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I am painting the body as vehicle, simple forms with wheels or wings. These forms often appear inflated as with inhaled breath. The background encases these forms in a floating ungrounded space. These car, train, rocketand plane-like forms imply movement yet their energy is still, reflective and contemplative. These forms are single, twinned or shadowed, [...]
Linda Tharp – Bloom: paintings and monotypes
a solo exhibition at Sweet Lorraine Gallery
April 7-29
Reception with wine and hors d’oeuvre Saturday, April 14, 6-8 pm
“Efflorescence,” (detail) monotype, 2011
Bloom can be flowering, soft petals pushing through the hard casing of a bud. It is also the bloom of [...]
Joseph Meloy (b. 1982, New York City) has coined the term Vandal Expressionism, to tag his personal post-graffiti spin on the abstract expressionism of the 40′s and 50′s. Incorporating some of the more primal elements of graffiti, Vandal Expressionism utilizes the same iconography of damage and intrusion as street art, but turns the calligraphic scribbles [...]
Artist Statement
These works are composed with handmade pigments-a ferromagnetic material which is colored and then cast on linen backed by a magnetic field. Each piece has a unique color play. The paintings have actual magnetic lines that run through the pigments before they are fixed. The resulting image is like a fossil of [...]
Artist Statement
I paint the things around us: fruits and vegetables, household items, toys, all the objects of everyday life. I also have a series on candies and their wrappers, focusing on their translucency and reflections. In all these paintings, my emphasis is on light, color, texture and atmosphere.
All paintings are available, except those [...]
Manetamed is a multi-purpose venue located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It operates as a hair salon, and has exhibited a wide variety of visual artists amongst a setting of music, installation and performance. The upcoming gallery opening will celebrate Manetamed’s art show entitled “Human,” which features the visual art of several contemporary artists. The opening will [...]
ART 101 will exhibit the respective works of Nicola Ginzel and Chester Nielsen, artists whose process is both visible and coherent. CRITICAL PATH opens on February 17 and runs through March 18. The opening reception is from 6 to 9 on February 17.
The exhibition reveals each artist’s CRITICAL PATH — from photographs of corners [...]
