Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature a Lebanese artist, Rita Aad, in Passages. The exhibition is scheduled to run from March 25, 2011 through April 15, 2011 (opening reception: Thursday, March 31, 2011).

About the Artist

Rita Aad’s oil on canvas paintings utilize abstract figuration, effectively merging human and plant forms in vivid, plentiful color. Her tactile, indulgent use of paint verges on the sculptural and conveys an abundant sense of energetic motion, interconnectivity and balance. A spontaneous, impulsive recorder of life, Aad cultivates a profound sense of experiential joy which she crystallizes during her creative process. An expert of textural variation, Aad methodically builds up the canvas with thick layers of oil that she reshapes anew with palette knife and brush. Her neo-primitive motifs, inspired by the colors of Fauvism, portray a beguiling illusion of radiating warmth. Within each work lies a tender and whimsical manifestation of our collective emotional, physical and cultural landscape.

Rita Aad was born in 1967 in Lebanon and currently lives and works in Beirut. She studied Business Administration at the American University of Beirut and worked in fashion as an image consultant for four years.

Exhibition Dates: March 25, 2011 – April 15, 2011

Reception: Thursday, March 31, 2011, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Gallery Location: 530 West 25^th St, New York City

Gallery Hours: Tues – Sat, 11a.m. – 6 p.m.

Event URL: http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Rita_Aad.aspx

About the Exhibition:

Celebrate the spring with Agora Gallery’s new series of exhibitions. Through Contemporary German Art: The New York Experience you can get in touch with the energetic talent of some of the best of German art today. Full of personal insight, yet containing universal understanding and appreciation, these artists use their cultural heritage to create unique and innovative pieces of art. In Degrees of Abstraction you can view the works of artists who get to the heart of the complex mysteries of the world as they treat everything they meet with gentle but creative respect. Delightful but thought-provoking, these images will resonate with something deep within. Passages presents artworks which speak of the life-changing and perception-altering power of journeys both personal and physical. Reflective of the artists’ experience, they will also help viewers themselves to gain a new perspective on everyday life and humanity.

Featured Artists:

Degrees of Abstraction – Did Dontzoff, Jack Cymber, Domingo Martín, Concha García de Pablos, Andreas Hessman, Clive Rowe

Passages – Hanna Westerberg, Rita Aad, Neslihan Ozdemir, Richard Griffith, Jin Hwan Cho

Contemporary German Art – Amalia Gil-Merino, Christian Gipp, Christine Haehner Murdock, Eberhard Marx, Iva Milanova, Corina Schmidt, Renate Thalhammer, Petra Thoelken

About Agora Gallery

Agora Gallery is a fine art gallery, established in 1984 and located in the heart of New York City’s Chelsea art galleries district. It is famous for showcasing a spectacular array of talented artists from around the world and around the corner, while providing quality and original art to collectors. Gallery II, an elegant adjacent gallery space, gives artists the ideal area for a solo or group exhibition of their own, organized and publicized by Agora Gallery. The gallery also publishes ARTisSpectrum Magazine, a bi-annual magazine that is distributed to museums, galleries, art institutions and art schools around the world. It provides artists, collectors, museums, galleries, art organizations and enthusiasts with access to the work of international talented artists as well as feature articles, reviews and interviews. Agora Gallery is also the sponsor of ARTmine, one of the most comprehensive resources available worldwide to view and purchase fine art. The gallery also runs Agora Art Blog, a blog designed to provide helpful information and advice for artists while providing a forum for artists to help one another by sharing their experiences and thoughts.

Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature Sherry Ruden in The Rhythm of Color. The exhibition is scheduled to run from February 4, 2011 through February 25, 2011 (opening reception: Thursday, February 10, 2011).

About the Artist

There is a playful elegance to the decadent swirls and curves of Sherry Ruden’s figurative abstractions, a harmonious rhythm and lyrical flow as her sweeping linear loops reveal arching forms and the bodies of women relaxed in luxurious repose. Blending acrylic and oil paints on canvas, the artist infuses her art with a richness of hue and texture, her use of patterns and metallic sheen recalling the works of Gustav Klimt. As she paints, Sherry searches for beauty and perfection with a boundless freedom of self- expression, bringing to life the artistic dreams of her consciousness.

Born in Shanghai, China, Sherry began her studies in traditional calligraphy and scroll painting before attending the prestigious Shanghai University of Fine Art where she was inspired by Western art and culture from the Renaissance to modern masters. Sherry now lives and works in Seattle, WA where she continues to explore the limitless possibilities of her unique creative vision.

