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• Animazing Gallery in SoHo Features New Works of Daniel Merriam
• 'Carol Wax ~ Dance of Shadows' At the Herakleidon Museum in Athens
• "Jan Gossaert's Renaissance" Exhibited at the National Gallery in London
• The Oakland Museum of California Presents "Michael C. McMillen ~ Train of Thought"
• "Tom Burckhardt ~ Louder Milk" at the Pierogi Gallery in Brooklyn
• New Works by Yigal Ozeri at the Mike Weiss Galerry in New York
• The Cavalier Gallery in Greenwich CT Shows New Work by Edward Minoff
• Ben Quilty's Portrait Wins The Archibald Prize 2011
• Moderna Museet Now introduces Alice Neel ~ 'Collector of Souls'
• "Yoko Ono ~ Between the Sky & My Head" Exhibition Featured at Kunsthalle Bielefeld
• Tria Gallery presents CITIES OF PEACE™ ~ Transforming Anguish into Beauty
• Aspen Art Museum features Fred Tomaselli's Largest Museum Survey to Date
• The Bronx Museum exhibits ' Making It Together ~ Women's Collaborative Art '
• "Merchant Posters" ~ Collage Series by Mark Bradford Published in New Book
• Los Angeles County Museum to show "Art of Two Germanys / Cold War Cultures"
• Tria Gallery Hosts A Collection Of Works By Chris Piazza
• New Paintings by Polish Artist Wilhelm Sasnal at Hauser & Wirth Zürich
• Exhibition by Fashion Photographer Helmut Newton opens at Museum für Fotografie
• Art4Barter ~ Artists Exchange Art for Services and Goods, not Money
• Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"

Animazing Gallery in SoHo Features New Works of Daniel Merriam Posted: 17 Apr 2011 12:21 AM PDT New York City - The renowned prince of Imaginary Realism, Daniel Merriam returns to Animazing Gallery to autograph copies of his 3rd book, 'Taking Reality by Surprise'. The book-signing took place at Animazing Gallery in Soho, New York on April 16th, before an exhibtion of new works by the artist opens to the public on April 17th.  The exhibition will run until May 15th 2011. 'Taking Reality by Surprise' is a complete catalogue raisonné in a 276 page hardcover coffee-table format book with an astonishing collection of artwork. Daniel Merriam's imagination is unsurpassed in a world where playfulness and beauty are everything. The accompanying exhibition, also called 'Taking Reality by Surprise' is a collection of new works that mark the Artist's fifth year with Animazing Gallery in SoHo as well as the title of the book. "After publishing prints of my works over the years, and being surrounded by countless proofs of my images, I could no longer resist the temptation to play around with them; with paint and brush in hand, I decided to rework the images in my life's portfolio. The foundation of these works is a pigmented print on primed canvas, usually printed lighter than the original. I stretch the canvas on a large easel and begin to paint over it with numerous layers of acrylic paints and glazes. The piece is finished when I arrive at the new vision I have for it. I may later stretch a canvas of the same image again and try a different approach. The process takes a full day and is exhausting, but the end result is invigorating because I have been able to take such risks with my imagery, and something unique has unfolded. Had I performed this by re-creating a new original of this scale each time, it would have taken me several lifetimes to complete. Thank you for indulging my whims and I hope you enjoy these large scale works." - -  Daniel Merriam Widely renowned as one of the world's best watercolorists, Daniel Merriam emerged on the art scene in his early 20's, and has captured the hearts and curiosity of collectors worldwide. Merriam's published works and books are in many important private collections and museums. His paintings were introduced to Europe in a museum exhibition that traveled from Denmark to the Netherlands and Nice. In May 2008 his paintings were showcased with Salvador Dali's in a surrealist exhibition in Sedona, Arizona. Original paintings, bronzes and graphic work by Daniel Merriam are permanently showcased at Animazing Gallery in SoHo, New York and within the Chateau Belcastel in France. Born in 1963 in a rural town in Maine, Daniel Merriam is one of seven artistic children. He taught himself to paint at a very young age, and used his art as a method of reflective play throughout his childhood. Merriam studied mechanical and architectural design at Central Maine Vocational Technical Institute. While still in school, he applied his dimensional skills and passion for architecture to his family's design and construction business. He first turned professionally to the field of architectural design, where his illustrations received numerous awards including several Broderson Awards, a New England Scholastic Press Association Award, and an Honorary Masters of Human Letters from the University of New England in recognition of the potential social contribution of his work. Merriam's true passion always remained painting the expression of his own inner vision. In 1986, Merriam shifted his focus solely to fine art, and later that year had his first solo exhibition in Maine. Since then, his exhibitions throughout the United States have been lauded and achieved critical acclaim. In 1998, Monarch Editions published 'The Art of Daniel Merriam: The Impetus of Dreams', which captured selections from a decade of the artist's work. In 2005 the book was inducted into the permanent archives of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In 2006, 'Eye of the Dreamer' was released, by the same publisher, and has also been included in the library of New York's Society of Illustrators. Merriam's work is displayed in many public collections including The Riverside Museum of Art in California, The Gesundheit! Institute in Virginia and the Manhattan Club in New York. Merriam has painted covers for books by Paula Volsky and Neal Barrett Jr., as well as for international literary journal, The Mid-American Review. The artist's work was used for the playbill of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare produced by the Tony® Award-winning McCarter Theatre in New Jersey. Merriam's paintings were recently acquired for the corporate collection of Merrill Lynch. A SoHo landmark since 1984, Animazing Gallery offers a unique collection of art that indulges the senses and emotions with color, playfulness and beauty. Paintings, sculpture, American illustration, and vintage animation created by some of the most talented and innovative artists of our time are showcased in our New York gallery and within the exhibition halls of the Château de Belcastel in France. Artists & studios represented by the gallery  include Dr. Seuss, Charles M. Schulz, Maurice Sendak, Daniel Merriam, Tim Burton, Tom Everhart, Disney, Warner Bros., Ralph Bakshi, Bill Watterson, D.C. & Marvel Comics, Hanna-Barbera, and many more. Animazing Gallery is located in SoHo, New York and within the Chateau de Belcastel in Aveyron France. Visit the gallery's website at ...  http://www.animazing.com

