Great opening!  Enjoyed meeting new people and so in love with the small southern town, Tifton.  

Mentioned in the Ceramics Technical magazine! 

So i'm absolutely terrible at updating this blog.  But here are some snapshots from my participation in the symposium.  

So happy and thankful to be part of Vered Gallery's,  Art on the Edge and artMRKT Hamptons!  Here is a photo of all the crates waiting for pickup.










FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

VERED GALLERY PRESENTS:

ART ON THE EDGE, 2014 - EXPANDED EXHIBIT NOW OPENS JULY 5TH

EXHIBITION DATES: July 5th – August 4th, 2014
OPENING RECEPTION AT VERED: Saturday, July 5th, 9pm - 11pm. LOCATION: Vered Gallery, 68 Park Place, East Hampton, NY 11937 ONLINE AT: www.veredcontemporary.com
GALLERY SUMMER HOURS: 11am - 9pm daily

(East Hampton, NY, June 2, 2014) - Vered Gallery is pleased to present Art on the Edge 2014. Art on the Edge, the only exhibition of its kind in the Hamptons, is an annual survey of New Contemporary Art featuring the most provocative new painters, sculptors and photographers working in their respective mediums today. Art on the Edge 2014 opens with a cocktail reception for the artists at Vered Gallery Saturday, July 5th 9-11pm. The exhibit continues through Monday, August 4th.

Celebrating its fifth year, Art on the Edge continues Vered Gallery's mission to provide an environment in the Hamptons dedicated to recognizing and supporting New Contemporary Art, while showcasing the cutting edge talent increasingly pervading mainstream culture. As always, Art on the Edge strives to further advance the dialogue of New Contemporary art movements from around the world with an international roster of relevant new artists. Each year, the eclectic nature and quality of work featured in this special exhibition have made it the “must-see” summer event for savvy Hamptons art collectors.

As with last year's edition, Art on the Edge expands beyond Vered Gallery's walls and into artMRKT Hamptons. This continued partnership with the premier Hamptons art fair allows Vered to expand the scope and depth of the Art on the Edge brand. artMRKT Hamptons opens Thursday, July 10th at 7pm at the Bridgehampton Historical Society in Bridgehampton, NY and continues through Sunday, July 13th.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS INCLUDED IN ART ON THE EDGE 2014:

Peter Buchman
Ray Caesar
Colin Christian
Tim Conlon
Sam Wolfe Connelly 
Michael Cuffe
Gentleman's Game 
Jessica Hess
Jason Shelowitz 
Mark Jenkins
Elektra KB
Steven Klein
Mary Larsen
Jessica Lichtenstein 
Francesco Lo Castro
Adam Miller 
Ashley Maxwell
Taylor Pilote
Swoon
Scott Teplin 


MEDIA CONTACT
For further information about Art on the Edge 2014, to request high resolution images, interviews or for a pre-exhibition tour, contact exhibition curator Damien Roman at 631.324.3303, c.917.797.8931 or damienaroman@veredart.com.

So excited and honored to be part of this show.  I'm looking forward to seeing it in person towards the end of the month when Laura and I road trip up to New York to deliver another piece to Ms. Loreen Arbus, (such a sweet, kind, and endearing woman) who purchased Into to Maplewood.  I'm so happy that the piece found a good home. I'm also looking forward to meeting Sir Shadow while Loreen hosts an event for him while we are in town.  I've  never been to New York outside of the airport and I'm just overflowing with excitement.  On another note, the Lark Book, 500 Figures VOl. 2 comes out tomorrow! Feeling super blessed.  

Starts: Saturday, 2/15/2014
Ends: Monday, 3/10/2014

Vered Gallery is pleased to present #NSFW: BODIES, a group exhibition featuring figural works by both renown Modern Masters and Contemporary artists, established as well as emerging.  NSFW, the internet acronym for "Not Safe For Work" playfully eludes to Vered's Contemporary spin on traditional nudes and portraiture, subject matter commonly not considered appropriate for public viewing.  Included in this exhibition are paintings, photographs and sculptures by Milton Avery, Willem de Kooning, David Hockney, Steven Klein, Eric Fischl, Larry Rivers, Man Ray, Robert Mapplethorpe, Ray Caesar, Colin Christian, Michael Dweck, William King, Adam Handler, Adam Miller, Ashley Maxwell, Tyler Pilote, Peter Buchman and Jessica Lichtenstein among others.

Highlights in this exhibition include Larry Rivers' lyrical triumph, Ochre Dance, an homage to Matisse's seminal masterpieceLa Danse.   Case Study #13 image no. 01, a stunning photographic portrait of actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as a modern family in crisis, by celebrated Fashion Photographer Steven Klein. And, Untitled 1969 (woman in high heels), a unique painted armature for an unrealized sculpture by Willem de Kooning.


The unique perspective of this exhibition allows for the viewer to observe art of the nude and portraiture through the eyes of some of today's most exciting new talents alongside works of the Modern era from which it was inspired.  One can see clearly see the evolution of the nude through the twentieth and twenty-first centuries both aesthetically and conceptually, as one moves from Man Ray's portraits of Kiki de Montparnesse (1928), to Bert Stern's iconic portraits of Marilyn Monroe (1962), and from David Hockney's cubist, photo collage rendition of actress Theresa Russell (1983) and finally onto Jessica Lichtenstein's frolicking, computer generated lovelies.  The viewer will witness dramatic shifts in how New Contemporary Art movements relate to the subjective concept of physical beauty and understand how today's radical new ideas were informed by Modernism while at the same time trying to reject it's tradition, just as Modernism was by Classicism of the nineteenth century.

Also on display will be work from Marilyn Minter, Hunt Slonem, Hans Hofmann, Tim Conlon and many more.

Excited that on 2/4/14 the 500 Figures in Clay Volume 2 book comes out and the above lady is getting published.  You can preorder it on Amazon.  

I've been invited by Christina West to be part of Arrowmont's Figurative Association: The Human Form Symposium taking place Sept.10-13th, 2014.  It's going to be a great event that involves demos, presentations and panel discussions.  

Presenting artists include: KRIS KUKSI, DOUG JECK, CHRISTINA WEST, CRISTINA CORDOVA, SUSAN HAGEN, ROBERT BRADY, ELIZABETH HIGGINS O'CONNOR, BOB TROTMAN, THADDEUS ERDAHL, AND DUSTIN FARNSWORTH. 
 
The invited artist include: MYSELF, DEAN ALLISON, LESLIE COLONNA, JACOB FORAN, CARMEN LAND, KYUNGMIN PARK, KIM TUCKER, AND KUMI YAMASHITA.

HERE IS A LINK TO THE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION:

http://arrowmontfigure.org

Just some shots of our space at the Aqua Art Miami Fair.  So inspirational.  I hope to get to attend again next year.  Photo credit:  David King.