Denise Bibro Fine Art/Platform

Denise Bibro Fine Art/Platform http://platform.denisebibrofineart.com/ Platform is Denise Bibro Fine Art's dedicated project space fully-focused on showcasing cutting-edge contemporary art. Launched in September 2007, Platform's goal is to highlight local New York-area curators, emerging artists and spotlight works of a more contemporary feel. Artists include Lindsey Adams Adelman, Timothy App, Nancy S. Baker, Cheryl Molnar, Amy Chan, Karla Wozniak, Gerry Hayes, Scott Malbaurn, John Cox, Matthew Deleget, Michael Brennan, Rossanna Martinez, Changha Hwang, Breaking the White Light, Hairwork, Everywhere and Nowhere, Rodger Stevens Rushes of Rapture and Discord. en Copyright 2008, Denise Bibro Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:31:02 -0400 Exhibition: Nancy Baker <div class="exhibition-subtitle">Duck and Cover Drill</div> <div class="exhibition-dates">September 4 - October 4, 2008</div> <div class="exhibition-opening">Opens Thursday, September 4, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM</div> <br/> <a href="/exhibition/view/1363"><img border="0" src="http://platform.denisebibrofineart.com/static/dyn-images/19/19120.jpeg" alt="Image detail of "No Man's Land", 2008, oil on wood panel, 20 x 20" height="375" width="500" /></a> <p><p>Image detail of "No Man's Land", 2008, oil on wood panel, 20 × 20</p></p> <br /> <div class="exhibition-description"><p><em>Nancy Baker: Duck and Cover Drill</em> depicts apocalyptic scenes set in intricate landscapes populated by naked figures who alternately flee in fear or dance in oblivious revelry. Borrowing imagery from Medieval and Baroque art, Baker also incorporates science fiction, cartoon, and other pop culture iconography, creating a rich temporal tapestry, while deliberately mingling high-brow and low-brow tastes. A truly facile painter, Baker's work encompasses multiple modes of rendering, from traditional, highly modeled forms to decorative patterning, and flat silhouetted forms.</p> <p>Baker presents a world on the verge of self-destruction, a warning and admonition to humankind--a contemporary version of Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights. Duck and Cover Drill refers to the safety precautions taught to school children beginning in the 1940's that would supposedly protect them against a nuclear attack. The title indicates the artist's skepticism. As we all know, hiding under your desk won't help, and Baker suggests no one will escape unscathed.</p> <p>The work is labyrinthine in composition and kaleidoscopic in its jewel-toned palette. A surreal quality is achieved as Medieval figures mingle with cartoon characters such as Piggy Hamhock, the Poky Little Puppy from the popular children's book, and ominous flying saucers. Baker ups the ante by taking liberty with scale: leviathan flowers tower over figures, while giant Technicolor birds hover in the sky above. The artist is decidedly disgusted with the ills society has wrought upon itself, yet there is a window of hope in the inherent beauty of the work.</p> <p>Baker's solo exhibitions include Winkleman Gallery, New York, NY; Gallery Anthony Curtis, Boston, MA; and Heriard Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, <span class="caps">LA. </span> Selected group shows include Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC; Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Project Four, Washington, DC; and Volitant Gallery, Austin, <span class="caps">TX. </span> Baker's work is in several private and corporate collections, and has won numerous grants and fellowships. She holds a <span class="caps">B.F.A. </span>from the School of Visual Arts, New York, <span class="caps">NY.</span></p> <p>For more information, or high resolution images, please click on our contact page.</p></div> http://platform.denisebibrofineart.com/exhibition/view/1363 Exhibition: Rodger Stevens <div class="exhibition-subtitle">Rushes of Rapture and Discord</div> <div class="exhibition-dates">May 8 - May 31, 2008</div> <div class="exhibition-opening">Opens Thursday, May 8, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM</div> <br/> <a href="/exhibition/view/1339"><img border="0" src="http://platform.denisebibrofineart.com/static/dyn-images/16/16435.jpeg" alt="" height="625" width="500" /></a> <p></p> <br /> <div class="exhibition-description"><p>Denise Bibro Fine Art, 529 West 20th Street, 4W, Chelsea, <span class="caps">NYC, </span>is pleased to present <strong>Rodger Stevens: Rushes of Rapture and Discord,</strong> on view in our project space, Platform, May 8 to 31, 2008. The exhibition features wire sculptures, both wall-mounted and suspended from the ceiling, string drawings mounted on wood, and small pencil drawings.