'Carol Wax ~ Dance of Shadows' At the Herakleidon Museum in Athens Posted: 17 Apr 2011 12:04 AM PDT Athens.- The Herakleidon Museum in Athens is presenting 'Carol Wax: Dance of Shadows" until 19th June 2011. The exhibition includes 100 works on paper by the contemporary New York artist Carol Wax. The majority of these works are mezzotints, however a number of pencil and mixed media drawings are also being shown. The antique sewing machines, typewriters, electric fans, toys, instruments, cameras, projectors, textiles and other items she collects inspire Carol's images. Living with these objects in her home and studio means she is constantly studying them from different angles and finding new and diverse ways to revisit subjects, making the ordinary seem extraordinary.

"Jan Gossaert's Renaissance" Exhibited at the National Gallery in London Posted: 16 Apr 2011 09:52 PM PDT London.- Jan Gossaert, a native of Flanders (active 1503; died 1532), was one of the most startling and accomplished artists of the Northern Renaissance. 'Jan Gossaert's Renaissance' is the first exhibition dedicated to the artist for over 40 years, and is on show at the NG London until 30th May 2011. The exhibition presents the results of a complete re-examination of his work, including new technical discoveries. Working for wealthy and extravagant members of the Burgundian court in the Low Countries in the first three decades of the 16th century, Gossaert was especially noted for his sensuous nudes painted to evoke the sheen of marble and his stunning illusionistic portraits in which he plays intriguing spatial games. The first northern artist to draw directly from antiquity in Italy (during a visit to Rome in 1508–9), Gossaert was a peerless exponent of the illusionistic properties of oil paint as practised by his countrymen from Jan van Eyck onwards.

The Oakland Museum of California Presents "Michael C. McMillen ~ Train of Thought" Posted: 16 Apr 2011 09:39 PM PDT Oakland, CA.- The Oakland Museum of California is proud to present "Michael C. McMillen: Train of Thought" from April 16th until August 14th 2011. Spanning the 40-year career of the internationally renowned Southern California-based mixed-media artist, the exhibition features large-scale multisensory installations, assemblages, sculptures, paintings, drawings, and films that invite viewers into a made-up world, a skill for which McMillen is best known. Part sculptor, installation artist, printmaker, and cultural anthropologist, McMillen has been creating environmental installations with architectural references that deal with themes of time, change, and illusion since the 1970s. Opening in stages, with large-scale installations Lighthouse and Pavilion of Rain (a constructed habitat featuring rain pouring down on a shack of corrugated metal surrounded by a 30-foot pool of water) currently on view, the exhibition features work from OMCA's holdings as well as select loans from private collections. A 190-page catalog accompanies the exhibition and will be for sale in the OMCA Store.

