Brainard Carey's Blog, page 35

Gaby Sahhar

Portrait of Gaby Sahhar

Page presents Gaby Sahhar, the New York debut of the London-based artist. Released explores alternative forms of knowledge-making through queer shapeshifting. Soaked in a kaleidoscopic palette of India and alcohol ink, Sahhar’s new works draw on processes of articulation within LGBTQI+ communities that resist academic domination. Such tools of thought migrate across borders, slipping into the pores of the public sphere, shifting into a collective body.

Gaby Sahhar (b. 1992, London, UK) lives and works in London, UK. Sahhar received a BA from Goldsmiths, London in 2015. Solo exhibitions include MAC VAL, Paris / The Kooples Art Prize (2023); PAGE (NYC), New York (2022); and Sweetwater, Berlin (2019). Group exhibitions include Fragment Gallery, New York (2022); Sadie Coles HQ, London (2022); and Museum of Moscow, Russia (2020).

Installation view, Gaby Sahhar, Released, PAGE (NYC), 2022.Gaby Sahhar, Released, 2022, India and alcohol ink on synthetic paper, 80 x 156 inches.Gaby Sahhar, Shadow of the Other, 2022, Oil on canvas, 35.5 x 23.75 inches

 

 

 

Ryan Sarah Murphy

Ryan Sarah Murphy is a New York City-based artist, represented by C24 Gallery. Her body of work, which includes sculptures, videos and drawings, provides a multi-dimensional deconstruction of the intuitive, creative process, as expressed through different mediums and technologies. Murphy’s sculptures are generated from the random discovery of discarded pieces of cardboard that she finds throughout the streets of New York City. Initially drawn to these materials because of their color, she strips them of any identifiable markings such as logos or lettering, then cuts and layers the torn pieces into raw, elegant constructions that allude to cross sections of buildings or overhead maps. The works act as visual meditations on geographical location, placemaking and spatial awareness, fueled by the pure, energetic power of color combinations and their visceral impact. Her solo exhibition, Structural Integrity, is on view at C24 Gallery through September 23rd. Her work will also be on view in the Gallery’s booth at Art on Paper from September 8th – 11th.

Ryan Sarah Murphy, Throughway – Black Lines 1, 2021, Unpainted cardboard on Arches paper, 14.5 x 23.25 x .25in. (36.8 x 59.1 x .6cm)

 

 

 

 

 

Ryan Sarah Murphy, Echo Chamber 3, 2021, Acrylic and graphite on paper, Unframed Dimensions: 8 x 14in. (20.3 x 35.6cm)Ryan Sarah Murphy, En route, 2019, Found (unpainted) cardboard, cut book covers, foamcore 26.5 x 34 x 2.5in. (67.3 x 86.4 x 6.4cm)

Thomas Trum

“In his approach to painting, [Thomas Trum tries] to find out everything there is to know about a certain paint or piece of equipment before using it in his work. The way he works on a smaller piece of paper is basically similar to when he makes a large mural: by zooming in and out on his own methods he can work on many different surfaces and sizes. Paint is his muse, whether it is in small-scale research or expanding public spaces with his colourful large-scale work.”  – by Rianne Groen

Thomas Trum (1989) lives and works in s’-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. He graduated from the Design Academy in Eindhoven in 2014. 

His works have been shown at a variety of galleries and museums like Het Nieuw Instituut, Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam and Het Noordbrabants Museum, ’s-Hertogenbosch. 

Naomi R. Safran-Hon

Naomi Safran-Hon creates work that makes gripping statements about the fragility of human experience, the complicated nature of one’s home, and the vicissitudes of collective identities. The artist is seeking the narrative that is hidden and buried in the landscape. The spirit is inherent in Safran-Hon’s intellectual construction, and, as the journey described in sefer hechaloth, the inner odyssey within oneself (Anselm Kiefer) permeates her entire body of work. 

Safran-Hon’s process lingers at the intersection of drawing, photography, sculpture, and painting, focusing on the internal energy of the material, continuously emboldening the viewer to look beyond the surface. Her work is anchored in undeniable reality, yet she unceasingly builds by extracting the essence from the soul of the materials she uses, thus transforming preexisting contexts. 

