With the recent sale of our building, 180 Maiden Lane, we are thrilled to announce that Anderson Contemporary is embarking on an exciting new chapter. After a decade of vibrant exhibitions, fruitful collaborations, and partnerships with exceptional artists, we will be transitioning from a traditional gallery model to a dynamic online advisory platform.
Our mission to amplify the voices of both emerging and established artists will continue with renewed vigor. Through personalized art advisory services, we will support collectors in discovering and acquiring remarkable works. Additionally we will enhance accessibility to the art world via private studio visits, digital platforms and select art fairs. Anderson Contemporary remains dedicated to nurturing creativity and fostering a dynamic exchange of ideas through innovative and forward-thinking approaches.
We look forward to this new journey and to continuing our commitment to the arts in this exciting new format!
Our mission to amplify the voices of both emerging and established artists will continue with renewed vigor. Through personalized art advisory services, we will support collectors in discovering and acquiring remarkable works. Additionally we will enhance accessibility to the art world via private studio visits, digital platforms and select art fairs. Anderson Contemporary remains dedicated to nurturing creativity and fostering a dynamic exchange of ideas through innovative and forward-thinking approaches.
We look forward to this new journey and to continuing our commitment to the arts in this exciting new format!
EXHIBITIONS/ART FAIRS
MARCH 25 - MAY 20, 2024
RUGGERO VANNI: Color - Matters
In collaboration with Arco Gallery, NYC
Anderson Contemporary and Arco Gallery are pleased to present Color – Matters, an exhibition of works by Ruggero Vanni, including paintings that date to the beginning of his career spanning over four decades and his most recent works. This exhibit celebrates Vanni's remarkable career as an artist, and features his latest creations alongside a selection of his most iconic pieces. This is a rare opportunity to witness the evolution of artistic vision through Vanni’s diverse collection of paintings that showcase his unique style and approach to painting.
Growing up in Rome and now based in New York, Vanni's work beautifully captures the transition from classicism to contemporary art, emphasizing the importance of color and light in his visual practice, with each stroke and hue intricately weaving a visual narrative that captivates the viewer.Whereas Vanni's older paintings - In the Cold Light (1985), Into the Light IV (1986) - are more rigid in their spatial construction and clearly marked by references to classical masters like 18th-century painter Gian Battista Tiepolo, Vanni has evolved through the years towards freedom of gestural expression – Aditus Caeli I (1997) - as well as textural exuberance – Tempestatis (2011) – In his most recent works – Enchanted Garden (2024), Voluptous Sunrise (2024) - he achieved a balance between these different aspects of his practice, creating canvases where "classical" compositions are born from instinctive thick brush strokes that are first cut out and then carefully reassembled one by one on the surface of the canvas.
RUGGERO VANNI: Color - Matters
In collaboration with Arco Gallery, NYC
Anderson Contemporary and Arco Gallery are pleased to present Color – Matters, an exhibition of works by Ruggero Vanni, including paintings that date to the beginning of his career spanning over four decades and his most recent works. This exhibit celebrates Vanni's remarkable career as an artist, and features his latest creations alongside a selection of his most iconic pieces. This is a rare opportunity to witness the evolution of artistic vision through Vanni’s diverse collection of paintings that showcase his unique style and approach to painting.
Growing up in Rome and now based in New York, Vanni's work beautifully captures the transition from classicism to contemporary art, emphasizing the importance of color and light in his visual practice, with each stroke and hue intricately weaving a visual narrative that captivates the viewer.Whereas Vanni's older paintings - In the Cold Light (1985), Into the Light IV (1986) - are more rigid in their spatial construction and clearly marked by references to classical masters like 18th-century painter Gian Battista Tiepolo, Vanni has evolved through the years towards freedom of gestural expression – Aditus Caeli I (1997) - as well as textural exuberance – Tempestatis (2011) – In his most recent works – Enchanted Garden (2024), Voluptous Sunrise (2024) - he achieved a balance between these different aspects of his practice, creating canvases where "classical" compositions are born from instinctive thick brush strokes that are first cut out and then carefully reassembled one by one on the surface of the canvas.
FEBRUARY 21 - MARCH 18, 2024
GENERATIONS: Street Art To Classical Masters
Curated by Maxine Hoover
Featured Artists: Keion Kopper, Emma Hapner, Michael Sadowsky, Maxine Hoover, Marina Christy, Rachel Van der Nacht, Rifka Milder, Arnold Brooks, Reid Stowe, Don Perlis and Sheila Schwid
The show unfolds a captivating narrative that spans the spectrum of artistic evolution. From a 26-year-old emerging artist Keion Kopper, whose career launched after being discovered amidst the New York City street scene by blue chip collectors, resulting in a feature at David Zwirner shortly after; to 91-year-old painter Sheila Schwid who has gracefully honed her practice over her lifetime, exhibiting her work since the early 1960's. The exhibition explores the intersections of age, experience, and the artists journey.
GENERATIONS: Street Art To Classical Masters
Curated by Maxine Hoover
Featured Artists: Keion Kopper, Emma Hapner, Michael Sadowsky, Maxine Hoover, Marina Christy, Rachel Van der Nacht, Rifka Milder, Arnold Brooks, Reid Stowe, Don Perlis and Sheila Schwid
The show unfolds a captivating narrative that spans the spectrum of artistic evolution. From a 26-year-old emerging artist Keion Kopper, whose career launched after being discovered amidst the New York City street scene by blue chip collectors, resulting in a feature at David Zwirner shortly after; to 91-year-old painter Sheila Schwid who has gracefully honed her practice over her lifetime, exhibiting her work since the early 1960's. The exhibition explores the intersections of age, experience, and the artists journey.
