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Tuesday's Gallery Picks




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This week’s gallery picks explore the weight of the environment through color, texture and theme. Enjoy and explore!

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1. The effect of the weather on Mel Kadel’s work at Merry Karnowsky Gallery
2. Murielle White’s paintings delve into different worlds inspired by a range of cultural experiences at McMurtrey Gallery
3. Wavepacks by Ara Peterson presents eight new wall-relief sculptures that explore the hollow, arched forms of naturalistic wave-shapes at Ratio 3
4. Zach Harris’s work emphasizes that form is not merely an abstract visual language, but rather a connection between the physical world and the otherworldly realms that surround it and course through its center. David Kordansky Gallery
5. Cedric Michael Cox’s paintings and drawings express his experience of living in the inner city, with themes ranging from mythical literature to the relationship between the physical body, musical allegories and above all, the urban landscape at Five Myles
6. Exploring Ibrahim El-Salahi’s international career as a significant figure in African and Arab Modernism at Tate Modern

July 9, 2013 | By: Shayna Kulik

Color: East Coast Americana




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We took a bit of a break in our postings last week to readjust, clean house and catch up. Hopefully you enjoyed your down time as well- be it by a beach, on a bike or reading the newspaper under a fan. I stayed in Manhattan over the 4th and aside from the extreme heat, it was nice to pop around an empty city. One of the highlights entailed biking down the Westside Highway during the fireworks show when they shut it down to cars. Another was a potluck picnic in Carl Schurz’s park (that’s my friend Lisa) and our favorite adventure entailed wedding celebrations in the Catskills. Here are a few photos…and a palette to match.

 

July 8, 2013 | By: Shayna Kulik

Friday Quick Links!




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1. Interview with the super talented ceramicist Vipoo Srivilasa via The Design Files
2. Detailed reproductions of historic artworks painted onto the human body via Colossal
3. Gorgeous array of color in this shot of origami cranes via Plenty of Colour
4. Striking painted plates at an amazing scale via The Jealous Curator
5. The White Room and Shinji Ohmaki via Design For Mankind
6. Sabine Pearlman takes an up close look at ammunition via Trendland
7. Great aerial shots of summer in the city via Honestly WTF
8. Fun DIY geometric beads via Minieco
9. Mirrors inspired by the shapes of Moroccos, by José Levy via Present & Correct
10. Pierre Le Riche’s Rainbow Room via The Artful Desperado
11. Loving Justine Ashbee’s woven wall hangings via Miss Moss
12. Great color and pattern in Stephanie Clark’s paintings via booooooom

Contributed by Emily Gup

July 5, 2013 | By: Shayna Kulik

Tuesday's Gallery Picks




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This week, we’re celebrating America and it’s diversity through art.

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1. Jen Stark’s brightly colored paper art reminds us a little of fireworks at Cooper Cole
2. Work from 36 contemporary Native American artists, who reflect on the diversity in tribal affiliation, geographic location, gender and age, and share an intricate vision of life lived in different worlds, from the long traditions of their specific tribes to the politics and pop of the world at large at 516 Arts
3. Tanja Rector’s art reflects upon her impressions while along roads through the southwestern states at Launch LA
4. Ales “BASK” Hostomsky’s “Übermensch” will showcase works depicting children painted as superheroes on found and weathered surfaces that exhibit an energetic urban art aesthetic at 1 AM Gallery
5. Deeply engaged with the unique setting of the Bay Area, artist Richard Diebenkorn profoundly influenced postwar American art during his years spent working in Berkeley, from 1953 to 1966 at de Young
6. Brett Amory’s work in Twenty-Four in New York portrays abstracted studies of urban life through fragmented cityscapes and anonymous, isolated figures at Jonathan Levine Gallery

 

July 2, 2013 | By: Shayna Kulik

Art: Organized Chaos at Home




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Would you be inclined to pick up a marker if you had this poster on your wall? I came across this playful piece at Merci Merci in Paris last month. It’s organized chaos at it’s best, and entitled Coloriage Geant. This roll of paper is a playful gift for any kid at heart.

 

July 1, 2013 | By: Shayna Kulik

Friday Quick Links!




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1. DKNG’s new set of postcards featuring their original illustrations via Colossal
2. Stunning watercolors from Eva Lundsager via Art Hound
3. Wonderful rugs by Mariella Ienna for Cultiver via The Design Files
4. Alan Reid’s lovely portraits via Miss Moss
5. Impressed by artist & designer Vasare Nar’s patterns via Patternbank
6. Swooning over this surrealist garden created by Sir Edward James via Honestly WTF
7. Some seriously stylin’ flight attendants via Paper
8. Pretty DIY decorated chinese lamp via Agus Yornet
9. Anatomy of a Hermès bag via CR Fashion Book
10. Jaw dropped over this amazing use of Peruvian looms via Plenty of Colour
11. Blurred blooms by Andy Denzler via Present & Correct
12. Summer scenes by Teil Duncan via The Artsy Forager

Contributed by Emily Gup

June 28, 2013 | By: Shayna Kulik

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