THE ARMORY SHOW ANNOUNCES AN OUTSTANDING LIST OF INTERNATIONAL GALLERIES FOR ITS 2014 EDITION

THE ARMORY SHOW ANNOUNCES AN OUTSTANDING LIST OF INTERNATIONAL GALLERIES FOR ITS 2014 EDITION A Dynamic Selection of New and Returning Galleries Will Further Solidify New York in March as the Finest Destination to Experience the Best of the Global Art Market NEW YORK – The Armory Show 2014, in its sixteenth edition, will host over 200 galleries from 29 countries exhibiting an array of significant modern and contemporary works. The 2014 fair, taking placeMarch 6-9, will coincide with the opening of the Whitney Biennial, further establishing March in New York as a key moment on the international art world calendar. In line with its mission of providing an intelligent, dynamic platform for emerging and established galleries, The Armory Show will devote a special section of Pier 94 to a curated exhibition of contemporary art from China entitled Armory Focus: China. The fair will also launch the inaugural edition of Armory Presents, a new section devoted to solo and dual artist presentations by galleries less than ten years old. In its commitment to connoisseurship,The Armory Show – Modern has established a formal Selection Committee of leading dealers to help shape museum-quality presentations that touch upon many major movements of the twentieth century. The full list of participating galleries is available here as well as in the Editor's Notes below. The fair is divided into two main sections. The Armory Show – Contemporary, housed on Pier 94, welcomes returning exhibitors David Zwirner (New York, London), Sprüth Magers Berlin London(Berlin, London), Galerie Eva Presenhuber (Zurich), Massimo De Carlo (Milan, London), Lisson Gallery (London, New York, Milan), GALLERIA CONTINUA (San Gimignano, Beijing, Le Moulin), Kerlin Gallery (Dublin), Marianne Boesky Gallery (New York), Luciana Brito Galeria (Sao Paulo), Sean Kelly (New York), Victoria Miro (London), Praz-Delavallade (Paris), and Sies + Höke (Dusseldorf). An excellent roster of new exhibitors includes Lehmann Maupin (New York, Hong Kong), Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac (Paris, Salzburg), Almine Rech Gallery (Paris, Brussels), James Cohan Gallery(New York, Shanghai), Sikkema Jenkins & Co. (New York), Galería Elvira González (Madrid), Galerie Peter Kilchmann (Zurich), Edwynn Houk Gallery (New York, Zurich), 1301PE (Los Angeles), Aurel Schiebler (Berlin), Galeria Nara Roesler (Sao Paulo), Alison Jacques Gallery (London), Galleria Lia Rumma (Milan, Naples), Ratio 3 (San Francisco), CRG Gallery (New York), and Zach Feuer Gallery (New York). The Armory Show – Modern on Pier 92 is dedicated to international dealers specializing in historically significant 20th century works. Returning exhibitors include Marlborough Gallery (New York), Galerie Thomas Modern (Munich), Galleria d'Arte Maggiore G.A.M. (Bologna), Alan Cristea Gallery(London), Marc Selwyn Fine Art (Los Angeles), Simon Capstick-Dale Fine Arts (New York), James Goodman Gallery (New York), Pace Prints (New York), Michael Rosenfeld Gallery (New York). Outstanding new exhibitors include Moeller Fine Art (New York, Berlin), Kunsthandel Joerg Maass(Berlin), Allan Stone Gallery (New York), Valerie Carberry Gallery (Chicago), Galerie Bergamin (Sao Paulo), Maxwell Davidson Gallery (New York), and Mayoral Galeria d’Art (Barcelona). The Armory Show is New York’s leading fair for modern and contemporary art. A seminal event in the annual New York arts calendar, the fair spearheads Armory Arts Week, a city-wide program of cultural events and exhibitions.  Once again, the fair will comprise an acclaimed VIP program, a lively opening night benefit party at the Museum of Modern Art and the engaging Open Forum discussion series. Next year’s edition will also coincide with the opening of the 2014 Whitney Biennial in early March, further enhancing the line-up of Armory Arts Week events planned in partnership with New York’s cultural institutions, and attracting a wide scope of international collectors, curators, scholars, and press. For the third year running, the fair will be designed by Brooklyn-based architects Bade Stageberg Cox.  