Alida Anderson Art Projects is pleased to present the work of three
outstanding artists during the Spring 2016 Affordable Art Fair NYC. In light of Women’s
History Month we would like to highlight the two women in our booth,
Lauren Levato Coyne and Lori Katz. The artists both employ a graphic use
of space and bold color but execute their final works with very
different styles and media. Levato Coyne’s drawings feature animal and
human forms in various levels of realism and Katz works in ceramic to
create graphically inspired 3D wall pieces.
Lauren
Levato Coyne (Chicago, IL) works almost exclusively in colored pencil
using themes of poison, violence, and addiction. “My drawings
are paralinguistic symbolist portraits and still lives where meaning is
indicated but encrypted,” said Levato Coyne. By combining lush realism
with an economy of line and negative space Levato Coyne creates a schema
that differentiates the human from the flora and fauna that populate
the work. This schema differentiates the division between interior and
exterior, reality and non-reality.
Her
drawings and paintings are shown in New York, Denver, and Los Angeles
among other cities and can be found in private collections from NYC to
Chicago, Germany to Italy.
Lori Katz (Washington, DC) works as a ceramic artist. Her current focus is stoneware wall work with additions to the raw surface including contrasting clays, slips, underglaze and high-temperature wire. Post firing additions include acrylic paint, oil paint, cold wax and metal leaf. "I
am intrigued by contrast, the play of dark against light, the pull of
empty space against the inclination to fill it up, the placement of line
and shape, the use of subtle texture, balance,” said Katz. "Eight years
ago, I began working almost exclusively in a palette of black and white
in what was a conscious effort to simplify process and design. Lately,
color is finding its way back in as my work continues to evolve. I have
learned that in the end, process is never simple and good design is
always balanced and strong.”
Katz's work has been selected for juried and invitational exhibitions in the US, Europe and Asia, and is included in public and private collections throughout the world.
