BE THEREA Collective Exhibition: Contemporary Art at its BestPresented by Agora Gallery June 3, 2006- June 23, 2006Reception: June 8, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmHarry C. Doolittle, Ta Barbanakova, James Reed, Massimo Turlinelli, Justin Weeks, Hala Amini, Alayne Dickey, Lieve Goeminne, Marie Kavadias, Vincenzo John Maiello
Agora Gallery, located at 530 W. 25th St. in Chelsea, is pleased to present A Collective Exhibition: Contemporary Art at its Best. The exhibition presents abstract, impressionistic, minimalist and surrealist works by artists from all over the world. American artist Harry C. Doolittle’s unique synergy of glass, acrylics, aluminum and brass leaf creates richly textured, scintillate compositions, noted for their playful, yet disciplined approach to color and shape. In an impressionistic dappling of blue shadows, rose-colored light, and soft hues of green and yellow, Russian artist Ta Barbanakova paints scenes that are more whimsical and dreamy than realistic, like vignettes from a classic tale recounted generation to generation. Heavily influenced by modern giants including Pollock and Warhol, Trey James Reed’s work is abstract in style and approach with a tone that is purely spiritual. The outcome is a collection of cathartic paintings all can appreciate. Italian scholar and abstract painter Massimo Turlinelli uses an age-old technique in polychrome pencil using primary colors in order to achieve exact space and format within a millimeter in the universality of the golden section ratio. British artist Justin Weeks's atmospheric paintings are an exciting departure from the mundane world into a space that is both creatively challenging and unexpectedly lovely. Hala Amini proudly belongs to the “esoteric school of self-realization” and has carefully honed the ability to manipulate colors and their shades. In Scottish painter Alayne Dickey’s paintings, bold splashes of white paint destroy the carefully crafted synchronization of the background, creating feelings of abrupt disruption and discord. The use of gauze and fragile Chinese silk paper in Belgian artist Lieve Goeminne’s work emphasizes the fragility of human skin and the individual processes people use to heal themselves of prevalence of pain. Her use of cement and sand provides literal structure to her work. American artist Marie Kavadias’s choice of subject matter, such as small entrapped spiders and shattered light bulbs, illuminate the concepts of hurt, fear and frustration. Instead of painting the object in front of him exactly as he sees it, Italian artist Vincenzo John Maiello conjures up an impression it left on his mind. It is as if he works from memory, exchanging the exact outlines of gondolas for the feeling their navy blue rows gave him.
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