Italian-born artist, Angelo Musco, has been living and working in NYC since 1997. His art practice has been focused on performance art, photography, and video work, often combining the various media in one organic project. His photo shoots, which are the foundation of his photographic work and may involve a few dozens to a couple of hundred people, have become more and more ambitious in scale and complexity, and are often held in private and public spaces, becoming a performance in their own right. Musco’s investigation into the power of aggregations found in nature such as sperm during egg fertilization, an ant colony, beehive or a school of fish has fueled his most recent works.

Musco’s upcoming project, featuring the Parthenogenesis Film Sequence, is presented in conjunction with choreography by Stefanie Batten Bland and is inspired by Musco’s 11 films. The first phase of the Parthenogenesis project, a stunning and ethereal human installation which consisted of an enormous white dress with a circular base 30-feet in diameter, held up by 11 statuesque women covered in white make-up, white wigs, and even white contact lenses, took place for the first time as part of the VIP events of the prestigious Armory Show in New York City in March 2005. It was then re-presented in Miami in December 2006 during the Art Basel Miami Beach fair.

The current project consists of a video installation featuring 11 films Musco shot in 11 locations selected from places that relate to the artist’s life, and are all situated on the 41st parallel: amongst them are Naples, Musco’s birth-city; New York City, his adopted home; as well as nine others such as Baku, Azerbaijan; Madrid, Spain; Beijing, China; and Istanbul, Turkey. Each film captures the intense image of a very pregnant woman desperately running with a sweat streaked face, holding her belly as she urgently tries to post-pone the delivery of her baby. The film sequence has proven to be one of the most fulfilling and challenging projects for the artist, and marks final stage of an 8-year quest. It has enabled him to circumnavigate the globe, channel the energies and emotions of these unique locations, and create a multi-dimensional experience within a global discourse for the author and the audience alike.

The conclusive phase of the Parthenogenesis Trilogy will be a two-part project scheduled to take place in March 2012, concurrently with the Armory Show. The first part consisting of an exhibition of Musco’s 11 films at the Italian Cultural Institute, the second featuring Batten Bland’s choreography which will be showcased at the renowned Alvin Ailey Center in mid-town Manhattan. Bland’s choreography will bring Musco’s films into 3-dimensional reality. Through speed changes, sounds, human and fabric manipulation the images seen on film will transcend the screen and enter the real world.

For more information about the projects you may contact Ombretta Agró at: ombretta@ombrettaagro.com or at 212-433 0878.

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A one night only fundraising art exhibition held at Gallery Bar
6:30-8:30 pm with gratis wine for the beginning half hour
All artwork is donated by the artists and is on sale for $100
100% of the proceeds goes directly to the EAC
$5 suggested door donation

“Artwork functions as a vessel, transporting particular emotions, passions and intentions from individual creators to the viewer. Along with these intentions come the identity of the artist and the implied value of the work.
In this exhibition we have stripped the artwork of the artists’ identity; by doing so the work must stand on its own. All the works share an affordable and identical price tag, therefore creating a dialogue that exists solely between viewer and the artwork. Each piece unidentified and equal, summoning the viewer to consider and connect to the piece on it’s own.
This event is reaching beyond standard gallery conventions by allowing the artwork and the audience to achieve something significant. Acting collectively by donating artwork, space and time, the artists and the audience will make a positive impact in aiding the efforts of the Eastern African Center.
This is Art for Soul.”

http://eastafricancenter.com/
http://gallerybarnyc.com/

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Russell James and CATM Chelsea in cooperation with Camera Works cordially invite you to a Nomad Two Worlds Limited Editions Exhibit Opening Event on Thursday, December 8th 6.00pm to 8.00 pm at CATM Chelsea Gallery 500 West 22nd Street on the Southwest Corner of the 10th Avenue & 22nd Street crossing.

Nomad Two Worlds, the sweeping, multi-media collaborative art project conceived by contemporary art and fashion photographer Russell James, returns to New York with a Limited Editions Exhibition opening at CATM Chelsea Gallery. The exhibition focuses on the works of James with Indigenous Australian artists Nathan Mundraby and Clifton Bieundurry, who are also currently appearing in “Hugh Jackman, Back On Broadway” in another of the project’s artistic collaborative activities. It is with great pride that CATM Chelsea lends its support to Nomad Two Worlds by hosting its Limited Editions Exhibition, from December 8, 2011 to January 8, 2012 and benefiting the Nomad Two Worlds Foundation.

