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“Immaculate- Reflections Of Mary” at MF GALLERY

Martina Secondo Russo — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:09:22 +0000

“IMMACULATE- REFLECTIONS OF MARY” AT MF GALLERY

MF Gallery is proud to present “Immaculate: Reflections of Mary” opening reception February 11th, 2012 from 7 PM to 10 PM.

The Virgin Mary has played the longstanding role of a mother, daughter, wife, and saint. This iconographic female figure’s influence on artists has been expressed through songs, poetry, paintings and statues throughout history. Today she is represented in film, television, t-shirts, stickers, tattoos, and even visualized on toast, allotting her a most unusual occupancy in popular culture.

Immaculate: Reflections of Mary seeks to reveal artwork influenced by the Virgin Mary. This unique collection will show us how her image has transcended from a figure in religious institutions into modern culture.

Artists participating in this exhibition hail from a variety of mediums such as printmaking, tattooing, painting, sculpture, animation, and traditional drawing methods. Artists include: Alex McWatt, Un Lee, Shannon Beal, Greg Maillard, John Russo, Dean Raoofi, Matt Ellis, Tamara Santibanez, Russ Spitkovsky, Max Kahan, Martin Mazorra, Daniel Albrigo, Eddie Peralta, Sue Jeiven, John Cebollero, Rie Hasegawa, Justin Sanz, Bruce Waldman, Martina Secondo Russo, Frank Russo, Nathaniel Shannon, Drew Maillard, Bianca Panzaram, Shannon Daugherty, and Kirsten Flaherty.

MF Gallery is located at 213 Bond St. in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn. Admission is Free and open to all ages.

Opens Saturday, February 11th, 2012 and runs through Saturday, March 17th, 2012.

Viewings by Appointment Only.

Artwork is also available for viewing and purchasing online at: http://mfgallery.net/Immaculate/Immaculate.html

Curated by Kirsten Flaherty and Shannon Daugherty.

Elena Vera Solodovnikova

Anna — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:09:07 +0000

In her works Vera is trying to escape everyday environment ,
represent not the reality but an image of it, its reverse side. This images do not
belongs to certain time and place.
Mysterious, melancholic abandoned landscape where are erased all time
and space borders .
Throughout her works Vera want to show different conditions of consciousness;
and states of mind-expectation for something, anxiety, solitude …

“PRINT THIS!” a collection of limited edition prints from MF Gallery’s favorite artists

Martina Secondo Russo — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:40:32 +0000

The show “PRINT THIS!” opened on Saturday at MF Gallery Genova.

The opening drew a crowd of art enthusiasts, many taking advantage of the modest prices as a way to introduce a new artist to their collection.

This unique selection features original print pieces, such as silkscreens, lino cuts and etchings, as well as high quality reproductions of drawings and paintings from both noted and emerging artists.

Artists include:
John John Jesse, Tara McPherson, Dennis McNett, Angie Mason, Jason D’Aquino, Mitch O’Connell, Sarah Antoinette Martin, Dave Brockie, Drew Maillard, Kirsten Flaherty, Jonathan Zeh, Shannon Daugherty, Joe Simko, Joanna Mulder, Dennis Dread, Brian Ewing, Vahge, Greg Maillard, Frank Russo, Martina Secondo Russo and more…

For the duration of the show, MF Gallery is also offering a unique opportunity: Two of Frank Russo’s “Monsterfaces” silk screens are available, and Guests may bring their own T-Shirts, or any other items to be printed on, for only 5 euros per print!

“PRINT THIS!” will be on view until February 20th, and the entire show may also be viewed online at: http://mfgallery.net/MFGEprint/MFGEprint.html

Gallery hours are Monday- Friday: 12:30-2:30pm and 7:30-10pm & Saturday 7:30-10pm or by appointment.

MF Gallery Genova: Vico dietro il coro della Maddalena 26A Genova, ITALY

For more information, contact Martina Secondo Russo at: MFgallerygenova@gmail.com

“Goldfish Salvation” by Riusuke Fukahori

Rubens — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:21:51 +0000

ICN gallery presents “Goldfish Salvation” by artist Riusuke Fukahori from 1 Dec 2011 – 11 Jan 2012. Fukahori’s pet goldfish became his inspiration and ever since his passion and lifelong theme. His unique style of painting uses acrylic on clear resin which is poured into containers, resulting in a three-dimensional appearance and lifelike vitality.

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Rotten Leftovers

Bruno Vieira — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:47:27 +0000

“… basically I just like getting my hands dirty, I love the manual process, I like ripping down old posters to scan the textures, cutting up typography to glue it up in a manner that probably doesn’t please the usual kern obsessed designer, I like exploring old, abandoned places to spend some time alone with a wall, I enjoy photographing closed doors filled with tags and graffiti while standbyers in suits and ties look at me in disgust I like being left-handed I can’t stay away too long from the drawing board to sketch up detailed drawings of whatever goes on in my dreams, I have a slight obsession for human anatomy and I love irony, hence the name Rotten Leftovers!”

“The Abandoned House Series” made of LEGO

Rubens — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:16:43 +0000

This unbelievable abandoned houses, that seem to be taken from a Tim Burton’s movie, are made of LEGO bricks! Mike Doyle‘s 44 years old graphic designer, this project took him about 600 hours and over 130,000 Lego bricks. The houses are about 5,5 feet tall and 6 wide. Here part of the making of.

Dima Rebus: the irony of human culture

Danielle — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:14:05 +0000

Dima Rebus is a talented Russian illustrator based in Moscow. His beautiful watercolors are an exercise in irony and also a good reflection of our way of thinking culture and human behavior.

Check out Dimas Rebus’ Behance profile.

Jefta – HumanSculpture

Jefta — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:08:08 +0000

Jefta, student on digital art, has developed a processing program that allows, from a flux video, to break it down into a set of images and sew them together.

This technique allows to visualize the body on movement from different angles but summarizing it into one single image.
The final depiction is closer to sculpture thanks to the reducing complexity of the different movements carried out.

The HumanSculpture project is a research on the human body motion capture, a study about the trail left by the path on a living body.

Human body is always changing. In between body restrictions and movements urge the body is used as a brush, using itself as a way of managing complex shapes.
The moving objects are multiplied. Filling the space with images between the emptiness and the fullness, the human sculpture takes more and more space.

The repetition of the different people that intertwine and overlap allows to perceive the path of the fix movements in the space.

40 Inspirational Examples of Banksy Art and Graffiti

Igor — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:11:56 +0000

Banksy is an England-based graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter. His eye-opening street art combines irreverent dark humour with graffiti done in a distinctive stencilling technique. Such artistic works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets, walls, and bridges of cities throughout the world. Most people say graffiti is ugly, disruptive, pointless, irresponsible, and childish. All of those allegations are flushed down the toilet, when it’s done properly.

“What have you got in your head?” by Sara Asnaghi

Martina Cavalieri — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:00:36 +0000

Asnaghi Sara is a young artist and designer based in Milan.
“What have you got in your head?” is a collection of brains made with food.
Asnaghi uses edibles like, red chili flakes, sprinkles, black rice, hemp seeds and breadcrumbs to make her “brain sculptures”.
These works are very interesting!