Pearing the Apple

Day one...

2012-03-06T12:26:00.004-05:00

A step ahead of most you, dear readers, The Art Show at the Park Avenue Armory has it's public opening tomorrow (tonight's preview gala benefits Henry Street Settlement and celebrates the 50th anniversary of the ADAA). What I saw was a temporally and stylistically eclectic array of works via many of the world's top dealers, some booths naturally in a marketplace vein but also several monographic

Farewell, Hello and Welcome Back... Armory Week 2012

2012-03-01T14:38:00.016-05:00

551 West 21st St, Studio 210, works by Mark WienerFirst days of March find us already in a whirlwind, pulling highlights together at Resolve40, still trying to absorb the fresh approach at the Whitney Biennial, and getting ready for the fairs and activities collectively know as Armory Arts Week.As artists, we are also gearing up for "Chelsea Saturday" - and our participation in the High Line Open

Happy New Year!

2011-12-30T08:58:00.003-05:00

Untitled (Local Bosc Pear ) 2011, chalk on paper, 6 x 6 inches, private collection

Earthly Delights - paintings by Lena Viddo

2011-11-27T11:05:00.009-05:00

"I'm an observer, a witness, and in the end and most importantly I am an image maker" -- Lena ViddoLight My Fire In conversation with Lena Viddo, any subject will elicit an interesting story that has moved her – some are personal, like a bikini-clad, too-close encounter with a colony of wasps in an unwanted shrub. She gathers interesting information as well – the personal habits of bees,

Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day October 13, 2011

2011-10-06T12:10:00.003-04:00

13 Facts Everyone Should Know about Metastatic Breast Cancer: 1. No one dies from breast cancer that remains in the breast. The lump itself is not what kills. The metastasis of cancerous cells to a vital organ is what kills.2. Metastasis refers to the spread of cancer to different parts of the body, typically the bones, liver, lungs and brain.3. An estimated 155,000 Americans are currently living

Surrender -- Artist Lin Evola's Flight of Angels

2011-10-01T04:57:00.004-04:00

Jerusalem Peace Angel (detail) by Lin Evola"The Peace Angels are what I and my team of artists do. Hopefully, this will inspire artists to do art that compels, provokes change." - Lin EvolaSurrendered weapons at Sims Metal Management, NJ On October 3rd 2011 artist Lin Evola will be joined in Los Angeles by Sheriff Leroy Baca of Los Angeles County, LAPD Chief of Police

Fall for Molly!

2011-09-14T09:50:00.003-04:00

Starting the season right, next week Molly Barnes returns to New York for brown bag lunches with 2 super guests...Courtroom drawing of John Gotti (c) Marilyn ChurchOn Thursday, September 22nd, see for yourself why the Library of Congress recently acquired 4000 amazing courtroom drawings by Marilyn Church, as Molly talks with the artist and author of "The Art of Justice."August Biehle (1885 -

Hot Topics, Cool Guests, and Lunch with Molly!

2011-06-11T11:49:00.003-04:00

Already a talented personality at the swirling center of New York’s art scene in the 1960’s, Isabelle Dufresne met Andy Warhol and went on the become a leading figure in his iconic entourage under her nom-du-guerre, Ultra Violet. Her memoir, “FAMOUS FOR 15 MINUTES, My Years with Andy Warhol,” is a page-turner, an engrossing history laced with just the right measures of humor and tragedy to

Come out, rain or shine - Molly's back in town!

2011-04-16T18:28:00.004-04:00

Art and fun take up residence once again at the Roger Smith Hotel, as Molly Barnes presents 2 more of her amazing Brown Bag Lunch talks with the most interesting people in the art world.Thursday April 21st, join Molly and her guest, artist Elaine Grove, for a discussion of Elaine's work - and toys!On Friday the 22nd artist, banjo player and lyricist Audrey Flack will front "The History of Art

Brown Bag Lunch Talks Return With Mimi Gross on Thursday and Stephen Haller on Friday

2011-02-10T19:17:00.005-05:00

For the first time in 2011, this Year of the Rabbit and this decade, Molly Barnes has landed on the East Coast with a post-Valentine treat for art-loving New Yorkers - 2 more in her series of lunch talks with the most interesting personalities on the scene!On Thursday, February 17th artist Mimi Gross, who also happens to be the daughter of sculptor Chaim Gross and the former wife and

An Artist's Book With Bite -- From the Mighty Pen of Anthony Haden-Guest

2011-01-29T13:53:00.003-05:00

Anthony Haden-GuestFar from the right wing diatribe, Anthony Haden-Guest's new book is a hilarious and terrifying ride in words and pictures through the times in which we live. "In The Mean Time" presents Haden-Guest's signature cartoons and drawings alongside passages in verse, which he explains is not poetry ("The difference is rather like the difference between cartoons and fine art, I think."

