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“Beyond a Shadow” by Nadine Gill at SB D Gallery opens up on May 21st in East Village.
Posted by SB in EV Arts, SB D Gallery, SB in EV Arts, ev arts on May 19, 2011
Nadine Gill lives in New York City. ”Beyond a Shadow” is her latest project. It consists of a series of 78 drawings, coinciding with her 78th year. She is thrilled to share her observations of shadows; musings on illusion of peace and love. “There is no bigotry in shadows,” she says, “only mystery and beauty of geometry, which has no boundaries.”
- Artist:Nadine Gill
- Title:Beyond a Shadow
- Exhibition:May 21st-June 18th, 2011
- Opening Reception:May 21st, 2011
- SB D Gallery 125 East 4th Street New York, NY 10003 T.212-979-7239
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Prophecy in arts shown in Ha Lee’s art series of “Pretty Dictators Vs. Pretty Leaders” at SB D Gallery in East Village, NYC.
Posted by SB in SB D Gallery, SB in EV Arts, ev arts on May 10, 2011
Art reflects the philosophy of the age.
Art records the voice of the era.
Art influences the history in the making…
And a lot of times, art foresees the decades in coming.
Like shown in Ha Lee‘s two specific pieces of art series, “Pretty Dictators Vs. Pretty Leaders” that are being presented at SB D Gallery in East Village, NYC from April 30th till May 20th, 2011, the innocent coincidence brought upon serendipity.
His project is to highlight and emphasize on world peace regardless agenda, ideology, religion, race and beyond, however, it happened to have predicted the ending of hunt for Osama Bin Laden (March 10, 1957 – May 2, 2011), the founder of al-Qaeda, the organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States.
These two specific pieces, Osama Bin Laden and President Obama, were done months prior to the historic death of Osama Bin Laden. Ha Lee selected nine top political figures in his series, and Obama and Bin Laden are parts of them.
There was no speculating metaphor beyond the surface according to Ha Lee. President Obama is cartoonized as Rambo, the hit Americian action hero in the movie directed by George P. Cosmatos and Sylvester Stallone starred in 1985 while Bin Laden is disguised in the biblical theme when he is muslim. Pretty unusual and paradoxic choices of theme Ha Lee made which are also found in the rest seven other political figures in his series.
It seemed to be nothing more complicated than art itself, at least until this year’s one of the world’s biggest breaking news of Osama Bin Laden’s death on May 2, 2011; a day after Ha Lee’s “Pretty Dictators Vs. Pretty Leader” exhibition opening recepted at SB D Gallery in NYC on April 30th, 2011.
The more you look at the art pieces, the more complexed it gets.
What you see is what it may not be, and what it may be is what you don’t see.
Well no art can be fully depicted in words as it delivers emotions rather than logics. If you are trying to get the most making sense out of Ha Lee’s series, yes, I wish you the best luck.
Art is prophetic and repeating itself…
“Pretty Dictators Vs. Pretty Leaders” by Ha Lee
SB D Gallery, 125 East 4th Street NYC 10003 212-979-7239 www.sbdgallery.org
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“Pretty Dictators Vs. Pretty Leaders” by Ha Lee, illustrating Libyan dictator Muammar Gadhafi, President Obama, North Korean dictator Kim Jungil, Osama Bin Laden and more at SB D Gallery in East Village, New York City, 2011.
Posted by SB in EV Arts, SB D Gallery, SB in EV Arts, ev arts on March 13, 2011
“Pretty Dictators Vs. Pretty Leaders” by Ha Lee will be presented at SB D Gallery from April 30th till May 20, 2011.
Ha Lee, former editorial cartoonist in Korea now based in Texas as a fine artist, portraits his belief in humanism through this sampling of dictators and leaders around the world with his paradoxic method. Lee believes that no human being is born as a dictator but only raised as one.
The arts are combination of digital and analog process, created first digitally and then printed on canvas to be hand-sewn to result in 3 dimensional effect. Each work is 30″ x 40″ big. Crossing over those two contrary environments, digital and analog, Lee tries to illustrate the embalance and dissonance of ideologies in life. Rather humaine than political voice of Ha Lee is embedded with each piece, the dictator of Lybya Muammar Gadhafi, President Obama, Osama Bin Laden, President Lee, North Korean dictator Jung Il Kim and so on.
As one last ‘pretty’ personal comment, let’s not forget about THE PRETTIEST DICTATOR, that no one may overpower… The Mother Nature… (all our prayers and thoughts are with everyone who has been affected by this horrific disaster…)
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‘High Line Series’ by Anne Finkelstein at SB D Gallery in East Village, NYC
Posted by SB in SB D Gallery, SB in EV Arts, ev arts on February 7, 2011
“High Line Series” by Anne Finkelstein will be presented at SB D Gallery from March 26, 2011 to April 23, 2011.
SB D Gallery 125 East 4th Street New York, NY 10003 212-979-7239 |
The remembrance of life of Kevin Wendall aka FA-Q through his arts at Gallery Onetwentyright in LES
Posted by SB in EV Artists, EV Arts, EV People, SB D Gallery, SB in EV Arts, ev arts on January 3, 2011
Many came to the Memorial Service for Kevin Wendall aka FA-Q held at Gallery Onetwentyeight in Lower East Side/East Village on January 2nd, 2011.
His year long arts were exhibited along with slide shows of Kevin at work and all of them were shared and cherished again by the legendary local artsits from Rivington School movement in 80′s as well as ones who appreciate the arts.