NOVEMBER 2023 - JANUARY 2024
WINTER
Featured Artists
Alfredo Aya, Lowell Boyers, Riiisa Boogie, Francs Deseus, Patrick Dougher, Kevin Glazer, Parris Jaru, Andrei Petrov, Jeff Quinn, LAmour Supreme, Misha Tyutyunik, Suzanne Unrein
WINTER
Featured Artists
Alfredo Aya, Lowell Boyers, Riiisa Boogie, Francs Deseus, Patrick Dougher, Kevin Glazer, Parris Jaru, Andrei Petrov, Jeff Quinn, LAmour Supreme, Misha Tyutyunik, Suzanne Unrein
OCTOBER 12 - 15, 2023
ART FAIR 14 C - CRRNJ Terminal in Jersey City
Booth A21
The 5th edition of Art Fair 14C is the unmissable event of the Fall with artists, galleries and arts organizations under one roof. View and buy art from hundreds of artists - regional, national and international - in the stunning CRRNJ Terminal Building in Liberty State Park in Jersey City, NJ.
Art Fair 14C supports the visual arts by increasing opportunities for artists, expanding public access to fine art, strengthening careers in the arts, as well as adding to Jersey City’s reputation as a leading arts destination. ANDERSON CONTEMPORARY featured works by Lowell Boyers, Kevin Glazer, Ian Sullivan, Frank Ape, and a series of augmented reality prints by Julie Gratz and Kaleida Studio artists.
ART FAIR 14 C - CRRNJ Terminal in Jersey City
Booth A21
The 5th edition of Art Fair 14C is the unmissable event of the Fall with artists, galleries and arts organizations under one roof. View and buy art from hundreds of artists - regional, national and international - in the stunning CRRNJ Terminal Building in Liberty State Park in Jersey City, NJ.
Art Fair 14C supports the visual arts by increasing opportunities for artists, expanding public access to fine art, strengthening careers in the arts, as well as adding to Jersey City’s reputation as a leading arts destination. ANDERSON CONTEMPORARY featured works by Lowell Boyers, Kevin Glazer, Ian Sullivan, Frank Ape, and a series of augmented reality prints by Julie Gratz and Kaleida Studio artists.
JULY 19 - SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
HANS NELEMAN: History on Hold
Curated by Krieger|Eley Art
The notion of 'history on hold' captures a moment frozen in time, reflected in the artworks of a multi-disciplinary artist who draws inspiration from the past to create meaning in the present. Through this concept, Neleman prompts us to pause, reflect, and contemplate, and in turn, invites us to look back for context and forward for purpose once we 'press play' again. The title cleverly references the art of photography, which resonates with the artist's background, where the act of 'capturing time' is paramount. In these paintings and collages, the artist employs fragments of sensibilities from the past, evoking a sense of nostalgia and timelessness. The distressed effects on many of the artworks further reinforce this sense of time's passage. Several works also feature details of sculptures from Roman times.
In Neleman’s transformative artistic process, these elements are re-born, and are particularly noteworthy in his surreal assemblage creations. Speaking to the title’s broader context, his hand-torn collages provoke a discourse between abstraction and figuration and the harmony of opposites.
HANS NELEMAN: History on Hold
Curated by Krieger|Eley Art
The notion of 'history on hold' captures a moment frozen in time, reflected in the artworks of a multi-disciplinary artist who draws inspiration from the past to create meaning in the present. Through this concept, Neleman prompts us to pause, reflect, and contemplate, and in turn, invites us to look back for context and forward for purpose once we 'press play' again. The title cleverly references the art of photography, which resonates with the artist's background, where the act of 'capturing time' is paramount. In these paintings and collages, the artist employs fragments of sensibilities from the past, evoking a sense of nostalgia and timelessness. The distressed effects on many of the artworks further reinforce this sense of time's passage. Several works also feature details of sculptures from Roman times.
In Neleman’s transformative artistic process, these elements are re-born, and are particularly noteworthy in his surreal assemblage creations. Speaking to the title’s broader context, his hand-torn collages provoke a discourse between abstraction and figuration and the harmony of opposites.
MAY 11 - JULY 12, 2023
FLUIDITY: A Photographic Exploration of Spirituality in Water
Curated by Ronni Anderson
Water is a powerful force that has captivated artists for centuries. In this exhibition, Hugh Arnold, Ulf Saupe, and
Ejaz Khan offer their own unique interpretations of this elemental theme, creating works that are both visually striking and emotionally evocative.
FLUIDITY: A Photographic Exploration of Spirituality in Water
Curated by Ronni Anderson
Water is a powerful force that has captivated artists for centuries. In this exhibition, Hugh Arnold, Ulf Saupe, and
Ejaz Khan offer their own unique interpretations of this elemental theme, creating works that are both visually striking and emotionally evocative.
FEBRUARY - MAY 3, 2023
IN THE BLOOD: Four Caribbean Artists
“In The Blood” a collaborative exhibition between Arco Gallery and Anderson Contemporary featuring four artists who share Caribbean roots:
Alfredo Aya, Laura James,Francks Deceus and Parris Jaru
The common thread is a non-urban outlook expressed by the exuberance of a vivid color palette and imagery of magic realism
where the line between fantasy and reality is blurred.