Art of Our Neighbors - ¡Viva Pinta!

2010-11-08T09:46:00.009-05:00

Priscila De Carvalho, wonderland, mixed media, 132 x 304.8 cm. Courtesy of PraxisGallery, New YorkPinta has grown...the fair’s 4th edition in New York, celebrating the art and artists of Latin America, will take place this weekend at Pier 92 on the Hudson.Rochelle Costi, Bano Series- Desmedida , 2009, Photo, 100 x 150 cm. Courtesy ofCelma Albuquerque, Belo HorizonteBRASILThis year, in addition to

Do Lunch With Molly!

2010-10-02T11:33:00.004-04:00

The new Molly Barnes Gallery, 8591 Sunset BoulevardOn the heels of the successful opening of her new Gallery on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, Molly Barnes launches a new season at the Roger Smith this week, with two “Brown Bag Lunch” talks on Thursday and Friday, October 7th & 8th...Glenn O’Brien, former editor of Art in America & Interview, currently writing for Vogue, GQ and Vanity Fair,

The Other Side of the American Dream

2010-09-19T18:02:00.004-04:00

It is often a good practice, in my opinion, to look at something - an object, an abstraction, a concept - upside down, inside out, or backwards, just to see what else may appear.The buzz about an “enthusiasm gap” afflicting Democratic Party supporters as opposed to highly motivated Republicans has therefore led me to examine the notion of whether or not politicians have any enthusiasm for us.

Armory Art in August?

2010-08-28T13:46:00.003-04:00

Works of Corrina SniderYes, and in a spirit that will remind you of the days when big art fairs and Chelsea galleries alike celebrated their edge and bravado...Central Installation DetailThe site of the groundbreaking 1913 Armory Show is where you will find this summer surprise, featuring many regional artists while raising money for families of American military women and men serving abroad -

The season of non-stop art...Is it really July?

2010-07-12T20:00:00.001-04:00

Westbeth is the gateway to the intimate/cool/wicked-sexy/thought provoking world of artist Chris Twomey, during the mid-career survey of her work and the inaugural installment, curated by Jayne Holsinger, of the exhibition series Core Constellation.Chris Twomey, from the series "Triumph of the XX" - 2007-2009Springing from a strong background in both fine art and film and taking inspiration from

Come Out, Come Out...and party with a purpose on Monday and Wednesday!

2010-07-09T13:30:00.003-04:00

"In 1971, novelist and Academy Award winning screenwriter Budd Schulberg, having already started a writers’ workshop in the Watts section of Los Angeles, asked Fred Hudson, playwright and former staff writer for Paramount Pictures, to co-found a similar program in New York. Knowing full well the dearth of professional opportunities for minority writers in America, Mr. Hudson agreed, and the

Art for Lunch

2010-07-04T11:34:00.005-04:00

Surely you've heard the buzz about "Shred," the group exhibition of collage-based works that recently opened at Perry Rubenstein Gallery - it's possibly the hottest show of what's shaping up to be a stellar summer in Chelsea.Erik Foss, Look Out - image courtesy Perry Rubenstein GalleryThursday, you won't want to miss Carlo McCormick - author, curator, critic and champion of the downtown art scene

For the Earth

2010-06-24T14:30:00.005-04:00

As the importance of wise use of energy looms as the largest issue of our times, it's good to know that small actions make a big difference. This weekend, we will let the world know we want clean energy, and we can always eat more locally sourced foods, which is what the NYC Greenmarkets have been about for decades.Agretti photo by Stefan Proud via Wikimedia CommonsLocal means anything but