"Tom Burckhardt ~ Louder Milk" at the Pierogi Gallery in Brooklyn Posted: 16 Apr 2011 09:38 PM PDT Brooklyn, NY -  The Pierogi Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of recent paintings by Tom Burckhardt. The exhibition is on view until May 8th 2011. In this new body of work, Burckhardt continues in his persistent effort to blur the boundaries between abstraction and representation, between painting and sculpture, between tradition and invention. Rather than trying to merge opposites, however, he works to embody each simultaneously. His imagery can appear entirely abstract, or a figurative element can emerge here or there.

New Works by Yigal Ozeri at the Mike Weiss Galerry in New York Posted: 16 Apr 2011 09:17 PM PDT New York.- Opening on May 6th, "Yigal Ozeri: Garden of the Gods" highlights new work from this acclaimed hyperrealist painter. For his seventh show at Mike Weiss Gallery, Photorealist painter Yigal Ozeri contrasts intense colors and detailed textures, like pale white skin and lace with red jutting cliffs and blue skies, to explore the human experience and offer a contemporary take on sensual femininity. Through his hyperrealistic oil portraits of distinctive young women in lush environments, Yigal Ozeri brings an ethereal sensibility to his tableaus. With tinges of Pre-Raphaelite aesthetics, Ozeri's works engage with contemporary theories of femininity and sensuality while offering a revitalized connectivity to nature. "Yigal Ozeri: Garden of the Gods" runs until June 11th 2011.

The Cavalier Gallery in Greenwich CT Shows New Work by Edward Minoff Posted: 16 Apr 2011 09:05 PM PDT Greenwich, CT.- The Cavalier Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of recent works by the brilliant young realist, Edward Minoff. Featuring his latest monumental seascape "Selene" alongside several additional seascapes, still life, and figurative works will be on view from April 21st until May 11th. For his seascapes, and like the Hudson River School artists (including Frederic Edwin Church, Asher B. Durand, and William Trost Richards) whom he counts as inspiration, Minoff spent months carefully analyzing and observing his subject. He took the time to develop detailed notes, drawings, and color studies to aid in his finished piece, as well as using such scientific methods as Munsell color chips and his knowledge of the properties of light and water to achieve an accurate representation.

Ben Quilty's Portrait Wins The Archibald Prize 2011 Posted: 16 Apr 2011 08:50 PM PDT SIDNEY.- This year, the 90th year of the  Archibald Prize, there were 798 entries for Archibald, 810 for the Wynne and 633 entries for the Sulman. The Archibald and Wynne prizes are judged by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The judge for the Sulman Prize was Richard Bell. A six-time finalist for Australia's venerable Archibald Prize has finally won for his striking portrait of veteran painter Margaret Olley. Sydney-born artist Ben Quilty beat more than 800 entries to win the 90th edition of the prestigious Australian art honour, which carries a cash prize of $50,000 Australian (about $50,800 Cdn). Accepting the award at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney on Friday, Quilty described Olley as a "maternal figure to me, but most of all a friend."The celebrated Australian still-life artist has been "an inspiration" with her "infectious attitude to both life and death," Quilty said. "Recently, I was amazed at how many new works she had on the go. She said to me, 'I'm like an old tree dying and setting forth flowers as fast as it can, while it still can.' I thought that was such a powerful metaphor," he recalled.In turn, his 88-year-old muse revealed that, for years, she had turned down the younger painter's request to sit for him."I told Ben the best painting doesn't always win. This year it has," she told reporters. Among 2011's finalists were Del Kathryn Barton for her portrait of actress Cate Blanchett with her three sons and Nicholas Harding for his portrait of actor Hugo Weaving. All 41 finalists will remain on display until June. Winner of the People's Choice Prize, worth about $2,500, will be announced June 16. WINNER OF THE 2011 ARCHIBALD PRIZE Ben Quilty . . "Margaret Olley Portrait" WINNER OF THE 2011 WYNNE PRIZE Richard Goodwin .. Co-isolated slave The Trustees' Watercolour Prize Graham Fransella Tree WINNER OF THE 2011 SULMAN PRIZE Peter Smeeth .. The artist's fate The judge for the Sulman prize was Richard Bell. Archibald Prize 2011 regional tour 2 July – 31 July 2011 TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria 5 August – 11 Sept 2011 Tweed River Art Gallery 17 Sept – 23 October 2011 Moree Plains Gallery 28 October – 4 Dec 2011 Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery 9 Dec 2011 – 15 Jan 2012 Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre 20 January – 26 Feb 2012 Orange Regional Gallery 2 March – 8 April 2012 Manning Regional Art Gallery Who was JF Archibald? JF Archibald had no desire to become famous and, during his lifetime, he shunned publicity and remained evasive and enigmatic. A portrait of him, commissioned by the trustees of the Art Gallery of NSW, was made after his death and remains as one of the pictorial records of a man who avoided having his photograph taken. Yet JF Archibald is the man behind one of Australia's oldest and best known art prizes for portraiture. He was born in Victoria in 1856, christened with the name John Feltham. When he was 15, he started his career in journalism on a country newspaper in Warrnambool, Victoria. His passion for newspapers led him to Melbourne, searching for work in 'the big smoke'. He lived a bohemian life, frequenting Melbourne's city boarding houses, streets, theatres and cafes – a life he imagined to be quite European, which led him to change his name to Jules François and later to leave money in his will for a large fountain to be built in the middle of Sydney's Hyde Park to commemorate the association of France and Australia in World War I. Realising the power of print, in 1880 he and a friend founded the Bulletin magazine, a radical journal for its time, addressing issues of nationhood, culture and identity. This journal was influential in shaping opinions and raising issues in the public's consciousness. He also employed the best young artists to be its illustrators. His interest in art led him in his later years to serve as a trustee for the Art Gallery of NSW, keen to promote the work of younger artists and writers. In 1900, he commissioned Melbourne portrait artist, John Longstaff, to paint a portrait of poet Henry Lawson for 50 guineas. Apparently he was so pleased with this portrait, that he left money in his will for an annual portrait prize. The Archibald Prize, from its outset, has aroused controversy, while chronicling the changing face of Australian society. Numerous legal battles and much debate have focused on the evolving definitions of portraiture. It has become one of the most popular annual art exhibitions in Australia.