</p> <p>Stevens' intricate wall-mounted wire sculptures delight in the curvilinear quality of the drawn line, and are manipulated entirely by the artist's own hand. Hanging delicately from a single point, the works hover a few inches off the wall, lending a kinetic quality as they dance almost imperceptibly to the air currents. Cast shadows lend another layer of complexity to Stevens' compositions, giving the illusion of three-dimensional space. Appearing at first as purely abstract, upon closer investigation figurative references are revealed, and one begins to cobble together a narrative. </p> <p>Sangfroid #2 hangs from the ceiling, its components delicately balanced on a horizontal wooden support. The scale of the piece is nearly human--it resembles an oversized wind chime, and playfully recalls Alexander Calder's mobiles. Meanwhile, a collection of miniature, smaller gauge wire pieces are fashioned into iconic images such as light bulbs. Serving as a starting point for much of his sculpture, Stevens' fanciful small drawings illuminate the artist's creative process. </p> <p>Stevens has mounted solo exhibitions in New York City at Abingdon 12, The New York Mercantile Exchange, 1 Main Street, Markham Murray Gallery, Yohji Yamamoto, House of Jenny Gallery, and Munder Skiles Gallery; and in Paris at the Bo Boutique. His work has been included in group shows at venues such as the Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul, Korea; Haven, Dallas; Velvet Da Vinci, Varnish Fine Art, and Gallery 69A, all in San Francisco; New Image Art, Los Angeles; Silvermine Guild Art Center, New Canaan, CT; the Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY; the Bristol Museum of Art, Bristol, RI; and the Pound Ridge Museum, Pound Ridge, NY; as well as numerous venues in New York. Stevens attended Parsons School of Design and the School of Visual Arts. He lives and works in Brooklyn, <span class="caps">NY.</span></p> <p> <br /> For more information or high resolution images please email platform@denisebibrofineart.com or go to our website, http://platform.denisebibrofineart.com</p></div> http://platform.denisebibrofineart.com/exhibition/view/1339 Exhibition: Work by <div class="exhibition-subtitle">Gerry Hayes & Scott Malbaurn</div> <div class="exhibition-dates">March 6 - April 5, 2008</div> <div class="exhibition-opening">Opens Thursday, March 6, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM</div> <br/> <a href="/exhibition/view/1318"><img border="0" src="http://platform.denisebibrofineart.com/static/dyn-images/14/14750.jpeg" alt="" height="333" width="500" /></a> <p></p> <br /> <div class="exhibition-description"><p>Denise Bibro Fine Art, 529 West 20th Street, 4W, Chelsea, <span class="caps">NYC, </span>is pleased to present Work by <strong>Gerry Hayes & Scott Malbaurn,</strong> on view in our project space, Platform, March 6 to April 5, 2008. Hayes and Malbaurn share a similar aesthetic in their abstract paintings, embracing both geometric and curvilinear forms, employing a bold palette, and achieving a kinetic result. While Hayes is an established mid-career artist, and Malbaurn is an emerging new talent, the two gained an affinity for each other's work when Hayes was teaching at Pratt Institute, and Malbaurn was completing his <span class="caps">M.F.A.</span></p> <p>In his Infinity series, Hayes deconstructs space by applying curved shapes of bright primary colors atop rectangles of transparent gessoed ground, thus revealing the subtle grain of the wood support panel, and creating the illusion of a multi-layered surface. The effect is of an aerial view, reminiscent of shifting tectonic plates or drifting ice flows. While his work has a strong graphic impact, his sense of composition and movement is elegant and nuanced. One imagines interlocking puzzle pieces, attracting and repelling, dancing on a slippery surface. Hayes has been shown internationally at venues including Mitchell Algus Gallery, Gallery Korea, and Condeso/Lawler Gallery, all in New York City; Hofstra University, Long Island, NY; Southern Cross University Art Museum, Lismore, Australia; and Nagoya Parco, Tokyo. His work is included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.</p> <p>Malbaurn works in a minimalist vein, exploring imagery inspired by tornadoes and flowers, and investigating the intersection of geometric and organic forms. His signature hard-edge lines dart across flat color fields inscribing a frenetic path, seemingly random, yet strictly controlled and consistent. The result resembles the fluctuating wave forms of electrical currents. The work buzzes and hums with almost uncontainable energy. Malbaurn has exhibited his work at Galeria Janet Kurnatowski, the Main Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, and Kingsborough Community College, all in Brooklyn, NY; Art Gotham, New York University, Gallery 138, and Broadway Gallery, all in New York City; the H. Lewis Gallery, Baltimore, MD; and the Central Utah Art Center, Ephriam, <span class="caps">UT.