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  • FOULADI - RATIO 3 - ROMER YOUNG

    MARK WOLFE - 4X5 - BIG UMBRELLA

    01.11.13



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    Fouladi Projects: Love, Life, Art and the Devil - Featuring work by Sacha Eckes.

    Comment by AB: Sacha Eckes trundles herself on over from Belgium to serve us up a healthy dose of her unique text/satire/abstract blends. Enjoy paintings, drawings, co-opted posters and photographs, and more at this entertaining and upbeat endeavor.

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    Art by Sacha Eckes at Fouladi Projects.

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    Co-opted poster art by Sacha Eckes.

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    Sacha Eckes and her art at Fouladi Projects (yes, she's really like that).

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    Art by Sacha Eckes.

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    Sacha Eckes art in above image closer at Fouladi Projects.

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    Art by Sacha Eckes.

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    Digital art by Sacha Eckes at Fouladi Projects.

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    Relative density - Sacha Eckes art show at Fouladi Projects.

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    Ratio 3 Gallery: Jordan Kantor.

    Comment by AB: Jordan Kantor makes art out of his studio leftovers including rags used to wipe paint, and dregs harvested from the bottoms of jars of mineral spirits that are used to clean paint brushes in. He sews the rags onto unprimed canvases and then frames the results with extended lengths of wood strips painted to match colors found in the rags. As for the paint jar dregs, he paints this monotone muck onto various canvases. In the side gallery, experience more of the same, this time in the form of a series of repetitive hand-against-fabric paintings meant to be depictions of throw-away photos typically used by film technicians for color correcting. Now what this all means, I have no idea. A befuddling concept married to middling craftsmanship makes me wonder... is this for real or is it simply an elaborate put-on? For all I know, pondering that quandary may be precisely where Jordan wants the viewer to be.

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    Art by Jordan Kantor at Ratio 3 Gallery.

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    Jordan Kantor framed paint rag art.

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    Art by Jordan Kantor in above image closer at Ratio 3 Gallery.

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    Art by Jordan Kantor.

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    Jordan Kantor discusses his art at Ratio 3 Gallery.

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    Paintings by Jordan Kantor.

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    Jordan Kantor art at Ratio 3 Gallery.

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    Art by Jordan Kantor.

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    Paint dregs art by Jordan Kantor closer at Ratio 3 Gallery.

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    Jordan Kantor art at Ratio 3 Gallery.

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    Scene in the side gallery - Jordan Kantor art show at Ratio 3 Gallery.

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    Romer Young Gallery: Amanda Curreri - The Aunque.

    Comment by AB: You wouldn't think that the adept progressive paintings, video and installations in this show are more socio-political and gender-based commentary than they are art... but they are. Or maybe they're an equal dose of both. Regardless, what better way to initiate sensitive yet necessary conversation than via ostensibly dispassionate works of art? It's kinda like an aesthetic ambush... hopefully with an enlightened ending. I like it.

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    Art by Amanda Curreri at Romer Young Gallery.

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    Art by Amanda Curreri.

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    Art by Amanda Curreri in above image closer at Romer Young Gallery.

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    Amanda Curreri and her complimentary commentary art at Romer Young Gallery.

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    Video art by Amanda Curreri.

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    Amanda Curreri art at Romer Young Gallery.

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    The two colors that got nixed from the Rainbow flag - art by Amanda Curreri.

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    Relative density - Amanda Curreri art show at Romer Young Gallery.

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    Addendum:

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    Art by Shawn Kuruneru at Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art.

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    Shawn Kuruneru art above closer at Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art.

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    Shawn Kuruneru inky installation at Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art.

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    Art by Shawn Kuruneru at Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art.

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    81 Bees photographs from Cliche group show at 4x5 Gallery.

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    Photography by 81 Bees at 4x5 Gallery.

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    Premises - group photography show by 81 Bees at 4x5 Gallery.

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    Art from Salty group art show at Big Umbrella Studios.

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    Art by Pete Doolittle (left) at Big Umbrella Studios.

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    More from Salty group art show at Big Umbrella Studios.

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    Turnout for Salty group art show at Big Umbrella Studios.

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