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Intense magic realism and a haunting tenderness describe Brett Bigbee’s (American, b. 1954)human-scaled figurative paintings.  Two early paintings from the 1990s are on view – one depicting his wife and frequent model sitting nude on a bold flower patterned sofa.  The second is a self-portrait of the artist holding his infant son.   [more]

 A selection of woodcut prints using traditional Japanese methods and related drawings and watercolors of the Maine landscape by Neil Welliver (American, 1929 – 2005), best known for his monumental oil paintings of untouched woods of Northern New England.   [more]

On the surface my paintings arise from a strong attraction to the natural light of my north facing windows and the forms that I place in its path. I am drawn to the shapes and surface textures of some forms and the reflective qualities of others. The work always begins with an almost obsessive fascination with spatial relationships that extends back to early childhood. The images sometimes represent a...   [more]

Opening: October 18th, 2012   6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

The subject of these paintings is a single chateau called Le Quesnoy, which overlooks Mont Saint Michel in Normandy, France.I stayed there fall of ’09, painting plein-air and interiors and taking photos of the chateau. It was quite old and had been in my friend’s family for hundreds of years. The structure and décor had been added on to and redone various times. The nature of the building wa...   [more]

Opening: October 18th, 2012   6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Opening: October 18th, 2012   6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Re-Tail Blu's  Artist BluDog10003 Oct 24 to Nov 17 Reception Oct 25 6-9pm Michael Mut Gallery is excited about exhibiting NYC's favorite four legged street artist. BluDog10003 is taking a bite out of our culture of consumption and high end labels with his latest solo show, Re-Tail Blu's. Join BluDog10003 on October 24th for the grand opening of his bourgeois-tique at Michael Mut Gallery in the East Vi...   [more]

Opening: October 25th, 2012   6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Peter Blum is pleased to announce Coming and Going, an exhibition of new sculpture and drawings by Luisa Rabbia opening on September 13, 2012 at Peter Blum Chelsea (526 West 29th Street). This will be her first solo exhibition with Peter Blum Gallery. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, September 13 from 6 – 8pm.  It will be on view until October 27, 2012 Coming and Going is organized a...   [more]

Opening: September 13th, 2012   6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Today’s economic climate and the 2012 summer drought recall a time almost a century ago when the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl of the Southwest changed American society. The F.S.A. (Farm Security Administration) sent a number of photographers across the country to document the plight of American farmers and depressed urban areas. Many of these images are famous today for the harsh reality tha...   [more]

Senior & Shopmaker Gallery, in collaboration with the Conner Family Trust, is pleased to present Afterimage: The Prints of Bruce Conner, the first exhibition of the artist’s work at the gallery. Conner, who passed away in 2008, was born in McPherson, Kansas in 1933 and moved to San Francisco in the late 1950s where he became a pivotal figure in the Beat scene of poets, writers, artists and perf...   [more]

Working with video since 1968. One of the pioneers of European video art, his work has been exhibited in ICA London, MOMA New York, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Centre Pompidou Paris, Moderna Museet Stocholm, Museo Reina Sofia Madrid, etc. His single channel works, objects, composites and installations are part of many private and public collections in Europe, the Americas, Australia and the Far Ea...   [more]

Opening: November 8th, 2012   6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Black & White Gallery/Project Space is very excited to present Continuous Line  - a large-scale, first solo show of works made specifically for the exhibition by the Brooklyn-based, British visual and performance artist Shantell Martin. The exhibition’s title refers to the artist’s continuous endeavor to transform her ongoing internal monologue into visual narrative while simultaneously indi...   [more]

Opening: September 21st, 2012   7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Purple A Group Exhibition by YOUNITY October 19 – November 18, 2012   September 2012, Brooklyn, NY — This October, eleven female contemporary artists will explore Purple as a color, word and psychological context in a freestyle exhibition where medium, formal strategies and process intersect to create original content.   Purple will be on view at Causey Contemporary Gallery, 92 Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg...   [more]

Opening: October 19th, 2012   6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

envoy enterprises is pleased to present Smell Me, a solo exhibition by Martynka Wawrzyniak. A mixed-media and performance artist known for incorporating unlikely substances into her work, Wawrzyniak will be creating an installation reflecting a year-long project where she acted as both investigator and subject exploring and capturing her biological essence.Working with a research team of Hunter Coll...   [more]

The Potato Revolution continues with an international exhibition of contemporary Potato Art at the Islip Art Museum. "Occupying Potato" brings together a wide range of works by artists deriving inspiration from different aspects of the Potato. This exhibit explores the potato as the most nutritional and abundant vegetable in the world; looks at its storied history and wide-ranging scientific uses an...   [more]

Opening: September 30th, 2012   1:00 PM - 4:00 PM