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Catto Gallery At Art London October 6-10, 2011

9/30/2011

from Catto Gallery

For those of you in London from October 6-10 (or 6-10 October for you Europeans), be sure to check out Art London.

Amongst the massive amount of art to be found will be Catto Gallery. Check them out at Booth 51.

The show opens at 11 am every day. Closes at 8:30 pm (excepting Friday & Saturday when it closes at 8 pm).

Cuando los Sueños Se Hacen Realidad" Paintings By Irina Elén González At Cernuda Arte

9/29/2011

Sonata of Sea and Earth

Cuando los Sueños Se Hacen Realidad (When Dreams Come True) a one artist show of the work of Irina Elén González at Cernuda Arte in Coral Gables opens Friday, October 7, 2011. The artist will attend an opening reception from 7 to 10 p.m. that evening.

González traveled from Cuba to attend the show, her first single artist show in the United States. The exhibition will be on view through November 14, 2011.

Cernuda is located at 3155 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables. More information at www.cernudaarte.com. If you have not been to the gallery before be sure to check out the other works on display. Cernuda specialize in Cuban artists, past and present.

Me Aferro a la Vida y Sobrevivo

Dr. Seuss' Secrets Of The Deep At Onessimo Fine Art--Bring The Kids!

9/27/2011

I do not like green eggs and ham….well, really, who does? But everyone loves Dr. Seuss. I want to have more children just so I can read them those books and Onessimo Fine Art in Palm Beach Gardens is having a very special exhibit of the art of Dr. Seuss. Dr. Seuss’ Secrets Of The Deep, is a new exhibition of Seuss art. This is in celebration of the publication of The Lost, Forgotten And Hidden Works Of Theodor Seuss Geisel, a book collecting Geisel’s art that is the most comprehensive to date.

There is an opening reception on Friday night, October 21 from 6 to 9 p.m. with comments by Bill Dreyer, the national curator of the Dr. Seuss Exhibit. The next day, Saturday, October 22, from 12 to 4 p.m.is the family reception. Bring your kids dressed as characters from Seuss books (or in Halloween costumes!) and they can win prizes. You grown ups are strongly encouraged to dress as well.

I love exhibits like this—for the family, introducing kids to art, dressing up like giant fish and cats wearing towering multi-colored top hats? What is NOT to love.

Onessimo Fine Art is located at 4530 PGA Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens, just west of I-95 and on the South side of PGA. People in Broward, it isn’t THAT far! Please RSVP at contact@onessimofineart.com or 561-355-8061.

Dylan Graham's Intricate And Beautiful Paper Works To Be Shown At Waterhouse & Dodd In October

9/23/2011

Dutch artist, Dylan Graham’s Ad Astra Per Aspera, will be shown at Waterhouse & Dodd Gallery in New York beginning October 6 through November 9, 2011. There is an opening reception Wednesday, October 5th from 6 to 8 p.m. with cocktails and live jazz. For details on that (you may need to rsvp) head HERE. You can view some of his work at the link above as well--and it is striking even online and must be magnificent in person.

This is the New Zealand born (but living in Amsterdam..so is he dutch or a Kiwi?) Graham’s first solo show at the gallery. His work can be found in numerous private collections and museums from Greece to Philadelphia. The title of the exhibit translates to “through hardships to the stars.” He works in paper cutouts wich are intricate and cut from a single sheet with exquisite and minute details.

Cold War Era Soviet Propaganda Posters On Display At Judy Saslow Gallery, Chicago

9/16/2011

On display now through October 29 are the Judy Saslow Gallery’s collection of Cold War-era Soviet propaganda posters. This collection was made between 1981 and 1984, a very interesting period and, in many ways, the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union. It was also a time when hostility might have been high but there was also a sort of “malaise” in the rivalry. Sure, we all thought nuclear was going to happen but we’d thought that our whole lives and so had our parents.

Nonetheless these posters have all the harsh anti-American rhetoric and symbolism. It is fantastic such posters were saved and not consigned to the dustbin of history (to paraphrase the gentlemen with Stalin’s axe in his head).

