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Author: VC Maurer

VC Maurer, is an aspiring art critic, columnist, and art journalist. With a dual degree in Art History and Religious Studies, she also obtains a masters degree in Curating Contemporary Design from London, UK. Currently she lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant, BK.

DON’T MISS! Group show: ‘Collected Goods’ today, Saturday April 12th in Long Island

12 April 2014 •

Collected Goods is the first of a series of pop-up shows organized by artists Alessandro Teoldi and Sylvia Hardy in alternative spaces. Today, Saturday the April 12th, launches the first of four studio pop ups where an eclectic arrangement of works by emerging artists such as Meg Franklin, Sylvia Hardy, Alessandro Teoldi, Charlie Rubin, Mark Starling and many others will be cleverly curated in the Sylvia Hardy Studio Space from 3pm until 6:30 in Long Island

NYC OPENING: John Gordon Gauld and ‘Interstellar Overdrive’ @ Salomon Contemporary Thursday April 3rd

2 April 2014 •

In July 1956, amidst a dense fog off the northeast coast of the United States, the SS Andrea Doria was struck by the MS Stockholm and sunk into the depths of the Atlantic. In John Gordon Gauld’s new zodiac series, inspired from recovered remnants of the ship’s famed Zodiac Suite, he reexamines the historical still life and expands his focus on allegorical history—of the natural, philosophical, and spiritual.

Video: Mark-making: a whole new genre of experimental ink at Ethan Cohen New York

28 March 2014 •

What exactly is mark making? ‘FLOW: Ink Innovators’ features works from American artists Franz Kline & Mark Tobey to Chinese artists such as C.C. Wang & Huang Yen. Capturing the essence of what an international global ink is, gallery owner Ethan Cohen gives a quick, yet thoroughly profound synopsis of his current show through the slick and seamless technique GalleryLOG videos invariably deliver.

NYC ART NEWS: Ryan Lee gallery in new location beginning April 15th

27 March 2014 •

Ryan Lee is expanding and relocating to it’s new home at 515 West 26th Street on the third floor. Seizing the opportunity to nearly double the exhibition space and situate the gallery eye-level to the Highline, RYAN LEE will build upon its first year of success by increasing the artist roster, adding more project shows, launching a video program this summer, and collaborating with independent curators. First up is Donald Sultan’s, ‘Artiface’.

NYC ART OPENING: ‘Homeland’ @ William Holman Gallery Wednesday March 26th

25 March 2014 •

Featuring the works of the artists Tom Judd and Rebecca Bird, Homeland challenges the traditional understanding of landscape as a medium that imposes rationality and subjectivity on a vision of nature. From two distinct perspectives, Homeland twists the basic visual language of the landscape. Incorporating mystical imagery and scenes from memory, the works are filled with historical tension and traces of anxiety.

Friday nights in NYC: Opening tonight, March 21st Reed Anderson @ Pierogi in NYC

21 March 2014 •

This will be Anderson’s fourth show at Pierogi and will feature the synthesis of two series; his exuberant cut paintings on paper and his on-going “Papa Object” project. These works range from medium to large scale. “We are choked by objects, paralyzed by them. In some cases we don’t even know who owns whom. …It takes an artist to get around an object.” – Emily Hall

NYC OPENING: Associated Gallery presents ‘Thick with Cold’ on Saturday March 22nd

21 March 2014 •

Welcome this year’s spring season with a cool opening @ Associated Gallery in Brooklyn where artists Monika Haak, Aaron Williams and Matthew Shelly employ various technologies that mediate our experiences with our surroundings, where each artist depicts their experience of the world around them as a form of documentation, nostalgia, awe, escapism, and even satire.

Gail Goldsmith & Richard Barnet @ William Holman Gallery

21 March 2014 •

Showing until March 22nd, be sure to check this cleverly curated, double-edged sword of an exhibition which grapples with the celebration of life, the mourning of loss, and all of the bumps in-between. From the chilling monochromatic sculptural work of Gail Goldsmith to the vivacious watercolor drawings of Richard Barnet- life is death and death is life- LETS CELEBRATE.

NYC Opening: Artists Anonymous present ‘Old Game New’ @ Jonathan Levine April 3rd

20 March 2014 •

To inaugurate the opening of the gallery’s second space, Artists Anonymous or, AA will be presenting their new works and a site specific installation. Their unique process involves an unusual technique of painting photorealistic subjects with inverted color values (resembling a negative image), then photographing the painting and reproducing it in reverse—resulting in a positive. VCool…

VOLTA 2014

18 March 2014 •

Crushing the Art Fair stage once again with risk taking galleries, cutting edge artists, and press releases brought to life through video, check out FADNewYork’s highlights of this year’s VOLTA in NYC.

NYC OPENING: Renate Muller, Tuesday March 18th @ R&Company

17 March 2014 •

Inspired by the 18th century tradition of early German toymakers, Muller’s toy animals are not only originally hand crafted with colorful personalities, but her unique renditions combined with the mix of material and textures she incorporates in her work help to boost sensory stimulation, which is key to emotional wellness and brain development for children with physical and mental handicaps.

ART NEWS: Chelsea International Fine Art Competition NOW OPEN

20 February 2014 •

“Winning the competition allowed me to feel more confident in my work, and increased my exposure in the art world. I have nothing but praise for the competition staff and the staff at Agora Gallery. It was the best experience I’ve ever had in any gallery. I would love to enter again and have recommended the competition to many artists.”

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