Artists respond to the work of Ray Johnson in a group show. Exhibition includes Joe Bradley, Dan Colen, Leo Fitzpatrick, Ray Johnson, Hanna Liden, Nate Lowman, Adam McEwen, Josh Smith and Dash Snow. The show runs from August 1—September 7, 2011 at Half Gallery located on 208 Forsyth Street, NYC.

Orchard Windows Gallery had a fantastic opening last night for the “Massive Group Show” curated by Dino Eli. The group show included all types of works and it was displayed salon style. The crowd got there early, and by 7:30, the place was packed with people all over the street. It seems like LES [...]

The Dorian Grey Gallery presents a show of paintings by three Brooklyn contemporaries: Jake Nelson, Matt Harvill, and Petros Pappalas. They create figurative work that reaches people and people can reach. Jake, from Oregon, discovers universal truths hidden in rectangles of canvas. Matt, from Texas, brings mythological figures down to earth, full bodied. [...]

Displeased with the rigid and competitive world of his youth, Hiromitsu Kuroo set foot in the realm of art, where creativity, individuality, and self-expression are embraced with acknowledgement. As a Japanese expatriate in New York, Kuroo constantly struggles with his cultural identity and current existence in a foreign country, but attempts to bridge [...]

This first retrospective of drawings by the contemporary American artist Richard Serra (b. 1939) presents a comprehensive overview of some forty years of his drawing activity. It traces the development of drawing as an art form independent from yet linked to his sculptural practice. Drawing for Serra has always played a crucial role [...]

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ARTIST STATEMENT

Visual art is a manifestation of the whole in a particular, an attempt to frame the chaos. I strive to create images that penetrate through walls of enculturation and artificially constructed otherness. The beautiful is recognized viscerally; feelings need no verbal explanation. I want to strip the [...]

Great Opening for Warped Innovation curated by Kaliptus Arts at Jersey Ink Tatoo & Body Piercing.

Honey Space presents Panties For Diamonds  -  A Psychodramatic Audition For Love In The Age Of Abandonment, the New York debut of collaborative team INNER COURSE. In this installation and three-act performance, Ms. Kleinpeter and Ms. Lopez flirt with antiquated methods of psychological inquiry within an environment generated by their analysis of the Other. Herein [...]

Pete Souza is the Chief Official White House Photographer for President Obama, as well as the Director of the White House photo office. Souza has unprecedented access to photograph the President at both work and play. Souza states: “My primary role is to visually document his presidency for history. I do that with the experience [...]

Vincent Zambrano’s latest work is a modest yet cogent potrayal of the human experience. This short film presents the emotional progression that the main character James, Otto Sanchez, goes through upon seeing the body of his wife in their bedroom, the result of a mysterious suicide.

Being an avid viewer of feature length films, I [...]

 If I could distill this artist statement down to a few words it would be this, “Jack Berkowitz likes to draw pictures of people.” And he loves to do it on paper, the larger the better. I’ve been making drawings and paintings for nearly 50 years. Almost all of them have been of people, mostly [...]

ArtStar.com announces their first pop-up show in their unique gallery space on the Lower East Side. Featuring the work of six artist couples exploring the influence they have on each other, each artist will present a work that reflects, either consciously or unconsciously, the influence of their partner. The show includes photography, painting, drawing, sculpture, [...]