Key enhancements include a refined floor plan, a more fluid connection between the Modern and Contemporary Piers, a fresh graphic identity, and improved amenities and dining options. Further highlights for the 2014 Edition include: Curated Booths Continuing the Armory Show’s mission to enhance the quality of gallery presentations and the visitor experience on site, solo booths and thematic curated exhibits will be prevalent across both piers. These include: Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle presented jointly by Galerie Thomas Schulte (Berlin) and Christopher Grimes Gallery (Santa Monica); Fernanda Gomes at Allison Jacques Gallery (London); Serge Alain Nitegeka at Marianne Boesky Gallery (New York); Elena del Rivero at Galería Elvira González(Madrid); Scoli Acosta at Laurent Godin (Paris); Atsushi Kaga at mother's tankstation (Dublin);Jurgen Drescher at Mai 36 Galerie (Zurich); Lyonel Feininger at Moeller Fine Art (New York, Berlin); Wayne Thiebaud at Allan Stone Gallery (New York); Whitestone (Tokyo) will present a selection from the Gutai group; Mazzoleni Galleria d’Arte (Turin), REPETTO (Acqui Terme), Galleria d’Arte Maggiore G.A.M. (Bologna) will all display largely-unseen works from the Arte Povera and Transavantgarde movements; Galeria Bergamin (Sao Paulo) and Galeria Raquel Arnaud (Sao Paulo) will show Brazilian works emerging from the Constructivist and Neoconcrete movements; rare works by Sol LeWitt at James Barron Art LLC. (Rome); and a special selection of previously unavailable drawings and oil studies by Josef Albers directly from the holdings of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation at Alan Cristea Gallery (London). Armory Presents This year marks the inaugural edition of Armory Presents on Pier 94, an expanded and re-branded take on Solo Projects, a section of the fair formerly dedicated to single artist presentations exhibited by young galleries. Armory Presents has broadened the scope of the original mission to provide exposure to the work of newly established galleries by granting additional display space and prominence to the section on-site. Additionally, projects will now include the work of up to two artists curated to reflect the nuanced programming of these cutting-edge international galleries. Participants include Ani Molnár Gallery (Budapest) showing Dénes Farkas and Athr Gallery (Jeddah) with Ahmed Mater and Nasser Al Salem, representing the first two galleries ever to exhibit at The Armory Show from Hungary and Saudi Arabia, respectively, along with C L E A R I N G (Brooklyn, Brussels) showing Harald Ankart;mor.charpentier (Paris) with Maria Jose Arjona and Teresa Margolles; Travess Smalley at Higher Pictures (New York); Jessica Dickinson at James Fuentes (New York); Grant Barnhart and Jeffry Mitchell at AMBACH & RICE (Los Angeles); Jessica Silverman Gallery (San Francisco) will showHayal Pozanti; and Klaus Merkel and Nicolás Guagnini at Galerie Max Mayer (Dusseldorf). Armory Focus The curated section of The Armory Show on Pier 94 highlights the gallery and artistic landscape of a chosen geographic region. For the fifth Focus edition, Philip Tinari, Director of The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, will curate Armory Focus: China, shining new light on the country’s contemporary cultural practice. In recognition of the dynamism of the Chinese art scene, The Armory Show will present an exciting selection of 17 galleries, many of whom will be exhibiting outside of Asia for the first time, including Beijing Commune (Beijing) showing Zhao Yao; a collaborative presentation of Zhang Ding by Galerie Krinzinger (Vienna) and ShanghART (Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore); He Xiangyu at White Space (Beijing); Chambers Fine Art (Beijing, New York) presenting Zhao Zhao;Chen Shaoxiong, Wang Luyan, and Zhao Liang at Pékin Fine Arts (Beijing, Hong Kong); Madein(Shanghai) showing Lu Pingyuan; and Nadim Abbas at Gallery EXIT (Hong Kong). Tinari remarks: “This section will showcase both the dynamism of a new generation of Chinese artists and the vigor of the country’s homegrown gallery scene. Armory Focus: China marks the most comprehensive presentation of current art from China to be mounted in New York since the early 2000s.” A full list of Armory Focus: China projects and programming will be available in the new year. Artist Commission In honor of Armory Focus: China, Xu Zhen has been chosen as the 2014 Commissioned Artist and will lend the fair his graphic identity through printed ephemera and a specially commissioned limited edition. Xu Zhen, a “chameleon of concept,” has built an extensive body of work that includes video, installation, performance, and photography. From theatrical merry pranks to quieter works playing on human sensitivity, Xu Zhen has developed a repertoire confronting social-political taboos within the context of contemporary China and beyond. Armory Facts and Figures: 203 galleries on Piers 92 and 94 Galleries from 29 different countries 145 Galleries on