Art From the Heart

2010-06-17T16:30:00.006-04:00

On Tuesday and Wednesday, 2 art events support causes at the heart of the way we live and love...."Everyone should have the right to marry. To make a commitment to love someone forever is a beautiful thing." - Louise BourgeoisLouise BourgeoisI do, 2010 Archival dyes on cloth with embroidery 16 × 12 inches; 40.6 × 30.4 cm Edition of 300 with 35 APs Gift of the Artist; Courtesy of Cheim & Read,

Pictures tell the story...2 openings last night

2010-06-16T10:29:00.004-04:00

A space uptown is No Longer Empty:Performers inhabit Olek's installation @ Weaving In & OutInstallations by Cristobal LehytCarol Warner in her real-estate inspired installation, with AllisonVisitors interact with projections in When The Time Comes by Isidro BlascoWeaving In & Out presented No Longer Empty in collaboration with Tapestry and El Museo Del Barrio, thru 8/28 @ 245 E. 124th St. http://

A Present is Present!

2010-06-08T08:26:00.009-04:00

Artist Ujin Lee has been wrapping gifts for weeks...and they are for all of us!"Bojagi: Empty is not empty. Full is not full." was conceived by Lee to share "one small and graceful thing we can do to save the planet...to introduce the traditional Korean philosophy of living in harmony with nature." The presentation takes place in Washington Square Park beginning at 10 AM on Friday, June

Putting it all together...

2010-06-02T05:09:00.007-04:00

From his youth in Communist Eastern Europe to the present day in America, Valery Oisteanu has used his stong, individual voice as a writer, artist, and speaker to speak out for freedom and creativity. This month (opening reception Saturday June 6th) don't miss the chance to watch him juggle two of his favorite forms - poetry and collage, in the exhibition "Waltzing In Quicksand: Poets In Collage

Last Days of a Legend...

2010-05-26T14:08:00.004-04:00

Photos by Mark WienerVodka SodaMark has being going to Gino since he was barely tall enough to reach the bar. The Lexington Avenue fixture, with it's green and yellow striped awning on the outside, and famous red wallpaper (Scalamandre just re-issued it in a range of colors) crowded with zebras on the wall with, will open and close for the last time Saturday, May 29th.Bruno at the barA mecca for

Art Illuminates Life

2010-05-18T23:56:00.005-04:00

Beaming in to the Chelsea Art Museum this week is artist Raphaele Shirley's latest installment in her series of light based media work, "0910 Light Shots (Shooting Squares)". Once again I could not resist looking behind the pre-show wrappings, and listening to part of technical planning session between the artist and museum staff Tuesday afternoon was truly a lesson on the state of art and

EXHIBITIONISM

2010-05-13T14:34:00.011-04:00

Pen Pair (c) Linda DiGustaFunny, when I first conceived this blog it was to be a place where someone at my technical level could post my images, writing, come out to play, but I realized I would just have to write about everything I enjoyed out there as well. Maybe an alternate definition of exhibition-ism should be, "the delight in and exaltation of the showing of works of art."Untitled Packham

gimmee shelter

2010-04-28T09:48:00.006-04:00

Paul Cézanne - Still Life, Drapery, Pitcher, and Fruit Bowl, 1893-1894*During my lifetime, media technology has brought an ever-increasing flow of information to my attention. As an artist, with a solid Northeastern urban background, cultivating my skill within the NYC community, I was jarred by news of activities beyond my scope that seemed almost alien to me, but at the same time there was a

Take a walk...

2010-04-22T13:49:00.004-04:00

The many moods of Lower Manhattan have inspired the artists of TriBeCa for 5 decades. This weekend partake of the essential experience by visiting about 70 artists where they work during the annual Open Studio Art Walk (a/k/a TOAST), beginning Friday evening April 23rd.Studio Window - photo by Peggy CyphersIn the words of artist Jacqueline Sferra Rada, her work presents "both a nostalgic memory

One (happy) ending and one beginning...

2010-04-19T17:58:00.004-04:00

April is already a great month for Colette - you may remember that in March, 6 of her paintings went astray while being returned from a recent solo show. (more here)Well, this month began with their return by photographer, DJ and good neighbor Bryan Raughton, who spotted the canvases at 51st Street and 3rd Avenue, brought them home, and began an investigation of their provenance. Thanks to media

Was it BANKSY?

