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Large scale painting installation using thermochromic ink which allow the work to be perceived as monochrome or image depending on the temperature of the room and the proximity of the viewer.

FRANCINE LECLERCQ

3:2

September 29 – October 24, 2009

SOHO2O CHELSEA GALLERY
511 West 25th Street, Suite 605
New York, NY 10001

The work consists of painted cells measuring 3 x 2 inches; 3:2 is the aspect ratio in photography now adopted for the LCD screens of digital devices such as the cameras, cell phones and the likes. They will fill the walls of Gallery II.

The clear association is to our bombastic ability to fix and register images on the fly with the aid of these devices, the new format of our perception. In concert halls, press conferences, in streets and parks, in more or lesser degrees the scenario evokes the image of a vaporized display of memories scattered about like gas particles in suspense, fully liberated from the captivity of their once fleshy bunker, the body. The half apocalyptic half ephemeral scene where knowledge is thus remotely held, in a (yet) senseless, un-felt state seems to carry with it the potential nearing of the death of sensation. Hence the gallery’s classic role as a match making box between the subject and the object, the see-er and the see-ee, is employed to facilitate a tête-à-tête with this contemporary condition and restore, however temporarily an atmosphere of sensation or the sensible.

In this respect anything other than direct exchange between the work and the viewer would render the situation picturesque. Painting, the medium by which this operation is motivated would need to be charged, sensitized. A coat of thermochromic ink is applied to cells each bearing an image, causing a nuance such that they may be perceived as an opaque monochrome, a blur or transparent where the underlying image is fully visible depending on temperature and location, the proximity of bodies and heat exchange.

It is an experiment whereby art is the moment of a mutual dependency fermented by an active participation of the senses. (Ali Soltani, 2009, extract )

For more information and images please contact gallery director Jenn Dierdorf at 212.367.8994 or email at Soho20@verizon.net or visit http://francineleclercq.blogspot.com

An encounter, an unprecedented collaboration between the two artists….and then there was music !......"Boys & Girls", Martin Solveig’s latest hit single, released this summer! The new single is a “girl-boy” dialogue between Martin Solveig and Martina Sorbara from the canadian band Dragonette. Designed like a musical, the song’s video is very fashion-oriented and, of course, quirky.Jean Paul Gaultier opened up his maison de couture and cast himself as guest star in the role of guardian of the temple.

As the song is being used to promote Jean Paul Gaultier’s new fragrance, MaDame - a free, exclusive download of “Boys & Girls” by Martin Solveig featuring Dragonette is available on the Ma Dame website

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]]> http://www.boramag.com/2009/06/12/francis-bacon/feed/ http://www.boramag.com/2009/05/05/sonar-festival-comes-to-nyc-may-12th/ http://www.boramag.com/2009/05/05/sonar-festival-comes-to-nyc-may-12th/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 03:28:08 +0000 BoraMag http://www.boramag.com/?p=1337 Spain’s music, video and film festival Sonar is organizing a day of special concerts and performances in New York in a very unusual venue in the city, the Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC), with a top class line-up that combines multimedia art ideas with experimental electronica and latest generation pop, and which includes both Catalan and American artists.

Sonar’s arrival in New York is thanks to a collaboration with the Institut Ramon Llull, as part of the events entitled “Catalan Days: Music and Media from Catalonia and the Balearic Islands.

The SonarSound NY bill includes installations by Marcel·lí Antúnez and ReacTable, featuring Ikue Mori; the mysterious ambient of Balago; the soundtrack, performed live, by Árbol and Fibla for a film by Taiwan’s Tsai Ming-Liang; the extravagant pop of Hidrogenesse; hip-hop in a trio format with the Del Palo Soundsystem; two sets by the Barcelona dj d.a.r.y.l.; the highly unconventional rhythm of the Americans (both ex-residents of Barcelona) DJ/Rupture and Prefuse 73; and visuals by No-Domain.

SonarSound NY - Tuesday, 12th May

All performances are free

from 8pm to 1am
Baryshnikov Arts Center NYC
450 West 37th Street
New York, NY 10018

Read more…

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A graduate of the producer of fantastic designers, Parsons School of Design, in 1997 Zach Gold has been selected as one of the Top 100 artists in New York City under 35 by New York Art Directors Club. He was one of the first artists in the world to successfully blend the subtle complexities of both camera and computer to produce photorealistic digital art. In the Fall of 2001, during New York’s annual fashion shows he was named “one of the ten photographers changing photography”.

He worked with celebrities such as Iman, David Bowie, Steve Carrell, David Beckham and Iggy Pop. He shot the cover of 50 Cent’s “Massacre” album. Enjoy a feast of beautiful motion and other types of photography by this genius artist.

A wonderful experimental video by Reza Dolatabadi featuring Apex Twin-like abstract music from Hamed Mafakheri.

Here we are entering a brand new year with all the best wishes and some artistic inspiration. Check out this sensational video. It’s called MUTO and it is described as ambiguous animation painted on public walls in Buenos Aires and Baden. Visit BluBlu for more information about this project.

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU

Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night

Throughout his career, Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890) attempted the paradoxical task of representing night by light. His procedure followed the trend set by the Impressionists of “translating” visual light effects with various color combinations. At the same time, this concern was grafted onto Van Gogh’s desire to interweave the visual and the metaphorical in order to produce fresh and deeply original works of art.

Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night

These different artistic concerns found themselves powerfully bound together in Van Gogh’s nocturnal and twilight paintings and drawings. This exhibition will present new insight into Van Gogh’s depictions of night landscapes, interior scenes, and the effects of both gaslight and natural light on their surroundings. Representing all periods of the artist’s career, the exhibition will comprise over two dozen works of superlative quality—several of which have never been seen together, even though they were very clearly conceived with each other in mind.

There is only a couple of weeks left to catch “Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night” exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The exhibition ends on January 5th, 2009.