Exhibition Dates: February 4, 2011 – February 25, 2011

Reception: Thursday, February 10, 2011, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Gallery Location: 530 West 25th St, New York City

Gallery Hours: Tues – Sat, 11a.m. – 6 p.m.

Event URL: http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Sherry_Ruden_%28aka_Sherry_Ying%29.aspx

About the Exhibition:

Sensitivity, intelligence and vision shine through the works on display, with the collection as a whole an example of creativity at its energetic best. The artists come from widely differing backgrounds and a range of countries, and as such each bring their own personal perspective on life and the world at large to their work. Yet they are united by a shared commitment to the importance of artistic development, and the real and lasting effect that art can have on those who see it.

Featured Artists:

The Manifestation of Milieu

Vera L.P. Cauwenberghs, Ivan Radman, David Segeta, Thomas Ab-e, Peter Sherman, Thanh Mai-Charles, Heather Everett, Younghee Hong, Hyejin Kim

The Rhythm of Color

V. S. Ajayan, Yunkap Jung, Laurence Steenbergen, Sherry Ruden (aka Sherry Ying), Yvonne Maloney, Michael Grine, Adka (“Andrea Jones”), Gisa Elwazir

Unbound Perspectives

Jorge González Velázquez, Gary Hong, Brian Kelly, Fred Gemmell, Shenna Vaughn, kBlanchard, Paloma Bernaldo de Quirós, Jane Sandes

About Agora Gallery

Agora Gallery is a fine art gallery located in the heart of New York City’s Chelsea art galleries district that was established in 1984 and is famous for showcasing a spectacular array of talented artists from around the world and around the corner, while providing quality and original art to collectors. The gallery also publishes ARTisSpectrum Magazine, a bi-annual magazine that is distributed to museums, galleries, art institutions and art schools around the world. It provides artists, collectors, museums, galleries, art organizations and enthusiasts with access to the work of internationally talented artists as well as feature articles, reviews and interviews. Agora Gallery is also the sponsor of ARTmine, one of the most comprehensive resources available worldwide to view and purchase fine art. Most recently, the gallery launched Agora Art Blog, a blog designed to provide helpful information and advice for artists while providing a forum for artists to help one another by sharing their experiences and thoughts.

Abstract art, also known as modern art, is all about expression and interpretation. It is not a type of art form that people are very ambivalent about – it’s either they love it or they hate it. Oil painting reproduction is one great way to own a colorful, expressive, and original abstract art.

It’s not easy to give a definition of abstract art but certainly not impossible. Modern art is capable of delivering a wide range of emotions, allowing one to interpret the different shapes and colors. If we were to give three examples of abstract or modern art, then we would have to mention the following: Cubism, Neoplasticism and Abstract Expressionism. Read through and take a look at the interesting origins of this art form so that you can understand how it all started.

Cubism was an ultra-modern movement pioneered by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso around 1907. Real objects and subjects were disassembled and reassembled from several different angles, into an abstracted form. The dissection of the subject and putting the dissected parts together is one of the most notable characteristics of Cubism. The end result or the output with different edges makes this art form really abstract.

Neoplasticism, another abstract form, was a Dutch movement in 1910. This art form was based on the principle that art should not be a reproduction of a real object, but the expression and impression of the completeness of life. This modern art form followed the premise that an artist should be able to create using only colors and lines instead of realistic subjects. It simplified subjects to horizontal and vertical directions and utilized only primary colors, along with white and black.

Abstract Expressionism appeared at the end of World War II, being presented as an American art movement. With this form of modern art, the artist rapidly applies paint to a large canvas, either by using a brush or by throwing the paint at the large canvas. What appeared totally random or an accident was actually very well planned. This form of modern art is depicted by a core belief in the freedom of expression and a spirit of revolt.

Another form of modern art is Conceptual Art. Essentially, this type of art is just a concept where an artist takes a certain idea and creates an artwork based on his concept or interpretation, rather than going through the traditional way an artwork is usually done. Artists practicing Conceptual Art establish their concept or idea as the focal point, instead of an object they were trying to depict.

Today, artists continuously create uniquely beautiful works of abstract art. This art does not always appeal or seem interesting to all art lovers. While some require the real objects to be portrayed in virtually photographic details to enjoy it, there are also some who completely enjoy the spontaneous, impulsive, and emotional expression revealed in abstract art.

