Author Archives: mauri

Morten Abild Christensen

To paint does not have to be a cleansing process where your negativity and regret is brushed away with every stroke of a brush. To paint can easily be an expression of the opposite; an expression of faith, hope, and love. This is what characterizes my approach to painting. My paintings are in many ways […]

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Michael Wyshock: Water Threads

Michael Wyshock: Water Threads May 30 – July 3, 2014 Lu Magnus Art Laboratory + Salon 55 Hester Street New York City lumagnus.com

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Flesh Collage: The Work of Chambliss Giobbi

Our times are the times of materialistic values, of greed, of self-indulgence. Herod is dancing in Chambliss Giobbi’s Tanz für mich, Salome!, inspired by Richard Strauss’ very modern opera based on the Oscar Wilde play Salome. Giobbi loved the music but has turned the story around and made Herod the one dancing. This collage is […]

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Leah Oates Talks Process with Elana Katz

Leah Oates: How did you become an artist and what is your family background? Elana Katz: I come from a family involved in the arts, both of my parents are classical musicians, my grandmother was a painter, my aunt is a poet, and I myself was trained as a classical ballerina as a child, very […]

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Lauren Seiden at Denny Gallery

Lauren Seiden: Querencia May 1 – June 8, 2014 Denny Gallery 261 Broome Street New York City dennygallery.com

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Let’s Go Let Go at 33 Orchard

Featuring: Anonymous Tantra, 
Bill Augustus, 
Michael Banicki
Gary, Batty
, Lisa Beck
, Huma Bhabha, 
Dike Blair, 
Richard Bloes
, Jesse Bransford
, Mai Braun, 
David Breskin
, Bruce Brosnan
, Alex Brown
, Jared Buckhiester, 
Todd Chilton
, Lucky Debellevue, 
Lorenzo De Los Angeles, David Deutsch
, Anne Doran
, Evie Falci
, Vincent Fecteau
, Daniel Feinberg
, Carl J. Ferrero, 
Robert Fontanelli
, Jason Fox, 
Tom Friedman
, Sam […]

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One Burning Question With Damon Zucconi

NY Arts Magazine: Please tell us something about your work that often gets overlooked by the unfamiliar or untrained eye. Damon Zucconi: It’s hard to answer this because I feel like, by definition, I shouldn’t know the answer. But something that’s become apparent, only recently to me, as I live with the things I make, […]

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Anna Marie Shogren and Karen Sherman on Performance

Tomorrow through the 31st, The Chocolate Factory Theater in Long Island City will present Karen Sherman’s One with Others. This work is an evening-length trio that questions how things can fit or hold together and the constructions necessary in being one’s real self. The work premiered in 2013 at DC’s Dance Place and features striking achievement from artists […]

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Bushwick Open Studios: Set to Rock Again

Ah Bushwick! The hip, self-sufficient subculture of art at the outskirts of Brooklyn is teeming with energy, ready to explode at the end of the week with the 8th iteration of Bushwick Open Studios. Continuing with it’s upward trend, the experience is set to be a fitting celebration of Brooklyn art culture. This year marks […]

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Matías Cuevas, Rob Davis, Max Warsh at Cuevas Tilleard Projects

Featuring: Matías Cuevas, Rob Davis, Max Warsh Chancing with the Stars Breaking Down Everyday Architectures May 29 – June 1, 2014 Opening Reception: May 29, 6:30 – 9:30pm Cuevas Tilleard Projects 9 Great Jones St., Floor 2 New York City cuevastilleard.com

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