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"Studio View, 9/11" Oil on Canvas c. 9/11/2001 by David FeBland |
Friday, September 11, 2015
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Black Artists Matter
Zenith Gallery and Zenith Community Arts Foundation Present:
"BLACK ARTISTS MATTER"
At the Marketplace at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
DC Convention Center- Hall E, Booth #540
801 Mt Vernon Pl NW, Washington, DC 20001
Showing select artworks from the
FREEDOM PLACE COLLECTION
Alma Thomas, Romare Bearden, Benny Andrews, Robert Freeman & Richard Yarde.
Other artists represented:
Doba Afolabi, Anne Bouie, Cassandra Gillens, Hubert Jackson, Gloria Kirk, Chris Malone, Curtis Woody and more.
Doba Afolabi, Anne Bouie, Cassandra Gillens, Hubert Jackson, Gloria Kirk, Chris Malone, Curtis Woody and more.
Market Place Open to the Public
Show Dates: September 17- September 19, 2015
Zenith Gallery Information:
Margery Goldberg, 202-783-2963, margery@zenithgallery.com
Zenith Community Arts Foundation Information:
Ella Dorsey, 202-783-8005, zenithcommunityarts@zcaf.org
Wednesday, September 09, 2015
For your Wednesday night
The most expensive thing in the world is information; for artists it is information and critical feedback. Artists complain all the time about not having either one of these two.
This critique should be a really interesting time where you can listen
not pnly as I give my professional opinion about the work Zofie Lang, Christian Tribastone, Ceci Cole McKinturff, and Nate Lewis!
I am probably the best opinion-giver on the planet because I offer it from many perspectives, not just from a pencil-neck geek art critic, but also from a professional artist with a few decades of worldwide experience under his size 36 belt plus an even more successful (and humble) art dealer with more experience on the subject than nearly all other DMV art dealers combined... so please come by and bring a note pad and clean ears.
You will learn a lot.
Also I will also be dispensing some gold nuggets on artists and arts fairs!
Everyone that is interested in hearing this conversation about these artists' original art - applicable to all - is invited sit in on The Critique. The conversation is meant to be critical but constructive. The event aims to discuss what works, what doesn’t work, and to lead the artist toward possible resolutions or developments.
6:00 - 7:00 Meet and Greet with refreshments, and to see the Otis Street Arts Project space.
The Critique will begin at 7:00. Some works we will discuss will be jpgs, some will be actual pieces and each artist's work will be discussed for roughly 30 minutes.
RSVP on the event's Facebook Event Page
(not required for attendance) https://www.facebook.com/events/1649240928664730/
I am probably the best opinion-giver on the planet because I offer it from many perspectives, not just from a pencil-neck geek art critic, but also from a professional artist with a few decades of worldwide experience under his size 36 belt plus an even more successful (and humble) art dealer with more experience on the subject than nearly all other DMV art dealers combined... so please come by and bring a note pad and clean ears.
Also I will also be dispensing some gold nuggets on artists and arts fairs!
Everyone that is interested in hearing this conversation about these artists' original art - applicable to all - is invited sit in on The Critique. The conversation is meant to be critical but constructive. The event aims to discuss what works, what doesn’t work, and to lead the artist toward possible resolutions or developments.
6:00 - 7:00 Meet and Greet with refreshments, and to see the Otis Street Arts Project space.
The Critique will begin at 7:00. Some works we will discuss will be jpgs, some will be actual pieces and each artist's work will be discussed for roughly 30 minutes.
RSVP on the event's Facebook Event Page
(not required for attendance) https://www.facebook.com/events/1649240928664730/
Tuesday, September 08, 2015
Artists' Websites: Michelle Banks
Her work explores the marriage of art and science in a visual representation that maximizes the artistry of science and the science of visual art.
While many artists complaint about lack of opportunities, Banks grabs them by the horns and you can see her work several times a year around the region.
She writes:
Art and science may seem like opposites, but they can form beautiful partnerships. My work draws on biology, anatomy and neuroscience to produce paintings and collages that celebrate colors and forms that can often be seen only under a microscope.You can find her artwork at the following local events this year:
September 1217th Street Festival
Washington, DC
September 26Barracks Row Fall Festival
Washington, DC
October 3Art on the Avenue
Alexandria, VA
October 4McLean Project for the Arts, Artfest
McLean, VA
If you can't make it to a festival, you can visit her online shop at Artologica.
Monday, September 07, 2015
This is what you need to do this Wednesday!
It should be a really interesting time where you can listen
to my wealth of immense knowledge as I talk about the work of Zofie Lang, Christian Tribastone, Ceci Cole McKinturff, and Nate Lewis!
If you want to pick up some good and critical points about artwork - some brutal, but all constructive - from the perspective of one of the DMV's best-known art critics, who also happens to be an immensely successful artist, and an even more successful (and humble) art dealer (much to the chagrin of some)... please come by and bring a note pad and clean ears.
Also I will also be dispensing some gold nuggets on artists and arts fairs!
Everyone that is interested in hearing this conversation about these artists' original art - applicable to all - is invited sit in on The Critique. The conversation is meant to be critical but constructive. The event aims to discuss what works, what doesn’t work, and to lead the artist toward possible resolutions or developments.