IN THE BLOOD: Four Caribbean Artists
“In The Blood” a collaborative exhibition between Arco Gallery and Anderson Contemporary featuring four artists who share Caribbean roots:
Alfredo Aya, Laura James,Francks Deceus and Parris Jaru
The common thread is a non-urban outlook expressed by the exuberance of a vivid color palette and imagery of magic realism
where the line between fantasy and reality is blurred.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 - JANUARY 6, 2023
ALL IN ONE
Artists: Lowell Boyers, Minako Iwamura, Andrei Petrov, Jeff Quinn, Andra Samelson and Suzanne Unrein
There are some artists who understand and embrace the actualization of their art as mutably BOTH Representational and Abstract. By rejecting the ghettoization of labels and strict narrative art historical codifications their work can reach within and outward in ways that are wholly less restrictive and burdened. Instead, the work manifests as One Voice that sings, communicating with variable dimensions and contextual intention, comfortable to allow for material “thusness” as well being read as symbolic and narrative expressions.
Art operates functioning as the representation of place, form, moments, feelings, and conceptual belief, and rawly, abstract expressions, notes, singular marks, and objectified phenomena, sensational, vibration. The adherence of some artists to define their concepts and artworks as “non-representational’ or “abstract” for understanding purposes can actually mislead and guide the viewer to CLOSE OFF their experience of the work of art. The work of art that allows for open reception, mutable moods and contextual lenses, functions in its fullest capacity for the benefit of the culture, the audience and for the alchemy of creative communication. It allows for the varying Experience of the viewer to grow and transform over time. This exhibition works to portray some of the multiple forms of expressions such intention can define.
ALL IN ONE
Artists: Lowell Boyers, Minako Iwamura, Andrei Petrov, Jeff Quinn, Andra Samelson and Suzanne Unrein
There are some artists who understand and embrace the actualization of their art as mutably BOTH Representational and Abstract. By rejecting the ghettoization of labels and strict narrative art historical codifications their work can reach within and outward in ways that are wholly less restrictive and burdened. Instead, the work manifests as One Voice that sings, communicating with variable dimensions and contextual intention, comfortable to allow for material “thusness” as well being read as symbolic and narrative expressions.
Art operates functioning as the representation of place, form, moments, feelings, and conceptual belief, and rawly, abstract expressions, notes, singular marks, and objectified phenomena, sensational, vibration. The adherence of some artists to define their concepts and artworks as “non-representational’ or “abstract” for understanding purposes can actually mislead and guide the viewer to CLOSE OFF their experience of the work of art. The work of art that allows for open reception, mutable moods and contextual lenses, functions in its fullest capacity for the benefit of the culture, the audience and for the alchemy of creative communication. It allows for the varying Experience of the viewer to grow and transform over time. This exhibition works to portray some of the multiple forms of expressions such intention can define.
MARCH 24 - JUNE 24, 2022
FUTURE MYTH
Artists: Frank Ape, Chee Bravo, DISTORT, Patrick Dougher, Mason Eve, Isabelle Ewing, Ivan Orama, Franc Palaia, Brian Rothwell, Ian Sullivan, Misha Tyutyunik
The histories of the world are sown by grand narratives, myths, and tales, and they are born from countless cultural and individual contexts and perspectives. Artists have always reflected on these narratives, and, in doing so, have also formed the ways we think about and see the world we live in. Their forms and practice crystallize the way we experience our popular myths and narrative foundations for expression and understanding. This exhibition is curated to reveal the way artists see and define their worlds through the culture of personal and cultural myths that helped form their perspective on the world they’re living in. Real stories and examples in the lives of the artist’s will also be rich resources for these reflections. The artist's creative approaches are extremely diverse in play with context, craft, and selected media. And, in so doing, ideally, the impressions and alteration of the myths of the/our world will perpetuate.
FUTURE MYTH
Artists: Frank Ape, Chee Bravo, DISTORT, Patrick Dougher, Mason Eve, Isabelle Ewing, Ivan Orama, Franc Palaia, Brian Rothwell, Ian Sullivan, Misha Tyutyunik
The histories of the world are sown by grand narratives, myths, and tales, and they are born from countless cultural and individual contexts and perspectives. Artists have always reflected on these narratives, and, in doing so, have also formed the ways we think about and see the world we live in. Their forms and practice crystallize the way we experience our popular myths and narrative foundations for expression and understanding. This exhibition is curated to reveal the way artists see and define their worlds through the culture of personal and cultural myths that helped form their perspective on the world they’re living in. Real stories and examples in the lives of the artist’s will also be rich resources for these reflections. The artist's creative approaches are extremely diverse in play with context, craft, and selected media. And, in so doing, ideally, the impressions and alteration of the myths of the/our world will perpetuate.
JUNE 2021
THE OUTSET
Artists: L'Amour Supreme, Boogie Rez, Distort, Frank Ape, isabelle Ewing, Misha Tyutyunik, Ian Sullivan, Josh Brooks
A group exhibit featuring New York City's most gifted muralists and street artists.
THE OUTSET
Artists: L'Amour Supreme, Boogie Rez, Distort, Frank Ape, isabelle Ewing, Misha Tyutyunik, Ian Sullivan, Josh Brooks
A group exhibit featuring New York City's most gifted muralists and street artists.
