Tuesday, September 20, 2011

ART MOSCOW 2011 opens Sept 21.

ART MOSCOW 2011

Image courtesy of ADORA CALVO Gallery.

From September 21st to 25th, the International Art Fair ART MOSCOW, the principal annual event on the Russian art calendar focusing on contemporary art, will be held at the Central House of Artists.
ART MOSCOW is held annually, presenting to the public new works, names and galleries and each year it develops and evolves. This year the number of specialists in the Expert Council increased with the introduction of international professionals from Great Britain (Rachael Barrett) and Germany (Anne Maier). The structure of the exposition area has also been altered. Following the international model, ART MOSCOW now offers a system of equal exposition area. Galleries are offered to stand out for the quality of their expositions but not for their size. During the build up to the 2011 ART MOSCOW, presentations have taken place at other key international art events in Berlin, Cologne, London, Madrid and Basel. This has resulted in an increased number of international exhibitors and an expanding pool of international mass-media interest.

This year over 40 national and international galleries introduce their expositions at the 15th ART MOSCOW Fair. Adora Calvo Gallery (Salamanca, Spain), Aidan Gallery (Moscow, Russia), La Acacia Gallery (Havana, Cuba), AL Gallery (Saint-Petersburg, Russia), Alma Gallery (Riga, Latvia), Anca Poterasu Gallery (Bucharest, Romania), Art&Space (Munich, Germany), Atelier 2 (Moscow, Russia), Barbarian Art Gallery (Zurich, Switzerland), Black Square Gallery (New York, USA), Vostochnaya Gallery (Moscow, Russia), Gagliardi Art System (Torino, Italy), Gallery21 (Moscow, Russia), Green Art Gallery (Perm, Russia), Zvono Gallery (Belgrade, Serbia), Iragui Gallery (Moscow, Russia), Collage Habana Gallery (Havana, Cuba), Knoll Gallery (Vienna, Austria/Budapest, Hungary), Kiev Fine Art (Kiev, the Ukraine), Krokin Gallery (Moscow, Russia), Kultproekt (Moscow, Russia), Glaz Gallery (Moscow, Russia), M&Y Guelman Gallery (Moscow, Russia), Marina Gisich Gallery (Saint-Petersburg, Russia), Mironova Gallery (Kiev, the Ukraine), Nadja Brykina Gallery (Zurich, Switzerland), Pobeda Gallery (Moscow, Russia), Riga Gallery (Riga, Latvia), RuArts (Moscow, Russia), Temnikova & Kasela Gallery (Tallinn, Estonia), Triumph Gallery (Moscow, Russia), Fine Art Gallery (Moscow, Russia), FotoLoft Gallery (Moscow, Russia), Frolov Gallery (Moscow, Russia), Forsblom Gallery (Helsinki, Finland), Whitestone Gallery (Tokyo, Japan), XL Gallery (Moscow, Russia), Collection Gallery (Kiev, Ukraine), TSEKH Gallery (Kiev, the Ukraine).

In addition this year will see ART MOSCOW present not only commercial galleries, but also a number of individual exhibitions including: photo-works by Jeff Cowen, an exhibition of Vitas Stasyunas, the paintings of Rafael Reno, 3D-projects supervised by Liza Plavinskaya and a group show of young artists from Great Britain in Translate/Transcribe. At the Fair there will a lso be lectures by Carlos Amorales and Adrian Notz, panel discussions with Artchronikamagazine and Goethe Institute, a panel discussion with Christies Auction House; creative workshops and seminars. Artist and lecturerIan Gonczarow will host a lecture at British Higher School of Art and Design on contemporary art trends.

The Ladd Brothers Lead Artist Tour at Affordable Art Fair | Sunday September 25 | 3pm

The Ladd Brothers Lead Artist Tour at Affordable Art Fair | Sunday September 25 | 3pm

For our fourth and final AAF artist-led tour on Sunday September 25, 2011 we bring you Steven and William Ladd. Steven and William are brothers born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1977 and 1978. Steven studied at Rockhurst University where he explored theatre, fashion, performance and art. William traveled the world as a model and started fine-tuning his interest in beadwork. They reunited in Brooklyn, New York and have been collaborating for the past ten years. Together they have forged a body of work that exists in a nexus of text, drawing, sculpture, installation, performance, design, and fashion. They have combined a range of techniques, forms, and practices, forging something which is uniquely theirs. The values guiding their collaboration are: Spend your life doing what you love, Be focused and disciplined, and Collaborate. The brothers work has been included in exhibitions at The Smithsonian Institution: Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum, The Decorative Arts Museum at the Louvre, The Museum of Art and Design, and The Contemporary Museum Hawaii.