Pier 94 – Contemporary 111 Galleries in the Main Section 17 Galleries in Armory Focus: China 17 Galleries in Armory Presents 58 Galleries on Pier 92 – Modern Notes to the Editor Pier 94: The Armory Show – Contemporary 1301PE, Los Angeles ACME., Los Angeles Andersen's Contemporary, Copenhagen Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm Baró Galeria, Sao Paulo Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen Blain | Southern, London, Berlin Peter Blum Gallery, New York Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo Luciana Brito Galeria, Sao Paulo Cardi Black Box, Milan Silvia Cintra + Box 4, Rio de Janeiro James Cohan Gallery, New York, Shanghai GALLERIA CONTINUA, San Gimignano, Beijing, Le Moulin Pilar Corrias, London CRG Gallery, New York Galerie Crone, Berlin Crown Point Press, San Francisco Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Zuoz Massimo De Carlo, Milan, London Dirimart, Istanbul Eleven Rivington, New York Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York Zach Feuer Gallery, New York Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki Honor Fraser, Los Angeles Fredericks & Freiser, New York Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris Galería Elvira González, Madrid Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica Grimm Gallery, Amsterdam Kavi Gupta CHICAGO I BERLIN, Chicago, Berlin Hales Gallery, London Häusler Contemporary Munich | Zurich, Munich, Zurich Leila Heller Gallery, New York Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, Zurich i8 Gallery, Reykjavik Ibid, London Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh Alison Jacques Gallery, London Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels JGM. Galerie, Paris Kalfayan Galleries, Athens, Thessaloniki Sean Kelly, New York Kerlin Gallery, Dublin Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich Tina Kim Gallery, New York Christine Koenig Galerie, Vienna Koenig & Clinton, New York Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles Kukje Gallery, Seoul Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Berlin Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong Josh Lilley Gallery, London Lisson Gallery, London, New York, Milan Loock Galerie, Berlin Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam Yossi Milo Gallery, New York Victoria Miro, London moniquemeloche, Chicago mother’s tankstation, Dublin Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna Carolina Nitsch, New York Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, Brussels October Gallery, London ONE AND J. Gallery, Seoul GALLERIA LORCAN O'NEILL ROMA, Rome Parkett Editions, New York PI ARTWORKS Istanbul-London, Istanbul, London Pierogi, Brooklyn Postmasters Gallery, New York P.P.O.W, New York PRAZ-DELAVALLADE, Paris Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich Produzentengalerie Hamburg, Hamburg Ratio 3, San Francisco Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, Brussels Galerie Michel Rein, Paris, Brussels Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York Roberts & Tilton, Culver City Galeria Nara Roesler, Sao Paulo Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, Salzburg Galleria Lia Rumma, Milan, Naples Aurel Scheibler, Berlin Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin Jack Shainman Gallery, New York Sicardi Gallery, Houston Sies + Höke, Dusseldorf Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York Bruce Silverstein, New York SINGAPORE TYLER PRINT INSTITUTE, Singapore SKOPIA / P.-H. Jaccaud, Geneva Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon Sprüth Magers Berlin London, Berlin, London Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, Brussels Tilton Gallery, New York Two Palms, New York Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi Valentin, Paris Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City Max Wigram Gallery, London Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York David Zwirner, New York, London Pier 94: Armory Presents AMBACH & RICE, Los Angeles: Grant Barnhart and Jeffry Mitchell Ancient & Modern, London: Jan Pleitner Edel Assanti, London: Alex Hoda and Andrew Sutherland Athr Gallery, Jeddah: Ahmed Mater and Nasser Al Salem BolteLang, Zurich: Thomas Raat C L E A R I N G, Brooklyn: Harald Ankart James Fuentes, New York: Jessica Dickinson Higher Pictures, New York: Travess Smalley Galerie Andreas Huber, Vienna: Rita Sobral Campos INVISIBLE-EXPORTS, New York: Scott Treleaven M+B, Los Angeles: Dwyer Kilcollin Galerie Max Mayer, Dusseldorf: Klaus Merkel and Nicolás Guagnini Ani Molnár Gallery, Budapest: Dénes Farkas