</span></p> <p>For more information or high resolution images please email platform@denisebibrofineart.com or go to our website, http://platform.denisebibrofineart.com</p></div> http://platform.denisebibrofineart.com/exhibition/view/1318 Exhibition: Everywhere and Nowhere <div class="exhibition-subtitle">Karla Wozniak, Cheryl Molnar, Amy Chan</div> <div class="exhibition-dates">February 7 - March 1, 2008</div> <div class="exhibition-opening">Opens Thursday, February 7, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM</div> <br/> <a href="/exhibition/view/1211"><img border="0" src="http://platform.denisebibrofineart.com/static/dyn-images/11/11851.jpeg" alt="" height="301" width="500" /></a> <p>Cheryl Molnar, <em>Park Homes</em>, 2007</p> <p> oil, paper and aluminum leaf on wood panel, 36 x 60 </p> <br /> <div class="exhibition-description"><p><strong>Denise Bibro Fine Art</strong>, 529 West 20th Street, 4W, Chelsea, <span class="caps">NYC, </span>is pleased to present Everywhere & Nowhere, on view in our project space, Platform, February 7 to March 6, 2008. Featuring the work of <strong>Amy Chan, Cheryl Molnar, and Karla Wozniak,</strong> who met during their undergraduate studies at Rhode Island School of Design, these artists share an affinity for depicting America's ever-evolving architectural landscape, addressing issues such as the juxtaposition of the vernacular, natural, and imagined landscapes; the relationship of industrial development to historical sites; and the homogenizing effect of suburban sprawl.</p> <p><strong>Amy Chan's</strong> works on paper utilize a gradated color field lithograph as a background. Executed in gouache, her landscapes are populated with vernacular architecture as well as fantastical structures resembling igloos, castles, or monumental arches. Repeated patterns and stylized forms are reminiscent of silhouette portraiture, as well as antique wallpaper and fabric designs. The work is at once nostalgic and romantic, yet often conveys a sense of impending danger. Chan is currently enrolled in the <span class="caps">M.F.A. </span>program at the Virginia Commonwealth University.</p> <p><strong>Cheryl Molnar's</strong> mixed media works are a meditation on the changing landscape of New York City--the works may be representational, conflated, and/or imagined. Working with oil on paper and aluminum leaf on wood panel, Molnar explores the contrasting geometry created by industrial and residential architectural spaces. Her compositions encompass both futuristic structures, as well as remnants of historical material culture, such as the ubiquitous Air Stream trailer. Molnar received her <span class="caps">M.F.A. </span>from the Pratt Institute.</p> <p><strong>Karla Wozniak's</strong> works on paper depict suburban sprawl, rendered in water color, acrylic and pencil on paper. These inter-changeable landscapes might depict the outskirts of any American city, featuring chain stores, hotels, and fast-food restaurants beckoning with glaring, over-sized polychrome signs. While the work points to the generic nature of the landscape, the artist's gestural hand is clearly evident. Woznaik holds an <span class="caps">M.F.A. </span>from Yale University.</p> <p> <br /> For more information or high resolution images please email <strong>platform@denisebibrofineart.com</strong></p></div> http://platform.denisebibrofineart.com/exhibition/view/1211 Exhibition: Lindsey Adams Adelman <div class="exhibition-subtitle">hairwork</div> <div class="exhibition-dates">October 11 - November 3, 2007</div> <div class="exhibition-opening">Opens Thursday, October 11, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM</div> <br/> <a href="/exhibition/view/1139"><img border="0" src="http://platform.denisebibrofineart.com/static/dyn-images/10/10169.jpeg" alt="" height="375" width="500" /></a> <p></p> <br /> <div class="exhibition-description"><p><strong>Denise Bibro Fine Art</strong>, 529 West 20th Street, 4W, Chelsea, <span class="caps">NYC, </span>is pleased to announce its second exhibition in its new project space, <strong><span class="caps">PLATFORM</span>: hairwork by Lindsey Adams Adelman</strong>: drawings and video.</p> <p>Crafting her pieces entirely through her utilization of human hair, Adelman is able to connect to her subjects with a unique intimacy. After the collection of her subject's hair, she painstakingly winds them into spools of "thread." In a sense, Adelman is a modern seamstress of the human condition. With each intricate loop she sews she is able to establish a narrative history between her subjects' lives and personal stories. Each of her works then takes on a representation of a new "self," or identity through her creation. There is a certain closeness that can only be reached through the physicality here--a labor of love that no other artistic medium could provide.</p> <p>Adelman's work also brings to mind how society places value upon those individuals closest to us. In one instance, Adelman was commissioned by a family who recently lost a child, and her work served as a bridge between their sorrow and cherished remembrance of their loved one. Taking what some would view as "discards," Ms. Adelman gives them a second life.