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Agora Gallery proudly presents a collective exhibition for the selected artists of the 2009 Chelsea International Fine Art Competition.
This spectacular collective exhibition will take viewers through surreal explorations of human experience. Through vibrant fusions of Realism, Symbolism and Expressionism, where geometry of architecture meld with scenes of urban landscapes or subtle nuances of natural light, the audience can explore new ideas and investigate novel combinations and contrasts. Travel into exaggerated perspectives and anachronistic juxtapositions and where objects from pop culture meet vintage keepsakes.
Take part in exploring and interpreting the messages so brilliantly expressed through the power of color; discover unbridled visionary painting; be confronted with poetic visual puzzles and graceful statements about the human subconscious; be touched long after viewing these stunning paintings.
Beginning July 21, Agora Gallery will host a collective exhibition of contemporary art consisting of four parts.
Literally reaching out into the abyss, Labyrinth of Color features artists as they approach the deepest regions of our real and imagined space. Radiant colors shine forth, as each artist travels into the unknown, bringing back surreal visions of our universe to share with their audiences.
Agora Gallery is kicking off the summer in New York City’s Chelsea Galleries District with their annual survey of contemporary art from France in The French Perspective exhibition, which will debut on June 27 and run through until July 17. The reception will be held on the evening of July 2, an occasion to view the work of these exciting French artists while surrounded by fellow art lovers and even some of the artists themselves.
Whether chatting it up with the artists while sipping on wine during the reception or stopping by the exhibit during the day, art lovers will undoubtedly be enamored by the selection of works and remarkable variety of [...]
A new group of exhibitions is coming to Agora Gallery this week. Beginning June 2, visitors can enjoy the following exhibitions on view: The Substance of Abstraction; Unbound Perspectives; United in Art: Fine Art from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. As with many of the shows at the gallery, each exhibition is intended to be an entity of its own, complementing and informing each other.
The Substance of Abstraction, as its title indicates, focuses on abstract work. Despite the non-representational unifying process, this exhibition features a considerable variety of approaches.
We received the photo below this morning, from one of the artists represented by Agora Gallery. Susan Marx was taking advantage of the weather and the lovely plants and flowers in bloom at this time of year, and was painting the wisteria in the Van Vleck Garden in Montlcair, New Jersey.
The Van Vleck house was built in the late 19th, early 20th century, although the style is classical, and it was blessed with a succession of Van Vlecks who shared an interest in gardening and horticulture of all sorts. The result is that, the house and grounds having been turned over to a community foundation in 1993, the public is able to visit and enjoy the results of the Van Vlecks’ labor, while non-profit organisations benefit from the use of rooms in the house.
Continue Reading I came across an article in Wired the other day, and it got me thinking. It’s about the famous Las Vegas magic act, Penn and Teller, who make their show out of explaining to the audience – with all appropriate flair and drama – exactly how their trick is done. And when they do that, it still works.
Teller, the silent half of the performing pair, explains to reporter Jonah Lehrer that this is because magic tricks take advantange of what I think of as ‘blind spots’ in our brains. We’re constantly being required to process so much information that our brain simply fills in and skips steps, seeing what it thinks must be there.
I remember learning about this at university and the lecturer leading [...]
