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Agora Gallery welcomes the new year with three new exhibitions, starting January 8 2010 and running through until January 29 2010. The opening reception will take place on Thursday January 14 2010, 6-8 pm.
Enigmatic Perspectives encourages all viewers to relate to the works presented on an individual basis and interpret them according to their own personal experience and emotions. The artwork on display combines an instinctive approach, full of passion and feeling, with an intriguing symbolism that helps to capture the attention as well as the eye, indicating that a deeper perusal will be fascinating and beneficial.
It has been a busy, exciting and successful year at Agora Gallery. As 2009 draws to a close, this seemed like a good time to look back at some of the year’s highlights.
It is very difficult to choose from amongst the many wonderful exhibitions from this year, but one very delightful event in 2009 was the revival of the display of art by artists of Japanese heritage or culture. Matrix of the Mind ran from February 24, 2009 until March 17, 2009 and contained works by a group of talented Japanese artists. Elegance, timelessness and introspection combined to create a breathtaking and unusual exhibition. We are eagerly awaiting its next annual appearance in the coming year.
In keeping with the holiday spirit, this week’s post is devoted to the increasingly common practice of giving art as presents. Of course, there is no limit to when you can do this – it’s also popular to choose a work of art to give as a gift on the occasion of a birthday, anniversary or other special event – but this is one time of the year when what to get and what to give is an issue on many people’s minds. Parties, ‘secret santa’ arrangements, family meals and new year celebrations can all be great fun, but sometimes working out what to get someone, particularly a close family member or someone who has been especially supportive over the year, can be difficult.
Art is a very individual thing, and may not [...]
There are many areas of the art world where lack of sight or limited vision quite obviously need not be a great impediment to development and success. Andrea Bocelli, the famous and popular tenor whose voice is beloved around the world, completely lost his sight at age twelve after an accident during a soccer game. Twenty year old Nobuyuki Tsujii, the Japanese pianist whose playing captured hearts and delighted ears at an international piano competition this year, has been blind since birth. As in the wider world, there are many aids that can be used to get around potential problems, and no one has difficulty understanding how a blind person can be a talented musician, for example.
It is perhaps more surprising to discover the relationship between sculpture and [...]
A new exhibition is coming to Agora Gallery next week. Starting on the 15th December and continuing until the 5th of January, The Odyssey Within showcases the work of contemporary Greek and Italian artists and brings their expressions of their own personal journeys to the heart of New York City.
Although the title is obviously reminiscent of the works of antiquity, it is clear that these modern-day artists are based firmly in the world around them, and bring their unique understandings of their personal and national surroundings to bear in their work. Wholly contemporary, the works yet maintain a connection to their European roots and present this aspect to us for our enjoyment and illumination.
