SOLAR RISES IN THE EAST…. AND HEADS WEST!
October brings pumpkins, colder temperatures and fewer cars to the East End. This year, it has brought a crop of new Hamptons art spaces westward to Manhattan.
Adding a city location to their Hamptons businesses are Boltax Gallery on Shelter Island, McNeill Art Group of Southampton, James Kennedy of Surface Library in East Hampton and Keszler Gallery of Southampton. Returning for another season of exhibiting in New York City is Solar of East Hampton.
To read the full article by Pat Rogers in The Press, Click here
MARIA SCHON IN EXAMINER
An Exclusive Assasination of the artist Maria Schon appears in the Salt Lake City Fine Arts Examiner, by Qi Peng . It is an in depth interview with Maria, her influences, studies, process, and includes photographs of her working in the studio as well as featured paintings. Read the piece in the Examiner online and learn more about this artist and her entrancing work.
MICHAEL PRIBICH IN LATINA MAGAZINE
A selection of works from the series A Mexican in Every Kitchen by Michael Pribich was included in the 2008 exhibition at SOLAR, What Can Brown do for You? This year, the artist was selected and awarded in an art competition sponsored by Tanteo Tequila as one of three top rising stars in the NYC artworld that are of Mexican descent.
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To visit What Can Brown Do for You? click here or go to On Exhibit.
EDUARDO BARCENAS CELEBRATES TWO EXHIBITIONS:
Valencia, Venezuela and New York, USA
Between January and February, 2009, Venezuelan artist, Eduardo Barcenas is exhibiting recent works in two distinct exhibitions: on 15 January, Solar opened Acts of Silence, with works from 2002-2008, at Elga Wimmer PCC, in Chelsea, New York, on view through 7 February (more information on this site, under On Exhibit). In Valencia, the show titled Entre la mascara y el silencio [Between the Mask and the Silence], opened 24 January at the Eladio Alemán Sucre Cultural Center in this Venezuelan city. Winner of the prestigious Alexis Perez Mujica award from the Michelena Biennial 2008 (see below), Barcenas is a mid-career artist whose work deals with contemporary anxieties: obscuring, silencing, censuring, themes he transmits most effectively by reducing his palette to a white monochrome, layered, and veiling traces of faces, figures, and written text. The piece that won him the Perez Mujica award is included in the Valencia show, along with 60 other works, including paintings, drawings, and wire sculpture. The artist is also working on a show to be presented at the Galería La Escuela of the Universidad del Atlántico, in Barranquilla, Colombia, later this year.
Read the article in El Aragueño (Spanish only) / Lea el articulo en El Aragueño Click here
NEW YEAR IN NEW YORK
SOLAR organises two exhibitions at Elga Wimmer PCC
526 West 26th Street, #310
Between 13 of January and 10 March, visit Solar in New York City, in the Chelsea gallery district, where Esperanza Leon presents two consecutive solo shows by Eduardo Barcenas and Miquel Salom. For full information Click here