Left to right: Artwork greets you when entering the gallery; Ivan frequently rotates the artwork providing new experiences for visitors.
Chic - Evolution In Art Something different for everyone
|writing and photography by Terry Check|
The story is its name ... an evolution in art as we know it. As you enter the gallery, located in Phipps Plaza, your visual sense is filled with colors and excitement … like a kid in a candy shop. The owner, Ivan Petoni curates an amazing array of Avant-garde artwork from several internationally acclaimed artists including: Amanda Bribane, Claudio Souza Pinto, Nisc Maman and others. Celebrating its second anniversary this fall, the gallery was the recipient of "Best of Atlanta 2011 - Art Gallery”, and certainly lives up to its reputation. Whether in your home or commercial location, customer attention is Ivan’s calling card. He and his staff assist buyers and interior decorators selecting in artwork matching the owner’s persona and interior spaces. Artwork is either shipped or installed by the gallery. All artists exhibited at the gallery are available for commission work. From conception to completion the artist, together with Ivan, works with the client creating personal and unique artwork. Contact Ivan at info@chic-art.net or 404-876-1482. As UK’s foremost sand casted glass artist, Amanda Brisbane brings her mastery to Chic. “I am inspired by glass and the challenges it creates. Each piece is unique, unrepeatable. How the color splits or gathers cannot be predicted or replicated”, explains Amanda. It looks like child’s play, creating a pattern in the sand, adding color oxides and texturizing along the way. Molten glass from the kiln to the sand mold is skillfully poured in place and quickly formed by hand creating another glass sculpture, a subtle collaboration of artistry and chemistry.
From the UK to Brazil, Claudio Souza Pinto is a romantic surrealist known as a painter/poet/humorist. “For the artist, life is a great play. All of us have different behavior masks, and they emerge depending on the occasion... in the theater of life”, quips Claudio expressing his artistry as whimsical characters masquerading through life in saturated color. His work is a “must see” at Chic. The female body is beautiful and Niso Maman elevates the torso to a new art form. Taking everyday items like bolts, keys, coins or stones from the beach, Niso fastens items together forming an exquisite sculpture renown as “modern classical”, beauty of the classic period transformed with modern art’s excitement. Welding another bolt in place he muses “My creativity was never limited to one media or subject. I love to work simultaneously on figurative, monumental, abstract and miniature sculptures”. Modern classical, whimsical and colorful express the energy at Chic, truly an evolution in art. Chic – Evolution In Art 395 Central Park Place, Suite 430 Atlanta, GA 30312 www.chic-art.net