Innholdsfortegnelse for September 2017 i American Art Collector

Wow! What a summer it was! We are quite pleased with what we are hearing from galleries, artists, auctions and art fairs from Cape Cod to the Hamptons, Aspen to Santa Fe. The art market has shifted into high gear and sales are taking place across the country. We’ve heard many galleries tell us that it was their best summer for quite some time and now this optimism is switching from summer to fall. While summer is about all the wonderful destinations across the country, the fall sees the market switch to the cities. To places like New York, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Dallas. The New York season, after a long summer break, comes back in full force for September, October and November, with a full schedule…

Five years ago, Zaria Forman set out, literally, in the wake of William Bradford (1823-1892) who led the first Arctic expedition devoted to art. She and her mother had been planning their own expedition along the coast of Greenland, following Bradford’s route, when her mother died of a brain tumor. Forman continued the plans in honor of her mother and led a group of artists and photographers on the expedition. For the past few years, she has turned her sights on Antarctica and modern-day explorers aboard the National Geographic Explorer and with NASA’s IceBridge Mission, “the largest airborne survey of Earth’s polar ice ever flown,” according to the agency. The majesty of the Arctic icebergs and of the vast ice-covered continent of Antarctica are represented in her sometimes 12-foot pastel…

UPCOMING SHOW PREVIEW / SANTA FE, NM September 15-30, 2017 Blue Rain Gallery 544 S. Guadalupe Street | Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 954-9902 | www.blueraingallery.com “Erin Currier helps us see the world and people differently through her vibrant collage-based paintings. Each piece is a masterful tribute to a cultural legacy, a social issue or an individual’s struggles and achievements.” — Denise Phetteplace, executive director, Blue Rain Gallery In 2010 Anne Lieberman received a Fulbright Fellowship to conduct research on women in Muay Thai boxing, the national sport of Thailand. She trained in Muay Thai and interviewed both foreign and native women fighters for her research. She found that the story of women fighters had been told by men. She gave them a chance to speak on their own. She is…

UPCOMING SHOW PREVIEW / CHICAGO, IL September 1-30, 2017 Lotton Gallery 900 N. Michigan Avenue, Level 6 | Chicago, IL 60611 (312) 664-6203 | www.lottongallery.com “Nocturnal animals are magical and intriguing as their lives occur during the night, while the rest of the world sleeps. Ashley Anne Clark paints this beguiling world.” — Christina Franzoso, director, Lotton Gallery Living on Prince Edward Island, Ashley Anne Clark has had a lifelong fascination with nature and wildlife. This interest finds its way into her artwork through not only the subject matter, but also the materials she uses. For the last few years, her creations have been in a mixed-media format that combines natural elements, such as seaweed and branches, with paintings of animals on watercolor paper that are cut out and affixed to…

UPCOMING SHOW PREVIEW / CINCINNATI, OH September 8-October 7, 2017 Eisele Gallery of Fine Art 5729 Dragon Way | Cincinnati, OH 45227 (513) 791-7717 | www.eiselefineart.com Cincinnati-based couple MaryBeth Karaus and David Mueller celebrate their love for painting and their love for each other in Timing is Everything, a twoartist show at Eisele Gallery of Fine Art. Both Karaus and Mueller have professional training—Mueller is a graduate of the American Academy of Art in Chicago and Karaus graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning— but both believe there is more to art than can be learned in a classroom. Karaus grew up the daughter of an artist, and her childhood ingrained in her an intrinsic appreciation for art. “You must possess a very high…

Painting in an imaginary realistic style, Carrie Pearce tells a story in each of her compositions. “I guess you could say I am a ‘story painter of halftruths,’” she says, adding the aim is to create an image that has never been seen before. “I enjoy digging stories out of my brain and creating a new world on the plane of two-dimensional panel.” Her canvases are filled with animals, people, still lifes and more, which are meant to “entertain you and convey events real or imagined through images, improvisations and embellishment.” In Trouble With Bubbles, Pearce paints a young girl, with her feet seemingly floating o? the ground and her head sprouting with pink bubbles. Pearce writes, “Bubbling with joy, she was uplifted beyond belief. Blowing her mind, she landed…eventually…33…

Working in an impressionistic style that leans toward abstraction, Noah Desmond weaves bold colors and movement into his landscape paintings. The works, composed with brushes and a palette knife, are energetic and highlight the artist’s technique as layers of paint seamlessly blend into his own vision of the world. “My process is very organic and open. I build up areas of my painting, destroying then build them back up again,” he says. “This goes on for several sessions. What I want is the history and residue of mark making to come to a conclusion I cannot possibly premeditate. I keep pushing the stuff around until I get a signal from the painting that that is the direction it wants to go.” Desmond treats each painting as a new experience, with…