2010-04-09T13:57:00.005-04:00

On the heels of the resolution of a mystery in the art world with the happy reunion of Colette and her lost canvasses - view the post "Have You Seen Me?" - and watch for an update soon! - last night presented me with a puzzle of a more personal nature.My art cards are left on a table outside our studio for visitors to take away with them - but sometime around 9:30 PM, while we were gone for only

Where form meets function...

2010-04-06T12:08:00.003-04:00

...and art is the sum of the parts.Artists Jean Marie and Marthe Simonett are well known if France for their monumental sculptural works, but they have also mastered the art of creating wonderful 3-dimensional pieces on a more intimate scale. Their first New York exhibition focuses on a series of puzzle tables (images above & below)- in the words of curator Renaud Vuaillat, "Conceived for life

Peeping...

2010-03-31T10:00:00.004-04:00

As people celebrate Passover, Holy Week and Spring Break, the art galleries in Chelsea and around town are welcoming April with a wide variety of new shows. Those "Gallery Closed For Installation" signs - don't they always make you want to peek around and see how it comes together? Well, Mark did...@ The Viewing Room - Photo by Mark WienerJames Kennedy (above) was caught in the act of perfectly

"There's no such thing...

2010-03-29T22:00:00.003-04:00

..as a free lunch." Postcard featuring portrait of Molly Barnes by Dennis DutziUsually true, but this week art-savvy New Yorkers can bag one, along with an hour of entertainment and enlightenment as curator, dealer, author and media personality Molly Barnes returns for a spring edition of her "Brown Bag Lunch Talks" at Midtown's art hotel, the Roger Smith, on April 1st & 2nd.Sideshow

Celebrating us...

2010-03-28T16:17:00.008-04:00

"My work is about self acceptance, that our bodies, minds and souls are to be honoured."- Carolyn Weltman"O Resting in Blue Shoes" (c) Carolyn WeltmanArtist Carolyn Weltman creates sensitive works of fine art that celebrate the bodies of women and men and their pleasure in sex, sensuality and sometimes, shoes. Equally rich in compassion and passion, she has reached out to help others who are

Have you seen me?

2010-03-25T11:34:00.009-04:00

Portrait of Anthony Haden-Guest (c) ColetteThe opening was packed and glittering, as it should have been for the artist who admonishes us to "Fight Terror With Glamour," Colette. A mainstay of the downtown vanguard of decades past whose work and style have continued to evolve and captivate New Yorkers and others, she dazzled us with a Valentine month exhibition at Destination NY that offered a

Because it was naked...

2010-03-23T12:34:00.006-04:00

This is personal. Explicit...view catalogMark Wiener, with whom I live and work, has created a new virtual catalog of his intense abstract paintings and drawings, which he has titled "Explicit," - which refers to the title of his last catalog, "Naked." And while it may seem provocative taken out of context (as I did to create the teaser), it is actually a serious and sincere expression of his

The Art of the Lens...

2010-03-19T00:01:00.001-04:00

It's no secret that I love photography, and my eye always goes first to black and white. So it did come as a surprise when, viewing the sensational array of photos presented at the AIPAD show preview, I was taken in most by two photographers working in color.Day After, 2006 (c) Jen Davis courtesy Lee Marks Fine ArtIn Jen Davis's own words: "I deal with my insecurities about my body image and the

The night side of art...

2010-03-17T00:38:00.006-04:00

When most NYC gallerists are locking up and heading for home, Gramercy's Creon gallery will be opening its doors each evening, beginning tomorrow, at 6 PM for Chris Twomey's solo installation exhibition, "Astral Fluff."Twomey has organized the installation in 3 discreet spaces in the gallery: an entry hall installation composed of 15 photographs arranged on 3 walls is the first taste of the work

"It followed me home..."

