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Elisabeth Condon at Lesley Heller Workspace Sept 7 – October 16, 2016

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Elisabeth Condon BIRD AND FLOWER solo painting show
September 7 – October 16, 2016

Lesley Heller Workspace 54 Orchard St New York, NY

Hours: Wed – Sat 11 am – 6 pm: Sun 12pm – 6 pm

Info on show: at lesleyheller.com

Front Gallery
For immediate release:

Elisabeth Condon: Bird and Flower
September 7 – October 16, 2016

Lesley Heller Workspace presents Bird and Flower, an exhibition of new paintings by Elisabeth Condon. This is the artist’s first solo show in New York in five years and her second with Lesley Heller Workspace.

Condon initiates each canvas with poured color to generate contingent and unexpected compositions. Her recent paintings interlace these pours, which are inspired by watercolor and Chinese splashed ink technique, with birds, flowers and plant forms culled from upholstery fabrics, wallpaper patterns and traditional Chinese scroll painting.

Bird and Flower refers to the classical Chinese painting technique of the same name, defined as much by its subject matter as by its reliance on the contour line achieved through a process of copying, tracing and refining. The bird-and-flower technique provides a departure point from which Condon explores her own process and imagery. Condon traces fabric and wallpaper samples, projecting and altering them; combining mechanical or objective modes of representation with more subjective gestures resulting in a merger of spontaneous and stylized methods. The fabric and wallpaper patterns evoke the harmony and beauty of Chinese bird-and-flower painting, while the pours and imagery beneath suggest alternative realms. The paintings’ compositional rhythms mimic Condon’s practice of Chinese idioms, as if amplified in color; their Tree of Life patterns show time’s passage with flowers and birds at various moments of bloom, perch and flight.

Gathering influences that range from Yuan Dynasty landscape, ancient textiles, Van Luit wallpapers, Marimekko sheets and her mother’s decorating samples, Condon continually mines multiple paint applications within a synthetic landscape, creating imagery that feels—much like life today—equally artificial and real. Her riotous, yet joyful paintings balance a sense of control with abandon through the intersection of nature, culture and transcendence.

Elisabeth Condon (born Los Angeles, CA) has developed an extensive body of work that exploits the spill of poured paint as a central landmark in her compositions. Condon has been working with Chinese imagery for over a decade, making numerous trips to China to study traditional painting techniques; most recently a six month intensive in 2014. Her paintings combine references to Chinese scrolls, American postwar abstraction, landscape, and wallpaper patterns, infusing them with a glam rock aesthetic.

Condon is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships including the Hanban Confucius Institute’s Understanding China Fellowship, Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, Florida Individual Artist Grant, 2015, New York Studio School Alumni Association’s Mercedes Matter Award and the 2015 New York Pulse Prize and various university research grants.

Exhibitions include the Museum of Fine Art in St. Petersburg, FL; National Art Museum of China, Beijing; Shenghua Art Centre, Nanjing, China; Tampa Museum of Art, FL; Ft. Lauderdale Museum, FL; 1285 Avenue of the Americas Art Gallery, New York, NY; Hollywood Art & Culture Center, Hollywood, FL; Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC; Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA and the Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT. Public collections include the US Embassy Beijing, Swatch Art Peace Hotel Traces
Collection Shanghai, The Sweeney Print Collection at the Museum of Fine Art in St. Petersburg, FL, Girls
Club, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and the JP Morgan/ Chase Collection NY.

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For more information or to request images, please email info@lesleyheller.com or call 212-410-6120.

Info on Elisabeth Condon: at https://westbeth.org/artist/elisabeth-condon-painter/

Jayne Holsinger in Forbes Magazine July 2016

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In an article entitled 7 Intriguing Artistic Eyes at the New York Studio School Alumni Exhibition, art reviewer, Adam Lehrer features Jayne Holsinger, as well as 6 other artists in his column.