mor.charpentier, Paris:  Maria Jose Arjona and Teresa Margolles ROTWAND, Zurich: Klodin Erb Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco: Hayal Pozanti Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, Berlin: Jose Dávila and Ignacio Uriarte Pier 94: Armory Focus: China 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong: Huang Rui and Wang Keping Aike Dellarco, Shanghai: Li Shurui and Chen Jie Aye Gallery, Beijing: Ji Dachun, and Chen Yufan Beijing Commune, Beijing: Zhao Yao Chambers Fine Art, Beijing, New York: Zhao Zhao Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong: Nadim Abbas Ink Studio, Beijing: Chen Haiyan Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna / ShanghART, Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore: Zhang Ding Madein, Shanghai: Lu Pingyuan Pékin Fine Arts, Beijing: Chen Shaoxiong, Wang Luyan, and Zhao Liang Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, Hong Kong: “Dongbei Salon” (Bi Jianye, Jia Aili, Ma Ke, Qin Qi, Song Yuanyuan, and Zhang Yexing) Space Station, Beijing: Double Fly Art Center Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing: Xu Qu and Wang Yuyang Tianrenheyi Art Center, Hangzhou: Jin Feng, Qiu Zhijie, Xu Zhen, and Yuan Gong White Space, Beijing: He Xiangyu Gallery Yang, Beijing: Liang Shuo Pier 92: The Armory Show – Modern Aicon Gallery, New York Galeria Raquel Arnaud, Sao Paulo James Barron Art, LLC, Rome Armand Bartos Fine Art, New York Galerie Bergamin, Sao Paulo Jonathan Boos, LLC, New York, Bloomfield Village Simon Capstick-Dale Fine Art, New York Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago Crane Kalman Gallery, London Alan Cristea Gallery, London Danese, New York Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York DC Moore Gallery, New York Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York DIE GALERIE, Frankfurt am Main Galeria Marc Domenech, Barcelona Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York Elrick-Manley Fine Art, New York Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia Forum Gallery, New York James Goodman Gallery, New York HackelBury Fine Art, London Hackett | Mill, San Francisco Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago Hill Gallery, Birmingham Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York Vivian Horan Fine Art, New York David Klein Gallery, Birmingham Robert Klein Gallery, Boston Alan Koppel Gallery, Chicago Kunsthandel Joerg Maass, Berlin Galleria d'Arte Maggiore G.A.M., Bologna Marlborough Gallery, New York Mayoral Galeria d'Art, Barcelona Mazzoleni Galleria d'Arte, Turin McCormick Gallery, Chicago Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte Moeller Fine Art, New York, Berlin Pace Prints, New York Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, Santa Fe REPETTO, Acqui Terme Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles Senior & Shopmaker Gallery, New York Susan Sheehan Gallery, New York Sims Reed Gallery, London Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood Allan Stone Projects, New York John Szoke, New York Galerie Thomas Modern, Munich Leon Tovar Gallery, New York Vincent Vallarino Fine Art, New York Meredith Ward Fine Art, New York Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm Whitestone Gallery, Tokyo Amy Wolf Fine Art, New York The Armory Show March 6-9, 2014 Piers 92 & 94, Twelfth Avenue at 55th Street New York City, USA Wednesday, March 5th - VIP Preview Thursday, March 6 - Sunday, March 9, Noon -7pm www.thearmoryshow.com Dates Wednesday, March 5 Preview for invited guests Thursday, March 6 - Sunday, March 9, Noon to 7 pm Visitors with a VIP pass will also be able to access the fair from Thursday to Sunday from 11 am to Noon. Tickets Advance tickets will be available in January. Admission tickets will available at the Box Office during show hours. Please visit www.thearmoryshow.com for more information. Location Piers 92 & 94 Twelfth Avenue at 55th Street New York City The Armory Show is located on Piers 92 and 94 on the Hudson River, Twelfth Avenue at West 55th Street in the Passenger Ship Terminal complex, conveniently located 20 blocks north of the Chelsea Gallery district and just west of Columbus Circle. Press Contacts Allison Rodman, The Armory Show +1.646.616.7433/+1.914.715.9794 a.rodman@thearmoryshow.com Damian Chandler, Brunswick Arts +44.20.7936.1290/Julia Niebuhr +33.1.53.96.83.83 thearmoryshow@brunswickgroup.com Please register in advance for press accrediation to The Armory Show by e-mailinga.rodman@thearmoryshow.com ###

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DECEMBER HIGHLIGHTS Snag-A-Trip Sweepstakes!

