Structure and Imagery

John Walker, Swing, 2018, oil on canvas, 84 x 66 inches. Photo courtesy of Alexandre Gallery Installation view. Photo courtesy of Alexandre Gallery Installation view. Photo courtesy of Alexandre Gallery John Walker Opening Reception: September 26, 5 -7 pm Sept 15 - March 30, 2018 Alexandre Gallery 499 Park Avenue New York, NY

The group exhibition curated, by Milly Cardoso, will feature  Julia Oldham 's Forest Maker , 2018 A still image from Oldham's Forest Maker. From the Press Release: “The first time I called myself a 'Witch' was the most magical moment of my life.” ― Margot Adler, Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America Yes, I’m a Witch explores feminism, the witch trials, and the mysticism and folklore surrounding witches. Taken from Yoko Ono’s 1974 song entitled, Yes, I’m a Witch, the exhibition is an ode to the strong woman who goes against societal norms, the woman that owns her power and sexuality and challenges the patriarchy. Exuding feminine strength wasn’t acceptable then, and it’s not acceptable now. The desire to punish is prevalent today. A coven of thirteen artists, whom all originate from different background and interests will be working in a variety of media.

Installation view Detail Exhibiting artist Melissa Staiger and Kent Place School gallery director, Ken Weathersby.   From the Press Release: The Kent Place Gallery presents a solo exhibition by New York artist Melissa Staiger from Friday, September 7 through Monday, October 1 .  Staiger's exhibition, titled “Open the Door,” will fill the gallery with vibrant, powerful assemblages and collages, creating an atmosphere of harmony and surprise through color and texture. The artist has said that opening her heart (the door), and letting her emotions out through her work has become her guiding principle: “I carefully arrange objects, shapes, lines, and colors. I pay attention to relationships, patterns, and shifts of movement . . . I need time to immerse, experiment, listen, and draw in my sketch-book to push my work further . . . using color as the structure in my work opens up a glimpse of understanding that I crave within my inner self.” Staiger’s work...

Ashley Garrett, Aster , 2017, oil on paper, 6 x 8 in. Aster , 2017, oil on paper, 6 x 8 in. From the Press Release: Wild World  explores the power of the gestural mark inspired by the natural world.  The artists of this show  Ashley Garrett,   Catherine Howe   and  Lily Prince   all paint with a distinctive gestural calligraphy. Catherine Howe's monotypes assert bold, botanically-inspired forms while Lily Prince's watercolors exhibit a hypnotic, vibrating brushwork that walks the tightrope between light and color. Ashley Garrett's oil paintings combine calligraphic elements with deep, mysterious spaces conjuring up the ambiguity between "inside" and "outside" the self. United by the bravura of the artistic hand, these paintings, prints and watercolors by these three artists boldly express the subtle strength of nature and the ephemeral power of the brush. Wild World: Ashley Garrett, Catherine Howe and Lily Prince open...

Installation view of Non-Place: Levan Mindiashvili and Grant Wells Had a great time last evening at SFA Projects ' Drinks Night ! Gallery co-owners, Keith Schweitzer and artist Kay Sirikul Pattachote , hosted the lively event in conjunction with the spaces' current exhibit, Non-Place that features the work of Levan Mindiashvili and Grant Wells . The event offered a great chance to meet the artists and discuss their work in an informal setting that included a complimentary bar. From the gallery's press release: The title of the show borrows a phrase coined by Marc Augé to refer to spaces where concerns of relations, history, and identity are erased. Mindiashvili’s practice explores the transitional, liquid state of historically accepted social forms and paradigms. Focused on in-between, transient conditions, his work itself can be placed in interstices between sculpture, drawing, tapestry, and painting. Hand-produced pigmented hydrocal sculptures visually ...

The featuring artists are inspired to make art based on their spiritual practice or beliefs. They will be presenting their artworks at a slideshare / artist talk event on Tuesday, September 25th. 7PM — 8:30PM at Art During the Occupation Gallery • 119 Ingraham Street Brooklyn, NY 11237. Please join us on Tuesday, September 25 at Art During the Occupation Gallery for an event organized by Meer Musa. I will be presenting and discussing the role Spirituality plays in my work along  with Arlene Rush, Jackie Shatz, Martin Dull, Mary Devincentis Herzog and Sasha Hallock . Session- September 2018 organized by Meer Musa  Tuesday September 25, 7 - 8:30 pm Art During the Occupation Gallery, Bushwick 119 Ingraham Street Brooklyn, NY

Teeth,  Will Corwin, 2018, plaster and sand, dimensions variable THE OLD GODS WILL CORWIN SEPTEMBER 6-OCTOBER 12, 2018 OPENING RECEPTION: SEPTEMBER 6, 6-8PM   Geary is pleased to present Will Corwin’s The Old Gods , an exhibition of metal and plaster casts that explore how objects absorb aspiration and desire and reflect back regenerative power. Based on sculptural types drawn from Sumerian, Babylonian, Eqyptian, and Hellenistic antiquity, Corwin distills these mythological and spiritual images of deities, demons and kings down into their pure symbolic content and finds their commonalities.  He scales his sculptures so that they insert themselves directly into the presence of the viewer: his goal is to instill in the spectator a desire to hold these pieces in their hands, activating unexpected emotions of tenderness, intrigue and delight not often associated with contemporary sculpture. The sculptures are objects of personal devotion, based on amulet...