MAY 2021
OUT OF LINE
A group exhibition curated by Ronni Anderson
Artists: Andrei Petrov, Carrie Swim, Kirsten Poulsen, Jong Wang Lee, Miljan Suknovic, Josh Fayer, Xolo Cantillo
In Out Of Line we invite you to roam outside of the norm and experience for yourself the emotion elicited from the paintings of these extraordinary artists. Each artist brings his/her own thought and energy to their work by focussing on visual qualities such as shapes, texture, color, scale and form, but what will be most interesting is where each painting takes you.
"Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot see physically with his eyes." - Arshile Gorky
OUT OF LINE
A group exhibition curated by Ronni Anderson
Artists: Andrei Petrov, Carrie Swim, Kirsten Poulsen, Jong Wang Lee, Miljan Suknovic, Josh Fayer, Xolo Cantillo
In Out Of Line we invite you to roam outside of the norm and experience for yourself the emotion elicited from the paintings of these extraordinary artists. Each artist brings his/her own thought and energy to their work by focussing on visual qualities such as shapes, texture, color, scale and form, but what will be most interesting is where each painting takes you.
"Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot see physically with his eyes." - Arshile Gorky
APRIL - JUNE 2018
ART ONE80
Curated by Ronni Anderson
ART ONE80 is a culmination of Anderson Contemporary's mission to showcase an inventive and eclectic group of visionary artists, generating conversation that encourages engagement in their stories, techniques and mediums. The exhibition will merge contrasting subjects such as physics and art via quantum sculptures, traditional painting versus digital, lenticular photography, graffiti, and paint-injected bubble wrap, as well as contemporary dance and meditation, animation film and VR experiences. Featured Artists: M. Henry Jones, Jasmine Pradissitto, Brian Farrell, Gary Kaleda, Anthony Haden-Guest, Luciana Pampalone, Mitchell Rosenzweig, Ian Sullivan, Jung Nam Lee, Marc Friedlander, Sket One, Fanakpan
ART ONE80
Curated by Ronni Anderson
ART ONE80 is a culmination of Anderson Contemporary's mission to showcase an inventive and eclectic group of visionary artists, generating conversation that encourages engagement in their stories, techniques and mediums. The exhibition will merge contrasting subjects such as physics and art via quantum sculptures, traditional painting versus digital, lenticular photography, graffiti, and paint-injected bubble wrap, as well as contemporary dance and meditation, animation film and VR experiences. Featured Artists: M. Henry Jones, Jasmine Pradissitto, Brian Farrell, Gary Kaleda, Anthony Haden-Guest, Luciana Pampalone, Mitchell Rosenzweig, Ian Sullivan, Jung Nam Lee, Marc Friedlander, Sket One, Fanakpan
NOVEMBER - JANUARY 2018
JACINDA BAYNE: MERGING LANDSCAPES
Solo Exhibition curated by Ronni Anderson
West Australian Artist Jacinda Bayne invites us pause. Open fields of color, smooth gradients of blues/turquoise, familiar landforms, a clearing in a forest and calm waters reflect the world above and below. Fusion of experiences and memories - fleeting moments in time. Light filtering through trees and water, suspended in time all create windows to look back, stand still, breath and reflect. Through out the artist’s process, color is a integral part of the image it used to evoke emotion. Glazes of oil pigment fall into considered areas and pathways created by the artist. Capturing light with color with connecting imagery that trigger ones own sense of place. Carefully placed, bridges, trees and bodies of water all elicit quietude and refection.
These ambiguous landscapes are not just a representation of the land for Jacinda but provide an opportunity to imagine. "Jacinda Bayne has been to post-modernism and back. As signaled by their titles - from The Bridge, Flooded Farmland, Frozen Waterfall through to Dream Sequence, Adrift and Filtered Lite, these canvases segue from the highly specific through the allusive and referential to a wholly non-objective channeling of feeling, emotion, mood...these landscapes...are a charged presence in a time when landscape itself seems threatened." Anthony Haden-Guest
JACINDA BAYNE: MERGING LANDSCAPES
Solo Exhibition curated by Ronni Anderson
West Australian Artist Jacinda Bayne invites us pause. Open fields of color, smooth gradients of blues/turquoise, familiar landforms, a clearing in a forest and calm waters reflect the world above and below. Fusion of experiences and memories - fleeting moments in time. Light filtering through trees and water, suspended in time all create windows to look back, stand still, breath and reflect. Through out the artist’s process, color is a integral part of the image it used to evoke emotion. Glazes of oil pigment fall into considered areas and pathways created by the artist. Capturing light with color with connecting imagery that trigger ones own sense of place. Carefully placed, bridges, trees and bodies of water all elicit quietude and refection.
These ambiguous landscapes are not just a representation of the land for Jacinda but provide an opportunity to imagine. "Jacinda Bayne has been to post-modernism and back. As signaled by their titles - from The Bridge, Flooded Farmland, Frozen Waterfall through to Dream Sequence, Adrift and Filtered Lite, these canvases segue from the highly specific through the allusive and referential to a wholly non-objective channeling of feeling, emotion, mood...these landscapes...are a charged presence in a time when landscape itself seems threatened." Anthony Haden-Guest
SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2017
ART IN MOTION II - Collaboration with Animation Nights New York - featuring visual/animation artists - Bill Plympton, Emily Hubley, M. Henry Jones, Valerie Carmet, Brett W. Thompson, Ian Sullivan, Marc Friedlander, Gary Kaleda, Marck (courtesy of Anna Zorina gallery) The ANNY (Animation Nights New York) Best of Fest is a two day festival featuring animation screenings, VR experiences, professional panels, art installations, and industry events located at 180 Maiden lane and various locations around the South Street Seaport area of NYC.