December 12, 2013 DECEMBER HIGHLIGHTS Snag-A-Trip Sweepstakes!       Due to the overwhelming response, SnagFilms is delighted to announce a 2 week extension to our "Snag-A-Trip Sweepstakes" contest. Now until January 2, film fans are invited to enter for their chance to win our Grand Prize: a 5 day / 4 night trip to Park City with VIP access to exclusive film screenings and parties at the world-renowned Sundance Film Festival.  To enter, contestants choose from a selection of over 4,000 films to watch for free on Snagfilms.com. The more you watch, the more entries you get, so fans are encouraged to watch, share, grade, and refer friends to increase their chances of winning this fabulous trip! A trip to the Sundance Film Festival is a unique and exciting opportunity for ski bunnies, aspiring filmmakers and film aficionados alike. The once-in-a-lifetime package includes all-access VIP entry to some of the most exclusive industry events and screenings. All contestants will have the chance to win other cool prizes, even if they don't make it all the way to the grand prize!     Unofficial Google+ Film Festival SnagFilms is proud to announce its partnership with the Unofficial Google+ Film Festival, one of the world's fastest-growing short film fests. Using both simultaneous online and offline events, this free, live, interactive event welcomes viewers worldwide. From December 13 to December 15, 2013, the 3-day online and interactive festival will feature a curated selection of short films and web series free and available worldwide via the festival's home on Google+ and the UGPFF website. It will include ten separate film and web series blocks, industry expert film panel discussions and interactive Q&A sessions with filmmakers throughout the event. UGPFF is the first international film festival to engage audiences with simultaneous online and offline screenings around the globe.  As a companion to the interactive online experience, UGPFF will host and live stream a series of offline screenings with theater audiences in 7 cities throughout 5 different countries including New Zealand, Singapore, London, NYC, Seattle, Tijuana and LA. From December 16-29, SnagFilms.com will be the exclusive home for the films and web series chosen for this year's festival. Sign up for details at www.ugpff.com.    SNAG STOCKING STUFFERS This holiday season, SnagFilms presents 5 fabulous DVDs for the film lover in your home. From an inspiring story about WWII veterans to Afghanistan's official Oscar entry to a portrait of the legendary Ginger Baker, these films are the perfect gifts for anybody in the family.    Limited Edition DVD Releases    BEWARE OF MR. BAKER    SXSW Grand Jury Award-winning Beware of Mr. Baker  portrays legendary drummer Ginger Baker of Cream in unrestrained detail -- his addictions, his astonishing talent, his mercurial rise, self-destructive path and ultimately his place in the pantheon of rock and roll. The perfect gift for music and documentary lovers young and old alike.  HONOR FLIGHT    Honor Flight is a heartwarming documentary about four living World War II veterans and a Midwest community coming together to give them the trip of a lifetime. President George H.W. Bush said "The film's ability to reach out to fellow veterans, friends, and family is what makes this country great." The Los Angeles times called it "enormously moving." Bring it home this Christmas to honor the hero in your life.     New Indie DVDs LET FURY HAVE THE HOUR Rough, raw and unapologetically inspirational, filmmaker Antonino D'Ambrosio's Let Fury Have the Hour is an exuberant, mixed media collage that incorporates graphic art, music, animation, and spoken word. The Tribeca Film Fest favorite features over 50 artists including Chuck D., Lewis Black, Tom Morello, Eve Ensler, Shepard Fairey and many more.  Now available for the first time on DVD.  THE BLACK TULIP The Black Tulip, Afghanistan's official selection for the 2012 Academy Awards, is a dramatic journey into the heart and soul of the real Afghanistan that captures the plight and resilience of its people. 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Exhibition Preview: Jérôme Chazeix - Zeix Desire The world which populates Jérôme Chazeix’s (1976, Nantua/France) drawings – animals, models, stars and ornaments, sparingly-coloured and succinctly outlined – piles up already in his studio: in glass cupboards, where normally one finds collected cups, Chazeix has placed animals as if to provoke our expression of sympathy (oh, isn’t it sweet!). One looks at foxes, elks or birds lacking anything unfamiliar. They are condemned to an existence as cuddled pets. In between lie genuine deer horns and flower vases bringing post-war cosiness to mind. Above, over this popular world, the objectively-scientifically stuffed bird and other dermatoplastic processed animals are being naturally displayed. It is true