Structure and Imagery

Jeffrey Morabito: Birds and Flowers, Vases and Windows On view through March 1 at SFA Projects A detail from the precious image. From the Press Release: Dating back to 10th -century China, bird-and-flower painting is a genre of painting that consists not only of birds and flowers, but plants, fish, insects, dogs and cats. Because of his multiracial heritage, residing in many different countries through his career, Morabito’s artistic identity is deeply grounded in both the Chinese and Italian traditions. As both cultural insider and observational voyeur, Morabito is compelled to reexamine said traditions to find new modes of deconstruction, examination, and interpretation. Why is a flower important when placed side by side with an animal? Is it a symbol of personal or universal beauty? Can quotidian modern objects like tennis balls be recast as a stand in for the flower in contemporary life? Morabito recreates the bird-and-flower genre by seeing objects as pictorial con...

There have been some great chances to catch an in depth look at the work of Benjamin Pritchard . The latest opportunity is on view through October 27th at SFA Projects in the form of the two person exhibition The Time Circle. Pritchard and Benjamin La Rocco have long discussed the possibility of this exhibition that explores and reinforces the two's common concerns. This Sunday on the final day of the exhibition SFA Projects will host  an informal gathering and discussion on the ongoing dialogue between these two longtime friends . Gather / Discuss Sunday, October 27, 3 - 6 PM SFA Projects 526 W 26th Street (Chelsea Location) New York, NY Benjamin La Rocca Benjamin Pritchard  Benjamin Pritchard Benjamin La Rocco Benjamin Pritchard Benjamin Pritchard Detail from above

Summer! at Betty Cuningham Gallery June 13 - August 2, 2019 Jake Berthot Elizabeth Enders Spring Haiku at SFA Projects May 30 - July 14, 2019 Installation view Jeffrey Morabito Detail from above. Marina Adams at Salon 94 bowery May 3 - June 22, 2019 Detail

Clockwise: David Pollack ,  Kamonchanok Phon-Ngam , Nancy Elisamanoundi and Paul Behnke I wanted to quickly share a new online platform that I am lucky to participate in. With works available by the four artists above,  FLATFILE ® is an online project that highlights artwork by emerging and mid-career artists. SFA Projects is the offline, real-world counterpart, offering physical exhibitions on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. For more information and to view available artwork visit  https://flatfile.gallery/

A detail view of Mit Jai Inn's Untitled (#ANY-2), 2018. photo: Paul Behnke Last night I attended the opening of The Thick Lines Between Here and There . The exhibit is co-curated by Keith Schweitzer of SFA Projects and Owen Houhoulis of Owen James Gallery . The exhibition brings four of Thailand's most recognized abstract painters together and presents their work along with well known contemporary artists from Europe and America revealing deep commonalities in both form and feeling. On view at Owen James Gallery through December 8th. Below are a few of my favorite works from the exhibition . . . . Gary Stephan, If - Then, 1974 - 75 photo courtesy of Owen James Gallery Franz West, Creativity: Furniture Reversal, 1998 photo courtesy of Owen James Gallery Mit Jai Inn, Untitled (#ANY-1), 2018 photo courtesy of Owen James Gallery The Thick Lines Between Here and There Co-curated by Keith Schweitzer and Owen Houhoulis On View through December 8, 201...

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 ...