Ugly Exhibit – 10/07/09 : Currents

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Ugly Exhibit – 10/07/09 : Currents

God Doesn't Like Ugly

opening reception photos

October 1st, 2009

Church of St. Paul the Apostle, NYC

view of my collages exhibited at the chapel of St. Paul

During the month of October I will be showing new works: a series of collages exploring chaos and order; surrender and transformation

Please join me at the opening reception of "God Doesn't Like Ugly"- a group art exhibition at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in New York City.

Opening Reception: Thursday, October 1st, 2009 7-9 pm

location: Church of St. Paul the Apostle

corner of 6oth/Columbus Ave. NYC

subway: Columbus Circle

exhibition date: September 21st - October 30th, 2009

hours: daily 8.30 a.m - 6.00 p.m

for more info: www.openingsny.com

check out this preview video of the exhibition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6fL3xrcmbw

Perhaps the ‘ugly’ God doesn’t like are my attachments: the desperate clinging to things and ideas I’m convinced will satisfy me or provide me with certainty, security, or validity.

Often, that which I consider certain, essential, valuable, or stable is actually temporal- constantly changing, and dynamic.

Hey God… any suggestions on how to confront this ugliness??

“Take a risk. Get out of your comfort zone. Encourage a shift in your perspective. Let Go.

Surrender something. Renounce something. Sacrifice something.

Let it be transformed. See what happens.

Nothing ugly about that. “

In my art I explore notions of chaos and order.These collage/decollage constructions are made from drawings I created in 2000-2001. They were influenced by my interest in torn advertising posters on subway platforms and dilapidated walls of city buildings and express reflections on the theme that “God Doesn’t Like Ugly”

 I will be showing new, collaborative paintings in a group exhibition taking place from July 30- August 21

Please join me at the opening reception on Thursday, July 30th from 6-8 pm

Summer Selections

Denise Bibro Fine Art

529 West 20th St. 4W

NY, NY 10011

exhibition: July 3oth- August 21st

hours: M-F 11-6

www.denisebibrofineart.com 

tel: 212 647 7030

Mysterious and Real

Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ

 

Exhibition duration: June 19th - July 9th

Location: Alfa Art Gallery : 108 Church Street, New Brunswick New Jersey 

Alfa Art Gallery is pleased to announce the group exhibition “Mysterious and Real”, a collection of works by: Lauren Curtis, George Baylov, Galina Todorova, Iliyan Ivanov, and Robert Aitchison. Each of these artists distinctively examines mysticism and abstraction within the natural world, encouraging the viewer to explore his or her own sense of perception

About "Mysterious & Real"

by Michiko Mull, Curator

In this exhibition, Ilyan Ivanov and Robert Aitchison work collaboratively, exchanging and reinterpreting each other’s visions as they create new paintings that are as much about process as they are about conversation. As each artist revisits “finished” paintings, Aitchison’s examination of nature’s ephemeral architecture is synthesized with Ivanov’s interest in nontraditional mediums and surfaces. Ivanov’s background in music, science, and philosophy is further explored in his solo works, where he continues to experiment with mixed media and memory.

 

For more information, please visit: http://www.AlfaArt.org