Their values and attention to detail combine to create some of the most intricate, innovative, surprising and delightfully dark work we have seen in a long time. The work is layered both literally and metaphorically and in a recent studio visit and performance with the brothers we had the pleasure of witnessing and documenting these layers first-hand. We watched the brothers unfold a three part piece titled 'Stairway to Heaven,' Stack Infection' and 'Ant Infestation' (2010) in which each set starts as a series of hand-made boxes and opens up into tiny worlds of intricate landscapes created by handmade beadwork sculptures, fabric layers and crevasses of found-materials. The work is delightful but also strikingly dark. It deals with infestation and decay and as the title suggestions infection. This is a theme in much of their work, but don’t let this deter you, this is an infection you can live with and more than that, an infection that you can love. The work addresses cycles of life death, rebirth and transformation through fabric and design. While their work is certainly based in practices of fine-art making they walk a fine line between architectural design and development as well as performance. The work is not complete until the Ladd brothers have meticulously laid it out in the silent dance they do, unfolding and unstacking each individual component of the multi-component boxes that contain the work. The brothers are the key to the completion of this work.

You can see more images of the three pieces and their performance as well as watch our video interview and shots we got of their performance here. Their tour kicks off at 3pm on Sunday and they will be exploring works in the fair they love and that address their own practices and mediums. You can rsvp for the Ladd’s tour through The Art Dossier at RSVP@theartdossier.com and we will send you more details.

Art Basel Miami Beach

Art Basel Miami Beach 2011: Celebrating the 10th Edition

From December 1 through 4, Miami Beach, Florida, will host the 10th edition of
Art Basel Miami Beach, the most prestigious art show in the Americas. More than 260 leading galleries from North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa will take part, showcasing works by more than 2,000 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
To mark its 10th edition, Art Basel Miami Beach will inaugurate a new collaboration with the Bass Museum of Art on the Art Public sector, which will transform Collins Park with unique artworks and performances by renowned artists and emerging talents. For the first time,
Art Video will be presented on the large-scale outdoor projection wall of the New World Center, designed by Frank Gehry. The free public viewings will be part of a number of special events and performances taking place across Miami Beach for the duration of the show to celebrate the 10th edition.
Over the past ten years, Art Basel Miami Beach rapidly developed from a vibrant new-comer on the global art scene to the leading international art show in the Americas. The list of participating galleries, chosen by the Selection Committee, makes Art Basel Miami Beach the most prestigious art show of the Americas, featuring both established and emerging galleries. By redefining and optimizing its sectors, Art Basel Miami Beach has constantly responded to the evolving needs of its galleries. Between 2002 and today, Art Basel Miami Beach has gradually extended its footprint by over 50 percent, and increased the number of exhibiting galleries from barely 200 galleries in 2002 to more than 260 galleries at this year's edition. Outside the halls, public art works have repeatedly transformed numerous locations across Miami Beach.
The decade has also marked a time of great transformations in the cultural scene of South Florida and Miami Beach. Major private collections including De la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space, CIFO, Rubell Family Collection, World Class Boxing, and the Margulies Collection enlarged their presence in Miami Beach and their reputation across the world. In addition, public institutions such as the Miami Art Museum and MOCA North Miami are extending their scope with new building projects, scheduled for completion in 2013. Many observers have called this decade 'a cultural renaissance', that made the Greater Miami area an exciting destination for the international artworld.
The show has likewise helped catalyze the evolution of the Latin American art scene, serving as an annual meeting point for its existing players and its new collectors. The rapid surge in the numbers of collectors from the entire continent – and the steady pace at which they have broadened the scope of their collections – have made the show a true nexus between the art scenes of Europe, North America and Latin America.
Art Galleries
The Art Basel Miami Beach Selection Committee has chosen more than 200 galleries for the main sector of this year’s show. More than half of the exhibitors come from outside the United States, with strong participation from Europe, 26 galleries from Latin America, nine galleries from Asia and two from Africa. The following galleries are exhibiting for the first time in Art Galleries: Galerie Berinson (Berlin), DAN Galeria (São Paulo), Loretta Howard Gallery (New York), Marc Jancou Contemporary (New York), Long March Space (Beijing), McCaffrey Fine Art (New York), Galería Sur (Montevideo), and Richard Telles (Los Angeles). The following galleries are returning to the show after a short hiatus: Air de Paris (Paris), Alexander and Bonin (New York), Galería Helga de Alvear (Madrid), Gavin Brown's enterprise (New York), China Art Objects (Los Angeles), Sadie Coles HQ (London), Galerie Eigen+Art (Berlin), Alison Jacques Gallery (London), Galerie Peter Kilchmann (Zurich), Galerie nächst St. Stephan (Vienna), SCAI The Bathhouse (Tokyo), and Silverstein (New York). The full list of exhibitors can be found at artbasel.com/sectors.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Bonita Springs National Art Festivals

Center of the Arts of Bonita Springs
presents:
Bonita Springs National Art Festivals

Call to Artists

**January Festival Deadline October 1**

WHAT: 3 Fine Art and Fine Craft Events

WHERE: Promenade at Bonita Bay, Bonita Springs, Florida

WHEN: Saturday and Sunday
           January 14-15, 2012
           February 11-12, 2012
           March 10-11, 2012

NOTEWORTHY:

*3 separately juried events. Artists may participate in one, two or three events.