UPCOMING SHOW PREVIEW / SANTA FE, NM On view now Beals & Co. Showroom 830 Canyon Road | Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 577-5911 | www.bealsandco.com David Santiago uses makeup…on his paintings of women with freckles. He says, “I’ve always thought they are so beautiful and distinctive, like a snowflake— no freckle faces are alike. They possess so much personality. The random yet organized chaos they emit is hypnotizing, like that of a star constellation. I feel people should wear them proudly, which is one reason they are so predominant in my work. It ties all of my pieces together, but if you look closely you can see they are all unique in their own special way.” In the process of creating his work in charcoal and pastel, he was…

UPCOMING SHOW PREVIEW / NORTHPORT, NY Through September 10, 2017 Haven Gallery 155 Main Street, Suite 4 | Northport, NY 11768 (631) 757-0500 | www.havenartgallery.com From mesmerizing and haunting landscapes to fantastical creatures to alien-like sculptures of humanoid figures, Haven Gallery in Northport, New York, will be presenting three solo shows, each of which will transport viewers to mystical and, at times, jarring new worlds. The artists presenting new work will be painters Brian Mashburn and Matt Dangler, and sculptor Scott Radke. Mashburn will be showing a number of his new landscapes, which he has described in the past as being hopeful and inspiring, even as casual observers might immediately think of the post-apocalypse as dead trees dot landscapes of misty mountains that rip jaggedly from the horizon. “My paintings…

In 2007 Sotheby’s honored Witold-K with a one-man show in Amsterdam, making him the first American ever to do so. Born in 1932 in Poland, Witold-K has attracted the attention of artists, writers, composers, film directors and actors from around the world. For five years he lived in Paris, France, where he had his portrait painted by Picasso and a poem written by Jacques Prévert in his honor. In 1959, he was selected as the architectural designer and muralist of the O?wi?cim Cultural Center in (Auschwitz). The mural, completed in 1961, stretches across the ceiling (3,672 square feet) and is considered to be one of the largest frescoes in all of Europe. He became a political dissident of the Communist regime by smuggling literary works out of Poland, and in…

Kujat’s wonderful, whimsical bronze sculptures are celebrated worldwide. She is inspired by the mystical realms of goddesses, fairies, angels and mermaids. Her elegant, timeless figures bring joy and delight to her audiences. She is an environmentalist at heart and her pieces evoke a deep sense of connection to Mother Nature. She was born in Canada and spent endless hours roaming the pristine beaches and magical mountain sides. She began sculpting in clay, and after finishing a BA (Hons) in communications, culture and society, she embarked on a new adventure delving into her MFA in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. There she fell in love with the process of sculpting in wax, similar to the Etruscans of ancient times. Her wonderful professor taught her to have the pieces speak to her…

Through September 4 NORTH ADAMS, MA Nick Cave: Until Mass MoCA www.massmoca.org Nick Cave, Soundsuit in motion, mixed media. © Nick Cave, Photo: James Prinz. On view at Mass MoCA. Through September 3 HOUSTON, TX A Better Yesterday Contemporary Arts Museum Houston www.camh.org Through September 3 SAN ANTONIO, TX Echo and Narcissus Blue Star Contemporary www.bluestarart.org Sept. 8-Dec. 31 ST. LOUIS, MO Hayv Kahraman: Acts of Reparation Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis www.camstl.org Sept. 8-Jan. 7, 2018 DETROIT, MI Punk House Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit www.mocadetroit.org Through September 9 ATLANTA, GA Lauri Stallings: The Room for Tender Choreographies MOCA GA www.mocaga.org September 9-10 LOUISVILLE, KY September Art Fair Mellwood Art & Entertainment Center www.mellwoodartcenter.com Sept. 9-Dec. 31 LOS ANGELES, CA Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano LA The Museum…

Recalling his idyllic 1950s and ’60s boyhood in Southern California, Kenton Nelson says, “I was a little dork with my lawnmower and my edger mowing the lawn for two cute girls who lived down the street.” Community ideals and advertising at the time spoke of boundless optimism and promise. “I had a marvelous childhood,” he says. When he wasn’t mowing lawns, Nelson was admiring the crisp, colorful and graphic advertising of the time, that made the optimism and promise visible. Art was part of his life. His great-uncle was Roberto Montenegro (1885-1968), the acclaimed Mexican muralist. A friend of the great artists of his time, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera were married in Montenegro’s backyard. Nelson grew up with his work as well as that of Orozco and Siqueiros in…

