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Coastal Contemporary Newport, RI Sarah Meyers Brent On-Kyeong Seong Through April 28th, 2019

// Artscope Online, Exhibits, Featured, Visual Arts

by Suzanne Volmer

On view in Newport, RI through April 28th at Coastal Contemporary Gallery is “INTO THE FOLD, Threads of Curious Realities.” Gallery literature aptly describes the show: “There is a messy yet beautiful, organic chaos of form that melds effortlessly into an orderly management of geometric shape. Colors are bright, clean and clear in moments of rest or muddled and earthy where they collide.” This is a two-person exhibition, which features artworks by Sarah Meyers Brent and On-Kyeong Seong. Individually their fabric creations are conceptually participating in an aesthetic conversation that deals with appropriation. Qualities of humor and pathos are evident in the artwork of Sarah Meyers Brent. She seemingly uses every piece of laundry from her home to make artwork. The feeling is of armful after armful of the family’s clothing picked up hastily before company calls. … [Read more...] about Coastal Contemporary Newport, RI Sarah Meyers Brent On-Kyeong Seong Through April 28th, 2019

TEXTURAL LANDSCAPES: JOHN STOCKWELL’S FIELDS OF FLAX AND BLUE BELLES AT ARDEN GALLERY

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by Olivia MacDonald

As traffic runs through Boston’s historic Newbury Street, passerby dash in and out of upscale shops with designer bags from Chanel, Valentino and Tiffany & Co. Yet, at Arden Gallery, visitors are transported far beyond the bustling urban streets with art of Boston-born John Stockwell in his exhibit, “Fields of Flax and Blue Belles.” Oil paint rises from the canvases like little mountains, as vibrant flowers bloom in rows, receding into a horizon that stretches out into endlessness. Skies are stroked with blues and whites, creating a kind of smoothness. The experience of viewing any of Stockwell’s works is one of magnitude and intensity because his impasto painting or the application of thickly-layered paint is one that lessens the space between gallery guests and the painting. It brings guests closer to it and takes them into the blooming flower rows of Sweden and its mesmeric … [Read more...] about TEXTURAL LANDSCAPES: JOHN STOCKWELL’S FIELDS OF FLAX AND BLUE BELLES AT ARDEN GALLERY

Under the Surface: Nedret Andre’s ‘Seagrass: Ecological Engineers’ at Hess

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by Olivia MacDonald

Bold, whimsical lines and color travel across the canvases in Nedret Andre’s exhibit at Chestnut Hill’s Hess Galley. Stormy blues and fiery corals swirl and collide into each other, creating abstract forms and shapes. Andre’s oil paintings in the collection “Seagrass: Ecological Engineers” delve into the ethereal world of one of the most quickly deteriorating ecosystems on the planet—seagrass. When snorkeling, Andre witnessed this flowering plant thriving off of the sunlight cascading into the waters, giving life to thousands of sea creatures with its production of carbon for food and its safe habitat. This plant so vital to the health of coral reefs and estuaries unfortunately experiences the loss of two football fields worth each hour due to industrial fishing, invasive species and pollution. Andre captures the fragility, interconnectedness and enchantment of seagrass in “Bridge to … [Read more...] about Under the Surface: Nedret Andre’s ‘Seagrass: Ecological Engineers’ at Hess

Re-stitching Pieces of the Past: Howardena Pindell’s ‘What Remains to be Seen’ at the Rose

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by Olivia MacDonald

Art is an extension of oneself, a release that travels from the mind, through the arm and out the fingertips to pour onto the canvas. After a car crash in 1979 that left New York-based artist, Howardena Pindell, with a dented skull and short-term memory loss, she began to explore her own body and identity, as well as the politically-charged environment that rejected, denied and broke her in the past, just because of her skin color. Art was a way to mend the wounds, both within and outside of herself, a way to heal. It was a way to embrace her blackness, her femininity and her capabilities. Pindell’s exhibition at Brandeis University’s Rose Art Museum, “What Remains to be Seen,” showcases much more than just what remains, but holds entire stories deep in the threads and paint of each piece. Her 1988 work, “Autobiography: Air (CS560),” incorporates the many parts and layers that … [Read more...] about Re-stitching Pieces of the Past: Howardena Pindell’s ‘What Remains to be Seen’ at the Rose

Rodney Graham, “Vacuuming the Gallery, 1949,” 2018, four painted aluminum light boxes with transmounted chrome genie transparencies, at 303 Gallery, New York.

New York Armory Show (PART ONE): Mother Earth

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by Nancy Nesvet

With global warming and general chaos due to facts emerging and infrastructure literally falling apart, it is not surprising that artists exhibiting at the Armory Show in New York are acting and reacting by using strong, but not shiny, materials to create work that seems domestic in nature. Escaping the outside world creates an emphasis on the home and the arts and crafts that are created and situated there. On my first day at Armory, I saw this emphasis on domestically influenced art and craft in work by male and female artists. This theme crossed borders of ethnicities and groups, including “Trouble Don’t Last Always.” Jeffrey Gibson’s 2019 acrylic on canvas with glass beads at Kavi Gupta, New York is supported by the North American Arts and Culture to reflect diverse voices. Ali Banisadr’s “Stardust,” oil on linen, 2011, at Blaine Southern (Berlin and London) left behind the glare … [Read more...] about New York Armory Show (PART ONE): Mother Earth

COURTING THE UNCONTROLLABLE: PRACTICAL MAGIC AT GALATEA

// Current Issue, Exhibits, Issue Articles, January/February 2018

FEATURED GALLERY COURTING THE UNCONTROLLABLE, PARTS I & II NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN ARTISTS OF MASSACHUSETTS GALATEA FINE ART 460 HARRISON AVENUE B-6 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS PART 1: JANUARY 3 THROUGH 28 PART 2: FEBRUARY 1 THROUGH 25 by J. Fatima Martins In her statement about “Courting the Uncontrollable I & II,” artist Marsha Nouritza Odabashian explained why she was selected as exhibition juror: “Establishing a relationship to the uncontrolled is an interest of mine, through the stories extracted from onion skins randomly poured onto paper and canvas. While I have enjoyed developing and jurying these two shows, my work is only included through imagery to help clarify my choices.” “Courting the Uncontrollable I & II” are the inaugural shows in the Curator’s Platform at Galatea Fine Arts, Boston, and the theme of the exhibition was developed by Jennifer Jean … [Read more...] about COURTING THE UNCONTROLLABLE: PRACTICAL MAGIC AT GALATEA