ARTisSpectrum Volume 28 The Chelsea Perspective Pomp and Exaltation - The Influence of Fine Art on Fashion By Dani-Elle Dubé 1 ARTisSpectrumProfiles | Volume 28 | artisspectrum.com of Contemporary Art and Artists DELAWARE CENTER FOR THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS DCCA; 35,000 sq. ft., seven galleries, 26 artists’ studios, gift shop, high-tech auditorium, and always FREE Admission. Upcoming Exhibits Natural Forces: Alison Stigora Sep 7, 2012 – Dec 9, 2012 Young Country: Rural Themes in Art Sep 29, 2012 – Jan 27, 2013 Rise and Fall: Monumental Duct Tape Drawings: Joe Girandola Oct 6, 2012 – Feb 10, 2013 Freak Antique: Contemporary Art Curios Oct 27, 2012 – Feb 10, 2013 Artist: Sarah Lyon Portrait of Artist’s Bronzed Boots from the Young Country exhibition. 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ARTisSpectrum Magazine 530 West 25th Street New York, NY 10001 www.ARTisSpectrum.com 212.226.4151 [email protected] 4 ARTisSpectrum | Volume 28 | artisspectrum.com 138 36 46 18 68 ARTisSpectrum | Volume 28 | artisspectrum.com 5 Richard Learoyd, Learoyd, Richard Man with Octopus Tattoo II Tattoo Man with Octopus (detail), 2011. © Richard Learoyd, courtesy McKee Gallery, New York New Gallery, courtesy McKee Learoyd, © Richard 2011. (detail), 31 OCT 2012 – 20 JAN 2013 Open daily 10am-6pm, www.nationalgallery.org.uk Fridays until 9pm Charing Cross/Leicester Square Politics NOT as Usual: Quilts with Something to Say Organized by American Folk Art Museum Through Jan. 13, 2013 Celebrating quilting as a medium for art and social change. For more information go to www.bocamuseum.org or call 561.392.2500 Follow us 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, Florida 33432 the common thread that unites us all JESSIE B. TELFAIR (1913-1986), Freedom Quilt, 1983, cotton with pencil, 74 x 68 inches. Courtesy American Folk Art Museum, New York. Gift of Judith Alexander in loving memory of her sister, Rebecca Alexander, 2004.9.1 6 ARTisSpectrum | Volume 28 | artisspectrum.com Profiles If you like to keep up-to-date with the art world and enjoy spotting talented emerging and established artists, then artists’ profiles are a great way to do it. These profiles showcase the work, motivations and inspirations of exciting new faces on the international art scene. 114 Aivars Kisnics 85 Helen S. Cohen 115 Patrice Carmichael 66 Alex Carr 124 Iryna Torskaya 50 Rachel Forte 129 AnnaMaria Critelli 65 Isabelle Habegger 102 Ricardo Lowenberg 22 Anne-Marie Crosby 129 Jade Rougerie 122 Ronald DeMuth 83 Avaz Mutall 87 Jean Francois Mercier 58 Rosanne Potter 128 Bernice Sorge 23 Jennifer Morrison 112 Samar Albader 55 Bibbi Ahrnstedt (Glass Artist) 110 Jenyshin 123 Scott Breeman 13 Bonnie Pakman 50 Jim Cobb 126 Seonaid Ross 111 Brady Steward 54 Josie Lowerson 56 Sharon Brill 67 Carmen Sotuela 75 Judy Talacko 84 Sharon Ross 127 Carolina Ferrara 58 Karel de Beer 64 Sherry Sweet Tewell 54 Caroline Örnstedt 49 Katrina Howarth 118 Shifra 119 CHAREST 63 Klaus Pfeiffer 55 Silvio Natali 35 Cheri Mittermaier 111 Kristina Garon 103 Sirenes 101 Chiho Yoshikawa 105 Lawrence R. Armstrong 106 Slava White 35 Christine Sellman 129 Luca Cappai 85 Solveig M. Skogseide 114 Constanza Villalba 131 Malcolm Baroway 86 Sonia Koch 128 Darlene Adams 23 Margaretha Gubernale 86 Stefania Buccio Gonzato 53 David Renn 84 María Inés Cámara 115 Steffie Wallace 105 David W. Whitfield 95 Marissa Mule 100 Stephen Tobin 54 Debra Branitz 14 Mark Salevitz 113 Steven R. Hill 14 Denise Pelletier 110 Mark Tomczak 55 Stewart Forrest 42 Dick Perez 114 Martyn Royce 64 Susumu Hasegawa 49 Dominique Braud 131 Masakazu Tatebayashi 130 Suzanne (SÜ) Fortin 51 Donna Shaffer 67 Maurice van Tilburg 66 Takashi Kogawa 15 Dr. Diane M. Kline 63 Mauro Filigheddu 116 Tanya Marie Reeves 22 Elio Talon 123 Max Werner 115 Tinatin 13 Elisa Grion 82 Meaghan Fennessy Keeley 44 Tiril 104 Emmanuelle Rivard 52 Melody Hawtin 74 Tom Stewart 117 Fred Mou 87 Michele Brunschvig Dariele 82 Tracy Winston 56 FrédériqueK 130 Michele Rocca 87 Trisha Fitzpatrick 117 Gaby Hahn 104 Mike Elliott 53 Trond Are Berge 52 GaroS (“Garegin Sngryan”) 57 Monique Robert 128 Vasiliy Kuznetsov 65 Gary E. Koeppel 12 Nancy Stella Galianos 95 Vito Matera 16 George Oommen 32 Nélida Diaz de D’Amato 51 Wendy Carmichael-Bauld 116 Gerd Rautert 15 Noriko Kinouchi 12 Wendy Cohen 86 Gladys Gonzalez 103 Olivia Kapoor 107 Yasuyuki Ito 113 Guido Villa 122 Pati Trippel 101 Yolanda Eljaiek ARTisSpectrum | Volume 28 | artisspectrum.com 7 ARTisSpectrum Contributors Karin Maraney David LaBella Marissa Mule Casey Simring is the Writing is a profes- is an artist, is an art his- and Social sional pho- writer and de- tory student Media Coor- tographer and signer, living at the Univer- dinator at Ag- writer living in and working sity of Mas- ora Gallery as Connecticut, in New York sachusetts well as one of but traveling, City. As a fine Amherst. This the Associate when time al- arts major past summer Editors of and lows, around at the Fash- she worked at contributors the United ion Institute Agora Gallery to ARTisSpec- States, seek- of Technol- as an intern. trum. She is originally from London, ing the landscapes and scenery that ogy, she works on both school and Though the position was temporary, England and graduated from the Uni- are best suited to his painstaking, personal projects – mainly focusing Casey had a great time learning the versity of Cambridge with a degree beautiful style of photography. He on abstract painting – as she feels ropes and befriending the wonderful in Philosophy and a keen interest in feels that his photography, like other its process and freedom opens up a family of women who work there. fine art. Before starting work at Ag- visual arts, reflects the vision that the whole new window into her artwork. ora Gallery she was freelance writer creative eye draws from life expere- Influenced by line, she uses a pouring and editor, with a focus on academic inces and the human sensitivity to technique to create vibrant, bold and texts. She feels that there is a strong form, light and texture. His writing, drip-like patterns, built up with layers positive connection between visual which is likewise well researched and of thick paint. art and writing, with each able to appealingly flowing, draws from the support and enrich the other. same satisfying creative process. Pathway to Abstraction Susanne Zimmer Minami Ogura Michael Freedman Chiho Yoshikawa Emily Grieco Kathleen Barefield Maurice van Tilburg Helen S. Cohen LeeAnn Gorman Yana Yami Shu-Tsin Liu Tyice Natasha Sensorial Realms Therese Obergottsberger David Renn Eduardo D. Rubin Eva Fritz Pati Trippel Samuel Rosell Cathy McClelland Uriu Veselik © Eva Fritz: “In Good Company Acrylic & Oil on Canvas 36” x © Eva Fritz: “In Good Company NJ Woods December 20 - January 12, 2012 Reception: Thursday, December 20, 6 - 8pm 530 West 25th Street, New York, NY www.Agora-Gallery.com 8 ARTisSpectrum | Volume 28 | artisspectrum.com About the Cover by Angela Di Bello, Editor in Chief In the ‘80s, I represented a painter whose work would eventually hang in the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. His paintings are awe-inspiring, as is his sculpture, writing and music! His loft space in SoHo is filled with the implements of his creative impulses.