New Exhibition Fall 2011 - AG Gallery
Collages:
Maureen Shields Solo Exhibition
Sept. 2 - Oct. 30, 2011
Opening Night: Friday, Sept 2, 6 - 9 PM
AG Gallery/About Glamour in Williamsburg is pleased to present
a solo exhibition by a unique college artist, Maureen Shields.
We exhibit one of her signature artworks, collages on wood panels and on vintage dish plates at this show.
The intent of her work is twofold. First, she hopes to initially attract and ideally seduce, as well as engage the viewer with surface, color, and beautiful and interesting objects. The tone of her work is often at first glance innocent and cheerful. Second, what follows this initial reception of a playful, nearly saccharine veneer is a deeper invitation into a strangely constructed world. The viewer is caught between a delight in the fantastic and a sense of unease or menace. The animal motifs she employs in the work, often times emphasizes the idea of the animal kingdom rather than actual wildlife. Her art works to balance between the whimsical, the grotesque, and the commonplace. She hopes to skew perspective and she seeks to reintroduce the strangeness and complexity associated with childhood without projecting directly onto the specific.
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Maureen Shields
Born in San Gabriel, CA.
2004 MFA at New York University
2000 BFA at California State University
She lives and works in San Francisco, CA. Her successful eight solo exhibitions were held in California and New York through 1994 to 2011. Her artworks also made appearance in various group exhibitions, mainly held in California. Her signature artworks are colleges on different materials such as wood panels and vintage plates.
The opening reception will be held at AG Gallery/About Glamour on September 2, from 6 to 9 p.m.
Please stop in and enjoy the artworks with friends.
The exhibition will be on view through October 30, 2011.
Contact/Appointment:
Chiharu Aizawa
AG Gallery/About Glamour
chiharu@aboutglamour.net
www.aboutglamour.net
Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn
GOODBYE SUMMER SALE
ADDITIONAL 20%OFF!
SUMMER CLOTHES and many more
ADDITIONAL 20%OFF!
SUMMER CLOTHES and many more
August 26th-28th
3days only!
About Glamour is holding a goodbye summer sale from Aug 26th at 5ish to 28th at 8ish.
During the sale, all already marked down sale items go extra 20%off !! at cashier.
We are sure how hard you should choose what you wear feeling much changes of temperature during the late summer and early autumn...
Hurry into About Glamour, you would certainly get something special !
Discounted items are final sale. The sale will end August 28th at 8ish following the business hours at About Glamour.
Summer Exhibition 2011: "The Anti-Glass Art 2011 in New York"
SUMMER EXHIBITION SERIES 2011"The Anti-Glasswork Art 2011 in New York"
Takao Sakata Solo Exhibition
August 19- 24, 2011
AG Gallery/About Glamour is pleased to announce that we are having a solo exhibition by Takao Sakata, Japan based glasswork artist, "The Anti-Glasswork Art 2011 in New York" from August 19th through 24th, as a part of the Summer Exhibition Series of Japanese Artists 2011.
"When we look at the glasswork art in these days, I can only see weak, cheap, and flatter works.
They are called "modem grass art" or "the world grass art" and seen as if they are the real art.
Glass artisans without strong belief and knowledge and the lack of outstanding glasswork art critics obstruct making progress of the art.
The substantial of art is to express nature, society and human beings through clear sense and technics. It means the attribute of glass material doesn't produce any arts.
Marcel Duchamp, a French artist, signed that people in this century has been blind completely to the art. It is also the severe critism to the modern glass art. " ---Takao Sakata
Takao Sakata
Live and work in Shiga, Japan
Graduated from Tokyo Glass Art Institute
"The Anti-Glass Art 2011 in New York" will be on view at AG Gallery from August 19th through 24th, 2011.
Please feel free to contact us about the show, our venue, or artist.
Contact/Appointment:
info@aboutglamour.net
http://www.aboutglamour.net/
Summer Exhibition 2011: "SAMPLING PROCESS"
SUMMER EXHIBITION SERIES 2011"SAMPLING PROCESS"
RYO MIKAMI
SOLO EXHIBITION
August 12 - 17, 2011
AG Gallery is pleased to present "SAMPLING PROCESS", the solo exhibition of Ryo Mikami. "SAMPLING PROCESS" will feature live performance, using a Japanese comic and try to capture a true figure of sub consciousness.
Mikami chooses Japanese comics to capture subconscious by cutting and digging down according to outline of each frame of comics. He creates a silent and calm world that is closely overlapping of comics at the micro level.
"In this work, I am literally "cutting frames", which makes it no longer possible for readers to follow the story, and allows them to only see some meaningless pieces of drawings. In the limited objects to see, however, they may see strugglesand personalities of the author, which appears when wondering how to make frames, especially in the pattern made by an "accident" of being put together after being cut into pieces. The pattern presents the subconscious of the author of the comic, subconscious of myself who cut them into pieces, and subconscious of viewers of the work. For example, musicians who improvise music may make and stick to certain rules in order for them to create music without interruption of their playing habits and emotions. I tried the idea in "SAMPLING PROCESS"." - Ryo Mikami
Ryo Mikami
Born in Kawasaki City, Japan in 1983.
He grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina and in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. After he graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2008, he ended up finishing graduate School of Film and New Media Tokyo University of the Arts in March 2011.
Live Cutting Performance is held every day 4-8 during the exhibistion.
"SAMPLING PROCESS" will be on view at AG Gallery from August 12th through 17th, 2011. For further information of this exhibition, please contact via email: samplingprocess@gmail.com .
Summer Exhibition 2011- Four Female Artists in New York
AG Gallery in Williamsburg is pleased to present "Summer Exhibition 2011- Four Female Artists in New York", which is held from Friday, August 5th to Thursday, August 11th.
Masako Tono, Illustrator - Born in Japan, currently lives in New York. She learned both illustration and print design in University of Central Oklahoma. To build her own creativity, she uses water color and color pencils. At the same time, she often emphasizes and describes the dark power and gothic mystery throughout using paying attention to the colors black and white.
Kazumi Sakurai, Photographer
- Pictures taking has been a lifelong experience for her. Her strong desire for photography, it was given by her father, who purchased a Nicon SF camera when she was born. After winning several awards and contests in Japan, she started her full-time career as a photographer at the age of 21. Her intimate style and skillful use of light fosters a deep connection between the viewer and the image, revealing a personal aestetic that is reflective of the photographer as it is of the subject.
Mai Endo, Photographer - Born in Japan, currently lives in New York. Through her artwork, she desinates a melting pot of architectural growth which goes unseen. She believes that all her work is a moment of essence captured in time which defines her and everyone's life by the frame.
Noriko Miyawaki, Calligrapher- She has explored her experience in calligraphy since she was four years old. In the meantime, she has won various awards in Japan including her poetry and sketch works. She is one of the members of "Seiko Shodo" which exhibits at the Japanese consulate in New York.
Please feel free to contact us about the show, our venue, or artists above.
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