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(photos by Zinno Park)
Kevin’s son, daughter and cousin from Ohio and Angela (right) the devoted fiancee.
Memorial Service for Kevin Wendall aka FA-Q on January 2, 2011 in Lower East Side
Posted by SB in EV Artists, EV Arts, EV People, SB D Gallery, SB in EV Arts, Special Evevnt, ev arts, ev events on December 29, 2010
The Memorial Service for Kevin Wendall aka FA-Q is set for January 2, 2010, from 4-7pm. Below is the personal letter from Angela, the finance who stood by Kevin throughout his illness with such love and dedication.
| Dearest Friends and Family
As some of you may already know, Kevin Wendall aka FA-Q, passed away on Nov 15th. For surgery that was supposed to bring him home in 3 days, he spent 2+ years recovering from complications after the procedure. I want to thank everyone for all the phone calls, emails and messages of support throughout these last few years. For reasons I can’t understand, it comforts me to know that the man who means everything to me, also means something to you. With the help of Toyo, Dennis and Kazuko, I will be putting together a memorial for Kevin, to be held on Sunday Jan. 2, 2011 from 4pm-7pm. Please come and share your stories or pictures of him to put on the wall. We could all use a good laugh, and Kevin was always the first to make that happen, either by telling nonsensical stories or by the goofy faces he loved to make. Join us at: 128 Rivington St NY, NY 10002 Sun. Jan 2, 2011 If you need more info, you can also email me at angela.wu93@gmail.com -Angela |
EDUCATION
Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, OH, Major: Fine Arts
Cooper School of Art, Cleveland, OH, Major: Fine Arts
Cuvahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH, Major: Fine Arts
Collaborations with Enrico Baj, Milan, Italy
Rivington School, New York, NY
HONORS & AWARDS/GRANTS
1990: American Center. Kvoto, Japan Travel Grant
1988: Hankyu Five Department Store. Osaka, Japan Travel Grant
1986: University of Helsinki. Finland Travel Grant
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Mark Kostabi and the East Village Scene. Matteo Editore, 2003
Kevin Wendall FA-Q. Fondazione Europa, 1998
Conversazione colt Enrico Baj. Eleuthera, 1997
Prison Life Magazine. Nov. 1996, cover story
Fairpress. 1993
Ecologia dell’Arte. Rizzoli, 1990, p.219
New Art Examiner. Nov.1989, p.28-32
New Art Examiner. Sept. 1989, p.56
Washington Times. March 23, 1989, pE3
Five Star Press. Oct. 1988, No.41
Cityweek. Oct 10, 1988, p58
The Villager. Feb. 18, 1988, p9
Downtown. Dec. 2, 1987, p9A
The New Common Good. Feb/March 1987, p.6
New York. Jan 19, 1987, p.15
Downtown. Dec 10, 1986, p3A
Garten + Landschaft. Sept.1986, p.8
Panorama. June 8, 1986, p.157
Red Tape. May 1986
La Stampa. May 1986, Vol. 120 No. 124, p.3
NY Daily News. Jan. 1986
Jltalehti. 1986
High Performance. Issue 36, 1986, p.18
Uusi Suomi. 1986, p.14,18
Ilta Sanomat. 1986, p.29
Ilta Sanomat. 1986, p19
Work in Collections
Enrico Baj Collection
Santa Barbara Museum. Santa Barbara, California
Nagoya College of Art. Nagoya, Japan
University of Helsinki. Finland
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Artist Book Collection; New York City
Giancarlo Politti Collpction
Karel Appel Collection
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1994-1996: Richard Serra, Sculptor’s Assistant, New York, NY
1990-1 992: James Havard, Artist Assistant, New York, NY,
1986-1 988: Studio Museum of Harlem, Installation Assistant, New York, NY
1984-1986: American Craft Museum, Installation Assistant, New York, NY
1982-1 984: Red Grooms, Artist Assistant, New York, NY
1979-1 982: St. Anthony’s Home for Boys, and art teacher/therapist, Cleveland, OH
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2001: Gallery Kawafune. Tokyo, Japan
2000: Gallery Kawafune. Tokyo, Japan
1998 Dec.15, Milan, Italy
1997: Gallery Kawafune. Tokyo, Japan
1995: Studio Marconi. Milan, Italy
1993: Now Gallery. New York, NY
1992: Emerging Collector. New York, NY
1992: Studio Marconi. Milan, Italy
1986: Ratingerhof Club. Dusseldorf, Germany
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004: Art from Marz, Tompkins Square Library. New York, NY
2004: KCDC Skateshop. Williamsburg, NY
2002: Summer Group Show, Gallery 128. New York, NY
2001: Firehouse #5 Gallery. NYC
1993: Sixth Sense Gallery. New York, NY
1993: Civilian Warfare Gallery. New York, NY
1993: New York Now (this minute), East Village Art. Anthrax Gallery, Stamford, CT
1993: St. Marks Gallery. New York, NY
1992: Dramatis Personae. New York, NY
1989: L’Arsenale, ii Laboratorio e l’Artista. Amalfi. Italy
1988: Street Collaboration ‘88, Hankyu Five. Osaka, Japan
1986: NYC Street Art, Vahnhan Gallery. Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland
1986: Graffitti and Street Art, Suomen Aino Gallery. Helsinki, Finland, 1986
OTHER CATEGORIES
1990: Mural for the American Center, Osaka, Japan
1986: Artist in Residence: Kunst Academie, Dusseldorf, West Germany
1986: Artist in Residence: Enrico Baj Studio
Online exhibition at www.andor-net.com
