Around the Figure : at Ch'i Contemporary Fine Art

Friday, 12 May 2006 10:54

Brooklyn, NY - Ch'i Contemporary Fine Art presents a group exhibition, "Around the Figure" at the gallery's Williamsburg, Brooklyn.  The exhibition featuring paintings, sculpture and photography from 18 artists will run until June 19th.

"Around the Figure" features explorations surrounding the human form in painting, photography and sculpture by local, national and international artists.  Eighteen different artistic approaches to the subject will be on view. Participating painters include Sasha Blanton an emerging artist from the Baltimore area, Tamara Kowal- a Brooklyn based artist, Carri Skoczek, a figurative painter who shows in New York, Minneapolis & New Orleans; Tom Snelgrove, an emerging NYC artist, and Bill Talbot- a Sussex England based artist.

Photographers participating in "Around the Figure" include Michel Demanche- 2003 photography winner at the Florence Biennale who counts the Houston Museum and Sheppard Pratt Institute among her collectors; Marita Contreras- a Peruvian artist based in Florida; the duo of Yasmina Alaoui and Marco Guerra whose works have shown in NYC, France and Morroco in recent months; Jimmy Serkoch - a printer for Kelton Labs with works in the collection of the City Museum of New York and the Musee Elysee in Switzerland, Wanda Taylor Remington, a Maryland based artist and Reiner Weidmann, a German photographer.

Sculptures for the exhibition come from : M.C. Carolyn - international stone and bronze sculptor who recently had work acquired by the Lake Tahoe National Park, Alan Binstock - a Washington,D.C,. area glass sculptor, Steven Dobbin- a mixed media sculptor from Maryland, Sy Gresser- former artist in residence at Mount Rushmore who exhibited last year at the National Jewish Museum, Ken Little a mixed media sculptor based in Texas whose collectors include Microsoft and the National Contemporary Art Museum in Hawaii, Marcy Milks- an emerging NYC sculptor/painter, Michael Winger- a Stone sculptor based in Maryland and Homer Yost- the sculptor who restored the freedom sculpture on our nation's capitol building.

Each artist included in "Around the Figure" will be presenting 2 or 3 works in the exhibition at Ch'i Contemporary Fine Art.  Ch’i directed by Tracy Causey-Jeffery is Brooklyn’s premier art space committed to exhibiting strong, exciting, vibrant contemporary art by living artists: both mid-career and emerging artists. Ch’i director, Tracy Causey-Jeffery received her masters in art history from the University of London after interning at Sotheby’s NYC.

Ch'i Contemporary Fine Art at : http://www.chicontemporaryfineart.com