LISA SETTE GALLERY THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION Opening Saturday, May 11th from 7pm - 9pm

AT THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION — OPENING RECEPTION:  Saturday, May 11th, 2019 from 7pm - 9pm

AT THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION Opening Saturday, May 11th from 7pm - 9pm The full realm of the human psyche exists beyond the technological shackles and mundane logistics so pervasive in the early 21st century.  The artists of “At the Doors of Perception”, a group exhibition at Lisa Sette Gallery opening May 11, 2019, employ various mediums to present artworks as potential methods to escape the confines of the conforming ego and self-conscious brain, and access radical aesthetic and psychic transformation in worlds beyond the sublunary. Brian James Culbertson creates portraits of subjects under the influence of psychotropic drugs; Culbertson’s startling photographic prints themselves are developed in a wash of these chemicals: “The incorporation of medication used to alter the chemistry of the mind into my salted paper print process yields unpredictable results from print to print - just as it does with our own bodies.” In sculptural form, Julianne Swartz’s contribution to “At the Doors of Perception” presents a demure first impression. Her sculpture, Lull, consists of a precise and neatly-executed wooden box. When the gallery-goer ventures to open its top, a mysterious and strangely familiar soundtrack emits from the darkness within. The artist has remarked “I am interested in the intersection of the physical and non-physical, and making what is not physical somehow palpable.” The non-physical in Swartz’s work is as varied as the physical facts of the universe—light, memory, sound, kinetics, the passing of time and a sense of place. Works by James Turrell document his ongoing celestial and earthworks project at theRoden Crater site. In “At the Doors of Perception,” Turrell’s aerial view of the project site is executed on mylar, and overlaid with the artist’s architectural markings. Turrell’s project embodies the artist’s power to break free from the confines of conventionally-received time and space, and think in terms of of the galaxies and millenia contained in the human psyche. Philip Augustin’s stark, revelatory bichromatic images originate from photographic processes, but serve as vessels, in which each viewer may find both problem and resolution. Elizabeth Stone creates assemblages of discarded 35 mm slides and large-format film produce dream-state horizons and unknown landscapes, radical alloys of light and dark that generate immersive sculptural photographs. “I consider both the ‘negatives’ and ‘positives’ … Structures become apparent reminiscent of the buildings from my dreams as I wander from room to room. Landforms also emerge from the edges and I think about how we define the landscape. The transition zones transfix me.” The team of Kahn/Selesnick and the French photographer Gilbert Garcin both start from the construction of fantastic aesthetic realms and alternate mythologies. Then, in their distinct ways, the artists tenderly insert human subjects to these strange new worlds. In this manner, human perceptions are tested against the hypotheses of different chronological and physical schema. Human experience on earth is both echoed and distorted in these charming and troubling photographs; we sense the possibility of countless previously unconsidered dimensions within our own worldly experience. “At the Doors of Perception” will include works by Philip Augustin, Brian James Culbertson, Binh Danh, Gilbert Garcin, Máximo González, Carrie Marill, Marie Navarre, Luis González Palma, Fiona Pardington, Hunt Rettig, Gregory Scott, Kahn/Selesnick, Doug and Mike Starn, Elizabeth Stone, Julianne Swartz, and James Turrell. LISA SETTE GALLERY 210 East Catalina Drive, Phoenix, Arizona 85012  480 990 7342  map | directions GALLERY HOURS Tuesday – Friday 10 – 5  Saturday 12 – 5  and by appointment  closed Sunday and Monday #finartmagazine

David Richard Gallery Represents the Sonia Gechtoff Estate

SONIA GECHTOFF A Selection of Paintings from the New York Years

Sonia Gechtoff Sea Door, 1960 Oil on canvas 97" x 51”

David Richard Gallery Represents the Sonia Gechtoff Estate David Richard Gallery, LLC 211 East 121 ST | New York, NY 10035 P: (212) 882-1705 www.davidrichardgallery.com

