On The Road

Had to visit BronxArtSpace this weekend to pick up some work that was in a recent show, so I decided to hit a couple of thrift stores in the area. I'm in search of much needed materials for a new circle piece I just started working on in the studio.

The first stop was at the Catholic Charities Community Thrift Store on E. 152nd St. The actual block the store was on turned out to be closed, for what appeared to be a block party, so parking was a challenge. After circling the area for a while with my partner in tow, I was finally able to park the car, in front of this beautiful building that turned out to be the Bronx Documentary Center.

BDC was founded in 2011 as a non-profit gallery and educational space devoted to documentary projects from around the globe! Coincidentally, the founder Michael Kamber will have 30 portraits on display at BronxArtSpace in a upcoming show titled Portraits of Survival.

Had a sneak peek at some of his work when we stopped in at BronxArtsSpace and these intimate photographs from conflict zones around the world were breathtaking! It opens on Wednesday, August 14th and he's also showing the photographic landscapes he made in the South Bronx during the 1980's.

When I finally did make it over to where the thrift store was located I found out it was no longer in business. Not a total loss though because being able to discover this new section of the Bronx and the BDC was well worth the trip.

After getting back in the car the next stop was the Salvation Army Thrift Store on 3rd Avenue. Have been there before, on one other occasion, and discovered it to be a gem for finding old record album covers for my work. Was not disappointed during this visit either and walked out with two large bags full of records!

Sold a piece from the show at the BronxArtSpace, discovered the Bronx Documentary Center and found some much needed collage materials... overall I would say it was a pretty good trip!

Art From The Boros

Recent work to be included in a group show at Denise Bibro Fine Art in NYC. Opening reception on November 15, 2012 from 5 - 9 PM and running through January 5, 2013. Closing reception on Thursday, December 20 from 6 - 8 PM.

PRESS RELEASE:

Denise Bibro Fine Art is excited to share a fresh, unique opportunity to view untapped talent just within our backyards. Art From the Boros will be on view November 15 through January 5, 2013. From some five hundred submissions for an open call for talented unaffiliated artists in all the Boros, Denise Bibro Fine Art narrowed the pool to some fifty artists. Subsequently we pound the pavements, including studios in Williamsburg, by the water in Redhook, and the old Army Terminal in Gowanus, Bed Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Ditmas Park, Long Island City, and Astoria, just to name a few to narrow our pickings to thirty six artists.

These thirty plus artists’ works are diverse in mediums, social and aesthetic content. They come from diverse socio and economic backgrounds. Regardless of their histories, upbringings and economic circumstance they persevere and revel their New York environment. Art is one of their primary focuses and concerns. In this exhibition you will see both bought and recycled materials, drawing to the max, various examples of collaged and assemblage materials, works with political and social content and more.

In a world that often projects galleries as being jaded and inaccessible we are demonstrating that we are one that values and shares the desire to keep up with the bustling creativity all around us. Our experience in these past weeks clearly illustrates that one should always be open to opening the box, to venturing in and to informing one’s visual vocabulary – if only to appreciate and understand what one likes from the start or to be brave enough to inform and broaden ones world and visual horizons. We challenge the viewer to be open, have fun …..Seek and you shall find.

Artists: Wayne Adams, Christopher Arabadjis, LaThoriel Badenhausen, Jaclyn Brown, Kenneth Burris, Glenn Fischer, Julia Forrest, Kyle Gallup, Emma Gluckman, Ellen Grossman, Bernard Klevickas, Rachel Kohn, Luiza Kurzyna, David Lavine, Deanna Lee, Kathy Levine, Anthony Locane, David Maddy, Mike Nemire, Leah Oates, Carol Oberst, Iviva Olenick, Yupin Pramotepipop, Elizabeth Riley, Suzanne Scott, Viviane Silvera, Barry Steely, Jeff Sundheim, Soonae Tark, Tyrome Salvatore Tripoli, Matthew Trygve Tung, Susan Tunick, Katie Urban, Jackie Weisberg, Jesse Lee Wilson, and Jennifer Young. 

For more information call 212 647 7030, email info@denisebibrofineart.com, or visit www.denisebibrofineart.com

Bound to Printed Material

Work to be included in a group show at The Howland Public Library at 313 Main St., Beacon, NY. Opening reception on October 13th, 2012 from 4-6 pm.

PRESS RELEASE: 

September 10, 2012 – Beacon, NY – The Howland Public Library, in collaboration with independent curator Theresa Goodman, is pleased to present their first exhibition of fine art in new gallery spaces. In what will be a rotating series of art shows, the Howland Public Library will now be showcasing the work of local artists. To kick off this exciting new venture, the library is hosting Bound to Printed Matter, a group show focusing on artists who use printed books as an inspiration, a resource, and as art material.

A book can mean different things to different people. It is a wealth of ideas, an escape for the mind, a springboard to another life. Some visual artists take their art and turn it into books while others take books and turn them into art. Books are an inspiration, a material, and a medium. The works included in Bound to Printed Matter are by a wide variety of artists who are inspired by the book as a medium in their visual art practice.

It seems natural for the Howland Public Library to begin its new venture into the visual arts with a show about how printed book continues to be a muse. Bound to Printed Matter features the work of thirteen diverse artists. For this inaugural show the artists have been chosen from a nationwide call that is curated by a Beacon resident. The participating artists are:  Mitsuko Brooks, Kathy Bruce, Joy Drury Cox, Glenn Fischer, Nicole Foran, Theresa Gooby, Soyeun Kim, Ramon Lascano, Jessica Maffia, Ryan Sarah Murphy, and Jessica Smith Owens.