Safran-Hon uses a unique process to transform her photographs into evocative paintings with strong impressionist undertones. Cutting through the photograph and canvas, Safran-Hon pushes concrete through the lace stretched over these empty spaces then paints on top, imbuing each piece with a sculptural quality whose dimensionality causes the eye to stick in the nooks and crannies of the work, lingering over objects—some immediately recognizable, some requiring effort to piece back together. 

Fields of Color II, 2022 Acrylic, lace and cement on canvas 61×54 inchesWall Dreams in Pink, Acrylic, lace, cement, sewing pins and archival ink jet print on tulle 20×24 inchesThose Who Got Away, 2020 Acrylic, cement, lace, fabric and barbed wire 55×88 inches

Erick Antonio Benitez

Erick Antonio Benitez (b. 1988, Bronx, NY) is a first generation Salvadoran-American multidisciplinary artist, musician, organizer and curator based between Baltimore, MD and Los Angeles, CA. He received a BFA in Painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art and has exhibited work at Selenas Mountain (NY), REGULARNORMAL at Dinner Gallery (NY), Greenpoint Gallery (NY),  Connor Smith Gallery (DC), The Baltimore Museum of Art (MD), Gaddis Geeslin Gallery (TX), Strange Fire Collective (CO), Galerie B-312 (Montreal, QC), Metafora Studio Arts (Barcelona, ES) and Simultan Festival (Timișoara, RO). His work has been reviewed by The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, BmoreArt, The American Scholar, Terremoto (MX) and Le Devoir (QC) and a few publications including the sixth issue of BmoreArt Magazine, Let’s Talk Live (WJLA), and Hyrsteria Zine Vol. 2. Benitez is also a recipient of the Ruby Artist Project grant, The Contemporary: Grit Fund 2, MASB Travel Artist Award, Janet and Walter Sondheim Artscape Award and has participated in The Studios residency at MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA). Most recently, Benitez received a Baltimore Light City Festival commission and an invitation to Pigment Sauvage “La Track” residency in Montreal, Quebec-Canada.

The exhibit discussed in the interview is A Country Made of Ice Cream.

Erick Antonio Benitez Bare witness, while I bare feet, 2021 Acrylic, airbrush , and collage on stretched mylar 10 x 8 inErick Antonio Benitez Karma & Desire (A Poet’s Eulogy), 2022 Acrylic , airbrush, charcoal, and ink on canvas 36 x 32 inErick Antonio Benitez, Poetry for 12 Cave Paintings, 2022, Acrylic , airbrush, charcoal, collage and ink on canvas, 36 x 32 in

Jorge Macchi

Photo portrait by Kicca Tommasi

Jorge Macchi is a  visual artist. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1963. Lives and works in Buenos Aires. In 2001 he was awarded the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship.

He had three major retrospectives of his work: Perspectiva at MALBA Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires, in 2016, Music Stand Still at S.M.A.K the Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium in 2011, and The anatomy of melancholy at Santander Cultural, 2007, Blanton Museum, 2007 and CGAC, Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporáneo, 2008, He represented Argentina at the Venice Biennial in 2005.

He took part in the Biennials of Liverpool 2012, Lyon 2011, Yokohama 2008, Porto Alegre 2007, Venezia 2005, San Pablo 2004, Estambul 2003, Porto Alegre 2003.

Parallel lives, Jorge Macchi. Gentileza the artist.All the words of the world, Edouard Fraipont. gentileza Galeria Luisa Srina, Sao Paulo.Bone exposed, Joerg Lohse. Gentileza Alexander and Bonin Gallery, NY

Sung Hwa Kim

Sung Hwa Kim (b. 1985 in Seoul, South Korea) received his MFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art and his BFA from The Art Institute of Boston. Kim has held solo exhibition at Hesse Flatow (New York, NY). Recent group exhibitions include Gone Was the Glow at 1969 Gallery (New York, NY); At the Table, The AAPI Awareness Charity Exhibition at Christie’s (New York, NY); You Had Me At Hello: New American Paintings 2022 Review at Steven Zevitas Gallery (Boston, MA); The Views at Moskowitz Bayse (Los Angeles, CA); Shifted Horizon at HESSE FLATOW (New York, NY); 36 Paintings at Harper’s Books (East Hampton, NY); NOCTURNE on Galleryplatform.LA, M+B (Los Angeles, CA); The Edge Effect curated by Akili Tommasino at The Katonah Museum of Art (Katonah, NY). Sung Hwa Kim lives and works in New York City. 