ART IN MOTION II - Collaboration with Animation Nights New York - featuring visual/animation artists - Bill Plympton, Emily Hubley, M. Henry Jones, Valerie Carmet, Brett W. Thompson, Ian Sullivan, Marc Friedlander, Gary Kaleda, Marck (courtesy of Anna Zorina gallery) The ANNY (Animation Nights New York) Best of Fest is a two day festival featuring animation screenings, VR experiences, professional panels, art installations, and industry events located at 180 Maiden lane and various locations around the South Street Seaport area of NYC.
JULY - AUGUST 2017
HOOLIGANS
Curated by Dominique Ramirez and Michael Barkagan
Hooligans comprises the artwork of three native New Yorkers: Ian Sullivan, Josh Fayer, and Victoria De Lesseps. The group exhibition explores the impressions changing physical and social environments leave on the young adult psyche with each work embodying its artist’s unique perception of reality. Flooded with mischief, Ian Sullivan’s cityscape murals and portraits contrast his colorful personas against the dark realities of city life. Working with resin on canvas,Josh Fayer's work manifests the connection between consciousness and space with his abstract interpretations of nature. Victoria De Lessep’s paintings address gender roles and the hypocrisy of society.
HOOLIGANS
Curated by Dominique Ramirez and Michael Barkagan
Hooligans comprises the artwork of three native New Yorkers: Ian Sullivan, Josh Fayer, and Victoria De Lesseps. The group exhibition explores the impressions changing physical and social environments leave on the young adult psyche with each work embodying its artist’s unique perception of reality. Flooded with mischief, Ian Sullivan’s cityscape murals and portraits contrast his colorful personas against the dark realities of city life. Working with resin on canvas,Josh Fayer's work manifests the connection between consciousness and space with his abstract interpretations of nature. Victoria De Lessep’s paintings address gender roles and the hypocrisy of society.
MAY - JUNE 2017
ANTHONY HADEN - GUEST: The Further Chronicles of Now
In collaboration with The Villa America Fine Art
“The Further Chronicles of Now” takes cartooning to new heights as well new media and with his target-subjects culled from the art world, the club world, high-society and inspired by our social disorders, neuroses, and the current state of all things, Haden-Guest so too brings a refreshingly new breath of humor to the comedic world of that great thing we call life." (Quiet Lunch May, 2017)
ANTHONY HADEN - GUEST: The Further Chronicles of Now
In collaboration with The Villa America Fine Art
“The Further Chronicles of Now” takes cartooning to new heights as well new media and with his target-subjects culled from the art world, the club world, high-society and inspired by our social disorders, neuroses, and the current state of all things, Haden-Guest so too brings a refreshingly new breath of humor to the comedic world of that great thing we call life." (Quiet Lunch May, 2017)
MARCH - APRIL 2017
FORWARD SLASH/ Technology, Transcendence & Tea
An exhibition featuring three New York-based digital artists exploring humanity’s relationship to technology, transcendence and tea.
In response to a world in dramatic transition, three contemporary artists present work that are rooted in technology and focus on transformation. Through a multi-sensory experience of sight, sound and taste, Forward Slash marks a moment in human evolution by exploring technology's impact on perception and expectation, and its elevation of humanity. Gary Kaleda's figurative works build on tradition and leverage technology to transcend painting. He is the first artist to incorporate QR codes into his work, offering simple interactivity with extraordinary subtlety. Malin Abrahamsson captures a deep fascination with transformation and transcendence: the process through which a thing, place, state or being is changed into something entirely different. Erik Sanner constructs a Mars Tearoom as a means to juxtapose the ancient and complicated history of tea with the likely near-future human inhabitation of Mars.
FORWARD SLASH/ Technology, Transcendence & Tea
An exhibition featuring three New York-based digital artists exploring humanity’s relationship to technology, transcendence and tea.
In response to a world in dramatic transition, three contemporary artists present work that are rooted in technology and focus on transformation. Through a multi-sensory experience of sight, sound and taste, Forward Slash marks a moment in human evolution by exploring technology's impact on perception and expectation, and its elevation of humanity. Gary Kaleda's figurative works build on tradition and leverage technology to transcend painting. He is the first artist to incorporate QR codes into his work, offering simple interactivity with extraordinary subtlety. Malin Abrahamsson captures a deep fascination with transformation and transcendence: the process through which a thing, place, state or being is changed into something entirely different. Erik Sanner constructs a Mars Tearoom as a means to juxtapose the ancient and complicated history of tea with the likely near-future human inhabitation of Mars.
NOVEMBER 2016 - JANUARY 2017
PASSAGE TO ISRAEL: A Photography Exhibit and fundraiser
Passage to Israel explores the layered, soulful beauty of the land of Israel. Through the work of twenty renowned photographers, Passage to Israel reveals how the people of Israel transformed a desert land of ancient ruins into a breathtaking composition of the natural and man-made, a gorgeous montage of cobblestone streets and wineries, sculpture gardens and Bauhaus architecture, innovative interiors and verdant olive plantations. Curated by Karen Lehrman Bloch and Ronni Anderson, Passage to Israel examines how the small strip of land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea became a unique bridge between Africa, Asia, and Europe, a profusion of cultures, customs, and traditions. We are proud to be donating a portion of the photography proceeds to The Israel Project and Bnai Zion Foundation.
