During Armory Arts Week this year I ran from open studios to opening receptions to the Armory Show and the Volta show, hopping on and off those those fabulous Citibikes on a freezing cold day! My brain was overwhelmed by the end of the day but as usual with these kind of events, I was left in awe, inspired, encouraged and fired up! I found the Armory Show to be a little less edgy this year with not so many attention grabbing pieces - for attention grabbing sake - and a little more art that I could relate to. So here are a few pieces that I picked out for one reason or another. Composition, expression, movement, emotion or maybe technical skill are factors that draw me to certain pieces. Some I could imagine in my apartment!
Shinichi Maruyama at Bruce Silverstein |
Scoli Acosta at Galerie Laurent Godin |
Cecily Brown at Two Palms (detail) |
Geog Baselitz (detail) at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac |
Robert Heinecken at Edwynn Houk Gallery |
Horasan at Pi Artworks |
Man Ray at Edwynn Houk Gallery |
Ian McKeever at Hackelbury Fine Art |
Ian McKeever at Hackelbury Fine Art |
Henri Matisse |
Valdes Manolo at Marlborough |
Michael Goldberg at VVFA Modern |
Conrad Marca-Relli |
Grace Hartigan at Armand Bartos Fine Art |
Alyssa Monks at David Klein Gallery |
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