12 May 2012 17:01:22 +0000

Tech Tools for the Art World is a panel discussion being held at General Assembly which is located at 902 Broadway on the 4th Floor. Tickets and more information are available at: http://techtoolsandart.eventbrite.com/

Complementary vodka cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served.

Featured Panelists:

Tucker Neel: Vice President of GYSY-Ink & a Los Angeles based artist, freelance writer, & independant curator.

Jonathan Munar: Director of Digital Media and Strategy at Art21.

Dogan Perese: Founder and CEO of Gallerist. Caroline Green: Partner and Director of Business Development at IvanExpert.

The past decade of technological advances has provided tools to expedite and simplify everyday life. With these changes it has become more important than ever for artists to utilize these tools to find creative solutions in presenting their work; dramatically changing the way artists interact with the community, and their art object.

Please join us for a thoughtful panel discussion moderated by Annika Connor, which will focus on the place of technology as an alternative vehicle for creating, promoting, showing, and selling art. Artists are no longer confined to the studio or gallery.

We will discuss how new media has become crucial to an artist’s identity, and how exciting in-studio technology tools can now deliver innovative ways to capture, create, and promote artwork. Come learn with us about these exciting new advances. This panel will be illuminating to artists, tech developers, and collectors alike!

Featured panelists include innovators, purveyors, and artists whose everyday work is revolutionizing the way the world interacts with art. We are interested in exploring how new advances in technology are providing the general public with new ways to learn and gain a more global understanding of art around the world. We welcome the audiences comments and participation at what is bound to be an interesting and informative night for all.

Panelists Bios:

Tucker Neel: is an artist, freelance writer, and independent curator living and working in Los Angeles, CA. Embracing a heterogeneous practice, Neel utilizes drawing, painting, sculpture, video, installation, and online communication to create works that investigate questions of allegiance, memory, and collective experience. You can see his archived projects at tuckerneel.com.

Neel holds an MFA from Otis College of Art and Design and a BA in Art History and Visual Arts from Occidental College. He has exhibited work in Los Angeles and across the country in venues such as Commissary Arts, Samuel Freeman, Bonnelli Contemporary, Control Room, D-Block Projects, LA Freewaves, and well as in various site-specific exhibitions in public spaces. As a curator he has organized exhibitions for The Regent Galleries, the Bolsky Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design, Highways Gallery in Santa Monica, and GATE Projects in Glendale, CA. His work has been reviewed in publications such as the The L.A. Times, L.A. City Beat newspaper, The Tennessean, Art Week, The Nashville Scene, artforum.com, and on Flavorpill.com.

He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Communication Arts, Liberal Arts & Sciences, and MFA Graphic Design departments at Otis College of Art & Design. He is Vice President of GYST-Ink, an artist-run company offering professional practices software and services to artists. For more info visit www.gyst-ink.com. Neel is also resident curator and Project Manager for GATE Projects, which places art in otherwise vacant storefronts in Glendale, CA (gateprojects.org)

He is a Contributing Editor for Artillery Magazine in Los Angeles, CA and is the Los Angeles correspondent for ART LIES in Houston, TX, and Artpulse Magazine in Miami, FL. Neel’s writings have also appeared in Art Lies Magazine, ARTPULSE Magazine, might be good…, the LA Alternative Press, and X-Tra Magazine. You can read his writings at tuckerneel.wordpress.com.

In 2010, Neel founded 323 Projects. 323 Projects is an art gallery that exists solely as a voicemail system and website. To visit 323 Projects simply call (323) 843-4652 or (323)TIE-IN-LA. You can also visit the 323 Projects website at 323projects.com. 323 Projects exists to provide a dispersed, peripatetic, and constantly accessible venue for artists of all kinds. The artists involved with 323 Projects provide, create, or perform works that can be appreciated in bits and pieces, and at more than one time, in both public and private spaces, by an unseen, yet omnipresent, local and international audience.

Jonathan Munar: is the Director of Digital Media and Strategy at Art21, managing the organization’s Web initiatives, strategies, and overall presence, as well as the organization’s social media and digital marketing activities. Jonathan is the editor the “Art 2.1″ column on the Art21 Blog, which explores the uses of social and Web-based technologies by artists, museums, and other relevant arts organizations and individuals. Before joining Art21, Jonathan was the Website Technology Manager at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, responsible for various aspects of maintaining and advancing the museum’s Web and new media initiatives. Jonathan holds a B.A. in computer science from Fordham University.