…the New York Studio School Alumni exhibition doesn’t feel like a traditional “art school exhibition.” Partly that is because this isn’t a student exhibition, but an alumni one. Some of the artists featured have been well-established in their practices. By exhibiting alumni that have been working professionally for decades alongside recent alumni that are seeking gallery representation facilitates a reciprocal relationship between the past and present. The younger artists benefit from having their work exhibited with work by established artists, and established artists get a fresh critical lens applied to their work. The program apparently does an excellent job at phasing out its students’ bad ideas and aesthetic missteps. Lesley Heller of Lesley Heller Workspace, Andrew Arnot of Tibor de Nagy, Miles Manning of Elizabeth Harris Gallery, and Larry Greenberg of Studio 10 selected 60 pieces from 157 NYSS alumni. Some of those pieces were indeed interesting, others less so. Nevertheless, it was an intriguing exhibition in its connecting well-established and emerging artists around the shared experience of an education.

Read the full Forbes article here

Karin Batten and Christina Maile’s work now online in the San Francisco Journal of Peace and Hope, Fall 2016 Issue

History of World part 1

Above: Christina Maile, HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 1 , Polyester Plate Lithograph 2015.

See complete chapter here Chapter 5

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Above: Karin Batten THE GIFT oil on canvas

See complete chapter here. Chapter 7

This is the second time the Journal has featured Karin Batten’s and Christina Maile’s work. Information about the print edition of last year’s Fall 2015 journal which features poetry, essays and art is available at San Francisco Peace and Hope

Dolly Unithan works acquired by the Metropolitan Museum, NYC.

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The Metropolitan Museum recently acquired two of Dolly Unithan’s works. (Accession numbers 2016.411 and 2016.410 ).

“I am sincerely honored to find my contemporary artworks listed in the company of such ancient, magnificent art collected, but also deeply humbled by the fact that my two collected contemporary artworks could have found a place at all, to be listed and slotted in by the curators under the category and geographic region, Asia, Malaysia”.

– Dolly Unithan

Edward Field appears in Die Flakhelfer a World War 2 documentary in which he remembers his 27 bombing missions and being shot down in Berlin.

Edward Field documentary

Edward Fields appears in a German documentary about WWII called Die Flakhelfer.

Die Flkhelfer were teenagers drafted by Hitler to work the anti-aircraft guns to try and shoot down some of the thousands of American planes raining bombs on German cities.

Edward Field was a navigator in one of those heavy bombers and flew 27 bombing missions over Germany. In the film, Field speaks about what it was like to fly through the sea of flak the ‘flakhelfer‘ were sending up, and being shot down over Berlin.

The film can be seen at:
http://www.ardmediathek.de/tv/Reportage-Dokumentation/Geschichte-im-Ersten-Die-Flakhelfer/Das-Erste/Video?bcastId=799280&documentId=36362724

More info about Edward Field here

Marion Lane is 2016 recipient of
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

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Marion Lane exhibitions..teaching
marionlanestudio.com
mjlaneart@aol.com born Brooklyn, N.Y.
Education
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. M.F.A. 1978
William Paterson University, Wayne, N.J. BS 1975
Art Students League, N.Y., Brooklyn Museum Art School, N.Y. 1968-69
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1946-49
Awards
2016 Pollack/Krasner/Grant Award
2008 Rocky Neck, Gloucester,Mass. Residence Fellowship
Elizabeth Sackler Center, Brooklyn Museum,Feminist Art Base
2007 The Drawing Center, NYC,NY, Artist File
2004 Virginia Center for the Cultural Arts, VA. Residence Fellowship
2002 Julia and David White Foundation, Collones, Costa Rica, Residence Fellowship
2001 Fundacion Valparaiso, Mohaca, Spain, Residence Fellowship
1999 Richard Florsheim Art Fund Grant for exhibition Catalog
1988 New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Fellowship Grant
1983 Edward Albee Foundation, N.Y. Residence Fellowship
1983 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Grant
1965 Jersey City Museum, Painters and Sculptors Society
1964 Monmouth College, West Long Branch, N.J., Annual Festival
1964 Montclair Museum, N.J., New Jersey Artists
1963 Atlantic City Annual, N.J. First Prize
1960 Montclair Museum, N.J. New Jersey Artists
1958 Brooklyn Museum, N.Y., Alumni Exhibition, Grumbacher Award
1953 Art Students League, NYC, NY, Scholarship Award