</p> <p>A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Adelman's design work has been recently featured in The New York Times, Paper Magazine and included in the book New Style, and Young Designers: Americas. Lindsey lives with her husband Ian, and son Finn, in Brooklyn, <span class="caps">NY.</span><br /> </p> <p>There will be a reception for the artist on Thursday, October 11th from 6-8pm. </p> <p>For more information or high resolution images please email <strong>platform@denisebibrofineart.com</strong></p> <p>Click <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=4fw4DSJiQg8"><strong>here</strong></a> to view <strong>hairwork</strong> video.</p></div> http://platform.denisebibrofineart.com/exhibition/view/1139 Exhibition: Breaking the White Light <div class="exhibition-subtitle">curated by Scott Malbaurn</div> <div class="exhibition-dates">September 6 - October 6, 2007</div> <div class="exhibition-opening">Opens Thursday, September 6, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM</div> <br/> <a href="/exhibition/view/1140"><img border="0" src="http://platform.denisebibrofineart.com/static/dyn-images/14/14667.jpeg" alt="" height="248" width="500" /></a> <p>John Cox, <em>Burn and Lap I</em>, 2007</p> <p> house paint and acrylic on canvas, 32 x 65 </p> <br /> <div class="exhibition-description"><p>Denise Bibro Fine Art, 529 West 20th Street, Chelsea, <span class="caps">NYC, </span>is pleased to announce its inaugural exhibition of its new space, <span class="caps">PLATFORM, </span>with the exhibition Breaking the White Light curated by Scott Malbaurn and including artists: Timothy App, Michael Brennan, John Cox, Matthew Deleget, Linda Francis, Gerry Hayes, Changha Hwang, and Rosanna Martinez. </p> <p>Like a prism that breaks white light into a color spectrum, these artists find ways to break up their surrounding environments, rearrange them, and reintroduce them to the viewer.</p> <p>Breaking the White Light features eight artists ranging from emerging to mid and late career. They work with abstraction and processes associated with this practice. This show is an attempt to put forth a manner of abstraction that crosses formal and conceptual ideas. Many of these artists pull from abstraction's history. They bridge paradigms that have risen from abstraction such as minimalism, geometric abstraction, suprematist and color field painting. </p> <p>The correlations found in the work are didactically inclined to present thought-provoking approaches to a non representational and analytical based work. The work ranges from Timothy App's austere geometric abstraction to Rosanna Martinez's performance drawings. Martinez's performance is a process that takes place in her studio. Interpreting the push and pull of painting quite literally, she creates monochrome drawings with paint on paper on the studio floor. She leaves traces of her fingertips and hands on her work. In contrast, App's work is brisk with geometric certainty and a well refined craft. App leaves minimal evidence that the work was created by hand, while Martinez makes transparent her process and the tools she utilizes.</p> <p>Linda Francis continues on with geometry in her work. It both contrasts and compliments App's. She has a strong presence of the hand and brush. With tight knit control rolling through the painting, Francis allows the viewer to trace the steps of production. Gerry Hayes's work has a sculptural and kinetic feel that presents formal ideas with possible functions of a suprematist idiom. Michael Brennan's compositions relate to color field painting. With a knife, he works a smoky abyss of white on black that floats above asserted solid bands at the bottom of the paintings. Changha Hwang's work presents us with a broad view of his vocabulary. It is vitalizing and refreshing with an elegant bustle. John Cox animates and grasps a new wrinkle in today's abstraction that touches on technology and video games. Matthew Deleget reinterprets and illuminates street graffiti cover ups. He turns the usual attempt of camouflaging into an unusual radiant display of mark making. </p> <p>There will be a reception for the artists on Thursday, September 6th from 6-8pm. <br /> For more information or high resolution images please email platform@denisebibrofineart.com</p></div> http://platform.denisebibrofineart.com/exhibition/view/1140 News: Nancy Baker featured on the James Kalm report <p class="news-added">2008-09-16</p> <p>Artist Nancy Baker is currently featured on the James Kalm report for her exhibit "Duck and Cover Drill, currently featured in our project space, Platform, until October 4th.</p> <p>To see the video, please click <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKl3lmULcHs>here for Kalm's You Tube channel.</a></p> http://platform.denisebibrofineart.com/news/view/641