Art21 is a nonprofit dedicated to engaging audiences with contemporary visual art, to inspiring creative thinking, and to educating a new generation about artists working today. Over the past decade, Art21 has established itself as the preeminent resource on contemporary art and artists through the production of documentary films, including the Peabody Award-winning PBS television series “Art in the Twenty-First Century,” online short-format films, and resources for educators.

In the Tech Tools for the Art World panel, Jonathan will discuss his experiences from 10 years of being a technologist for the arts, including work with both Art21 and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Dogan Perese: Founder and CEO of Gallerist. Gallerist is an integrated web platform specifically designed to meet the needs of art world professionals. By empowering art fairs, galleries, institutions and arts organizations with better technological resources, Gallerist provides them a stronger and more convenient bridge to interact with global collectors.

Implementing such features as high resolution scalable images, automated digital catalogues, online inventory and collection maintenance applications, purchase processing, Skype, private messaging and a secure, client-customizable viewing platform for images and video art, Gallerist aims to enhance the way people exhibit, experience, and exchange art around the world.

Caroline Green: Partner and Director of Business Development at IvanExpert. IvanExpert provides Mac, iPhone, and iPad support for small businesses and home users in New York City. Founded in 2002 by former Apple engineer Ivan Drucker, IvanExpert offers onsite help with a range of Apple computer and mobile issues, including sync of documents, calendars, and contacts; running Windows software on the Mac; server setup and management; and Exchange email on the Mac. The company is a member of the Apple Consultants Network.

Caroline joined IvanExpert in August 2007. Her managerial, business, and sales skills were honed in the publishing industry, where she worked for over a decade, most recently as the head of North American Sales, Marketing, and Publicity for illustrated book publisher Phaidon Press. Her background in the arts began in high school, when she worked for the office of Michael Graves, Architect. She later received her BA in Art History from Wesleyan University. She has been using a Mac since 1986.

As a part of this conversation Caroline will discuss iPads as a tool for promoting and selling art, and the ways artists and galleries can best use the iPad as a sales vehicle.

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CAROLE FEUERMAN’S SURVIVAL OF SERENA MAKES A SPLASH IN PETROSINO SQUARE

artefuse — Sat, 12 May 2012 16:23:46 +0000

CAROLE FEUERMAN’S SURVIVAL OF SERENA MAKES A SPLASH IN PETROSINO SQUARE PHOTO BY ALVARO CORZO

Parks & Recreation is pleased to announce the opening of Carole Feuerman’s exhibition Survival of Serena in Petrosino Square, the lively intersection of SoHo, Little Italy, and Chinatown. Located on the northern corner of this recently renovated park, the sculpture will be on view from May 20 through September 23, 2012. An unveiling will take place on Sunday, May 20, at 12:30 p.m. with a reception and artist lecture to follow at Jim Kempner Fine Art at 1:30 p.m.

Petrosino Square offers respite from the heavily trafficked streets and sidewalks of New York City and Feuerman works to achieve a similar effect in her sculpture by capturing peaceful moments that are universally appealing. This tranquil swimmer resting in a dripping inner tube offers the public the opportunity to pause, even just for a moment, engaged and inspired by what stands before them. Survival of Serena seems like a moment frozen in time and exceeds the bounds of mere mimicry to become a larger than life symbol that invites us to consider our physicality and our own stories and commonalities.

Originally debuted in painted resin at the 2007 Venice Biennale, Survival of Serena was named in honor of Venice’s former name La Serenissima, which literally means ‘the most/very serene’, a theme which transverses much of Feuerman’s body of work. The sculpture went on to win first prize in the Beijing Biennale the following year. The artist has chosen Petrosino Square to unveil her new bronze Survival of Serena for the first time given its proximity to many cultural institutions and diverse neighborhoods.

Carole A. Feuerman was born in Hartford, Connecticut but has lived and worked in New York her entire life. Known for her hyperrealistic sculptures of swimmers and bathers, Feuerman’s prolific career spans four decades and across a variety of media including bronze, resin and marble. Survival of Serena is the first of a series of new monumental painted bronze sculptures by the artist.

Mana Contemporary will have two trucks traversing the city highlighting the exhibition this summer.

Parks’ public art program has consistently fostered the creation and installation of temporary public art in parks throughout the five boroughs. Since 1967, collaborations with arts organizations and artists have produced hundreds of public art projects in New York City parks.

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Contact: Vickie Karp / Tara Kiernan

(212) 360-1311

Image Credit: Carole Feuerman, Survival of rendering, courtesy of the artist

Venus over Manhattan

artefuse — Sat, 12 May 2012 16:01:24 +0000

Venus Over Manhattan photo by David Quan

Venus Over Manhattan photo by David Quan

Venus Over Manhattan photo by David Quan

a new exhibition space created by art collector and writer Adam Lindemann, will open to the public in New York City on May 9, 2012 with the inaugural exhibition À rebours. Including several dozen works of art spanning the 19th century to the present, this show will remain on view through June 30th.