One Person and group exhibits
2007 Pleiades Gallery, NYC, NY, Draped Drawings and paintings
2006 Pleiades Gallery, NYC, NY
2000 Retrospective Exhibit, “Changing Perspectives” Westbeth Gallery, NYC, NY (catalog)
1996 Fourteen Sculptors Gallery, N.Y.C, NY
1999 William Carlos Williams Center for the Arts, Rutherford, NJ
1986 Fairlawn Library, Fairlawn, N.J.
1982 Edward Williams College, Fairleigh Dickenson University, Hackensack, NJ
Pleiades Gallery, N.Y., Works in Aluminum
1975 Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, N.Y.
1971 Bloomfield College, Bloomfeild, N.J., Sheet Metal Works
1970 Bergen County Museum, Paramus, NJ, Retrospective
Group Exhibits
2014 Carter Burdan Gallery, NYC, NY
2013 Westbeth Gallery, Three Artists With Different Views,
2013 Carter Burdan Gallery, NYC, NY
2013 Curate NYC, NY City Wide Juried Exhibition, Staten Island, NYC
2013 Governors Island Art Fair, 14 Sculptors, NYC, NY
2012 Wide Open 3, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Curated by Carlotta Kotek
2005 Pleiades Gallery, New Members Exhibit, New York City, NY
2002 Valjevo Serbia, International Art Studio, Art Without Limits, (catalog)
2000 Westbeth Gallery, New York City, NY
1999 Kergma Gallery, Ridgewood, N.J. Featured Artist and group exhibits
1996 Broome St. Gallery, NYC, NY
La Mama La Galleria, NYC, NY
Fourteen Sculptors Gallery, NYC, NY
1995 Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, New Jersey Artists
Nabisco Corporate Headquarters, East Hanover, N.J.
1994 William Paterson University, Ben Shahn Gallery, Paterson, NJ

1992 William Paterson University, Ben Shahn Gallery, NJ
1990/1999 Kergma Gallery, Ridgewood,NJ Featured Artist andGroup exhibits
1986 NYU Graduate School, Womans Caucus for Art,” Shapeshifters” NYC, NY
Pavillion Gallery, Memorial Hospital,Mt. St. Holly, NJ
Muhlenberg College, Pa.
1985 Newark Museum, New Jersey Artists Newark, NJ
Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ Womans Caucus, NJ
Glassboro State College,NJ, Womans Caucus, NJ
Jersey City State College, NJ, Womans Caucus for Art, NJ
1984 City Without Walls, Newark, NJ, Innovative Artists exhibit
1983 Hunterdon Arts Center, NJ, NJ Council on the Arts Fellowship exhibition
1982 Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ, Mable Smith Library
Federal Plaza, NYC, NY, Womens Caucus for Art Exhibition
1980 Rutgers University,Paul Robeson Gallery, NJ, Womans Caucus, NJ
1976 Kraushaar Gallery, NYC, NY, New Talent Festival
1973 National Academy Gallery, NYC, NY, National Association of Women Artists (catalog)
Morristown Museum of Arts and Sciences, N.J.
1971 Bergen County Museum, Paramus,N.J. Retrospective
1970 New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, New Jersey Artists (catalog)
1969 Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC, NY New Jersey Artists (catalog)
1968 New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, New Jersey Artists (catalog)
1965 Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, Conn. New England Annual (catalog)
Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA., “The Six”
Sterns, New York, “All American” invitational group
New York Worlds Fair, NYC, NY New Jersey Pavillion, invitational group
Jersey City Museum, New Jersey Painters and Sculptors Society Annual National (catalog)
1964 Monmouth College, West Long Branch, NJ, Annual Fine Arts Exhibit
Newark Museum, NJ, New Jersey State Triennial (catalog)
Roko Gallery, NYC Invitational Group
Art Center of Northern New Jersey, Englewood, NJ Annual
Montclair Museum, N.J. State Annual Exhibit
National Academy Gallery, NYC, Audubon Artists Annual (catalog)
1963 Montclair Museum, NJ, New Jersey State Annual
National Academy Gallery, NYC, Audubon Artists (catalog)
Riverside Museum, NYC, Modern Artists Guild exhibition
1962 Montclair Museum, New Jersey State Annual (catalog)
Monmouth College, West Long Branch, NJ (curated by Elaine De Kooning)
1961 Newark Museum,New Jersey, New Jersey State Annual (catalog)
Montclair Museum, New Jersey State Annual (catalog)
1960 Montclair Museum, New Jersey State Annual) (catalog)
1958 Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, Museum Art School Alumni fourth Annual
1957 Morris Gallery, NYC

