Currently on view at GR Gallery, one of our favorite Downtown art galleries, is Geometric Heat, a tantalizing exhibition showcasing the works of four international artists who share an inventive approach to geometric abstraction. The painting featured above, From the Top on Down, was fashioned by NYC-based Adam Lucas, known to many of us street art aficionados as Hanksy. Several more images we captured on our recent visit to Geometric Heat follow:
Italian artist Marco Casentini, On the Streets, Acrylic and glaze on canvas
Berlin-based Daniel Rich, Palestine Meredian Hotel, Baghdad, Acrylic on Aluminum Dibond
Czech artist Jan Kaláb, Dark Purple Ameba, Acrylic on canvas
Wide view with Marco Casentini (side) and Adam Lucas (back wall)
Located at 255 Bowery, GR Gallery is open Wednesday – Sunday | 12 to 7pm. Geometric Heat remains on view through August 18.
Photo credits: 1-4 Lois Stavsky; 5 Ana Candelaria
Until April 23 it is still possible to see Jamie Martinez’s distinctly wonderful art at Gallerie Protégé. Fashioned meticulously and inventively from triangles, Jamie’s works on display range from exquisite oil paintings to tantalizing abstract designs. Here is a sampling of the works from the exhibit, Hunt for Inspiration, curated by Oscar A. Laluyan:
Leopardo, 552 individual oil paintings on wood
El Lobo, oil on canvas
Abstract 15, digital c-print
Particularly exciting news for us street art aficionados is that several of Jamie Martinez‘s abstract works will be blown up between 6-9 feet for an upcoming public art project, Off the Grid: Innovations in Contemporary Abstraction. The works will remain on exhibit for a minimum of six months at the site of the West Village Triangle Park at 7th Avenue and 12th Street.
Note: Gallerie Protégé is located on the lower level of Chelsea Frames at 197 9th Avenue.
Photo credits: 1, 2, and 5 Dani Reyes Mozeson; 3 Lois Stavsky; 4 courtesy of the artist; the first image pictured is Mountain Cat, oil on canvas; the final image is Medusa, 414 individual oil paintings on wood.
Continuing through Saturday at Chelsea’s Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, José Parlá’s solo exhibition, “In Medias Res,” features a range of exquisitely richly-layered, abstract works focusing on the artist’s personal interactions with particular places. Here is a small sampling:
The Ghetto (on right) and San Lazaro y Genios
Hot Gowanus
Bowery and Houston
The Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery is located at 505 West 24th Street in Chelsea. On its exterior you will find the following collab between José Parlá and JR captured last fall.
Photos by Dani Reyes Mozeson
If you happen to be riding the NYC subways anywhere between the Brooklyn Bridge and Pelham Bay Parkway, you could be in for a treat – an impromptu art exhibit curated by veteran graffiti writer Nic 707. Michael Cuomo, a multi-media artist based in Yonkers, accompanied Nic 707 on a recent ride to share some of his new paintings. Here’s a sampling from the InstaFame Phantom Art Project:
These women who exited the train on the Upper East Side were delighted by Nic 707’s InstaFame Phantom Art Project!
Michael Cuomo, Wizard’s Well
Michael Cuomo, Amazon Jungle
Nic 707, Kilroy Goes Wild
Michael Cuomo, Astro-nuts
Nic 707, Apocalypse Aftermath
Nic 707, The Whole World in His Hands
Michael Cuomo, Bubblegum Ecstasy
Photo of Kilroy Goes Wild by Eddie DiBono; all others by Lois Stavsky
