New York Gallery Wrap Up

I am getting anxious to finish my reports of my New York trip in September. I'm afraid that my readers might be tired of them as well. I am going to wrap it up soon.

In this post, I'll address other galleries I've seen, besides those reported before -- Arslan at Dillon Gallery, Jennifer Steinkamp at Lehmann Maupin Gallery, David Antonides in Broadfoot & Broadfoot Gallery, Liao Yibai at Mike Weiss Gallery, and other important displays in alternative locations such as Tom Otterness's Life Underground in subway station, and Barry McGee's Mural in Soho.

As I mentioned before, SoHo gallery scene had pretty much dried up and only a handful galleries, such as Broadfoot and Broadfoot, together with street vendors held some interests.  Below are a few pictures I took in neighborhood in and around traditional SoHo gallery zone.


Washburn Gallery


Moe's Meat Market Art Gallery


Moe's Meat Market Art Gallery



Chelsea was still teeming with galleries and attracts much foot traffic.  I visited a few very interesting galleries and a handful quite exciting ones, such as Dillon Gallery as reported before, and also some galleries showcasing art works appealed me somewhat less:


511 West 25th Gallery








Betsy Eby: Scales and Measures, Winston Wächter Fine Art Gallery


Betsy Eby: Scales and Measures, Winston Wächter Fine Art Gallery


Rimi Yang, Stricoff Gallery, New York City,






Gagosian Gallery


Stephen Haller Gallery


Johnnie Winona Ross, Stephen Haller Gallery


Johnnie Winona Ross (two paintings at the sides), Stephen Haller Gallery


Adam Fuss, Cheim & Read Gallery


Adam Fuss, Cheim & Read Gallery


Jacqueline Mitri (two paintings at the right), Agora Gallery


Agora Gallery


Agora Gallery


Ivan Hurtado Lorenzo, Agora Gallery





Near the end of my visit, I saw a van unloading paintings to a gallery.  I would love to have my paintings unloading there some day.



>> New York City Report, September 2010, Part XXIV: Artworks in New York's Streets 
<< New York City Report, September 2010, Part XXII: Veniero's Pasticceria & Caffe in New York City

David Antonides, Watercolorist in Soho, New York

Visiting galleries in Soho and Chelsea was a must when I visited New York.  Soho, unfortunately, in general, has completely lost edge, except some street vendors showing their own tenacious efforts. A happy exception was the Broadfoot and Broadfoot Gallery, which featured many wonderful water-colors by David Antonides. 













I was very taken by his amazing cityscape watercolors, which were quite opaque and weighty, not the usual lightness one often associated with watercolors.  His works are moody, multiple-layered and evocative.

Int his website, Antonides states that he "was born in Whitehorse, Yukon in 1958, he has studied in Vancouver, Europe and at the Art Students League of New York. His work is focused on watercolor, but in an approach that creates a weight and drama not typical of this soft, light and delicate medium."

The gracious gallery owner described to us how Antonides worked with this media and his special method.  He would soak the paper and put on one layer of watercolor then let it dry completely, then he would add more colors.  Such process of his, enable him to achieve his stated goal:

Watercolor can make a strong statement and be monumental. It can have weight and gravity. I am searching to create mass, weight, and express an alternate, nature of watercolor. I want to explore the contrast between the subtlety of complex color transitions and the strength of dense, robust marks.

>> New York City Report, September 2010, Part XIX: Jennifer Steinkamp at Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York City
<< New York City Report, September 2010, Part XVII: Barry McGee Mural, Soho, New York 2010