PASSAGE TO ISRAEL: A Photography Exhibit and fundraiser
Passage to Israel explores the layered, soulful beauty of the land of Israel. Through the work of twenty renowned photographers, Passage to Israel reveals how the people of Israel transformed a desert land of ancient ruins into a breathtaking composition of the natural and man-made, a gorgeous montage of cobblestone streets and wineries, sculpture gardens and Bauhaus architecture, innovative interiors and verdant olive plantations. Curated by Karen Lehrman Bloch and Ronni Anderson, Passage to Israel examines how the small strip of land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea became a unique bridge between Africa, Asia, and Europe, a profusion of cultures, customs, and traditions. We are proud to be donating a portion of the photography proceeds to The Israel Project and Bnai Zion Foundation.
SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2016
In collaboration with Animation Nights New York (ANNY)
ART IN MOTION
Art In Motion is an exhibition of original animation drawings, cells, video, painting and sculptures by nationally and internationally acclaimed animated short film artists. Featuring: Bill Plympton, Signe Baumane, M. Henry Jones, Jeff Scher, Anthony Haden-Guest, Dustin Grella, Emily Hubley, Michael Sullivan, Brett Thompson, Cem Kurtulus, Nin Bruderman, and Leah Shore. The ANNY (Animation Nights New York) Best of Fest is a two day festival featuring animation screenings, VR experiences, professional panels, art installations, and industry events located at 180 Maiden lane and various locations around the South Street Seaport area of NYC.
In collaboration with Animation Nights New York (ANNY)
ART IN MOTION
Art In Motion is an exhibition of original animation drawings, cells, video, painting and sculptures by nationally and internationally acclaimed animated short film artists. Featuring: Bill Plympton, Signe Baumane, M. Henry Jones, Jeff Scher, Anthony Haden-Guest, Dustin Grella, Emily Hubley, Michael Sullivan, Brett Thompson, Cem Kurtulus, Nin Bruderman, and Leah Shore. The ANNY (Animation Nights New York) Best of Fest is a two day festival featuring animation screenings, VR experiences, professional panels, art installations, and industry events located at 180 Maiden lane and various locations around the South Street Seaport area of NYC.
MAY - JUNE 2016
REAL/ FAKE
Real Fake Film, Zendog Productions and Anderson Contemporary co-hosts a unique group show exhibition to celebrate the upcoming release of filmmaker Jeff Oppenheim’s new documentary "Real Fake: The Art, Life & Crimes of Elmyr de Hory." The artists include Caroline Bergonzi, Valerie Carmet, Elenora Kupencow, Jamie Leo, Genevive Manquinay, Riad Miah, Roy Anthony Morrison, Andrei Petrov, Devorah Sperber, Darshan Manghnani, and Max Wiedemann. These artists were chosen as they offer individual perspective on the themes raised within the documentary. The exhibition further relies on several immersive experiences where gallery-goers create collaborative “fakes”, envision nonviable art and confession their real/fake sins at temporary confessional.
REAL/ FAKE
Real Fake Film, Zendog Productions and Anderson Contemporary co-hosts a unique group show exhibition to celebrate the upcoming release of filmmaker Jeff Oppenheim’s new documentary "Real Fake: The Art, Life & Crimes of Elmyr de Hory." The artists include Caroline Bergonzi, Valerie Carmet, Elenora Kupencow, Jamie Leo, Genevive Manquinay, Riad Miah, Roy Anthony Morrison, Andrei Petrov, Devorah Sperber, Darshan Manghnani, and Max Wiedemann. These artists were chosen as they offer individual perspective on the themes raised within the documentary. The exhibition further relies on several immersive experiences where gallery-goers create collaborative “fakes”, envision nonviable art and confession their real/fake sins at temporary confessional.
APRIL 2016
ELEANORA KUPENCOW: BODY PARTS
Curated by Ronni Anderson and Susan Davis-Eley
In the first solo show since her extraordinary 2011 exhibition at Galerie Pananti in Florence, Italy, celebrated sculptor/painter Eleanora Kupencow's "Body Parts" showcases a selection of recent paintings, sculptures and Fun Seetz (sculpture for sitting, reclining, climbing). Important paintings in the exhibition include: "Acrobats," depicting a large field of active figures seemingly defying gravity; "Noah's Ark," a whimsical, multi-piece painting resplendent with creatures great and small, each inhabiting a little painted cage all its own; and the piercing "Diamond in a Rectangle," prominent in a palette of gold, silver, black, and white. A variety of shaped canvases form a "parade on wheels" down the gallery hallway, along with a dozen framed works on paper. Kupencow's larger-than life figurative sculptures, "The Interfacing Couple," and "The Jitterbugs," respectively 11' and 10' tall, make a strong statement, along with a wall of 18 of their "maquette" counterparts. The two Fun Seetz on exhibit are "Dash Hound" and "Fat Cat.”