Moderna Museet Now introduces Alice Neel ~ 'Collector of Souls' Posted: 16 Apr 2011 08:50 PM PDT Stockholm, Sweden - The American artist Alice Neel (1900-1984) is the first to be featured in the new exhibition series Moderna Museet Now. Her imposing portraits and self-portraits earned her influence and acclaim, despite private and professional hardships. In the 1950s, she was under investigation for alleged contacts with the Communist Party. In the years when pop art and abstract expressionism dominated the art scene, her psychologically realistic style was not in great repute, and she lived on welfare.

"Yoko Ono ~ Between the Sky & My Head" Exhibition Featured at Kunsthalle Bielefeld Posted: 16 Apr 2011 08:50 PM PDT BIELEFELD, GERMANY -Yoko Ono, born in 1933 in Tokyo, is one of the pioneers of Conceptual Art. In 1952, she became one of the first women in Japan to study philosophy. In 1953 she took composition courses at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY, and studied creative writing at Harvard. In the mid-1950s, Yoko Ono lived in New York City, where she knew John Cage, and many other artists and composers. In 1960, she rented a loft on Chambers Street, and together with La Monte Young, organized a series of concerts, attended not only by young musicians and artists, including Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns and Fluxus founder George Maciunas, but also by Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Peggy Guggenheim, and Isamu Noguchi.

Tria Gallery presents CITIES OF PEACE™ ~ Transforming Anguish into Beauty Posted: 16 Apr 2011 08:50 PM PDT Saint Peter's Church, New York, NY - Tria Gallery presents CITIES OF PEACE:  Transforming Anguish Into Beauty at Saint Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street, from January 25 through March 10, 2008, with a reception on Thursday evening, January 31, from 6:00-8:00.  On display will be three powerful and poignant illuminated paintings from the CITIES OF PEACE series created by Ellen Frank and the Ellen Frank Illumination Arts Foundation (EFIAF).

Aspen Art Museum features Fred Tomaselli's Largest Museum Survey to Date Posted: 16 Apr 2011 08:50 PM PDT ASPEN, CO.- Beginning with a free public reception with the artist at 3:00 p.m., on Saturday, August 1, 2009, the Aspen Art Museum is proud to announce the debut of internationally celebrated American artist Fred Tomaselli's largest museum survey exhibition to date—featuring a curatorial selection of the artist's two-dimensional work from the late 1980s to the present. Fred Tomaselli is organized by the Aspen Art Museum and the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College.

