December 2010
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WatchArtsicle Artists: Want an opportunity for additional exposure at the Armory Show in 2010? Check out this contest from Artists Wanted: A Year in Review 2010. The grand prize includes $10,000 and much more - plus a people’s choice and category awards as well.
The early application deadline is today, December 31st, but applications are open until January 28th.
The video above is of the last...
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Watch2010 may be coming to a close in one more short day, but one of the more interesting performance pieces of the year will remain on display until January 10th. Allora & Calzadilla’s “Performance 9” will be performed 6 times a day - each a half hour concert variation of Ode to Joy played from inside a grand piano. The result is a more interactive form of music appreciation, as...
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On the Eleventh Day of Christmas...
Linear planes intersect to create their own sense of form in Barbara Rosenzweig’s paintings. Barbara began exploring the abstract in Italy where she felt that the breathtaking landscapes were too awe-inspiring to translate into realistic painting.
She began translating the views instead into lines which move deeper into the canvas - creating a 3D world for viewers as their eyes trace each...
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On the Tenth Day of Christmas...
A burst of color. Interconnected layers of paint. Complex patterns scattered across a vague grid. These are the descriptions that come to mind when studying Vince Pomilio’s paintings.
In Vince’s words, “one thing leads to another, than another, and so on”. He adds layers of texture until the piece feels complete, letting the physicality of the paint itself serve as a...
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On the Ninth Day of Christmas...
One photograph, with an interesting lens, right? Wrong. In the case of Allen Furbeck’s large scale photographs of the natural world around us, Allen has expertly stitched together 240 separate exposures to create a single circular image. The result has an interesting side effect - the outside edge of the circle becomes a single point that in person would be directly behind the...
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On the Eighth Day of Christmas...
Barbara Bachner’s artistic practice runs the gamut - from large scale paintings, sculptures, and installations. Most recently Barbara has begun exploring the capabilities of digital media to create unique prints. Each print combines photography, layers of scanned images and appropriation - reflecting a perspective unique to Barbara’s vision of the world.
Out of the Woods is one of...
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On the Seventh Day of Christmas...
Occasionally titles of paintings cause one to pause, rethink the work. Other times, like with Anne Dayton’s work, my instinct is the say “but of course”. Anne gives her paintings names as titles, not because she is thinking of a specific person when she paints but because they represent an invisible, spiritual level of who we are.
Anne’s paintings, such...
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On the Sixth Day of Christmas...
Some works of art compliment the feel of a room or round out a decorative theme. Others are show-stopper centerpieces. Fernando Rangel’s large scale photographs are the later - conversation pieces that blur the lines of photography and painting, leaving the viewer entranced.
For each work, Fernando creates a “temporary painting” - a watercolor on paper that is skillfully...
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On the Fifth Day of Christmas...
The newest edition to the Artsicle family, Karen Rosenkrantz, has painted a series of paintings exclusively for Artsicle. The first four are available now, but expect to see new work available regularly. The Artsicle Studies are a series of 8”x8” works Karen is completing as she explores a new phase in her artistic practice.
Study 3 is a favorite of mine because of the relaxed,...
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In the News: Cecelia Feld
Our own Cecelia Feld has been in the news quite a bit lately, with coverage from The North Texan, Texoma Living magazine, and Art & Seek. Here are a few of our favorite tidbits about Cecelia:
From The North Texan, The University of North Texas’s Alumni magazine:
“Cecelia Feld creates artwork like a musician plays jazz. She improvises. She finds the harmonies, themes and...
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On the Fourth Day of Christmas...
Prints, found paper, acrylic - all of these elements and more layer together in Cecelia Feld’s collages. The result is seamless and full of a powerful sense of motion. You’re eye seems to weave from element to element as you study the work. Looking at this Untitled piece, the result for me is always a smile. It reminds me of the Miles Daivs quote, “I’ll play it first and...
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On the Third Day of Christmas...
All of our artists are hand-selected by the Artsicle team, but Ken Gonzales-Day holds a special place in my heart. Ken’s work was the first I choose for an exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art on Crimes of Omission. Three years later and this work is just as powerful as I remember it then. Ken’s photographs of California trees are striking in themselves, but they contain a...
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7 Gifts for Your Favorite Artsy Friends
It’s nearly Christmas and you’re still looking for the perfect gift for the artsy friend in your life. Well look no more. The Artsicle team has pulled together a list for both the naughty and nice.
Before we start, I assume you have considered…art. But in case it slipped your mind, we have some incredible original pieces at affordable prices in the Artsicle collection. Just a...
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On the Second Day of Christmas...
It is not often I can truly show you a two-for-one painting, but that is exactly what you have in Bowl with Apples from Ejay Weiss. Ejay originally painted the Lillies (now on the “back” of the piece), but was not quite satisfied with them. He had recently seen a double sided portrait of Van Gogh at the Met and was inspired. He flipped the panel and painted the bowl of apples on...
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On The First Day of Christmas...
Good stories always start with “Once upon a time” right? Well once upon a time we ventured to Chelsea for the Highline Open Studios to find the best possible artists for Artsicle. As luck would have it, the first door we walked through was Alex Motyl’s, and the first painting that caught our eye was this one - Easel.
The piece speaks for itself, but I like what Alex has to...
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You MUST See This Show: Hiroshi Sugimoto at Pace...
It is not every day I venture to Chelsea that I see a truly ‘must-see’ show - but yesterday was one of those days. If you see only one show this month - go see Hiroshi Sugimoto’s “The Day After” at Pace on 24th St, open until December 24th.
Pace has a history of putting on excellent shows, but they have outdone themselves here to create an environment ideal to...
WatchArt Basel Miami
A recap in photos. Stay tuned for more of Artsicle’s observations on one of the busiest art week of the year.
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