Panic At The Gallery! Justin Bower Mesmerizes At Unix Gallery

Don't adjust your computer screen!  It's just an exhibit entitled "PANIC ROOM" by Justin Bower and yes, the show is beyond incredible. I spotted this first piece upon leaving the KAWS show in Chelsea at Mary Boone Gallery.  I looked in the window across the street at Unix Gallery, 532 W24th and this is what I saw!  Completely blown away I headed in and had a quick chat with the gallery owner learning more about Bower and this exhibit.   You need to see it/them to believe the large scale canvases with gorgeous and haunting layers of sweeping lush layers of paint.  Yes, you will think you are seeing double or triple, have a look and learn more about Bower and the show below....

Close ups....

Featured in Modern Painters as one of the "100 Best Fall Shows 2013," Panic Room focuses on the destabilization of the human subject and how we define ourselves in this digital and virtual age.  In his paintings his art interrogates the autonomy bestowed upon us by the ideals of enlightenment and  pens a dialog documenting trauma and technology found within the contemporary human. Asking... "what am I?"  Bower is an acclaimed artist from  San Francisco, living and working in Los Angeles.  He has shown in galleries, museums and international art fairs  throughout the country and featured in several art magazines. Learn more at http://justinbower.com

The show runs through December 12, 2013.  Visit the gallery and www.unixgallery.com

Event Alert: "Art Battles" Event At Webster Hall!

Come out and see your local artists / college students battle it out at Wester Hall!  

Collecting Prints: A Look At The International Print Fair's Modern Pieces

IFPDA Print Fair is the largest international art fair focused exclusively on the artistic medium of printmaking, and it was held this past weekend at the Park Avenue Armory.   I was able to attend opening night and get first glance at the enormous amount of specialised prints.   I immediately gravitated to my favorites which are seen below (and just happened to be mainly from my local New York galleries), but was also intrigued by the old masters.  Nicely, the range was large of spanning decades and centuries.  

The exhibitors showing are experts in the field of prints who are all members of the International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA). The 2013 IFPDA Print Fair featured 90 dealers; 63 are from North America, 27 were from Europe.

This years Fair offerings presents nearly 500 years of printmaking from early woodcuts and traditional engravings to etchings, lithographs, and innovative contemporary projects. The wide historical spectrum of artists’ works on view includes old masters Rembrandt, Dürer, Mary Cassatt; European Impressionists Degas and Renoir; American and European Modernists John Taylor Arms, Martin Lewis, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Max Beckmann.  Postwar we saw masterworks by Jasper Johns, Ann Hamilton, Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, and Louise Bourgeois.  Of course, my special favroties were from the recent years, such as How & Nosm, Will Cotton (both from Pace Prints), Beatriz Milhazes, Deborah Kaas, Alex Katz, Damien Hirst, Ryan McGinness and Shepard Fiarey.  See those pieces below as well as a quick look at the fair....

Who attends the Print Fair? The Fair attracts over 6,000 new and seasoned collectors, curators from major museums worldwide, artists, art historians, and art enthusiasts.

What is a fine print?  Dealers will present works of art which have been created by hand using the techniques of etching, engraving, lithography, woodcut, or screenprinting. These works are not mechanical reproductions or copies of drawings or paintings. The artist has made the print by drawing or carving a composition on a hard surface such as a wood block, metal plate, or stone. Prints often exist in multiple impressions, each pulled by hand from the inked surface. For an illustrated glossary and FAQs on collecting prints, visit ifpda.org. and for more information and to attend the next Fair visit: www.printfair.com