Media Requests: Press@catmchelsea.com
RSVP Required: n2w@catmchelsea.com

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Call for Entry/ Open Call:

ART for Soul: Kenya

East African Center in collaboration with NY Artists

EAC has been providing life changing education and life saving medical care to tens of thousands of individuals living in Eastern Kenya.  We go beyond simply delivering services.  We partner with the local community by empowering women and children to make a difference in their own lives, while also ensuring access to vital health and educational resources and tools for lasting change.

“Artwork functions as a vessel, transporting particular emotions, passions and intentions from individual creators to the viewer. Along with these intentions come the identity of the artist and the implied value of the work. In this exhibition we have stripped the artwork of the artists’ identity; by doing so the work must stand on its own. All the works share an affordable and identical price tag, creating a dialogue that exists solely between viewer and the artwork. Each piece unidentified and equal, summoning the viewer to consider and connect. By by donating artwork, time and space, this event reaches beyond standard gallery conventions to make a positive impact in aiding the efforts of charity, generosity and humanity.

This is Art for Soul.”

One-Night only Art Salon fundraiser for the East African Center at Gallery Bar, NY, on Friday, Dec. 9^th 2011, 6:30pm – 8:30pm.  All donated art will be on sale for $100.

Submissions: Work may be submitted via email to ArtforSoulNYC@gmail.com.  Please label each Jpeg image with the artist’s name, title, medium, and size, three works per artist.

Accepted Work: Artists will be informed of the juror’s decisions by 12/5 via email.  All works must be dropped off between 8am – 6pm @ 329 East 4^th Street, suite # 4A, 12/3-5.

Sales: 100% of all sales will be donated directly to the non-profit organization.

Removal of Art: All unsold work can be picked up at the end of the night 8:30pm – 9pm, or from drop off location 8am – 6pm 12/10 & 11^th.

Project Coordinators: Pansum Cheng, Alessandra DeLaCruz, Jen Hill

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We are going through some exciting changes here at KARIN + RAOUL by widening our scope on a global scale and we would love to hear from our viewers. What are your top 5 art websites, galleries or communities around the world?

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Every Artist should see this film from beginning to end.

Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world’s largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of “catadores”—self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz’s initial objective was to “paint” the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives. Director Lucy Walker (DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND, BLINDSIGHT and COUNTDOWN TO ZERO) and co-directors João Jardim and Karen Harley have great access to the entire process and, in the end, offer stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of the human spirit.

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William Betts calls this series “Surveillance.”  It is all acrylic paintings that actually look like pixelated photographs.  As soon as I saw this series from him I fell right in love! I thought the concept was brilliant and the execution better!

The married man with his young mistress in a hotel room so it seems.

My mind races and only wishes to know really… what was on Williams mind when he cultivated this series of work.  <3 <3 <3!!!

To see more of Williams work, click on: BETTS

xoxo Karin

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xoxo Karin

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Martin’s Eder’s, Born in Augsburg, Germany 1968.  Martin’s work has been  is quite alluring, dark and sensual. There is definitely an element that seduces the mind…

Love this painting the most… So beautiful !

Fin !

To see more of Martin’s work, click on: EDER

xoxo Karin

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William Quigley, Katherine Theofilos, and Alex Claster invite you to celebrate FASHION & ART with the creation of Skrapper Inc.

DATE: Tuesday April 20th, 2010

LOCATION: Good Units @ the Hudson Hotel / 356 West 58th Street

TIME: 8:30PM – late

NO Name Dropping Bullshit – MUST RSVP: RSVP@skrapper.com

I would love for you to join us and Skrapper Tuesday 4.20.2010 for a very quirky trip to celebrate art, photography, fashion and Skrappers New LIne of T-shirts!!!

Style.com, Page Six, NY Post, Metro Mix, Thrillist, NYCool.com, Maxim and Antenna Magazine plus Stylist and Photographers will be in attendance.

Btw, buy 3 SHIRTS ONLINE: SKRAPPER … AND WITH YOUR RECEIPT GET INTO THE SEXIEST NYC EVENT THIS APRIL AT THE SKRAPPER 4/20 PARTY if you haven’t yet RSVP!

xoxo Karin

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