Phos Hilaron: From the Masses Rise the Saints by Ventiko debuted in 2018 at Chinatown Soup. The show was an exaltation of togetherness countering the current socio-political landscape in which she took photos of 100 people, or saints, where each saint write a prayer during the first 100 days of Trump’s presidency. She then created prayer candles of each saint …
Three Pulses: Ventiko, Fischer Cherry and Kennedy Yanko.
n the lead up to Art Basel Miami this year and every year for that matter, freelance art writers accumulate a plethora of urgent press materials advocating for why certain fairs cannot be missed, why their party will be the party, their activation, intervention, booth or installation the most memorable, salacious or avant-garde, and so on and so forth. Some …
Ventiko. | The Bloopers.
We had a grand time filming with Ventiko in her Brooklyn studio/apartment. Friend of Quiet Lunch, Leah Mersky, was on hand styling that day and our videographer, Kareem Gonsalves, captured all the antics and outtakes.
The Many Portraits of Ventiko.
Ventiko is a prime example of a quintessential artist. Her thoughts are unfiltered, her affection is untamed, and her wiles are unrestricted. Ventiko is an offbeat dynamo, a mercurial visionary, a whirlwind of goddessery. But through it all the photographer manages to keep a coherently artistic lid on her cauldron of inspirational quirk. Ventiko’s work is somewhat of a far …
Federico Guarascio: Mining the Senses through Film
Film Producer Federico Guarascio seeks to make the hidden apparent. His intuitive style of film production spans across both his art films and short documentaries, linking the human experience to a higher philosophical worldview. From his art film projects to his work as part of the Brooklyn Film Festival-winning team behind The Fourth Kingdom, Guarascio explores the diverse range of …
Defining The Demiurge With Artist Justin Orvis Steimer
Almost a decade ago, in my earliest days living in New York City proper (I’m a Long Island boy), I met a tall, quiet, slightly shy, longhaired artist at the coolest annual improvisational jazz-meets-blues jam on the Upper East Side. This was Justin Orvis Steimer. The party, thrown every year on jazz legend “Duke” Ellington’s birthday (April 29th), took place …
A Matter of Dust.
Mike Weiss, the art dealer and former Chelsea gallery owner, liked to give out assigned seats at his more formal gallery opening-after-parties. I can’t remember which artist he was showing that evening roughly two years ago, or what restaurant it was, but I do remember being deliberately plunked down next to a charming young stranger with an infectious, liberally-used laugh, …
Aesthetics of Contemporary Feminism at Milk and Night’s Black Mirror: 13 Artists Spring/Break Art Show 2017.
ysmorphic self-portraits jostle for attention with segmented body parts, limbs immersed in nature, and partially obscured studio portraits in sumptuous settings. Yet at no point in the visit to Milk and Night’s Black Mirror: 13 Artists are visitors overwhelmed. Delicately encircling the (at times) amorphous platform that is contemporary feminism, ranging from the highly conceptual to the macabre, Black Mirror: …
ROCK|THEM Debuts.
We stopped by ROX NYC for the opening reception of the group exhibition, ROCK|THEM. The place was packed to the rafters with hungry eyes, all ready to feast on the smorgasbord of art goodies. Quiet Lunch was in the building, making its rounds through the sights and sounds. We even got in a few words with curator, Laura O’Reilly, gallery …
ROX Will ROCK You.
After the highly successful exhibition, Who Shot Natalie White?, the ROX is following up with yet another dynamic show titled, ROCK|THEM. Featuring a star-studded roster that includes Dee & Ricky, Jordan Doner, Mimosa Echard, Jesse Edwards, Walker Fee, Erik Foss, Charlotte Foyle, Mr. Gif, Jules Kim, Alex Markwith, Andrea Mary Marshall, Ryan Mcginley, Natacha Merritt, Mint & Serf, IliGili Non Nom, Clayton Patterson, John Platt, Jonathan …
The Other World at Coohaus.
Photographer (and sparkling personality), Ventiko, recently debuted her show, The Other World, at Coohaus. Featuring a collection of Renaissance inspired works, The Other World is an exhibition that is true to it’s name, transporting its audience to a heavenly Baroquen dreamscape. We got the chance to speak to Ventiko as she explained to premise behind The Other World and its process. The …