Sonia Gechtoff Garden, Wave and Waterfall, 2001 Acrylic and graphite on canvas 60” x 60”

Gechtoff moved from San Francisco to New York in 1958. While her paintings remained pure abstractions, several aesthetic and formal aspects of her work also changed with the geographical shift. In particular, her interest in earth elements, landscape and architecture became more prevalent in her work with representational elements incorporated in her abstract compositions. Gechtoff’s paintings remained gestural, full of bold, confident strokes, full of color and commanding ones full attention in any space. Fire, smoke, wind and waves became her focus in several paintings, others strongly referenced celestial bodies, the moon, sun and stars, while other compositional elements were evocative of mountains, trees and skies. Suggestions of columns, arcs and portals became framing devices as well as part of the composition. In her later years, Gechtoff moved from oil to acrylic paint. She traded in her palette knife for graphite to emphasize and maintain strong gestures, shadows and aesthetic emphasis. Gechtoff never stopped painting, creating or re-inventing herself. She was a true artist in every sense of the word – committed and passionate about her work, her process and her career.

Sonia Gechtoff Hudson River Skies Red, 2011 Acrylic on canvas 40" x 30”

About Sonia Gechtoff (1926-2018): Sonia Gechtoff, was born and raised in Philadelphia. After graduating in 1950 from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, she moved to San Francisco in 1951 where she was greatly influenced by the painting of Clyfford Still. She taught at the California School of Fine Art working alongside Hassel Smith and Elmer Bischoff and associated with other Bay Area Abstract Expressionist painters such as Madeleine Diamond, Lilly Fenichel, Deborah Remington, Jay DeFeo and James Kelly, who she later married. San Francisco had a tremendous impact on Gechtoff, she was very much involved in the unique cultural scene and felt the local support. It is where she had her greatest career achievements, such as developing her bold use of the palette knife to create long, sharp strokes of pigment across the canvas and the corresponding early recognition with solo exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Art (currently SFMoMA) and De Young Museum. Gechtoff moved to New York in 1958 and worked there until she passed away in early 2018. Given her interests in figuration, architecture, landscape and earth elements, representational elements became more prevalent in her paintings and drawings, while abstraction and gestural brush strokes remained constant. She switched from oil to acrylic paint and traded the palette knife for graphite to maintain strong defining strokes and boundaries in her work.  Gechtoff’s artworks are included in the permanent collections of the Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland; Achenbach Foundation, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; Denver Art Museum, Colorado; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Academy of Design, New York; Oakland Museum of Art, California; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California; Museum of Art, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California; and Worcester Museum of Art, Massachusetts, among others. Most recently, her paintings were included in the very important exhibition, Women of Abstract Expressionism at the Denver Museum of Art in 2016 that subsequently traveled to the Mint Museum and the Palm Springs Museum of Art in 2017.  All Artworks: Copyright © Sonia Gechtoff Estate  For additional information please contact: David Eichholtz, Manager Mobile: (505) 467-9742 Mobile: (917) 853-8161 D@DavidRichardGallery.com #finrartmagazine

Art Basel Hong Kong update

How a Hong Kong institution rewrote art history: Asia Art Archive’s co-founder Claire Hsu takes Art Basel behind the scenes Christo sails back to Surrounded Islands, Florida's most celebrated art installation Five to watch: Tomorrow’s voices come of age at Art Basel Hong Kong Are women-only exhibitions still needed? Curator Maura Reilly says yes

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The Corning Museum of Glass Will Release a Sequel to Poplar Digital Publication on Venetian Glassworking Techniques by William Gudenrath

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William Gudenrath at work in The Studio. Courtesy of The Corning Museum of Glass.

