Spirits were high at the Morean Center for Clay in the warehouse district of St. Petersburg, Florida during the opening of two of their best solo shows this year: De Aquí, De Allá by Alexia Benavent-Rivera, and “Happy Birthday Stinky!” by Jenny Day. The chatter of the attendees caused the air of the old train station to hum like the …
Q&A: “Fresh Squeezed 10: Emerging Florida Artists” at the Morean Arts Center.
The Morean Arts Center rests in the perpetually sun-rinsed downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. This year the Morean celebrated its 109th year and became a legacy institution. But with Amanda Cooper at the curatorial helm, they don’t intend to rest on their laurels. Fresh Squeezed 10: Emerging Artists in Florida, their latest showcase, best exemplifies this effort, featuring eight budding artists …
Q&A: Laura Weyl Stages A Requiem for the Camera at CIA Gallery.
One of the main driving forces in art is instinct. Not to say that process, technique and even intent each play a significant role in whole sacred ordeal. However, as an artist, there is something about having an innate feel for your work that allows sparks to fly. Exploring the nuance of analog artistry, Laura Weyl‘s Requiem for the Camera …
INTERVIEW | Curator Micaela Giovannotti’s Embodied Narratives Appeals to the Naked Eye at Kates-Ferri Projects.
Embodied Narratives is a bawdy (yet contemplative) streak through the Lower East Side gallery scene. Kates-Ferri Projects’ latest show serves its audience eleven contemporary artists with a crisp sapidity. The show features primarily 2D works of varied sorts, from oils, to panty hose—yes, you read that correctly—textiles, to a video piece that invades viewers’ perception and plays with the limits of “2D”. …
Lalo Mackenzie Rolls Out Raffle. Celebrates the Last Days of Disparate Loneliness at CIA Gallery.
After Disparate Loneliness was extended for another week at CIA Gallery, artist Lalo Mackenzie looks to celebrate the culmination of her solo exhibition’s three-week run with a special raffle for the masses! The prize is a one-of-one “16 x 20” fine art print of “Hashtag Feelings”! Sign up for the raffle below and seize this unique opportunity to own a …
The Closing of Bob Krasner’s Times Square at Ki Smith Gallery.
Furious light hums from Bob Krasner‘s vibrant photography. Fuchsias, cyans, lemon and lime light, all cut between buildings as if done perfectly with scissors. The effect is rather abstract at first, like a collage mired in the deliberation of composition. But as you stare longer, and lean in just enough, the cityscapes emerge and begin to reveal themselves. All of this …
Jarid Blue’s Light Baths Wash Over CIA Gallery.
Light Baths is a Brooklyn-based photography and projection installation series that transforms bodies and spaces through projected light patterns. Brooklyn artist Jarid Blue uses precision-mapped projections to create what he calls an “armor of artwork” – turning participants’ skin into illuminated canvases that empower new forms of self-expression. The work exists in two forms: the immediate, personal experience of becoming …