Bound to Printed Matter will be on view from October 13th-December 2nd. All are welcome to attend the opening reception from 4-6pm on Saturday October 13th at the Howland Public Library, 313 Main St., Beacon NY. Call 845-831-1134 for more info.

Theresa Goodman is an independent curator who lives in Beacon. She is the founder and director of Beacon Open Studios. www.beaconopenstudios.org

RE-MADE at BronxArtSpace

New work to be included in a group show at the BronxArtSpace in the Bronx, NY. The opening reception of RE-MADE is on Wednesday, May 9th from 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.

From the Press Release: BronxArtSpace is pleased to present RE-MADE, an exhibition of imaginative conversations of objects and materials beautifully realized re-formed. The unusual media, juxtapositions and refined technique distinguish the work of these five artists from the Bronx.

Artists in RE-MADE include:

Cary Clark
Glenn Fischer
Michelle Frick
Sean Paul Gallegos
Susan Hoeltzel

New Work

Turnabout
2011
Collage on Panel

A sneak peek at one of five new pieces to be included in my upcoming show opening on Friday, January 27th @ ArtsWestchester!

Worth Taking A Look

The Jack Fischer Gallery, one of my favorite west coast galleries, has an exhibition called "The Collage Show" that recently opened. Works by John Hudt, David King and Val Britton all stand out as favorites!

Full Circle at Sara Nightingale Gallery

New work to be included in a group show at Sara Nightingale Gallery in Water Mill, NY (The Hamptons).

The opening reception of Full Circle is on Saturday, June 4th from 6 - 8 p.m.

The exhibition is both a roundup and a reunion, and will emphasize the geometric form whose locus of points is equidistant from a given point. Among the highlights and new to the gallery is Barry Underwood, from Cleveland, Ohio, whose photograph, Parade Field is a documentation of an installation he created in the Headlands Center for the Arts during a residency there. Barry recently won a Focus Project award as well as the Cleveland Arts Prize. Alicia Lachance, also new to the gallery from St. Louis, will be appearing in the upcoming Midwest Edition of New American Paintings. The jurors were Julie Rodrigues Widhom and Pamela Alper, curators from the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Glenn Fischer of NYC uses paper from vintage books and magazines that he finds in thrift stores to construct his collages.

Artists in Full Circle include:

Malin Abrahamsson
Bill Armstrong
Peter Buchman
Perry Burns
Michael Chiarello
Eric Dever
Cara Enteles
Glenn Fischer
Grant Haffner
Yong Jo Ji and Anna Anatasova
James Jennedy
Alicia Lachance
Christian Little
Christa Maiwald
Karyn Mannix
Alexis Martino
Steve Miller
Lindsay Morris
Vlad Po
Maggie Simonelli
Joseph Stabilito
Barry Underwood
Jeremy Wagner
Gus Yero

Adam Lister Gallery – Group Show

I have two pieces of work included in a group show titled "Unfamiliar Territories" at the Adam Lister Gallery, Jan 14, 2011 - Feb 21, 2011.

Press Release:

Adam Lister Gallery is pleased to present our first exhibition of 2011, a group show featuring 15 artists, titled “Unfamiliar Territories”.

This exhibit brings together a group of artists that have a common ground of questioning our perceptions of the world within their work. Through modifying, investigating, and engaging in exploration for the purpose of discovery, each artist has formulated their own unique system of communication. The work in this show treads a fine line on the border of reality and imagination, incorporating elements and attributes from both sides. Visual language for these artists is not only a transmission of personal culture, but also a window into alternative views of the universe.

The artists exhibiting in “Unfamiliar Territories”, view the world through a combination of comparisons, calculations, schemes, concepts and recipes. They take the familiar and the obvious, and through a process of reformulation, present it as curious and unfamiliar. This reinterpretation defines itself as a pure, non-functional object introduced into the world through the mind and eyes of the artist.

Artists: Anna Jane Kocon, Bobby Coleman, Chris Duerk, Craig Hill, Eric Bos, Gail Vollrath, Geoff Ault, Glenn Fischer, Gwynneth VanLaven, Michelle Valenton, Phillip Scarpone, Sabine Carlson, Stephanie Rond, Steve Wanna, Travis Childers

For questions:
Email - adamlistergallery@gmail.com
T#- 646.263.7305

Adam Lister Gallery
3950 University Drive
*entrance on North St between University Dr. and Rt.123
Fairfax VA 22030

The Year in Art

The Year in Art

Book Release

Gestalten Publishing - a book publisher specialized in art and design books - is in the process of researching for a new book compilation about contemporary collage. The book will be co-edited by James Gallagher, who organized the Cutters exhibition in New York a while ago. They saw my work and contacted me to say they would be happy to feature it in the book. (Hell Yeah!) Release of the book is due to take place in Spring 2011. (I'll keep you posted)

I recently started realizing just how much of an opportunity this book release is... not only to introduce my work to a much larger audience, but also for me to start engaging with my creative self by producing physical work again.

Opportunities come and go throughout our life.

Sometimes we are afraid where they will take us, so we do nothing and let them pass us by. Other times we risk engaging with the possibly they seem to offer, step out of our comfort zone, and discover a part of ourselves we never knew existed. And still other times, we participate in the opportunity presented and end up loosing everything.... or so it seems.

A good friend once told me that every mistake in life is an opportunity for us to grow. If we adopt that perspective, we have nothing to lose.

I will not let this opportunity slip through my hands!