ELEANORA KUPENCOW: BODY PARTS
Curated by Ronni Anderson and Susan Davis-Eley
In the first solo show since her extraordinary 2011 exhibition at Galerie Pananti in Florence, Italy, celebrated sculptor/painter Eleanora Kupencow's "Body Parts" showcases a selection of recent paintings, sculptures and Fun Seetz (sculpture for sitting, reclining, climbing). Important paintings in the exhibition include: "Acrobats," depicting a large field of active figures seemingly defying gravity; "Noah's Ark," a whimsical, multi-piece painting resplendent with creatures great and small, each inhabiting a little painted cage all its own; and the piercing "Diamond in a Rectangle," prominent in a palette of gold, silver, black, and white. A variety of shaped canvases form a "parade on wheels" down the gallery hallway, along with a dozen framed works on paper. Kupencow's larger-than life figurative sculptures, "The Interfacing Couple," and "The Jitterbugs," respectively 11' and 10' tall, make a strong statement, along with a wall of 18 of their "maquette" counterparts. The two Fun Seetz on exhibit are "Dash Hound" and "Fat Cat.”
March 2016
MUSE: Large scale watercolor on paper
Curated by Ronni Anderson and Susan Nelly
Paul Ching-Bor’s enormous depiction of the 9/11 Light Towers Memorial declares itself to be a history painting for our time. Tragic and transcendent in equal measure, this mural-sized homage is monumental in every sense of the term. His many representations of the Woolworth Building at night, wherein the landmark skyscraper dissolves as it ascends through dense clouds that eclipse large portions of the building. Kathryn Keller Larkins’s high-key tonal range is as day is to night. Set against the backdrop of a concrete-colored sky, an accordion-folded boarding ramp abuts the fuselage of a jetliner in the pale painting’s foreground. Observed from head-on, the plane resembles a great white shark – mightily -- a reminder perhaps that airports aren’t quite as benign as they used to be. Not to say that city streets appear to be any safer. Watch out for that bright yellow cab which careens through Keller Larkins ’s Emerge Grand Central, and fragments before our very eyes.
Norbert Waysberg’s powerful diptych entitled When Worlds Collide is composed of two wide sheets conjoined vertically, each one depicting action that dissolves into transparent washes of gray, ocher and Indian red. Vehicles and pedestrians, sidewalks and city streets are all intermingled in a flow of activity that typifies urban life. This is the proverbial “New York minute.” The title of Elizabeth Allison’s painting Down the Hudson brings to mind the serene rivers of George Caleb Bingham, but to judge from appearances, the submarine in the film Das Boot offers up a closer cognate. Allison treats the landscape as metaphor, a place where the twin meanings of the term “likeness” both apply. Chizuru Morii Kaplan's Downtown NYC II is many things, including a site-specific portrait of Manhattan’s revered Episcopal church. Notwithstanding this fact, let us not forget that what we see is first and foremost a painting, one that thoughtfully composes a diverse set of rectangles within a lager rectangular frame. What’s more, affected by the phenomenon known as atmospheric perspective, these variegated rectangles recede into a persuasively convincing illusory space.
MUSE: Large scale watercolor on paper
Curated by Ronni Anderson and Susan Nelly
Paul Ching-Bor’s enormous depiction of the 9/11 Light Towers Memorial declares itself to be a history painting for our time. Tragic and transcendent in equal measure, this mural-sized homage is monumental in every sense of the term. His many representations of the Woolworth Building at night, wherein the landmark skyscraper dissolves as it ascends through dense clouds that eclipse large portions of the building. Kathryn Keller Larkins’s high-key tonal range is as day is to night. Set against the backdrop of a concrete-colored sky, an accordion-folded boarding ramp abuts the fuselage of a jetliner in the pale painting’s foreground. Observed from head-on, the plane resembles a great white shark – mightily -- a reminder perhaps that airports aren’t quite as benign as they used to be. Not to say that city streets appear to be any safer. Watch out for that bright yellow cab which careens through Keller Larkins ’s Emerge Grand Central, and fragments before our very eyes.
Norbert Waysberg’s powerful diptych entitled When Worlds Collide is composed of two wide sheets conjoined vertically, each one depicting action that dissolves into transparent washes of gray, ocher and Indian red. Vehicles and pedestrians, sidewalks and city streets are all intermingled in a flow of activity that typifies urban life. This is the proverbial “New York minute.” The title of Elizabeth Allison’s painting Down the Hudson brings to mind the serene rivers of George Caleb Bingham, but to judge from appearances, the submarine in the film Das Boot offers up a closer cognate. Allison treats the landscape as metaphor, a place where the twin meanings of the term “likeness” both apply. Chizuru Morii Kaplan's Downtown NYC II is many things, including a site-specific portrait of Manhattan’s revered Episcopal church. Notwithstanding this fact, let us not forget that what we see is first and foremost a painting, one that thoughtfully composes a diverse set of rectangles within a lager rectangular frame. What’s more, affected by the phenomenon known as atmospheric perspective, these variegated rectangles recede into a persuasively convincing illusory space.
JANUARY - February 2016
Anderson Contemporary & The Villa America Present:
BEATRIZ ELORZA: Breathing Color II
Anderson Contemporary & The Villa America Present:
BEATRIZ ELORZA: Breathing Color II
DECEMBER 2015
CHROMATIC CONVERGENCE
A group exhibition of painting, photography, sculpture, and digital art. Curated by Ronni Anderson
ANDREI PETROV – Powerful colors juxtaposed judiciously may produce a physical reaction or conversely, softer hues may calm and tranquilize. The Paintings here are more like events: each has its own color system designed to manifest a range of feelings and sometimes sounds that shift according to previously personal experiences. RIAD MIAH - "This work explores and reflects upon my interest in Buckminster Fuller’s inventions, specifically the Dymaxion World Map and the Geodesic Dome. Their lattice structure of the Dome reminds me of the grid structure I draw to attain order at the beginning of each painting. The lattice-work of the Dome’s triangular rigidity distributes stress evenly across the structure and creates a maximum amount of space within it. My own “lattice” grid drawing is used to establish composition over the rigid format of a square and in turn, through the process of painting and the applications, the lattice grid contributes to a kind of space/depth." GARY KALEDA - "My digital painting explores the complex relationship between humanity and technology, centering on the underlying fear, uncertainty and beauty of the digital age. The paradoxical truth is that the power of digital art, and using technology to make art, will always rely on the human element. QR codes have been incorporated into my work since 2010."
