Month: July 2014

Gallery Talk with Sin-ying Ho

Gallery Talk with Sin-ying Ho

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 3 PM
Free and open to the public

Sin-ying Ho will talk with Leslie Ferrin of Ferrin Contemporary and Project Art of her ceramic productions, a mash-up of traditional Chinese culture and contemporary global ideas and imagery. Sin-Ying Ho juxtaposes Chinese images drawn from nature with man-made symbols, signs, words, and logos.

On the occasion of her exhibition at Independent Art Projects, Sin-ying Ho will discuss the role of ceramics in her life, and where she’s headed next. Her two vessels at IAP will be on view until December 25, 2014.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SIN-YING HO WORKS CLICK HERE.

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Gallery Talk with Tanya Marcuse

Gallery Talk with Tanya Marcuse

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 11:30 AM
Free and open to the public

Tanya Marcuse will talk with IAP Director Martina Caruso about the foundations of Fallen series. Tanya Marcuse’s imaginative photographs possess the magic of teetering between plausible and implausible, life and death, and she has an undeniable signature style: a mix of dreamy romanticism and clinical exactness.

On the occasion of her exhibition at Independent Art Projects, we invited Tanya to discuss the role photography plays in her life, and where she’s headed next. Her exhibition at IAP is on view until September 21, 2014.

Marcuse will also sign her exhibition catalogue “Fallen” available for sale at IAP.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TANYA MARCUSE WORKS CLICK HERE.

[Image: Fallen #129, 2010. Courtesy of Julie Saul Gallery]
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Lianghong Feng’s Paintings and Process

Lianghong Feng’s Paintings and Process

In 1982, when I was 20 years old a though suddenly came to my mind on my birthday, which is to draw a picture for myself, so I started to paint on canvas, and since then, my career in abstract painting began. – Lianghong Feng

Bejing-based artist Lianghong Feng has made this video in 2011 for CYNTHIA-REEVES.

Feng produces lush abstract paintings inspired by a heady mixture of ancient Chinese philosophy, calligraphy, Eastern and Western art history, and urban graffiti. He covers his canvases with beautifully complementary passages of color and all manner of marks, including fat, paint-laden brushstrokes; thin, sketchy scribbles; drips; daubs; and splatters. He often begins with a naturalistic landscape, which he then partially obscures with an overlay of his abstract marks.

Feng both refuses and accepts categorizations of his work—a Zen-like position that acknowledges our natural inclination to define works of art in concrete terms, while also insisting upon the freedom to approach his practice with originality and without preconditions.

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July 2014: New Art Space Celebrates Grand Opening

July 2014: New Art Space Celebrates Grand Opening

Independent Art Projects (IAP) will celebrate the grand opening of its 2,500 square-foot exhibition space at 1315 MASS MoCA Way with a reception and a series of talks by artists and the gallery owners who represent them. The events start Thursday, July 31, and continue throughout the weekend to Saturday, Aug. 2, and Sunday, Aug. 3.

The celebration opens with a reception on July 31 from 6 to 9 p.m. for artists and gallery owners currently exhibiting work at IAP. The reception is held in conjunction with DownStreet Art Thursday festivities in downtown North Adams.

Starting July 31, IAP presents works by Tanya Marcuse and Christopher Russell, represented by Julie Saul Gallery; Shuli Sadé, represented by CYNTHIA-REEVES; Steven Young Lee and Sin-Ying Ho, represented by Ferrin Contemporary.

IAP features art by mid-career and established artists in all media: painting, drawing and print, sculpture and ceramics, and photography and video. The exhibition schedule features ongoing curated projects presented by founding galleries Ferrin Contemporary of Cummington, Mass, and Cynthia-Reeves of New York, N.Y., and Brattleboro, Vt.

In addition, other galleries based in New York and New England are invited to present short-term exhibitions to create a dynamic changing schedule of art and public programming. The summer of 2014 includes work from artists represented by Sienna Patti Contemporary of Lenox, Mass, and Julie Saul Gallery of New York, N.Y.

 

IAP EXHIBITION HOURS
Open daily 12 to 6 p.m. through Labor Day.
Open Thursday-Sunday 12 to 6 p.m. from September through Thanksgiving. Open weekends, holidays, and by appointment from December through April 2015.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE PRESS RELEASE.

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IAP in Images

IAP in Images

Be part of our image gallery! Come to IAP, take photos, and upload them on Instagram with #1315MASSMoCAWay hashtag.

Search instagram for #1315MASSMoCAWay for the full IAP feed.

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