Sung Hwa Kim, Nocturne: My love, hope, and sweet dreams. I’m still here and that is all that matter. acrylic, flashe, and gouache on canvas, 60 x 48 in, 2021Sung Hwa Kim, Nocturne: On the day when your long night ends, I will be there acrylic, flashe, and gouache on canvas, 30 x 24 in, 2021Sung Hwa Kim, Nocturne: You were told to suppress emotions, so no one sees you had a heart till your chest is open
acrylic, flashe, and gouache on canvas, 48 x 36 in, 2021

Rob Ober

Rob Ober (b. 1968, Wiesbaden, West Germany) lives and works in Kent, CT. Having grown up as the son of a US diplomat, Rob spent his youth in Moscow, Dehli, Athens and Bethesda, MD. After college, Rob began collecting Russian nonconformist art.

In 2006, Rob opened a gallery in Kent, CT and showed the works of many of his artist friends including Brian Belott, Katherine Bradford, Lance De Los Reyes, and Rob Nava. Rob began painting seriously seven years ago. Art Miami  2021 is the first exhibition of his work.

Fruit Loops, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 72 x 60 in  (182.9 x 152.4 cm)Napoleon, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 96 x 72 in  (243.8 x 182.9 cm)Yes, No, Probably, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 48 in  (152.4 x 121.9 cm)

Ann McCoy

Ann McCoy is a New York-based sculptor, painter, and art critic, and Editor at Large for the Brooklyn Rail. She was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 2019. She taught art history, the in the graduate design section of the Yale School of Drama until May 2020, and the Art History Department at Barnard College from 1980 through 2000.

Ann McCoy’ work is included in the following collections: the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Australia, the Roy L. Neuberger Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among others. Ann McCoy has received the following awards: the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, the Asian Cultural Council, the Pollock Krasner Foundation, the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Award, the Award in the Visual Arts, the Prix de Rome, the National Endowment for the Art, the Berliner Kunstler Program D.A.A.D..

Ann McCoy worked with Prof. C.A. Meier, Jung’s heir apparent for twenty-five years in Zurich She has studied alchemy since the early seventies in Zurich, and Rome at the Vatican Library.

The Death of My Father, 2012, pencil on paper on canvas, 9 by 14 ft. photo credit : Peter DresslerThe Wolf Tongue Mill, 2022, 9 by 14 ft. pencil on paper on canvas

Meghann Riepenhoff

Meghann Riepenhoff © Geoffrey Berliner

Meghann Riepenhoff’s (b. 1979; Atlanta, GA) work has been presented internationally in exhibitions across the globe, including at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR; Denver Art Museum, CO; C/O Berlin, Germany; Aperture Foundation, New York, NY; and Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX.

Her work is held in permanent collections across the United States, including those of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; and Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL, among others. In 2018, the artist was selected as the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow. Riepenhoff earned her BFA in Photography from the University of Georgia, Athens, and her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. The artist divides her time between Bainbridge Island, WA, and San Francisco, CA.

Her book, mentioned in the interview is Ice.

Meghann Riepenhoff , Waters of the Americas: Eastman Kodak’s Emissions A (Confluence of the Genesee River and Lake Ontario, Rochester, NY, 03.14.2022), 2022 Three Dynamic Cyanotypes, Approximately 59 1/2″ x 42″ (151 x 106.5 cm) each element. © Meghann Riepenhoff, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York Meghann Riepenhoff, Waters of the Americas: Eastman Kodak’s Emissions C (Confluence of the Genesee River and Lake Ontario, Rochester, NY, 03.13.2022), 2022. Dynamic Cyanotype, Approximately 59″ x 59″ (150 x 150 cm) © Meghann Riepenhoff, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York