The collection is open for viewing Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and o Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Emily Abramson’s “Merasi Women Under The Veil” Opens September 17, 2011 At Boltax

9/15/2011

Emily Abramson’s merasi women under the veil exhibit shows at Boltax Gallery ( 21 North Ferry Road, Shelter Island New York, from September 16 to 26. There will be ab artist’s reception from 5 to 7 p.m on Saturday, September 17, 2011.

A portion of sales will go to the Folk Arts Rajasthan (FAR) a non-profit based in New York who partner with Lok Kala Sagar Sansthan (LKSS) in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India. These organizations work to eradicate illiteracy and preserve the Merasi, a marginalized people (in part by keeping their music alive.

For more information go to folkartsrajasthan.org.

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MacKenzie Thorpe Offers New Limited Scupture, "Bee Boy"

9/15/2011

MacKenzie Thorpe has a new hand-painted, cast resin sculpture available. The sculpture is entitled Bee Boy and you can get it via Onessimo Fine Art. Is this outside what we normally write about? Yep. And that is precisely why I am posting this.

Onessimo will have a limited number of these shipped right from the foundry. The cost is $3,350. All told there will only be about 200 of these.

For more info go to www.onessimofineart.com.

Kaylee Rae Wyant Having First Solo Show At Lloyd Dobler Gallery In Chicago

9/8/2011

Kaylee Rae Wyant’s first solo exhibit with Lloyd Dobler Gallery, entitled The Spoon River, begins Spetember 10 with a reception from 6 to 10 p.m. The exhibition will continue unil October 8 with public hours every Saturday from noon until 5 p.m. You can also make an appointment.

Wyant works and resides in Chicago and also received her MFA in the city (from the School of the Art Institute). She has taken part in several recent group exhibitions including; Black Moon at Half-Dozen Gallery in Portland, Oregon, Thrashold at Highland Park Arts Center, Hear Here at Julius Caesar and a two person exhibit at Roots and Culture in Chicago (with Mike Andrews).

Wyant is also a co-director of Adds Donna, an artist run gallery/collective in Garfield Park.

Nathan Vernau Drawings At Robert Bills Contemporary In Chicago

9/7/2011

Robert Bills Contemporary in Chicago presents Nathan Vernau, lovesick. The exhibit opens Friday September 9 and will be up through October 15, 2011. There is a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. The gallery is located at 222 N. Desplaines Street, Lower Level in Chicago.

The exhibit consists of 16 works on paper (including one large scale drawing). Vernau received a BFA from University of Wisconsin-Stout and an MFA from University of Wisconsin-Madison. His work has been at Next 2011 and has also appeared on the cover of New American Painting. An Artist profile ran in Artslant; Tasty Spoonful, ArtLog, PaperCrane and other publications.

Hooper Turner Exhibit At Frosch & Portman, New York Opening September 7, 2011

9/7/2011

frosch&portman ring in the new season with Hooper Turner’s mise en scène. This is Turner’s first solo exhibit with the gallery. Turner’s work is based around commercial images that he “remakes” in his paintings. He first examines all the details in the ad and then reconstructs them so they look real—but somehow not RIGHT! The exhibit runs from September 7 through October 30. There is an opening reception from 6 to 7 p.m. on September 7 at 53 Stanton Street , New York, NY 10002

This is more than pasting found images on cardboard. This is a creative process, a reimagining of commercial imagery that is meticulous and thoughtful.

The imagery comes from still life that many of us see every day—images of candles and skulls along with a touchable realness make the work transformative of its subject matter. But he has moved on from simple commercial imagery and made a series of women in front of a mirror. The viewer is left to determine whether these images show women from the past, the present or from no specific time period.

Hooper hails from Charlotte, North Carolina and lives in New York. His BFA is from the University of North Carolina at Asheville and his MFA is from the University of Georgia. I feel, as a University of Florida graduate, I should say something derogatory about UGA. But I won’t.