The Corning Museum of Glass Will Release a Sequel to Poplar Digital Publication on Venetian Glassworking Techniques by William Gudenrath

Join the Live Launch Party At 9 a.m. EST on February 4 at CMoG.org 

CORNING, NY, February 1, 2019 —The Corning Museum of Glass (CMoG) will host a live launch party to celebrate its new digital publication, The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian-Style Glassworking, by artist and scholar William Gudenrath. The sequel to the popular title The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian Glassworking(2016), this scholarly electronic resource presents complete video reconstructions of the historical glassworking process.
No matter where you are in the world, join Gudenrath for a live launch party at 9 a.m. EST on Monday, February 4 at CMoG.org. The author will release an exclusive introduction video, which will be followed by the airing of all videos created for The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian-Style Glassworking, and respond live to questions and comments from viewers.

While Gudenrath’s first publication detailed the golden age of Venetian glassworking, the sequel publication follows the Venetian maestros as they fled isolation and restrictive conditions in the lagoon to set up workshops in a variety of locations across Europe—taking their masterful skills and technical prowess with them.
“The story of the spread of Venetian-style glassworking during the Renaissance is a narrative of intellectual-property loss and of bold entrepreneurship,” says Gudenrath in the publication’s introduction. “This electronic resource focuses on the idiosyncratic techniques developed by these Venetian craftsmen, newly untethered from their homeland, and explores their artistic creativity and technical innovation.”

Using detailed 360° photography, high-definition video, text and related images, Gudenrath sheds new light on 20 Venetian-style glass objects, many from The Corning Museum of Glass collection.

Access the full free publication starting February 4 at RenVenetianStyle.cmog.org.

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ABOUT WILLIAM GUDENRATH 

William Gudenrath is a glassblower, scholar, author, lecturer, and teacher. He is recognized internationally as one of the foremost authorities on glassmaking techniques of the ancient world through the 18th century. He has spent many decades studying specific works in glass in an attempt to determine how they were made. As such, he was monikered the “glass detective” by the Associated Press after the release of his first electronic resource, The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian Glassworking, in 2016. 

Although much of Gudenrath’s life has been dedicated to the material he fell in love with at the age of 11 upon being introduced to glass through a chemistry set, Gudenrath took a detour in 1974 to earn a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Texas and in 1978 to earn his Master of Music degree from the Julliard School. He, along with his wife Amy Schwartz, moved to Corning in 1995 to design, build, program, and lead The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass, where Gudenrath continues to serve as the resident advisor.

In addition to his numerous contributions in print and video on many aspects of glass history, Gudenrath is co-chairman, with Lino Tagliapietra, of the technical committee of Venetian Glass Study Days at the Istituo Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arit, in Venice, and serves on the International Advisory Committee UrbanGlass in Brooklyn, NY. His works are sold in the Museum Shops, as well as other exclusive stores and galleries nationwide.

ABOUT THE CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS

The Corning Museum of Glass is the foremost authority on the art, history, science, and design of glass. It is home to the world’s most important collection of glass, including the finest examples of glassmaking spanning 3,500 years. Live glassblowing demonstrations (offered at the Museum, on the road, and on the water) bring the material to life. Daily Make Your Own Glass experiences at the Museum enable visitors to create work in a state-of-the-art glassmaking studio. The campus in Corning includes a year-round glassmaking school—The Studio—and the Rakow Research Library, with the world’s preeminent collection of materials on the art and history of glass. Located in the heart of the Finger Lakes Wine Country of New York State, the Museum is open daily, year-round. Children and teens, 17 and under, receive free admission.

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On Seeing, A Journal. #287 January 22nd, 2019 Bioethicist, Peter Singer

On Seeing, A Journal. #287 January 22nd, 2019 Bioethicist, Peter Singer Since ethics is much in the news these days, both its presence and its absence, the time seemed right, for my Above and Beyond project, to invite to the studio for portraits and an interview one of the most renowned ethicists of our time. Peter Singer is a 72-year-old Australian-born professor, philosopher, and author whose 1975 book, “Animal Liberation: A New Ethics for our Treatment of Animals,” is the “Silent Spring” of animal rights. He is a central figure in the increasingly important field of bioethics, and teaches at the University of Melbourne and Princeton University Time magazine has named Singer among the 100 most influential people in the world.  In 2012 the Australian Government made him a Companion of the Order of Australia, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Singer is a co-founder of Animals Australia and the founder of The Life You Can Save. He has written 29 books and more scholarly articles than I care to count. #fineartmagazine

Lehman, BMCC Art Galleries to Host Tandem “Mediums of Exchange” Exhibition

Lehman, BMCC Art Galleries to Host Tandem “Mediums of Exchange” Exhibition

Bronx, NY – Are you ready to follow the money?