2010-03-14T16:35:00.010-04:00

Hard to believe Armory Week ended a week ago today, and with gratitude that the rain stayed away until this week, this grey afternoon my opportunity to recall last Sunday and my last to fair visits...Verge took spiritual possession Midtown's Dylan Hotel, with installations in lobbys and other public areas in addition to an eclectic and engaging sampling of many facets art today in presenters'

The Social

2010-03-09T14:13:00.008-05:00

It's fun to take pictures of people, people with people, people in places, happy people, serious people...So this entry is devoted to events and the people I saw there.Severine & David Manuel @ Affirmation Arts"31 Women in Art Photography" opened Saturday, presented by Humble Arts Foundation and Affirmation Art at the latter's gorgeous and spacious gallery at 523 W. 37th. The event was so packed

A map, an opening, and vintage Pool...

2010-03-06T08:35:00.009-05:00

Photo of Emma's Installation by Mark WienerThis installation (see Thursday's post) has landed at the NE corner of 21st Street & 11th Avenue. See it today when you visit the open studio from 11-6 - it's steps away from our entrance at 551 W. 21st Street.The hotel-based Pool Art Fair has always held a place in my heart, and one reason is the amazing creative ways artists have found to use the

Countdown to Chelsea...(and a trip to Red Dot)

2010-03-05T10:22:00.009-05:00

We are ready for our close-up, Armory Week...well, almost ready, Mark has a mural he's working on today. There are a few couples sharing a studio at 551 West 21st, and one other is participating Saturday - painters Maureen Dougherty and Jamie Dalglish will welcome you to studio 403 with works like these: Painting by Maureen DoughertyPainting by Jamie DalglishAnd we'll be in 210 from 11-6...

The shows at 551 and something I have never seen...

2010-03-04T09:49:00.005-05:00

by Jan Gilbert image courtesy 571 ProjectsGalleries are vibrant members of our community at 551 West 21st Street, and they will be open Saturday as well. 571 Projects on the second floor is presenting Sur la Ligne/On the Line through March 20th.On the third floor visit Twenty First/Twenty First for a group exhibition of limited edition objects of furniture and design.gallery view - Twenty First/

Art & People

2010-03-03T16:00:00.001-05:00

What makes an open studio event such an interesting excursion is that there is no filter on what you are to see, no one taste or theory shaping the presentation - everything genre, size, shape , medium is on display for you to discover something to think about , talk about, or fall in love with. So on to the art of the portrait with 2 residents of 551 West 21st and a former studio-mate and good

West Side Wednesday...

2010-03-03T03:01:00.000-05:00

Whitney Biennial installation by Jeffrey InabaPhoto by Mark Wiener (c) Resolve40Meditation - what better way to relax in the midst of chaos than to gaze at wonderful abstract paintings. And these two 551 artists have it down..."Sum of Parts" by James Kennedy, Studio 402"Meeting of Minds" by Amy Storey, Studio 400CDon't just look online, these paintings measure 52 x 52 inches and 5 x 10 FEET

Animal magnetism and the first fair

2010-03-02T14:21:00.001-05:00

Has our studio gone to the dogs? Is the Chelsea art scene a game of cat-and-mouse? No and no, but animals are welcome at 551, and 2 artists feature them in these delectable works.Photo by Rosalie Stone Morris, studio 211"Jungle of Insatiable Lust painting by Lena Viddo, studio 306Get close to them Saturday, March 6th, from 11-6 at 551 West 21st Street (across 11th from Chelsea Piers and the Dog

Gallery Opening @ 551 Building Thursday March 4th

2010-03-02T07:52:00.000-05:00

Remember the unique gallery on 11th Avenue between 21st-22nd Sts. called Honey Space? Well, it's back for it's first show of the year, a solo for studio mainstay Daphane Park. "Superconductor," a large-scale installation has it's opening reception Thursday from 6-8." Informed by various alternative Western healing technologies and shamanistic rituals, SUPERCONDUCTOR is composed of a set of "

Monday

2010-03-01T10:10:00.000-05:00

While the fairs are finishing their installations, and we prepare for our open studio Saturday, the first show of the week opens tonight: Empire State of Mind at the renowned Chelsea Hotel.For all the fairs and the open studio event, please play with Resolve40's new banner . We can't wait to see you at 551 West 21st Street on Saturday, and images form the artists and exhibitions there will be

Ready, Steady...

2010-02-28T13:06:00.000-05:00

Go! To every art event I can this week in NYC...more to come soon, welcome all.