ALEXANDER VOLKOV Alexander Fine Art LLC 28 Trenton Avenue, Frenchtown, NJ 08825, (908) 319 9528 - Heidi Breyer, business director heidi@heidibreyer.com (908) 500-5030 - artist al.volkov@lakefamilies.com www.alexandervolkovfineart.com ANN WATCHER (704) 488-5950 www.annwatcher.com BARBARA FRACCHIA (510) 525-7057 mfracchia@comcast.net www.barbarafracchia.com BRUCE AIKEN Bruce Aiken Fine Art, 113 N. San Francisco Street, Suite 209 Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (928) 226-2882 www.bruceaiken.com C.F. LAWRENSON Elkland, PA cflawrenson@me.com www.asaphwaterseditions.com CHUCK LARIVEY Richmond, VA, chuck@larivey.com www.chucklarivey.com CYNTHIA ROSEN (802) 345-8863 cynthiarosenart@gmail.com www.cynthiarosen.com DAN KNEPPER www.danknepperart.com DAVID R. ALLISON www.davidrallison.com Represented by Atlantic Gallery 548 W. 28th Street, Suite 540 New York, NY, (212) 219-3183 www.atlanticgallery.org DEBORAH MCALLISTER deborah@deborahmcallister.com www.deborahmcallister.com Instagram: @Deborah_McAllister_Art ED TOTTEN Ed Totten Fine Art P.O. Box 200, McAllister, MT 59740 (406) 682-7945, (907) 253-7294 www.edtottenfineart.com ERICA HAWKES (778) 755-6645, (250) 212-0236 hawkesart@hotmail.ca www.hawkesfineart.com EVELYN…

UPCOMING SHOW PREVIEW / BOSTON, MA Through September 1, 2017 Childs Gallery 169 Newbury Street | Boston, MA 02116 (617) 226-1108 | www.childsgallery.com In 1990, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum was the location of the largest art heist in history. Thirteen works, valued at $500 million combined, were stolen and have never been recovered. The heist looms large in Thomas Darsney’s mind, and the missing artworks make appearances in his newest paintings. His latest solo show Fabric & Flesh is on view at Childs Gallery, another Boston institution, now in its 80th year in business. “I am mostly a self-taught artist, and I’ve come to the conclusion that composition has to be the most powerful thing, to make statements. I compare it to ‘location, location, location’ in real estate. Composition,…

UPCOMING SHOW PREVIEW / SAN DIEGO, CA September 9, 2017 The Erin Hanson Gallery 9705 Carroll Centre Road | San Diego, CA 92126 (858) 324-4644 | www.erinhansongallery.com Nature has never been shy about its grandeur and beauty. But every now and again, when conditions are right, nature shows off. And Erin Hanson was there to capture it. “I have been painting desert scenery since I was a child growing up in the Mojave Desert. I have always been drawn to the beautiful colors of the desert in the springtime. This year we had more rain than California has seen in six years, and the sudden downpouring of rain on the parched ground caused a huge burst of wildflowers known as a super bloom,” Hanson says. “As soon as I started…

“I love my job and the opportunities it presents to learn and grow in new directions. I feel truly alive in wild places, spending long periods of time with animals,” says sculptor Bart Walter. “Whether it is sculpting big cats and gorillas in Africa, mustangs and pronghorn in the American West, or chickadees on icicles in my own backyard, interpreting nature never ceases to amaze me....[S]culpting from life over prolonged time burns the image into my mind and hands; it creates a whole body memory of the experience.” Over the years, Walter has developed a dynamic style of sculpting clay, which captures the essence of his subjects while leaving out superfluous details. Walter’s sculptures are an announcement of the power and subtlety of nature itself— brimming with the fullest intensity…

“In general, my goal is similar to that of the symbolist poets: that through a process of compression and distillation, of making simple formal relationships between form and color be charged with as much feeling and meaning as possible,” says artist Joseph Adolphe. On September 9 Sirona Fine Art, in Hallandale Beach, Florida, will proudly present a selection of works by Adolphe. In 1992 the Canadian-born artist entered the School of Visual Arts in New York and has seen his work represented continuously over the past 20 years in private galleries and corporate collections. Whether portraying large florals, muscular bulls or the human form, Adolphe’s works bristle with the energy of his fluidly applied brushstrokes and occasionally uncontained streaks of pigment. “I cannot honestly say how a painting works other…