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ART KASIA KAY ART PROJECTS
KASIA KAY ART PROJECTS~ Kasia Kay
Kasia Kay with Artist Kevin Berlin
Art Matters! As a long time curator and owner of Kasia Kay art projects gallery, I recognize the importance of international awareness of contemporary art, and so I have worked with an international clientele and participated in an array of art fairs like ~Art Miami, Scope New York and Miami, Art Chicago, Volta NY, and more. We represent a broad range of artists who are pushing aesthetic and social boundaries. The Chicago based gallery, since it’s opening in 2006, has garnered positive reviews in a variety of national publications such as Art in America and the New York Times. Many of the gallery’s artists have their work in prestigious private and public collections including Eaton, Morgan Stanley, Microsoft, Time Equities Inc., The Brooklyn Museum, The Tate Museum, The Walker Art Center, Kim Basinger, Luciano Pavarotti, David Letterman, Bill and Hillary Clinton. kasia kay art projects gallery 215 N. Aberdeen St. Chicago IL 60607
Kevin Berlin is an internationally recognized artist of enormous talent, with a great eye for bringing to light various intriguing global issues. Whether the subject is cash, cigarettes, cocktail parties, or tigers, his artwork engages the viewer with economic, social and political situations of these days. Berlin’s unique style reflects his outlook as ”witness” to global popular culture.
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We developed our business on the principles that if you provide excellent design and stellar customer service, your business will be successful. Diane Christiansen Untitled, oil on plaster, 16.5 x 13.25 inches, 2012)
Diane Christiansen’s work is about spaciousness and the experience of quieting the mind and moving things aside in order to create it. The artworks themselves are paintings on plaster, which attest to the activity of addition (painting and drawing) and subtraction (erasure through sanding) through which they are created. The slow, meditative, practice involved in their creation serves as an antidote to our current environment that is so full of speed, aggression and the barrage of information. Kasia Kay Gallery represents both Kevin Berlin & Diane Christiansen’s work. For more information on the galleries upcoming shows, please visit www.kasiakaygallery.com
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FENG SHUI
A TRANQUIL HOME FORMULA
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Attract positive chi Feng Shui b rings your physical environment into harmony with the ways of nature. So Feng Shui works because when you live and work in such an atmosphere, you open the way for happiness, success and abundance to flow into your life with ease. The words “Feng Shui” (pronounced fung schway) literally mean Wind and Water, two beneficial energies you need for life and good health. Think of a gentle breeze or meandering stream, continuously providing you with cool refreshment. This energy is called “Chi” (chee), the life force that’s found in everything in the universe. Beneficial Chi energy needs to flow smoothly and easily everywhere you live and work. When Chi energy is stuck, you feel stuck; when it rushes too fast, you miss out on its life-giving benefits. Using time-tested tools and techniques, Feng Shui adjusts the Chi energy in your home or office so it works with you rather than against you. These include balancing the feminine and masculine energies, or Yin & Yang of your space, bringing the Five Elements of nature into harmony, and anchoring your Intention using the Bagua Energy Map.
When you live and work with good Feng Shui, you’ll energetically attract the opportunities and people you desire into your life.
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FENG SHUI TIP Dry, dead flowers create negative chi (energy).Make sure you always have green plants & fresh flowers in your environment to keep positive energy flowing.
Flowing Water In Feng Shui, the flow of money is represented by flowing water. Therefore, if you want to have a good salary and boost your career, it is best to have moving water (literally or figuratively) in the Career Gua of your home. This moving water can be in the form of something like a water fountain or something that looks like or represents water like a large framed mirror or a picture of a calm-flowing river. Just make sure that the water is or appears to be flowing into the house and not out of the house. The same holds true even for paintings or pictures of water. 7
Crystal Quartz BRINGS HARMONY TO
THE SOUL
Next time you touch your granite countertops, focus on drawing out the positive energy of the crystal quartz. Quartz is one of the most abundant minerals in the world. Sand is mostly comprised of quartz; even the dust in the air is high in quartz content. The most well-known form of quartz is clear rock crystal, and it may be found throughout the world. Granite is a form of igneous rock. It is composed mainly of crystalline silicate minerals such as quartz, feldspar, and mica. Granite is formed by molten rock deep in the Earth that has moved up into rock near the surface. The magma cools slowly, which allowed the grains of silicate minerals time to grow. The rate at which the rock cools determines how large the crystals grow. The more slowly the magma cools the larger the crystals.
Metaphysical Properties
Clear quartz crystal is the universal stone. Everyone should have one! It corresponds to all zodiac signs, and is a pure and powerful energy source. It receives, activates, stores, transmits, and amplifies energy. Crystal quartz also stimulates brain functions and activates all levels of consciousness. Excellent for meditation. Brings harmony to the soul.
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