Artists At Home And Abroad
Artists At Home and Abroad Abraham Lubelski
“This exhibit incorporates a vast range of contemporary image-making.”
The Artists at Home and Abroad exhibition series is an ongoing project underway at Broadway Gallery, NYC. The following section represents a cross section of both emerging and established artists on an international scale. This exhibit incorporates a vast range of contemporary image-making. The artists included in this exhibit explore modern and postmodern approaches in an incredibly exciting fashion. Curated by Abraham Lubelski this exhibit presents a group of artists on the edge of contemporary art. Globalization creates unexpected relationships and contrasts in contemporary art. This series focuses on the significance of exhibiting a variety of works in a pluralistic art world. Inspired by salon-style hanging, most commonly attributed to the Salon de Paris held during the 18th and 19th centuries; Broadway Gallery NYC continues this legacy with a contemporary and fresh outlook. Following a trend of previous exhibitions at
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Broadway Gallery NYC, this show pays tribute to the format of a salon hanging. It is a tradition that awakens contemporary culture to a dynamic collective consciousness. A few notable themes in this exhibit that cross cultures are romanticism, spirituality, and humanity. Part of an ongoing series, Artists at Home and Abroad reaches out to the diverse community of New York. In addition to the exhibition on display at Broadway Gallery NYC, are several concurrent Internet projects, and a print catalog. Furthermore, this exhibit offers writers and viewers an exciting opportunity to submit essays and comments on the nature and significance of biennials, fairs and public exposure for new and emerging artists. This exhibit uses the space as another medium altogether; incorporating the maximum floorto-ceiling gallery space activates the wall with artworks in various media by artists, each of whom offer
a unique perspective to the show. These artists have transformed the gallery walls into a compendium of generational takes on figuration, portraiture, and abstraction. Visitors will be surprised to see the stunning results. The speed of interactions via new media allows for global artistic conversations previously unheard before. In an attempt to integrate the numerous artistic languages, this exhibit was installed in a unique format. Two long parallel walls have been carefully installed to create dialogue in the spatial order. Artists at Home and Abroad allows the viewer access to some of the past and current pivotal artistic ideas while introducing newer talent, to generate fresh creative energy through unexpected juxtapositions.£ For more information: www.broadwaygallerynyc.com
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International Artists at Home and Abroad
Airco Caravan Amy Cohen Banker Anna Maria Grill Borislav Varadinov Boris Torres Davyd Whaley Davor Vukovic Dimitri DrJuchin Donna Butnik Ed Morris Enzo Fabbiano Fabricio Suarez Félix Biblos Jasnica Klara Matic Jenni Lombardi Jean S. Godfrin (Argadol) Loretta Hirsch Mae Jeon Maria Eugene Z. Aniar Martin R. Wohlwend Mary Lee Lombard Nacera Guerin Pari Ravan Elizabeth Colomba Elizabeth Uyehara Emily Leatherman Gerry Mayer Gina Lucia Horacio Cardozo Hans Tyrrestrup
Inger Dillian Antonsen Juan Vallet Jamie Sunwoo Johnathan Lux Kamer Batioglu Ken Bonner Karen Brailovsky Keita Yasukawa Kim Davison Kimberly Becoat Marianna Venczák Mark Mawson Mary Segerfalk Maryam Javanbkht, MD, MPH Max Fujishima Mayuko Fujino Melody Owens Mirit Furstenberg Natalie Gutesell Neil Wyatt Nina Dreyer Henjum Rabecca Signoriello Robert Piersanti Sukhi Barber Sylvia Tupper Tom Henderson Smith Timo Vuorikoski Seppo Väänänen Zhang Zhang
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Ann E. Russell www.annrussellart.com
“The assemblage sculptures incorporate found objects, fibre, fabric, glass, perspex, beads and resin; and draw the viewer in to explore them with Alice-like wonder.”
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I work with odd spaces caught just outside ‘real’ existence, often glimpsed, intangible yet with significance, seen and simultaneously unseen. My works are depictions of these worlds, often based on surreal narratives after those portrayed by Kahlo, Fini and Dali, dealing with the metaphysical properties of objects and nature. I use mixed media in a bricolage form–combining elements and symbols that retain some of their meaning from our world, juxtaposed with new meaning in the worlds I create. My assemblage sculptures incorporate found objects, fibre, fabric, glass, perspex, beads and resin; and draw the viewer in to explore them with Alice-like wonder. 4 NY ARTS
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Astrid Stoefhas www.astridstoefhas.com
“I just like to visualize stories through my art, which affect me.”
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I’m Astrid Stoefhas from Hamburg, Germany and I’m not really good at creating statements. I just like to visualize stories through my art, which affect me. Here are some statements from other people about me: “The omnipotent creativity of Astrid Stoefhas keeps me fascinated; like her restlessness quest, decided perception, and the transcription of her uncommon perspective. They are always in the context of inconvenient stories and aligned with a perfected artistic method.” --Charlotte Menck, Gallery Owner, Hamburg, Germany “She is an universal artist. You can‘t tell from looking at her pictures which country she is from or what her style is. Her art appeals directly to the absence of barriers. Her colours not only disobey the lines but the painter herself.“ --Fernando Barredo de Valenzuela, Toledo, Spain “A. Stoefhas transforms paint into fire and brightness.” --Nathalie Procaccia, Art Historian / Art Dealer, Hamburg, Germany “... This young German artist puts the common in a poetic substance, where the well-known is united with a symbol of duality ...” Summer 2011 5
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Canan Onur www.cananonur.com
“She has had two solo exhibitions and has taken part in 22 group exhibitions.”
