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Art Reception at Purume

Please join us at our
Artists’ Reception for Summer in the City
Wednesday, May 18, 6-8 pm

This exhibition will feature lively watercolors of Coney Island by Eric March; energetic, textured paintings by MIchael Sorgatz; impressionistic “plein air” paintings of Greenwich Village by Patricia Melvin, and intimate street views by Ella Yang. We’ll see you at the artists’ reception!
Exhibit runs through June 24

Purumé Gallery
11 East 13th Street, betw 5th Ave & Univ Pl
New York, NY

Open daily: 11 am – 10 pm

Open Studio Event this Weekend!

OPEN STUDIOS
Saturday April 30th and
Sunday May 1st

Noon -6pm

Visit openstudios.screwballspaces.com for even more information
60 artists, Ceramics, Collage, Drawing, Digital Media, Fiber, Installation, Jewelry, Lamination, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Video, Watercolor, Wood Work.
Come see the inner sanctums of the artists and see their new work, works in progress and talk with them ask questions and generally have a grand time.
Free and Open to the public.

Saturday, April 30th Noon to 6:00pm
Sunday, May 1st Noon to 6pm

Screwball Spaces
183 Lorraine St. 3rd Floor (between Court and Clinton)
Brooklyn NY 11321
We would love to see you, and to be seen by you.

There is a group show associated with the open studios and the show will be up from April 30th through may 29th. You are encouraged to come see it by appointment email screwballspaces@gmail.com or call (718).938.5505

Take F or G trains to smith and 9th street subway stop and/or B61 bus to the corner of court St. and lorraine St.

New Exhibit at Corridor Gallery

My pie paintings are going to be in a new show at the end of the month!

Corridor Gallery
March 25th – May 21st
Mmmm… I Want to Eat That Art
Curated by Charlotte Mouquin

Participating Artists
Robin Antar
Lisa Diller
Edie Nadelhaft
Douglas Newton
Michael Sorgatz
Tony Toscani

Opening Reception Sunday March 27th 4-6 pm

334 Grand Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11238

New Work

Been working on a new series of paintings this year – figurative abstraction based on digital imaging. The paintings start with photos that I’ve manipulated with image processing software. Characteristics that are normally seen as negative aspects of digital technology (such as color shift, banding, compression artifacts, and pixelization) are enhanced to explore the unique visual language of digital imaging. Working from printouts, these images then become the subject of the paintings. Using palette knives that mimic the square shapes of pixels, I freely interpret the digital images in paint.

For images of my latest series please click here.

MOMA On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century

Just saw the drawing exhibit at MOMA, On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century. It’s a survey of mostly abstract drawing – even the representational work is by artists such as Klee and Picasso, realism doesn’t figure in this show. The focus is on work that somehow expands or redefines the traditional boundaries of drawing. There’s plenty to like in this show including a drawing on canvas by Mondrian which is an unfinished painting. Actually it’s an unstarted painting. Interesting to see that he actually worked out his compositions in pencil directly on canvas.  There was a reconstruction of El Lissitzky’s Proun Room and Calder’s wire sculptures which are always a joy. The greatest revelation was work by the Venezuelan artist Gego (Gertrude Goldschmidt) who also worked with wire to form two dimensional grids that playfully warped geometry and included found materials such as sprockets and electronic components.

Show closes on Feb 7th.

http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2010/online/

ArtinNewYorkCity.com Launches!

I’m happy to announce the launch of my latest project, ArtinNewYorkCity. This site will extend my work on ArtinBrooklyn to promote visual artists throughout the NYC area. After more than two years of working with ArtinBrooklyn I could see the clear need for coverage of artists throughout the city. While there are many arts-related websites and blogs, most seem to focus on the same small sliver of work by relatively well known artists. My goal is to expand that coverage and show the diversity of the current art scene which is incredibly vibrant, even during a time of economic crisis. The format of the new site will by the same, featuring works by local artists with coverage of relevant events and exhibits. I look forward to seeing you at ArtinNewYorkCity.com!

A Brand New Year!

That’s it, 2010 is safely behind us! It was a busy year. Celebrated my first wedding anniversary with Eleanor. Showed my work in several new places including Red Dot Miami and Javits Convention Center. Co-curated my first group show with Atiba Edwards at FOKUS. My website www.artinbrooklyn.com is still going strong and continuing to grow. 2010 was a pretty good year, looking forward to 2011!

Contemporary Art Fair NYC at Javits Convention Center

This is it – the big weekend – the Contemporary Art Fair NYC runs through this weekend at Javits Convention Center! I’ll be showing 2 large paintings of Prince Street in Soho. One is an aerial view and the other is street level. There’s also a limited edition print run available – 8×10 prints (11×14 matted) selling for $40 or 2 for $60 if you want a complete set. Framed prints available for $70. There are only 50 prints available in this edition! So please stop by and check out the incredible work on view this weekend.

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Contemporary Art Fair NYC
November 19 • 20 • 21
Jacob Javits Center, 655 West 34th Street, New York, NY 10001

Show Hours

Collectors Preview:
Fri. Nov. 19, 12pm – 3pm

Open to the Public:
Fri. Nov. 19, 3pm – 7pm
Sat. Nov. 20, 10am – 7pm
Sun. Nov. 21, 10am – 4pm

Monthly Blog Post

Wow – I really have been delinquent in blog posts. The good news is that it’s because there’s been a lot going on this past month! Had my first exhibit that I co-curated through my www.ArtinBrooklyn.com project with the great folks at FOKUS and Triomph Fitness. The show was a great success with 150 visitors at the opening! Following that with showing my work at  www.ContemporaryArtFairNYC.com in Javits Convention Center from November 19-21st! And after that – Red Dot Miami in the beginning of December! More info to follow on these events.