Andy Warhol, “Dollar Sign Series” (1982)

Lehman College and Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) will present “Mediums of Exchange,” a two-part art exhibition that opens first at BMCC on Jan. 31 and then at Lehman on Feb. 9. The exhibition, which is free and open to the public at both locations, marks the first collaboration between two of the largest gallery spaces in the City University of New York (CUNY) network.

“The show is the first of its kind at CUNY,” said Bartholomew F. Bland, director of the Lehman College Art Gallery. “In essence, ‘Mediums of Exchange’ is a single show spread between two gallery spaces, one ‘uptown’ at Lehman and the other ‘downtown’ at BMCC, with different groupings of artists featured at each space. We hope our patrons will follow the show from one location to the next to get the whole experience.”

“Mediums of Exchange” presents more than 30 contemporary artists who appropriate and contextualize money, using currency as a material in their work or taking a conceptual approach to the global economic system. 

Exploring the ever-changing forms and uses of currency, the artists in “Mediums of Exchange” engage in sociological, psychological, and economic approaches that raise new questions about the role of money around the world. Andy Warhol, who frequently spoke about his fascination with the dollar, is the chief historical reference point for the artists in this exhibition.

Lisa Panzera, director of the Shirley Fiterman Art Center, said, “We are very excited to be working in collaboration with Lehman College Art Gallery and with these incredible contemporary artists, who are investigating varying aspects of currency, how it circulates, and what it represents in our current global society.”

Both galleries will host receptions to kick off the exhibit, also free and open to the public, on Feb. 6 at BMCC and on Feb. 13 at Lehman. During the Lehman reception, the Lehman Stages Bronx Music Project, a student and alumni musical group, will present money-themed selections such as “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” and “I Need a Dollar.”

“Mediums of Exchange” is co-curated by Bland and Panzera. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully illustrated 120-page catalogue published by CUNY with essays by Bland, Panzera, and Georgette Gouveia, editor of “WAG” magazine.

“Mediums of Exchange” – Downtown

When: Jan. 31 – March 30

Where: Shirley Fiterman Art Center

             Borough of Manhattan Community College

             81 Barclay St.

             New York, NY

Reception: Feb. 6 at 6-8 p.m.

“Mediums of Exchange” – Uptown

When: Feb. 9 – May 4

Where: Lehman College Art Gallery / Fine Arts Building

             Herbert H. Lehman College

             250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

             Bronx, NY

Reception: Feb. 13 at 5-8 p.m.

For more information about Lehman College, visit:

http://www.lehman.edu/

For more information about Borough of Manhattan Community College, visit:

https://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/sfac/

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For the love of Horses. Brook USA, continues to help working horses, donkeys, mules, and the families that rely on them, in some of the poorest communities in the developing world.”

