Have you seen me?

Portrait of Anthony Haden-Guest (c) Colette

The 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 pink oasis amidst the trendy grit of the Meat Packing district.

Colette -  Installation view at Destination NY

But now this crusader in heels has a new enemy - art thieves. What should have been a celebration of the successful unveiling of her engaging and thought-provoking new series, "Metaphysical Portraits," has been marred by the disappearance  of six of these paintings of friends and the famous, in transit from the gallery to the studio.

Portrait of Rufus Wainwright (c) Colette

Last seen on March 10th on Little West 12th Street, the missing portraits - two are shown above - are 20 x 24 inches on sewn canvas - but in spite of the fact that they should be easy to identify both the NYPD and an art recovery agency have had no success. Since it is possible that they were picked up by mistake, Colette has offered a reward for their safe return. But as to theft, when the perp is tracked down, we should all put on our white satin gloves and "Throw the book at 'em!"

http://www.colettetheartist.com/

Because it was naked...

This is personal.  Explicit...

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Mark 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 process, of an artist's necessary exploration of  the bare elements that comprise the complex work in order to re-energize and recombine them to explore and deepen their expression of life in his paintings.

Click the below the cover to view and read more, or download in Hi-Res here.

Art & People

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 friend who invites you to her new studio a short walk away.

The Violinist by Mercedes Nugent-Head, Studio 406

3 small works by John Wells, Studio 203A

Painting by Yu Zhang, 421 West 22nd Street (9th-10th)

Open studio hours for Yu Zhang and the artists of 551 West 21st Street are Saturday March 6th, 11-6. (Sorry to keep repeating but not everyone sees every post)

By the time this appears online I will be over my head in art and sloshing around in the slush between the Armory Show and Scope so I can tell you all about it later!

Monday

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.

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We can't wait to see you at 551 West 21st Street on Saturday, and images form the artists and exhibitions there will be posted here throughout this week. Right is one of Mark's new paintings.


My new pieces too- many farm pears from Fall '09 (remember THAT decade?) like this one..and many more like them in Studio 210.