MILO HESS – Five-time Emmy Award winner for his work in broadcast graphics design, Milo’s work as a photographer is equally as impressive with his photographs featured in Community Media Newspapers and the permanent collection of the NY Public Library. In this show, Milo uses colorful iconic pop imagery that seems to jump off the wall and into our nostalgic psyche. ELEANORA KUPENCOW – "My work is influenced by spending my early childhood, playing on a Persian carpet: my perspective, my geometry my sense of color, space, my palette and my re-drawing of objects into patterns was what inspired me". JAMIE MARTINEZ - "My process involves fragmenting and deconstructing the image geometrically into triangles to explore its form, composition and structure. I have coined the term, “Triangulism” to express my belief that the triangle is the most important and basic geometric shape." RODOLFO EDWARDS - "This work is based in a construction in pieces of painting and photography of an architectural scene with cultural and natural wildlife. I am reconstructing images between pieces or fragments that compose a whole image like a screen. Also the grid and the line as Architectural elements, are included in the structure of my paintings."
CHROMATIC CONVERGENCE
A group exhibition of painting, photography, sculpture, and digital art. Curated by Ronni Anderson
ANDREI PETROV – Powerful colors juxtaposed judiciously may produce a physical reaction or conversely, softer hues may calm and tranquilize. The Paintings here are more like events: each has its own color system designed to manifest a range of feelings and sometimes sounds that shift according to previously personal experiences. RIAD MIAH - "This work explores and reflects upon my interest in Buckminster Fuller’s inventions, specifically the Dymaxion World Map and the Geodesic Dome. Their lattice structure of the Dome reminds me of the grid structure I draw to attain order at the beginning of each painting. The lattice-work of the Dome’s triangular rigidity distributes stress evenly across the structure and creates a maximum amount of space within it. My own “lattice” grid drawing is used to establish composition over the rigid format of a square and in turn, through the process of painting and the applications, the lattice grid contributes to a kind of space/depth." GARY KALEDA - "My digital painting explores the complex relationship between humanity and technology, centering on the underlying fear, uncertainty and beauty of the digital age. The paradoxical truth is that the power of digital art, and using technology to make art, will always rely on the human element. QR codes have been incorporated into my work since 2010."
MILO HESS – Five-time Emmy Award winner for his work in broadcast graphics design, Milo’s work as a photographer is equally as impressive with his photographs featured in Community Media Newspapers and the permanent collection of the NY Public Library. In this show, Milo uses colorful iconic pop imagery that seems to jump off the wall and into our nostalgic psyche. ELEANORA KUPENCOW – "My work is influenced by spending my early childhood, playing on a Persian carpet: my perspective, my geometry my sense of color, space, my palette and my re-drawing of objects into patterns was what inspired me". JAMIE MARTINEZ - "My process involves fragmenting and deconstructing the image geometrically into triangles to explore its form, composition and structure. I have coined the term, “Triangulism” to express my belief that the triangle is the most important and basic geometric shape." RODOLFO EDWARDS - "This work is based in a construction in pieces of painting and photography of an architectural scene with cultural and natural wildlife. I am reconstructing images between pieces or fragments that compose a whole image like a screen. Also the grid and the line as Architectural elements, are included in the structure of my paintings."
OCTOBER 2015
RUSSELL JAMES: NOMAD TWO WORLDS/SEMINOLE SPIRIT/ ANGELS
PHOTOGRAPHY
Born in Australia, Russell James' images have become synonymous with provocative, unique perspectives of many of the most prominent people of our time in the worlds of entertainment, fashion and beauty, and his work has appeared in publications such as Vogue, W, American Photo and French Photo, Marie Claire, GQ, Sports Illustrated, and a vast array of international art and photography journals, as well as ten fine-art books. To date, he has had five monographs published by teNeues, globally renowned for their fine art books and photographic anthologies. In August 2007, James received the acclaimed Hasselblad Masters Award, and in 2009 he joined the prestigious ranks of Irving Penn and Helmut Newton as a resident artist of CAMERA WORK, the world’s leading gallery for contemporary photography and vintage master works.
RUSSELL JAMES: NOMAD TWO WORLDS/SEMINOLE SPIRIT/ ANGELS
PHOTOGRAPHY
Born in Australia, Russell James' images have become synonymous with provocative, unique perspectives of many of the most prominent people of our time in the worlds of entertainment, fashion and beauty, and his work has appeared in publications such as Vogue, W, American Photo and French Photo, Marie Claire, GQ, Sports Illustrated, and a vast array of international art and photography journals, as well as ten fine-art books. To date, he has had five monographs published by teNeues, globally renowned for their fine art books and photographic anthologies. In August 2007, James received the acclaimed Hasselblad Masters Award, and in 2009 he joined the prestigious ranks of Irving Penn and Helmut Newton as a resident artist of CAMERA WORK, the world’s leading gallery for contemporary photography and vintage master works.