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Canan Onur was born in Istanbul, Turkey. Mrs. Onur is married with two children. She has had two solo exhibitions and has taken part in 22 group exhibitions.
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Carla G. Beretta www.carlagberetta.com
“Un hombre, recorriendo una playa.”
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Un hombre, recorriendo una playa. Un desubrimiento. En la arena, escondido hay un árbol pequeño. Regalo especial para su hija. He aquí la raíz de la fundamentación de esta serie. Fundamentación quizá más sentida que pensada. Tiene que ver con conceptos eje. Presencia, Ausencia, Vida, Muerte, Resurrección, Trascendencia. Y aparece el juego como articulador. Puedopensar el acto creativo, solo atravesado por la impronta lúdica. Juegan, entonces, las distintas técnicas y texturas, los diferentes elementos…Esta serie Testigos, nace como homenaje a mi padre y en él a la función. Paterna metaforizada en El Arbol. Árbol como símbolo. Árbol/Padre, habilitando al Crecimiento y la Creatividad. Testigo y garante “de que el gesto espontáneo” y “el juego creativo”… Serán bien recibidos. Summer 2011 7
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Cosmin Cocis www.cosmincocis.ro
“Sometimes I add mirror pieces, gold leaves, or even relief on a flat surface, so that the created image changes its appearance depending on the light and on the reflected image.”
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My artistic approach can be defined as experimental and polymorphic. Arising from intuitive-descriptive graphics, it flows through psychedelic colors and aims to achieve a metaphor-object. Mainly, because I am basically a sculptor, I search for sculptural forms in the color mix when painting. Sometimes I add mirror pieces, gold leaves, or even relief on a flat surface, so that the created image changes its appearance depending on the light and on the reflected image. 8 NY ARTS
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Igor Eugen Prokop www.profusingart.com
Radiant variations of canary and crimson attract our eye and spin us into cool, mysterious areas dominated by violet and cerulean, the integrity of each hue maintained by a crisp outline.”
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Igor Eugen Prokop creates sumptuously colored images created with an unusual pairing of mixed media and acrylic on glass or canvas. These are incredibly energetic works, grasping our awareness and plunging us into a spectacular, glittering cosmos. The flesh and bone of each image is color and line, but applied by the artist in a nearly psychedelic arrangement in high fidel-
ity. Radiant variations of canary and crimson attract our eye and spin us into cool, mysterious areas dominated by violet and cerulean, the integrity of each hue maintained by a crisp outline. Cryptic titles lend a clue to the meaning behind each work, yet Prokop desires that we experience his work on an individual basis. “I am presenting some fragments from an endless world and
giving them to the spectators with love.” Travel has been indispensable for Prokop’s inspiration. From the crystalline Caribbean waters to the legendary Polynesian seas, he has sought out the ephemeral, spiritual qualities that exist within our material world. Prokop lives in Visegrád, Hungary.* Summer 2011 9
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Maya Nival www. mayanival.com
“Rome is a combination of rebellion against political commitment and love notes, full of hope, written on the old walls of Rome.”
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Rome - This painting represents a typical small corner in Rome, Italy. I chose to mix, in one story, the traditional elements with actual facts of life. Rome is a combination of rebellion against political commitment and love notes, full of hope, written on the old walls of Rome. 10 NY ARTS
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Jiyoun Lee-Lodge www.jiyounlee.com
“They became not only reenactments of her experiences, but also create new stories of their own.”
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In her abstract paintings, Jiyoun Lee-Lodge recreates people in specific locations from her memory. She delineates visual and sensory information into forms by using pens, acrylic, collage, paper cutouts, and computer painting. These characters become her personal hieroglyphics and actors represent-
ing the fractured scene she recalls in her memory. They became not only reenactments of her experiences, but also created new stories of their own. Currently, she is working on installations as an expanded version of paintings that contain an overload of shifting memories and information, surrounding the viewer.
Simultaneously, she uses drawing, computer programs, cutouts, adhesives, and collages, constantly copying and pasting each other’s unique form.
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Julie Lance www.jlanceimaging.com
“Does the definition of “equality” only pertain to select people?”
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Equality. My photographs are emotionally driven in support of equality. Because of outdated policies and conservative views in society, so many of my friends, family, and neighbors have been cast out, subjected to hate crimes, bullied, and harassed. Ostracizing is the worst form of oppression. People have been oppressed into hiding—hiding who they love, hiding the religions that they believe in, and hiding their own views on equality. My images show the result of the emotional toll these views have had on people and how they have been ripped from their identities in fear. Does the definition of “equality” only pertain to select people? Seriously. It is apparent that most of society still defines “equality” to exclude people of a different sex, race, religion, and sexual orientation than themselves. If they did not, then this would no longer be an issue. This is my issue. Equal is an absolute. 12 NY ARTS
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Matt Palmer www.matthewpalmerart.com
“Modern cultures’ engagement with technology allows one to blur the lines between fantasy and reality into an interchangeable network.”
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I use painting to depict the inter-woven relationship between reality and media. Modern cultures’ engagement with technology allows one to blur the lines between fantasy and reality into an interchangeable network. By using general figures and manipulated icons and situations, I create an environment all its own. Embedded in both, is the desire for beauty and destruction for what exists and what is culturally constructed. I employ a satirical, sometimes tongue-in-cheek sarcasm in my paintings to create a playful critique of societal conduct. Using a clash of colors, styles, and generational references, my paintings display energetic and explosive situations. I combine methods of realism, abstract expressionism, futurism, and pop art into a single environment, which creates a tension in the space of the painting and the context of images.* Summer 2011 13