| | | | There are 8 shows closing in the next 7 daysKISEOK KIM Closing Sunday June 2
Hionas Gallery is pleased to present
Substitution, the latest solo
exhibition from Kiseok Kim. This
body of work is a continuation of the
artist’s signature Plastics series, and
will be supplemented by his large
scale, air brushed self-portrait (2009)
that is equally impressive in both
scale and detail. Substitution will take
place at the gallery’s LES location
from May 9 to June 2, 2013.
When observing a portrait it is
commonplace to discover an
emotional passage unfolding,
stem... ...more
LUDMILA ARISTOVA Closing Saturday May 25Recent fiber and mixed media work exploring the artist’s vision of three cities.
A graduate of Moscow Textile Institute, Ludmila Aristova came to fiber art after a career in fashion design. Aristova’s work is included in collections of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, International Quilt Study Center & Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska, and the All Russia Museum of Applied and Decorative Art in Moscow, as well as numerous private collections in United States, Canada, Asia and Europe.
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| | | | | There are 5 receptions in the next 14 daysOLIVER VERNON Reception Thursday May 30, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmJoshua Liner Gallery is pleased to present Renegade Trajectories, an exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Oliver Vernon. This is Vernon’s third solo show with the gallery, and the artist will be present at the opening reception on May 30.
Combining elements of landscape painting, figuration, and abstraction, Vernon’s practice pushes all of these categories beyond easy distinction, creating a hybrid visual language all his own. “The picture plane is a continuum of give and take,” ... ...more
MALKA INBAL Reception Thursday May 30, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmRusted metal sheets, their shapes squashed and deformed, are exposed as a pathological testimony to the end of life. Using screened light as her paintbrush, Inbal creates and photographs mysteriously evocative forms emerging from densely complicated shadows.
Inbal: "After coming back from a vacation I called my family as I always do. Unfortunately, all I heard was about health problems… It seamed like everybody was preoccupied with them.
When my parents passed away I was quite young, I fel... ...more
ADEREMI ADEGBITE, ADE ADEKOLA, AKINTUNDE AKINLEYE, UCHE JAMES IROHA, CHRISS ... Reception Thursday May 30, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm.
Skoto Gallery is pleased to present a group exhibition of photographic works by ten Nigerian artists who are among a new generation of African photographers that explore unique visions, strong emotional and aesthetic perspectives to tell their own stories and challenge assumptions about the African continent. Each of the artists is widely traveled and well exposed to Western art modernism both by training and contact. Each represents a resonant voice, one that achieves it's own distinction an... ...more
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| | | | There are 4 shows opening in the next 7 daysFREDERIC EDWIN CHURCH, SANFORD ROBINSON GIFFORD, WINSLOW HOMER, EASTMAN JOHN... Opening Monday May 27Because the American Civil War threatened both the founding principles and the viability of the republic, the nation’s entire population was deeply affected by the conflict and its outcome. The major loan exhibition The Civil War and American Art considers how American artists responded to the Civil War and its aftermath. Landscapes and genre scenes—more than traditional history paintings—captured the war’s impact on the American psyche. The exhibition traces the trajectory of the conflict: unea... ...more
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