6:00 - 7:00 Meet and Greet with refreshments, and to see the Otis Street Arts Project space.
The Critique will begin at 7:00. Some works we will discuss will be jpgs, some will be actual pieces and ach artist's work will be discussed for roughly 30 minutes.
RSVP on the event's Facebook Event Page
(not required for attendance) https://www.facebook.com/events/1649240928664730/
I will also be bringing some signed artwork to dispense to attendees as I see fit... FREE ART!!!
If you want to pick up some good and critical points about artwork - some brutal, but all constructive - from the perspective of one of the DMV's best-known art critics, who also happens to be an immensely successful artist, and an even more successful (and humble) art dealer (much to the chagrin of some)... please come by and bring a note pad and clean ears.
Also I will also be dispensing some gold nuggets on artists and arts fairs!
Everyone that is interested in hearing this conversation about these artists' original art - applicable to all - is invited sit in on The Critique. The conversation is meant to be critical but constructive. The event aims to discuss what works, what doesn’t work, and to lead the artist toward possible resolutions or developments.
6:00 - 7:00 Meet and Greet with refreshments, and to see the Otis Street Arts Project space.
The Critique will begin at 7:00. Some works we will discuss will be jpgs, some will be actual pieces and ach artist's work will be discussed for roughly 30 minutes.
RSVP on the event's Facebook Event Page
(not required for attendance) https://www.facebook.com/events/1649240928664730/
I will also be bringing some signed artwork to dispense to attendees as I see fit... FREE ART!!!
Sunday, September 06, 2015
Saturday, September 05, 2015
Phillips and Ebay
If you want to buy works by up-and-coming artists like Math Bass, Petra Cortright, and Artie Vierkant at Phillips later this month, get out your laptop, because for the first time, the auction house will offer works live during the sale via eBay.Details here.
Friday, September 04, 2015
Barbara Januszkiewicz at McLean
The unique and vibrant artistic style of Mid-Atlantic watercolor
artist Barbara Januszkiewicz will be featured when McLean Project for The Arts opens its art exhibition from 7-9pm on Thursday, September 10,
2015. Color Riff by Barbara Januszkiewicz features paintings designed
to spark a dialogue between the use of color and its conceptual link to
music.
Januszkiewicz is recognized for her unique style and use of difficult medias like watercolor, a media that she has mastered completely and takes to the next level with her ability to capture the complexity of color. For this exhibit, however, she displays her latest work of watercolor-like acrylics on unprimed canvas, a new medium for Januszkiewicz.
"Januszkiewicz has a flowing, vibrant style akin to that of the Color School’s Morris Louis,” raves the Washington Post.
Januszkiewicz has been influenced directly by music in her career. She strives to capture how the music sounds and feels in her paintings. “I find it intriguing that there is a vocabulary of words that apply to both music and visual art, like movement, patterns, perspectives and layering,” she says.
“Music is my muse,” she continues. “I am inspired by the gritty undertones and rhythm patterns of the blues. I take a song’s chord progressions and play with the idea of a mirror cord in the colors I paint with. Blending the music and corresponding color notes, I work to create luminous paintings that reflect the emotionalism and improvisational freedom that we find in music genres like jazz.”
Viewers can interact with the art through unique and rare online content. Video and audio clips of the musicians and music that have inspired Barbara’s artwork will be connected via a smartphone app to the paintings.
Exploring the effects of every genre from jazz to thumping garage rock to vintage blues can now be witnessed in exhibit, where sound becomes visual.
The public, press and art supporters are welcome to tour the exhibit and see the artwork and interact with the artist on Thursday, September 10, 2015 from 7– 9pm, McLean Project for the Arts, 1234 Ingleside Avenue, McLean, Virginia. Color Riffs runs through October 24.
Januszkiewicz is recognized for her unique style and use of difficult medias like watercolor, a media that she has mastered completely and takes to the next level with her ability to capture the complexity of color. For this exhibit, however, she displays her latest work of watercolor-like acrylics on unprimed canvas, a new medium for Januszkiewicz.
"Januszkiewicz has a flowing, vibrant style akin to that of the Color School’s Morris Louis,” raves the Washington Post.
Januszkiewicz has been influenced directly by music in her career. She strives to capture how the music sounds and feels in her paintings. “I find it intriguing that there is a vocabulary of words that apply to both music and visual art, like movement, patterns, perspectives and layering,” she says.
“Music is my muse,” she continues. “I am inspired by the gritty undertones and rhythm patterns of the blues. I take a song’s chord progressions and play with the idea of a mirror cord in the colors I paint with. Blending the music and corresponding color notes, I work to create luminous paintings that reflect the emotionalism and improvisational freedom that we find in music genres like jazz.”
Viewers can interact with the art through unique and rare online content. Video and audio clips of the musicians and music that have inspired Barbara’s artwork will be connected via a smartphone app to the paintings.
Exploring the effects of every genre from jazz to thumping garage rock to vintage blues can now be witnessed in exhibit, where sound becomes visual.
The public, press and art supporters are welcome to tour the exhibit and see the artwork and interact with the artist on Thursday, September 10, 2015 from 7– 9pm, McLean Project for the Arts, 1234 Ingleside Avenue, McLean, Virginia. Color Riffs runs through October 24.
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