A warm sunny stroll in the City checking out the local galleries. The light breeze carrying the smell of the city while the sound of the NYC traffic fills ones ears.
First Stop of the day Petzel Gallery,
Ross Bleckner - Mashber Exhibition
Masher is the Hebrew word which is often translated into English as “crisis,” which can be clearly seen in the works produced. With abstract forms depicted in ways that reflect motion and blurring making the viewer feel a sense of motion in the image and generating a certain level of vertigo on the viewer. The frantic nature of the image creates this level of crisis in the viewer.
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Ross Bleckner One Common Box, 2023, Oil on Canvas, 84 x 84 in (213.4 x 213.4 cm)
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Ross Bleckner, Gratitude to Old Teachers, 2023, Oil on linen 96 x 72 in (243.8 x 182.9 cm)
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While in other works we see this crisis in a more controlled nature reflected a more deliberative process in it creation, but no less frantic than the other. Reflecting on the splendor of the artworks cause the view to become more deliberative while they interpret the masterful work.
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Ross Bleckner, This City Has 10 Million, 2022, Oil on canvas, 96 x 84 in (243.8 x 213.4 cm)
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Ross Bleckner, Pretty/Pretty, 2023, Oil on linen, 60 x 72 in (152.4 x 182.9 cm)
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And as we continue our jaunt through Chelsea and its many diverse galleries we come across the Marlborough New York Gallery,
On the ground floor we are treated to the works of artist Teruko Yokoi - the exhibition marks the artist’s first ever solo presentation in New York and the first exhibition since the artist’s passing in 2020. Yokoi’s work combines elements of American modern abstraction with traditional elements of Japanese figuration and poetry.
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| Teruko Yokoi, Lauschen II (Nocturne), 1969, Oil on canvas, 57 5/8 × 27 5/8 in (146.4 × 70.2 cm) |
Her work reflect a sense of traditional Asian inspiration and elegance infused with the abstraction of contemporary art. With from that creates a level of calm and tranquility. The works reflect the simpleness of being calm reminiscent to Edo period art.
While on the upper level we see the photographic work of the Nightlife Exhibition featuring works by Berenice Abbott, Brassaï, Bill Brandt, Helmut Newton, Irving Penn, and Weegee. These black and white still reminisce on a era past and temp the viewer with seductive and exotic portrayals. Each of the photographers reflect the hidden realities of the night some seen others experienced while a handful are keep in the shadows. These black and white images remove the emotions of color and create the level of raw portrayal of that era and the mundane nature of the subject in its enviornment causing one to better relate with the portrayal before them further creating an intimate peak into the subject.
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Brassaï, Le bal des Invertis au Magic-City, rue Cognac (The Magic-City drag ball, Rue Cognac),
1932, Ferrotype gelatin silver print, 11 × 9 1/8 in (27.9 × 23.2 cm) |
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Helmut Newton, Patti Hansen over Manhattan, 1977, Gelatin silver print
19 5/8 × 15 7/8 in (49.8 × 40.3 cm) |
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Helmut Newton, Security, New York III, 1976, Gelatin silver print
19 3/4 × 16 in | 50.2 × 40.6 cm |
Leaving Marlborough New York we continue our journey through Chelsea and come accross the MILES McENERY GALLERY.
Here you will be treated with the exhibitions from Artist's Philliop Allen, Emily Eveleth, Daniel Rich to name a few each work reflecting a varied taste for the a viewer.
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Phillip Allen Low Memory (Compulsion Loops Version), 2023, Oil on panel,
55 x 49 1/2 x 3 inches, 139.7 x 125.7 x 7.6 cm |
In the work of Phillip Allen we get an abstractionist creations with expressionist overtones, with the forms of the piece being consistant and to an extent many versions on one another creating this idea of a painting that is evolving ever so slight from one day to the next. - Allen describes his unique process: “I require some visual noise and ‘surface’ interference to bring the board into ‘being.’"
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| Daniel Rich, Hindenburg Haus, 2023, Acrylic on Dibond, 33 x 24 inches, 83.8 x 61 cm |
While in the works of artist Daniel Rich's Parallel Exhibition we are treated to a more graphic design style of art with the shapes and forms being near perfect as if done on a computer. The images depict interiors as if inviting the viewer to be in the scene, creating a cordial and inviting experience. Many of the artworks exude a sence of the Bahaus movement of art. with uniform and structure being present.
While this journey of experience continues this little jaunt accross Chelsea must come to an end. But I will leave you with a lovely little nugget not found in the White Box but rather out in the open air.
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