Cheyney Thompson opens an exhibition of works at Ordet, Milan
Cheyney Thompson, To be titled, 2020.
MILAN
.- Cheyney Thompsons new series of Displacement paintings posits each canvass ground as a touch-sensitive surface. The works adopt a uniform structure of five-millimeter square black marks painted in a gridded pattern atop a white ground. Before the paint is dry, Thompson deploys an assortment of custom silicone tools against the surface, forcing the wet squares out of place. He adds no new material, but rather subjects the existing marks to this process of reorganization. The resulting transformations appear as extensions of squares into lines, glyph-like forms, and sweeping, sinuous fields of paint. Each painting has become a record of the tools interaction with the surface: the stops and starts, the kinetic limits of Thompsons body and the entropic movement of the order of painted squares into noise. But, they are also pictures, as this play of ruptures and conjure
miart 2021 will take place from 17 to 19 September, after Salone del Mobile and before Milan Fashion Week
Lampada da parete mod. 12661 di Gio Ponti Italia, 1957. Produzione Arredoluce. Ottone, metallo, 31.5 x 37 x 11 cm. Courtesy Nilufar Gallery.
MILAN
.-miart, Milan s international modern and contemporary art fair, organised by Fiera Milano and the first under the artistic direction of Nicola Ricciardi, initially scheduled for its traditional slot in April, has been moved to 17 to 19 September 2021 (with the preview on 16 September).
Following on from the 2020 online edition, which enabled gallery managers, collectors, art professionals and visitors to stay in touch, miart has identified its ideal window of opportunity in between Salone del Mobile (5-10 September) and Milan Fashion Week (21-27 September).
Take a ride through the streets of NYC with photographer & former taxi driver Joseph Rodriguez
NEW YORK, NY
.- New York City in the late 70s was a collection of villages with its downtown scene, midtown workers, and uptown elegance. It was also a city that was more integrated than ever before or ever would be again. All of the city s humanity met in its streets with layered soundtracks of salsa, rock, disco, reggae, and soon hip-hop booming for all to groove to.
But, NYC was also a place of chaos and mayhem. Teetering on the brink of bankruptcy with rampant crime it was the city s drug users, dealers, and pimps and prostitutes who ruled the streets of Manhattan.
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