ANNIE IN NY TIMES + AWAC NEWS + EVENTS
HAPPY NEW YEAR! We are happy to start the new year with new commissions + exhibitions + a little press…
KRYSTEN CUNNINGHAM COMMISSIONED TO CREATE INSTALLATION FOR JARDIN DES IMAGINAIRES DU CENTRE D’ANIMATIONS ET D’INTERPRÉTATION DE LA CULTURE AMÉRINDIENNE (CAICA) DE VIVÉ IN MARTINIQUE
Krysten Cunningham, Artist Proposal for CAICA Martinique project
Krysten Cunningham has been commissioned to design an installation for the Imaginary Garden of the CAICA of ViVé, a new archaeological park on the island of Martinique. River of Stars is a star map that reflects the night sky during the late spring crab migrations in Martinique. The constellation shapes are based on Amerindian cosmology and embody a myriad of connected narratives that flow between man, animal, earth and sky.
ANNIE WHARTON IN THE NEW YORK TIMES’ US ECONOMY JOBS REPORT
ARIEL DILL WORK AT STARR SUITES, BROOKLYN, NY
Ariel Dill, Betwixt, 2023, Acrylic and flashe on linen, 14 x 11 inches
Ariel Dill is featured in Viewpoints 1, a group exhibition that opened last Saturday and runs through Sunday February 11 at Starr Suites, Brooklyn, NY. The exhibition encompasses painting, drawing, collage, sculpture and photography, and potentially marks the first installment of the Viewpoints series at the gallery. Viewpoints 1 features works by Frank Benson, Marlous Borm, Ned Colclough, Keith Connolly, Ariel Dill, Lael Marshall, Keith Riley, and R. Blair Sullivan.
KIM SCHOENSTADT
Recent publications: Kim Schoenstadt was commissioned to design a cover for Flaunt Magazine’s 25th anniversary.
Metro Art also published a catalog about the art on the K-Line which includes Kim’s mural. Here’s a video about her conceptual and visual process for the Inglewood project.
FELICE GRODIN AUGMENTED REALITY PROJECT AT OOLITE ARTS IN MIAMI
Felice Grodin was recently a part of a series called Media Art Salon: Unstable Ecologies at Oolite Arts in Miami, FL. This salon featured Miami-based artists Felice Grodin, Fereshteh Toosi, Thom Wheeler Castillo, and Lee Pivnik, each of whom cultivate a mutualistic practice between technology and the natural world. “Ecosystems emerge from mediation with artificial intelligence, and we come to a new understanding of our place in this world through symbiotic exchanges between biological and computational processes. A softer side of digital transformation begins to take seed with interspecies refiguring of the technologies of power that are changing our lived experience. Felice is working with AI to explore texture and biological patterns, subverting machine vision by putting technology at the service of her augmented reality creatures evolved from local species.”
LADDIE JOHN DILL
Laddie John Dill, Rising Moon, 1969, Argon, mercury, glass tubing, transformer, and wires. Museum purchase, 2022.58
Laddie John Dill’s Rising Moon is currently on view at the Addison Gallery of American Art in Free Association: New Acquisitions in Context. “Occupying the entirety of the Addison’s second level, this exhibition demonstrates how recently acquired works complement the museum’s extant holdings and help us to see the collection in novel ways, drawing out new narratives, juxtapositions, and conversations across time and media.” The exhibition is open through February 11, 2024.
CHRISTIAN SAMPSON AT MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG
Christian Sampson, Tempus volat, hora fugit - Part 4: Winter Solstice, 2023, Dichroic and vinyl film on glass and plexiglass, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
Winter Solstice marked the fourth and final chapter of Tempus volat, hora fugit by Christian Sampson at the MFA St. Petersburg, curated by Katherine Pill. From MFASP: “Translated as ‘time flies, hours flee"‘ from Latin, this mesmerizing four-part installation takes the viewer on an immersive journey through color and form in an opportunity to reflect on the enormity of the universe and our place within it For the grand finale, Sampson's sculptures grace the Museum's east vestibule, casting breathtaking shapes of colored light. MFASP invites you to slow down, soak in the splendor, and ponder the sublime vastness of time as radiant light and vibrant colors transforming their Mary Alice McClendon Conservatory.”
Christian’s work is also on view at MFASP in The Nature of Art, curated by Katherine Pill and Stanton Thomas. “The Nature of Art looks at the disparate ways humans have engaged in artistic expression to understand our environment, mediate our relationship with nature, and attain a more profound comprehension of our role within the world.”
KAREN KUO
Karen Kuo is currently featured in the second annual CUP SHOW at Space Ten Gallery in Hawthorne, CA. The exhibition features more than one hundred and forty artists and is up until January 13th, 2024.
NEW FEATURED ARTISTS
We have begun to work more closely with Andrés Cortes, Ann Thornycroft, and Rebecca Norton, 3 artists we have admired for a while. Please reach out to inquire about artwork availability or pricing and keep an eye out for more AWAC private and public projects with them!
Andrés Cortes, Rio de Cypress Park (detail)
Andrés Cortes artwork and information can be found here.
Ann Thornycroft, After Silence, 2023, Oil on canvas, 60 x 48 inches
Ann Thornycroft artwork and information can be found here.
Two of Ann Thornycroft's artworks were selected to be part of the exhibition On the Edge: The Quinn family collection at Laguna Art Museum, running from March 23 to September 2, 2024. From LAM: “On the Edge brings together an outstanding collection of artworks that define the history of contemporary art in Los Angeles that came to symbolize an innovative and prolific brand of creative freedom found nowhere else in the world."
Rebecca Norton, Denouement, 2023, Marker and oil on linen, 36 inch tondo, Courtesy of Private Collection, Louisville
ANN THORNYCROFT - ACQUISITION OF WORKS
Ann Thornycroft works, Collection of Providence St. John’s Health Center
Happy to share that eight watercolors by Ann Thornycroft were generously donated to Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, CA by Rosa Sinnott. We love the meaningful connections Ann’s artworks bring to the community.
SAVE THE DATE - APRIL 19, 2024 - BRIANNA BASS @ LADIES’ ROOM
Brianna Bass, “Cyclonic Shadow,” 2022, Acrylic paint on panel, 18 × 18 inches (as seen in GARDEN exhibition at LADIES’ ROOM in 2022)
We are pleased to announce a solo show by Brianna Bass at LADIES’ ROOM, opening April 19, 2024. Reach out for more information.
