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The September issue of American Art Collector marks our 16th annual Landscape issue! Landscapes are a favorite for our collectors for many reasons. Moving past their simple beauty and elegance, they connect us with what truly and deeply touches us about the natural world. The landscape genre is best known for its versatility and captivating view points. Whether they depict majestic mountains, mesmerizing sunsets, dense tropical forests, the rustic countryside, deep blue oceans or birds flying through the sky, there is something unique and enchanting for all of us with this genre. This is why art lovers desire landscape paintings within their collection. Galleries and artists understand the soothing and serene feelings they experience when viewing a beautiful landscape painting. They speak to us on a deeply personal and intimate…
Welcome to the September issue of American Art Collector! Stepping back and looking at this month’s content, I was struck by the sheer diversity of art in this particular magazine. On one end of spectrum we have the highly contemporary, photorealistic work of Japanese artist Hisaya Taira and Maine painter Eric Green, who are having a much-anticipated joint show at Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts this September. Taira paints mundane places like empty parking lots, deserted streets and subway stations. “I choose subjects to convey the entire situation, not to focus on specific objects,” Taira says in the feature, which beings on Page 30. “I have to avoid simple beauty. This is because I want to depict the strangeness I feel in everyday life, the beauty of a moment in the…
August 30-September 12 Fatima Ronquillo: Gardens of Good and Evil Meyer Gallery Santa Fe, NM » (505) 983-1434 www.meyergalleries.com September 3-October 2 Allen Egan RJD Gallery Romeo, MI » (586) 281-3613 www.rjdgallery.com September 4-15 Fall Arts Festival – 40th Anniversary Various Locations Jackson, WY » (307) 733-3316 https://www.jacksonholechamber.com/fall-arts-festival/ September 4-30 Bruce Cascia Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art Santa Fe, NM » (505) 986-1156 www.giacobbefritz.com September 5-8 Art on Paper Pier 36 New York, NY » (212) 518-6912 ny.thepaperfair.com September 5-October 7 Ladies of the Light Carmel Fine Art Gallery Carmel, CA » (831) 624-8010 www.carmelfineart.com September 6-8 The Armory Show Javits Center New York, NY » (212) 645-6440 www.thearmoryshow.com September 6-15 Intersect Canyon Road Contemporary Art Santa Fe, NM » (505) 983-0433 www.canyoncontemporary.com September 6-27 Adam Hall: Sacred Hour Robert Lange Studios Charleston,…
Bennett Prize Entry Deadlines Established in 2018 by Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt and Steven Alan Bennett, the prestigious Bennett Prize is a competition for women figurative realists working today. The prize awards $50,000 to the winning artist, as well as major recognition for the nine other finalists. It’s an opportunity for passionate and talented artists to put their names on the map, bolster their career growth and open doors within the industry. Call for entries for the current competition, Round 4, closes at 11:59 p.m. MST on October 4. Finalists will be notified in November and announced to the public in December. For more information, visit www.thebennettprize.org. Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys Held at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia, Giants: Art from the Dean Collection…
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The perplexing sound of silence which unites images by Eric Green and Japanese painter Hisaya Taira hums from their work. Taira’s empty urban spaces echo with the absent noise of missing crowds. His impressively detailed cityscapes are improbably vacant, like twilight urban scenes after an apocalyptic abandonment, leaving his cities almost entirely devoid of people. They are painted with an intense focus that underscores their absence—what is not there bearing as much weight as what is. The few who do remain are often nondescript and anonymous, like the security guard in Escalator #34, One World, and the bored, doom-scrolling passenger in Escalator #37. Guards are unnecessary in these uncomfortably sparse, isolated places, where every surface is hard, and the light is brash and grey, or as artificially pink as synthetic…
