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Phillip K. Smith III at VOLTA11
Spatial perception and the emotive power of light are harnessed within the ephemeral installations and geometric sculptures of Phillip K. Smith III. The LA-based artist represented by royale projects: contemporary art has an enviable retinue of installations already, from his ethereal Lucid Stead in Joshua Tree to Reflection Field, commissioned for the 2014 Coachella Music & Arts Festival. He brings both […]
June 14, 2015
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Gail Stoicheff at VOLTA11
Gail Stoicheff contributes a major discourse on image-making and its relation to the creator’s unique environment, in her presentation with Catinca Tabacaru Gallery. Her sumptuous process-driven paintings marry intentional gestural interventions with manipulations of the canvases themselves She received the prestigious Daedalus Foundation Master of Fine Arts Fellowship in Painting and The Elaine DeKooning Painting.
June 14, 2015
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Liz Jaff at VOLTA11
Liz Jaff represented by Robert Henry Contemporary instills the sculptural power of paper into her large-scale folded-paper installations. Her hand-cut and folded paper works culminate in the majestic booth-wide installation Plugs and Fuses. Jaff was featured in Behind the White Walls, a group exhibition of Guggenheim, MoMA, and Whitney Museum art handlers, at BFP Creative (Brooklyn) through […]
June 14, 2015
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Batia Shani at VOLTA11
Batia Shani represented by Tamar Dresden Art Projects creates the site-specific installation Tissue. The Hebrew word “rikma'”references this and translates to “needlework”, which the artist has been doing since she was a child. The installation reflects the ongoing political instability in the Middle East. By combining gendered outfits — male army uniform scraps stitched into handmade […]
June 14, 2015
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A. Moret Curates Visualpilots at SPRING/BREAK
Maybe it’s cold outside on the streets of Manhattan and the forecast calls for snow tomorrow, but nothing can stop us from celebrating SPRING/BREAK. A. Moret, Editor-in-Chief of Installation Magazine makes her curatorial debut for the fourth edition of NYC’s curator-driven art fair. This year the theme is TRANSACTION and to help realize our interpretation of our […]
March 2, 2015
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Nikki Rosato at VOLTA NY
In Nikki Rosato’s words, “our physical bodies are beautiful structures full of detail, and they hold the stories that shape our lives. The lines on a roadmap are fascinatingly similar to the lines that cover the surface of the human body.” The young Bostonian was awarded a 2014 Blanche E. Colman Award and participated in […]
March 1, 2015