The exhibition takes its title from Joris-Karl Huysmans’ 1884 anti-novel “À rebours” known in English either as “against the grain” or “against nature.” This tale of fin-de-siècle decadence tells the story of the Duc Jean des Esseintes, an eccentric aristocrat who recoils from the manners and values of conservative Parisian society and flees to the countryside to immerse himself in art collecting and exotic fetishism.

À rebours at Venus over Manhattan explores the notion of “against the grain” through a selection of more than 50 works including African fetishes. The artists represented range from Odilon Redon – the favorite of the book’s protagonist – to Henri Fuseli, Gustave Moreau, Felicien Rops, Franz von Stuck, Lucas Samaras, William Copley, Jeff Koons, Glenn Brown, Salvador Dali, Walter Dahn, David Hammons and Bernard Buffet, as well as Jeni Spota, Andra Ursuta and Gavin Kenyon.

The exhibition is accompanied by a free ‘zine, available in print at the gallery and here.

May 10 − June 30, 2012

Opening: May 9, 10PM

Venus Over Manhattan photo by David Quan

Venus Over Manhattan photo by David Quan

Venus Over Manhattan photo by David Quan

The Drawing Room at the Milavec Hakimi Gallery

artefuse — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:02:12 +0000

The Drawing Room opens at Milavec Hakimi Gallery

Maria Kreyn showing at Milavec Hakimi Gallery

Curators Dina Brodsky, Karl Koett and Tun Myaing at their opening for "The Drawing Room"

The Drawing Room opens at Milavec Hakimi Gallery

On May 8, 2012, the Milavec Hakimi Gallery hosted the opening reception for The Drawing Room, a salon-style show curated by Dina Brodsky, Karl Koett and Tun Myaing featuring the personal manuscripts and collected drawings of a select group of 30 emerging artists.

In centuries past, the drawing room was a place to withdraw from the tumult of daily life with one’s closest associates. After a more crowded gathering, a host’s inner circle of confidantes would meet there to escape the small talk and formalities barring the real conversation. In this spirit, the drawing room creates a space for the viewer and artist both to exchange those stories and ideas ordinarily saved for more treasured company. The Drawing Room, invites you aside from the general conversation to a more intimate discussion.

Thus, The Drawing Room pulled gallery-goers into the artists’ inner circle. Eschewing the stark white background of the traditional gallery, the salon’s burgundy, gold-leafed walls make for a cozier, more intimate setting to converse and admire the drawings. This intimate atmosphere is essential, according to curator Dina Brodsky. “Drawings offer a window into the innermost workings of an individual creative process, a glimpse into an artist’s most confidential thoughts. The show is a chance to witness the raw, unedited undercurrents that lead from inspiration to a completed work of art,” she explained.

Indeed, the drawings range from the meticulously detailed water ripples of Grayson Ronk’s After It’s All Over to ghostly tableaus of James Adelman’s ethereal women. Some of the drawings capture moments of candid reality, such as the tired but determined elderly gentleman in Steve Foster’s Leaders of Men 2. Others dip further into the imagination, such as in Matthew Conner’s anthropomorphic Crocodile Halberdier and Melanie Vote’s eerie, desolate scene in Ruins in Refuge. Still, some of the most personal images are captured in a display of sketchbooks containing fragments of the artists’ private worlds, as seldom seen outside the studio. The books were among the most popular elements of the show, with visitors teeming and crowding at the table for a chance to flip through the pages.

One of The Drawing Room’s most striking components is its antique curiosities table. Nestled in the corner of the gallery, this installation piece showcases a collection of unusual objects and items that have inspired, intrigued or provoked the artists over the years. Several blank notebooks and drawing istruments are arranged in the center, enticing gallery-goers to try their own hand at drawing. The record of the artist’s journey inspires the viewer to go on one of their own, as they discover their personal muse amongst the curios displayed.

The Drawing Room calls on viewers to observe both the art and the process, to perceive creative progression from a new angle. It shines a light on the significance of drawing in the evolution of an artwork and invites audiences to find their own inspiration, tracing the steps of that process and supplying images for all to enjoy.

The Drawing Room is open through May 22^nd at the Milavec Hakimi Gallery, 51 Cooper Square, New York, NY 10003.

Article by: Lidia Arshavsky

The Drawing Room opens at Milavec Hakimi Gallery

http://www.milavechakimiart.com/