that for the time being the stuffed bird has nothing to do with an image, but with a way of recording. Because science ascertains with the help of these objects and a clip box the content of the world. Yet as disposition – and yet again as image (this is a pheasant!), it should not be absent. After all, the production of the popular picture flood has its starting point in the stuffed fauna. In the corners and shelves of Chazeix’s far too small studio pile up animal atlases, books about birds and goods that are being collected in order to use their illustrations and schematized drawings. The taxonomic will to record and the naivety of the look, which seeks to erase every complexity, exert a magical attraction on Chazeix. He pursues image research. The seriousness of his venture becomes visible when one is given files in the hand to leaf through. In them one can find, thematically organized, copies of cosmonaut photos, ad booklets, fashion magazines, textbooks, medicine books, tables and catalogues of contemporary art. “I’m through with the National Library” adds Chazeix. One begins to suspect, that it is about an inventory of popular images of the “unfamiliar” in the world, not inferior to science regarding its extent. It is no surprise then, that Chazeix pulls out atlases in order to show us that he scientifically assembles his hotchpotch of cosmos, model, porno, animal and ornament in self-made notebooks. There are atlases (with candy papers, tags and milk labels with a cow face, like an object feeding us happily) or atlases with various modulations of the female image, pornographic varieties included. Therefore, the picture formulas which Chazeix has mostly by chance come across (“I have bought this fox at a Chinese market”) are being injected in order reservoirs of his own.

Jérôme Chazeix - Untitled I Original drawing Mixed media on 150g/m2 lana paper Signed by the artist Size: 42 x 29.7 cm

Jérôme Chazeix - Untitled II Original drawing Mixed media on 150g/m2 lana paper Signed by the artist Size: 42 x 29.7 cm

Jérôme Chazeix - Untitled III Original drawing Mixed media on 150g/m2 lana paper Signed by the artist Size: 42 x 29.7 cm

Jérôme Chazeix - Untitled IV Original drawing Mixed media on 150g/m2 lana paper Signed by the artist Size: 42 x 29.7 cm

Jérôme Chazeix - Untitled V Original drawing Mixed media on 150g/m2 lana paper Signed by the artist Size: 42 x 29.7 cm

Jérôme Chazeix - Untitled VI Original drawing Mixed media on 150g/m2 lana paper Signed by the artist Size: 42 x 29.7 cm #fineartmagazine

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Murmur No. 20, 44 x 44 inch inch pigment print  Richard Barnes  Murmur & Refuge January 15 - February 23, 2014   The formations of birds in flight and their nest building architecture are both guided by an innate sense of purpose and survival.  In an early investigation from Animal Logic (Princeton University Press, 2009), we find the photographer examining both phenomena with reverence. In Murmur, Barnes observes the flocks of starlings that cloud the skies of EUR, a suburb of Rome.  In this series, he depicts nature as it behaves on it's own, alive and breathing.  The photographs capture the birds' aerial displays, which can take on the form of suspended mesh sculpture or simply blacken the sky. The photographs of the starlings can appear light, airy, and elegant, while others are captured with an unnerving and ominous quality. Refuge examines the complex architecture of birds' nests, constructed from elements of the natural world along with debris discarded by humans such as string, plastic and dryer lint.  The nests are intricate structures, unique in shape and form.  This study of birds' nests exhibits an interesting and perhaps complicated relationship between humans and nature.  As we make more debris and waste, we pollute the environment, but in turn these nests are made of things we see as trash and they become safe havens for this part of the animal kingdom.   Richard Barnes graduated from the University of California at Berkley with a BA in Fine Arts. He went on to work as the photographer for the joint Yale/University of Pennsylvania excavations at Abydos, Egypt.  His resume includes solo exhibitions at the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, the Carpenter Center at Harvard, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum and the University of Michigan Art Museum.  His work is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Modern Art, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  Barnes received the Rome Prize in 2005/2006, and the Alfred Eisenstadt Award in Photography and the Sidman Fellowship for the Arts in 2009. Murmur & Refuge will remain on view through February 23rd.  Foley Gallery is openWednesday - Sunday, 12 - 6pm.  To request images; please contact the gallery at 212.244.9081or info@foleygallery.com. #fineartmagazine