*Long history of excellent sales.

*Each show limited to 211 juried fine artists and craft persons.

*Jury/Booth Fees ($30/$400); a few larger spaces available at extra cost.

*Cash Awards.

*Friday setup and drive up to your space to unload.

*Artist amenities.

*For more details about the shows, click HERE
These highly regarded festivals offer artists the opportunity to present their fine art and fine craft in a high traffic area during the busiest time of the winter season. Bonita Springs, adjacent to Naples is populated by upper-income residents. Quality of the work exhibited attracts knowledgeable art lovers and buyers. These festivals have all the characteristics for success: location, venue, audience and ambiance and are consistently top-ranked among all outdoor shows nationwide!

For 2011, a third festival has been added, in February, during the height of the tourist and snowbird season.

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:

Deadlines:
January Festival: October 1, 2011
February Festival: November 1, 2011
March Festival: December 1, 2011

For more details, artist's prospectus, entry form and festival layout map, visit:
http://artinusa.com/bonita/app/

Email inquiries to:
artfest@artinusa.com

You may also contact:

Barry Witt
239-992-1213

For additional information about the Center for the Arts of Bonita Springs:
http://www.artcenterbonita.org/

Fashion in Residence

FASHION IN RESIDENCE:

Francisco Medavog

brings

Couture to

Alexander Salazar Fine Art -

Wednesday - September 14 at 6pm

Event Address-
1040, 7th Avenue
San Diego, CA, 92101

Time:
Wine Reception 6pm - 9pm
Fashion Show @ 7pm

Food provided by EDEN, Hillcrest. http://www.edensandiego.com/

BEAUTIFICATION SPRING 2012; a collection of dresses in flowers is a tribute to Balboa Park's own artist in residence, at the turn of the 1900's, Kate Sessions.

Fabric Sponsorship by PURE FITNESS
Hair and Make-Up - William Williams and Bellus Academy
Jewelry - Anjela Piccard

An ETT Production

Figures of Timeless Beauty - Bryce Cameron Liston Solo Exhibition

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11 Broad Street Charleston, SC 29401

FIGURES OF TIMELESS BEAUTY

Bryce Cameron Liston Solo Exhibition

On Display from October 7, 2011 – October 31, 2011

CHARLESTON, SC (October 2011)- M Gallery of Fine Art is pleased to present a solo exhibition featuring the work of Bryce Cameron Liston. The show, entitled Figures of Timeless Beauty, will hang from October 7^th – October 31^st. The show will include at least ten of Liston’s paintings and possibly some drawings. All of the paintings will depict the female form and will include both interior and exterior scenes. The opening reception will be held on Friday, October 7^th, in tandem with the First Friday Art Walk. There will be a Collectors’ Preview held the night before the event on Thursday October 6^th.

The pieces that will comprise the show are intended to impart timelessness and continuity— impressions that the artist hopes will stay with the viewer long after they review his work. “I hate the thought of my artwork being or becoming outdated,” Liston explains, “I want the viewer to be able to say that painting is of someone right here, right now, or maybe of someone fifty years ago. Sure, clothing and hairstyle change, but other aspects of life, imagery, emotions, etc. do not and have not for hundreds of thousands of years.”

Liston believes that a good figurative painting has to contain four basic components including: correct anatomy; good composition; strong artistic elements such as shape, value, and edge; and finally, emotion or atmosphere. “I’ve spent my entire career as a painter trying to master these essentials and I think this collection of work embodies these concepts,” he says.

Liston has three favorite pieces that will appear in Figures of Timeless Beauty: Red, Blue, and Yellow. Each piece focuses on the balance of color and the effects of light on color, they also balance the literal and conceptual. They were painted in Liston’s studio using three of his best models. If Liston had to choose his favorite piece in Figures of Timeless Beauty, he would choose Red.

Although he studied art the University of Utah, Liston considers himself a primarily self-taught artist. If he had to name a mentor, he would choose renowned sculptor Edward Fraughton. “I worked for Ed in his foundry for over 15 years. I learned an invaluable amount from him during that time, particularly about human anatomy and gesture. It’s odd to say I learned how to paint from a sculptor, but to a certain extent it’s true,” he confesses.

