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Worlds Without Rooms: Otherworldly Vignettes by Alannah Farrell

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Perspectives and dimensions dissolve, disappearing into the shadows before re-emerging into the picture plane in Alannah Farrell’s highly stylized, emotive “Worlds Without Rooms.” This exhibition, on view at The Painting Center in New York City’s iconic Chelsea neighborhood through April 20, features Farrell’s recent works which shift from allusion to representation and back again. Portraits of creative juggernauts fill the …

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The Existential Journey of Joanne Leah.

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Art is an outward articulation but it is also an inward journey of growth and painstaking self exploration. Joanne Leah’s work is a raw, beautiful, candid blossoming of the artist. Although she no longer uses herself as a subject, Leah manages to weave an existential narrative that is relatable but still intimately her own. When you gaze upon her work …

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Artists We Know: “The Water Carrier” | Profile Lucia Love.

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elcome back to our fall edition of Artists We Know.  For our second series of articles for Quiet Lunch, we will be serving both new and lesser-known artists as well as artists well into their respective careers. So without further ado: Our second article of this season profiles Lucia Love, a visual artist whose use of evolving story arcs beckons …

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Artists We Know: Keith and Tiger Mackie.

In The Menu, Visual Arts by Jared And Alannah

or our fourth bi-weekly we head over to Alphabet City (Loisaida) and interview Keith Dragon Mackie and his sister Tiger Ray Mackie. Both are visual artists. Keith is a painter and graphic artist who uses his memories, humor and public observations to create inside jokes that play out as a larger commentary with strong ties to current social issues. Tiger is a classically …

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To Catch a (Bad) Thief. | Virginaire.

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ust in case you missed it, Virginaire released visuals for their single “Bad Thief.” Consisting of members Alannah Farrell and Jared Oppenheim, Virginaire is a multifaceted duo that marries the mediums of photography and sound. For the project, Virginaire teamed with up cinematographer Carl Adelson. The group offered a synopsis of the video: “BAD THIEF Chronicles a day in the life of a wayfaring trans individual …

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ROX. |x| wallplay. | P O L I S H. | VIDEO

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OX and wallplay kicked the summer off early last week with a brand new group show. The two burgeoning art spaces teamed up to premiere P O L I S H, a curated collection of eye catching works from over fifty artist–including Anna Bloda, Alannah Farrell, Justin Edward Moore, Ahmet Civelek, Elliot Goldstein, Magdalena Firlag, and many, many more. Opening …

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Artists We Know: Catching Up With Darryl Westly.

In The Menu, Visual Arts by Jared And Alannah

or our bi-weekly feature here at Quiet Lunch, we caught up to date with Darryl Westly, a painter and mixed media artist who currently lives in Chinatown, NYC.  J+A: Hi Darryl, it’s good to see you, it looks like you have been busy!  Can you tell us what is exciting to you as a working artist right now? DW: You …

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Artists We Know: Catching up with Melanie Hoff.

In The Menu, Visual Arts by Jared And Alannah

MELANIE HOFF For the first column of our bi-weekly feature here at Quiet Lunch we caught up to date with Melanie Hoff, a digital artist who currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.  J+A: Hi Melanie, it’s good to see you. Can you tell us what is exciting to you as a working artist right now? MH: I have begun to see my …