TEACHING
BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Paramus, N.J. 1986-98 ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR in Fine Art
Manhattan Psychiatric Center, NYC, NY, 1986-98, Art Therapy

Joan Hall
Collage and Assemblage
Past and Present

JOAN HALL June 14 Joan Hall Poster

Collage & Assemblage, Past & Present

Collage has rapidly gained popularity as an art form in the United States. I believe that there are sociological reasons for this. Everyone is in a hurry and the medium of collage conveys a feeling of spontaneity. With the advent of the computer and the Internet, our world had become fragmented. This is reflected in the bits and pieces that make up a collage and assemblage. Based on this, I have compiled a lecture/slide show on collage and assemblage from 12th century Japan to contemporary digital photo illustration
Presentationn includes works by Picasso, Braque, Matisse, Cornell, Rauschenberg, and many other artists. You will see how artists recycled everyday materials into artwork, using spare tires, shredded money, and even ones own blood! The use of collage in illustration has become a familiar sight. You will learn how collage artists cope with some hilarious, yet frustrating experiences in the publishing workplace. This program is both entertaining and educational.
Part 2 consists of my own artwork.
Native New Yorker Joan Hall’s artwork has appeared on covers of Time Magazine, The New York Times and numerous other publications. Her collages and assemblages have been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide, including The Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the Museo Tamayo in Mexico City. She was commissioned by the American Cultural Center of the US State Department to lecture, exhibit, and conduct workshops in France, India, Brazil, and Mexico.

Cari Rosmarin’s large scale installation featured On the Wall at Carter Burden Gallery opening June 30, 2016

CARI ROSMARIN AT CARTER BURDEN JUNE

Opening Reception: Thursday June 30, 2016 6pm – 8pm

Location: Carter Burden Gallery 548 West 28th St NYC

Dates: June 30 – July 21, 2016

Hours: Tuesday – Friday 11 am – 5 pm
Saturday 11am – 6pm

Cari Rosmarin’s large-scale installation, featured in the gallery space On the Wall,will consist of two large horizontal collages depicting animals that are affected by climate change. Using image transfers and vibrant colors, Rosmarin’s collages first seem to be positive celebrations of many different species of life. However, upon closer inspection of seeing certain bugs and animals as black silhouettes, with others painted over, it is clear that the artist is drawing our attention to something deeper. The rough torn edges suggest a hasty violent act of destruction. The artist intends to draw our attention to how global climate change threatens the vitality of all life on earth.

Carter Burden Gallery presents three new exhibitions: Recent Work in the east gallery featuring Basia Goldsmith, Kate Missett, and Hanna Seiman, Secret Life of Colors in the west gallery featuring Blossom Verlinsky and On the Wall featuring Cari Rosmarin.