As for influences, he names the great American illustrators such as Newell Convers Wyeth and Howard Pyle as his earliest sources of inspiration. Later in life, however, Liston gravitated towards the likes of John William Waterhouse and John Singer Sargent.

The human form heavily inspires Liston. “People are beautiful, mysterious, ever- changing and completely individual. I never, ever tire of drawing, painting and sculpting the human figure and I very strongly believe I never will. I think Michelangelo said it best: And who is so barbarous as not to understand that the foot of a man is nobler than his shoe.”

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For more information regarding Liston’s art, call 843.727.4500 or email Carlen Quinn at cquinn@mgalleryoffineart.com.

Morrison Hotel - 10th Anniversary Celebration & Benefit Concert

10th ANNIVERSARY

CELEBRATION & BENEFIT CONCERT

September 12, 2011, New York, NY - The Morrison Hotel Gallery is very excited to celebrate 10 years as the leading fine art music photography gallery with a special benefit concert and party at The Cutting Room in New York City on Thursday, October 13th at 7 PM. The event is sponsored by American Photo Magazine and will include special performances from the remarkable Julian Lennon, The Modern Folk Quartet (Henry Diltz, Jerry Yester, Cyrus Faryar & Chip Douglas), and Tangiers Blues Band (Danny Clinch, King, Chris Scianni, Dave Sellar, Pete Levin, Jon Graboff & Dave Borla).

With locations in Soho and the former CBGB's Gallery on Bowery, The Morrison Hotel Gallery, named after co-owner Henry Diltz's famous Doors album cover shot, has become a major brand in their own "fine art music photography" trademark and is highly respected amongst peers and artists alike. Bridging the gap between fans and the larger than life musicians they idolize and love, the gallery has brought countless exhibitions and coveted photographs to music fans and collectors all over the world. Founded in 2001 by former record company executive Peter Blachley, legendary music photographer Henry Diltz, and former independent record storeowner Rich Horowitz, the gallery has become an absolute staple in New York City and in music culture abroad.

Notable exhibitions held at The Morrison Hotel Gallery include: Ken Regan Presents Bob Dylan; Curt Gunther: The Beatles 1964; Two Takes on Neil Young - The Photography of Joel Bernstein and Henry Diltz; Within a Circle of Friends: The Photography of Lynn Goldsmith; Catch the Beat: The Roots of Punk & Hip Hop - The Photography of Janette Beckman; From Darkness to a Dream: Bruce Springsteen - The Photography of Danny Clinch and Frank Stefanko; Artist in Residence with Ryan Adams; Tony Bennett: Portrait of an Artist; and Timeless: The Photography of Julian Lennon, among countless others. World-class music photographers represented by the Morrison Hotel Gallery include Neal Preston, Mick Rock, Bob Gruen, Ken Regan, and Timothy White, among others.

Of this notable occasion, co-owner Peter Blachley says, "The 10 year odyssey that began in Henry Diltz's living room has evolved into something that has touched many people's lives thru the beautiful photographs that hang in thousands of homes and businesses throughout the world. A true testament to the power of art and music, The Morrison Hotel Gallery is proud to be part of such an important movement in photography. Some things never change and we hope they never do."

The Morrison Hotel Gallery 10th Year Anniversary Event is an open to the public and will include the following ticket options: $75/General Admission and $180/ VIP Silver Circle Seating. Discounts are available for groups of six or more in the VIP section. Tickets can be purchased online at www.morrisonhotelgallery.com or at both gallery locations. For sponsorship and advertising opportunities, please contact Susan Brandt at susan@morrisonhotelgallery.com or (212) 965-5102.

A percentage of proceeds from ticket sales will benefit Rational Animal (www.rational-animal.org), a NYC-based non-profit organization creating media and special events to increase awareness about at-risk animals, and The White Feather Foundation (www.whitefeatherfoundation.com), embracing environmental and humanitarian issues in conjunction with partners from around the world to help raise funds for the betterment of all life and to honor those who have truly made a difference.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Jeanette Korab wil be at the Milan Gallery Tonight-6-10

Join Us This Saturday...

~ GALLERY NIGHT ~

SEPTEMBER 10

6pm - 10pm

~ GALLERY NIGHT ~ SEPTEMBER 10 6pm - 10pm Several gallery artists including Henrietta Milan, Jeanette Korab, Rome Milan, Gregory Beck and Cynthia Bryant will be at the gallery to meet and greet. Some will be painting on site. Come enjoy a glass wine, see new pieces, and relax with live music. ~ GALLERY NIGHT ~