An oil painting reproduction is one great way to own beautiful and affordable abstract art. An oil painting reproduction is essentially a recreation of a work of art by a new artist. The beauty of these oil paintings come from being hand painted, by reputed artists, using oil-based paints.

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Coworking is an emergin trend for a new was of working. Small business owners, independent professionals and entrepreneurs no longer have to work at home in isolation or go to the local coffee shop. Sandbox Gahanna offers coworking which provides a collective place to work. Shared office space that gives you all the benfits of a large office in a monthly affordable flexible rent.

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The Weisbeck’s award winning Olympic sculpture, The Celebration of Ren was conceived of as a 50 foot tall brush stroke, based on the Chinese pictograph, or letter, ren, which means people.

Honeoye, New York, USA, September 01, 2008 — Mark and Diane Weisbeck, the award winning husband and wife sculpture team and the only artists to represent both New York and the United States in the 2008 Beijing, China Olympics Landscape Sculpture competition, have unveiled a 32 foot tall brass and stainless steel public waterfront sculpture.

For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, art has been an official category of competition. With 2600 international sculpture design submissions, only 8 finalists chosen by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, were Americans. Only two were from New York. Winners of the prestigious “Excellent Works” Award, Mark and Diane Weisbeck have been creating modern products, art and sculpture since 1985. “It was an incredible honor to be the only artists to represent New York as well as the United States in the Beijing Olympics,” stated Mark Weisbeck. The Weisbeck’s award winning Olympic sculpture, “The Celebration of Ren” was conceived of as a 50 foot tall “brush stroke,” based on the Chinese pictograph, or letter, “ren,” which means people.

With a grant from the New York State Department of State, the Weisbecks were funded $70,000.00 to create the 2 and ½ ton “Water Spirits”. The public sculpture was unveiled in a ribbon cutting ceremony, on July 11, 2008, Rochester, New York, in which Diane Weisbeck was lifted 30 feet in the air with the help of a cherry picker bucket truck.

Water Spirits” took 9 months to construct. The two entwined, stylized human figures represent all people of the world in peace and unity. Together they hold aloft a modern version of an ancient water vessel; a symbolic tribute to the life giving, vital waterways of our planet. The monumental sculpture was dedicated to the citizens of Rochester, New York, USA.

To see other public art and sculpture by the Weisbecks, awards and honors, product design history, please visit, www.weisbeckdesign.com, www.artaccessoriesbyweisbeck.com, for high resolution images, please email, [email protected]
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Contact:
Diane Weisbeck
Weisbeck Design
New York, USA
585-229-7364
[email protected]

http://www.weisbeckdesign.com

Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland – 29 February 2008 – Dark World International, a quickly growing independent label from West Cork, Ireland, is streaming tracks from their artists at www.cyqo.com that will be available nowhere else on the internet. For the first time ever, fans of Deemed Psychotic, Kylyra, Infinisynth, Milwaukee’s Black Orchid, Stygian Tars, Dream Quest, Future Dialogue, Tor’s Angst, Johnny M, Doctor When and Jam for the Dead will be able to listen to their favourite songs in their entirety.

According to President Kris Ameringer, Dark World International’s affiliation with Cyqo Music was a logical choice. “Cyqo Music is a relatively new music networking site, but it’s growing fast. The website traffic I’ve seen coming in to www.darkworld.com from Cyqo Music is astounding. The site is easy to use, friendly, and is already posting podcasts and arranging features in hard press for their member artists. I can strongly recommend to all indie and unsigned artists to check out www.cyqo.com.”

In a unique move from this highly ranked internet site, darkworld.com has added reciprocal links to Cyqo Music in several areas of their extensive website. “Our internet traffic has continually reached new record numbers in 2008,” according to Kris Ameringer. “That’s due in part to Cyqo Music. More importantly for Dark World International, Cyqo Music offers artists the ability to upload as many songs as they like, so we’re not limited to just a few tracks like so many other places on the net. We’re in the process of uploading entire releases from artists so fans can hear songs in full before they buy the album.”

Dark World International is streaming exclusive tracks from their artists at Cyqo Music. Join the rest of the world in discovering Deemed Psychotic, Kylyra, Infinisynth, Milwaukee’s Black Orchid, Stygian Tars, Dream Quest, Future Dialogue, Tor’s Angst, Johnny M, Doctor When and Jam for the Dead at www.cyqo.com.

Contact:
Kris Ameringer, President
[email protected]

http://www.darkworld.com

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