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Barbara M. Gilbert and Mark Beausoleil Join Brooke USA’s Board of Directors  – Brooke USA announced the appointment of two members to their board of directors. Mark Beausoleil and Barbara M. Gilbert joined the board to support the organization’s mission to significantly improve the welfare of working equines in the developing world. “We are so happy to welcome Mark and Barbara to Brooke USA’s board of directors,” said David Jones, DVM, chairman of the board. “They both bring talent, expertise and energy to the table. We are very fortunate to have them by our side as we continue to help working horses, donkeys, mules, and the families that rely on them, in some of the poorest communities in the developing world.” Mark Beausoleil, first senior vice president and retail banking division head for South Florida with Valley National Bank, has nearly 20 years of experience in leading all aspects of retail banking including sales and service management, commercial and small business lending, retail operations leadership revenue and cost of funds management and marketing. Originally from Massachusetts, Beausoleil received a bachelor’s degree from Framingham State University and earned his master’s in organizational leadership in at Palm Beach Atlantic University.  He is active in the South Florida community, serving as a board member for the Miami Rescue mission, chairman of the board of C.A.R.E Elementary School and was the chair of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society “Light the Night Walk” in 2014 and 2015. He is also a member of the Florida Bankers Association. Barbara Gilbert is a senior advisor with Castle Wealth Management. Originally from Larchmont, New York, she also calls Philadelphia and South  Florida, home and focused her career there. She is a national speaker on the topics of wealth planning, wealth management, women and wealth, philanthropy and nonprofit management. Through her ownership of BMG & Associates, she became a Certified Fund Raising Executive and is a planned giving and capital campaign expert. She is a member of the 100 Women in Finance Group, New York, and was elected in 2013 to the membership of "The Executive Women of the Palm Beaches." Gilbert served as vice president of Fleet Private Client and vice president for Bank of America Wealth Management, Palm Beach. She was a vice president and client strategist with Wachovia and national sales manager for Wells Fargo Wealth Division, also in Palm Beach. At Commerce Private Bank, Gilbert was managing director for both Philadelphia and Palm Beach. Most recently, she served as a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott in Palm Beach and Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Gilbert is active in the Philadelphia, and South Florida communities. She currently serves on the Women's Leadership Board of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center and is a past board member for Easter Seals, Arthur Ashe Tennis and Education and the Rock School of Ballet. She is a member of The Junior League, Palm Beach County. She is a past board member of the Historical Preservation Association of Coral Gables. Gilbert is passionate about causes that benefit children and animals. “With South Florida as Brooke USA’s leading market and home of our signature event, Brooke USA’s Sunset Polo™ & White Party, we could not be happier with our two new board members," said Emily Dulin, Brooke USA executive director. "Together, they’ll help us take this event to the next level, increasing goodwill and raising more funds for our cause.”

ABOUT BROOKE USA Brooke USA’s mission is to significantly improve the welfare of horses, donkeys and mules and the people they serve throughout Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America by raising funds and responsibly directing them to the areas of greatest need. Through the programs funded, Brooke USA helps equine owners, service providers and governments in the developing world to implement scientifically proven, practical, sustainable and culturally relevant solutions to enormous animal welfare challenges. Brooke USA raises funds to support a wide variety of programs for working horses, donkeys and mules to help them become (and remain) healthy and happy, now and in the long term. The programs also benefit families who depend on working equines to help them earn a living. Most of the programs funded by Brooke USA are directed by Brooke, the world’s largest international equine charity: the leading experts on working equines around the globe. Through a worldwide staff of approximately 1,000 (primarily nationals), Brooke currently operates in 11 countries across Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America, and Brooke USA supports many of those programs in addition to others. ABOUT BROOKE USA'S SUNSET POLO™ & WHITE PARTY The organization's signature event, Brooke USA's Sunset Polo™ & White Party, will be held Friday, March 22 at 5:30-11 p.m. at the Wanders Club in Wellington, Florida. The not-to-be-missed event sets an idyllic scene with white cabanas overlooking the tournament-sized polo field and festive lit pool. As the sun sets the exhibition polo match begins, followed by a gourmet meal and celebrity entertainment. #fimeartmagazine With over 1,000 people in attendance each year, Sunset Polo & White Party events have raised $1.2 million to benefit Brooke USA, directly improving the welfare of working horses, donkeys and mules and the people they serve throughout Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. Click here to purchase tickets or contact Events@BrookeUSA.com for more information. To learn more about Brooke USA, please go to www.BrookeUSA.org or call 859-296-0037.