Structure and Imagery

The Last Woman by LARK with cover art by Caterina Lewis LARK, founded by painter Karl Bielik , releases its follow up to 2015's Funny Man on July 6th. The Last Woman on Standard Lamp Records is available on CD, DL and Vinyl. Pre-order on Bandcamp here . LARK on Soundcloud For more information and contact information see the press release printed below ⬇︎ Karl Bielik, abstract painter and founder of LARK Photo: Brock Elbank From the Press Release: On 6th of July 2018 Lark will release 'The Last Woman' on Standard Lamp Records. This 12 track record follows 2015 ’ s ‘ Funny Man ’ and Lark's 6th album sees a continued progression, as they mine deeply intricate and compelling shadows from a noir entrenched sonic pallet. Acclaimed by both critics and fellow musicians alike, Lark is an independent band and solo project founded by Karl Bielik, a nonconformist and often idiosyncratic songwriter, frontman and artist. Carving a grimy, gritty gro...

Installation view of Nell Waters' The Language of Moving Towards. Today is the last day to view Nell Waters' exhibition of somber, meditative and deeply connective paintings on view at Brethren Gallery in Ridgewood, Queens. In this exhibit Waters has stepped away from her recent, improvisational black and white paintings (akin to automatic writing) to present familiar images with associations that have long taken up space in the universal mind.  The resulting paintings evoke a meditative symbology that explores the concepts of duality, energy and the connection and repulsion between closely aligned forms.  The artist will be at the gallery today from 4 - 6 pm so don't miss the chance to see these tough, gritty paintings in person. "I am interested in our personal and universal need to find something to believe in, something to look up to—the moon, the sun, a simple shape, God, love.” -Nell Waters on her current body of work. Install...

Francis mid-Vision, 2018, acrylic and spray paint on canvas, 36 x 36 in. Link New painting along with current inspiration . . . paulbehnke.net

Paul Edwards, Small Lion Tamer Paul Edwards: Lion Tamers installation view. Paul Edwards: Lion Tamers Through July 15, 2018 Tops at Madison Avenue Park 151 Madison Avenue Memphis, TN 38104 Tops is excited to exhibit two paintings from Paul Edwards  Lion Tamers   series at the Madison Avenue Park space.  Paul Lynn Edwards (1948-2014) was raised in Detroit, MI. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War and was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. After his service, he moved to Memphis to attend the Memphis Academy of Art where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting in 1981. He then attended Yale University where he earned a Master of Fine Arts in painting in 1986. Paul moved to New York after school where he taught at the School of Visual Arts and regularly showed his work at the Allan Stone Gallery. By the mid 90's Paul had returned to Memphis to focus on his painting. He often lived in makeshift studios that he created in dilapidated ...

Robert Nava in his studio in New York ©Galerie Sebastien Janssen and the artist. Robert Nava Through July 14, 2018 Sorry We're Closed Rue de la Régence, 67 1000 Brussels Belgium  Tel. +32 478 354 213  Nava's work (studio view). taken from the artist's Instagram feed   ©the artist.