The Bronx Museum exhibits ' Making It Together ~ Women's Collaborative Art ' Posted: 16 Apr 2011 08:50 PM PDT   The Bronx, NY - The Bronx Museum of the Arts hosts Making It Together: Women's Collaborative Art and Community.  On view through August 4, the exhibition explores an important chapter in recent history when women artists, inspired by the 1970s Feminist Movement, worked collectively in new ways to engage communities and address social issues. "Artist teams and groups have become an increasingly fashionable mode in recent years," says guest curator critic Carey Lovelace. "Feminist Art laid the groundwork for this, challenging ideas about authorship, particularly the myth of the solo male artist."

"Merchant Posters" ~ Collage Series by Mark Bradford Published in New Book Posted: 16 Apr 2011 08:50 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- Since 2006, acclaimed Los Angeles artist Mark Bradford has been erasing, obscuring and reconfiguring the text and graphics of advertising posters he collects from the South Central neighborhood where he was raised. His "Merchant Poster" series reveals narratives of economic struggle and cultural discord as they are telegraphed by the street advertisements of an underground economy.

Los Angeles County Museum to show "Art of Two Germanys / Cold War Cultures" Posted: 16 Apr 2011 08:50 PM PDT   Los Angeles, CA - For East and West Germany during the Cold War, the creation of art and its reception and theorization were closely linked to their respective political systems: the Western liberal democracy of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the Eastern communist dictatorship of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Reacting against the legacy of Nazism, both Germanys revived pre-World War II national artistic traditions. Yet they developed distinctive versions of modern and postmodern art—at times in accord with their political cultures, at other times in opposition to them. On view 25 January through 19 April, 2009 at LACMA.

Tria Gallery Hosts A Collection Of Works By Chris Piazza Posted: 16 Apr 2011 08:50 PM PDT New York, NY - Tria Gallery exhibits the extraordinary works of Chris Piazza at its opening show. Ms. Piazza's mixed media works include sculpture, large jointed figures and photographic collage -- work connected by themes of multiple reference and the timeless quality of antique materials and familiar objects.  Exhibition 5 October until 11 November, 2006.

New Paintings by Polish Artist Wilhelm Sasnal at Hauser & Wirth Zürich Posted: 16 Apr 2011 08:50 PM PDT ZURICH.- Hauser & Wirth Zürich will present an exhibition of new paintings on canvas by Polish artist Wilhelm Sasnal. He has realized his first ever feature-length film in the past year entitled Swiniopas (Swineherd) and many works in the show relate to the film and its motives. Since attracting international attention in the late 90s, Sasnal has consolidated his reputation as one of the most important painters of his generation.

Exhibition by Fashion Photographer Helmut Newton opens at Museum für Fotografie Posted: 16 Apr 2011 08:50 PM PDT   BERLIN, GERMANY - After the great success of the exhibition "A gun for hire" at the Helmut Newton Foundation in 2005 with Newton's fashion photos from the last 20 years the current show "Helmut Newton: Fired" focuses on his editorial work for fashion magazines of the 1960's and 1970's like Elle, Queen, French Vogue, Nova or Marie Claire.

Art4Barter ~ Artists Exchange Art for Services and Goods, not Money Posted: 16 Apr 2011 08:50 PM PDT 2009-08-27 02:29:25 NEW YORK, NY.- Bartering may be the answer to bail us out of our current crisis. Although artists have historically been bartering as much as possible it is more relevant now than ever before. It can provide a solution to survival for so many of us and create a new vision for society. The artists that are participating are all professional artists, and will present their works for barter. No works shall be sold for money but rather for services and goods. The exact service or good that the artist requires will be on the label next to their art. For example, if an artist were to ask for dental work or other medical procedures in exchange for their art, or for a studio to work in, etc., it will give the community an opportunity to barter for those items that are missing from the artists' lives. Show goes from August 27th through August 29th.

Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review" Posted: 16 Apr 2011 08:49 PM PDT This is a new feature for the subscribers and visitors to Art Knowledge News (AKN), that will enable you to see "thumbnail descriptions" of the last ninety (90) articles and art images that we published. This will allow you to visit any article that you may have missed ; or re-visit any article or image of particular interest. Every day the article "thumbnail images" will change. For you to see the entire last ninety images just click : here . When opened that also will allow you to change the language from English to anyone of 54 other languages, by clicking your language choice on the upper left corner of our Home Page.  You can share any article we publish with the eleven (11) social websites we offer like Twitter, Flicker, Linkedin, Facebook, etc. by one click on the image shown at the end of each opened article.  Last, but not least, you can email or print any entire article by using an icon visible to the right side of an article's headline.

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