This week, MsBehaved.com has featured an interview with Carrie Marill. The interview focuses on the artist's creative process and inspiration, and highlights Marill's new projects. Carrie Marill is currently working on a new show for The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, which will be on view in September. You can find the article here.
Community by Carrie Marill | Gouche on paper 30" x 23"
Cattle Show, Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, Missouri 2006 by Mike Sinclair
Please join us this Friday, May 11th for the opening of Public Assembly by Mike Sinclair. The opening will be held from 6-8pm, here at the Jen Bekman Gallery.
Seeking out the quintessentially American celebrations and rituals in his Midwestern stomping grounds, Sinclair’s portraits of sun-dappled barbecues, baseball games and fairgrounds possess both a comfort and wonderment in their honesty. Finding himself in crowds where he is often staring at the spectacle that everyone else is immersed in, Sinclair’s images of these loosely organized forms of congregation ruminate on the American experience, poetically lifting the ordinary into the idyllic.
Public Assembly will be on view until June 24th.
Make sure to check out this exciting review of Mike Sinclair's work in the Huffington Post! The review is under Haiku Reviews, a section of the website dedicated to critic's reviews of current exhibitions and performances.
Peter Frank on Sinclairs work, "Whether shooting city parks in early spring or attendees at municipal board meetings, Sinclair awakens our eyes to fleeting patterns and textures, and to the way they recapture incident and atmosphere in a novelistic rather than journalistic way."
Also, be sure to stop by Jen Bekman Gallery this month to see Mike Sinclair's new solo show Public Assembly. This exhibition will be on display from May 12th through June 24th, with an opening reception on May 11th from 6-8 pm.
JBG artist Chikara Umihara is featured in a new book Long Lonely Swims. Long Lonely Swims is a collection of photographs based on Haruki Murakami's short story, Nausea 1979. Click here to view other Umihara work.
not yet titled, 48" x 72", Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 2012
Verdant, by Michelle Muldrow | 48 x 48 inches | acrylic on canvas
Next month, Jen Bekman Gallery will be participating in PULSE Contemporary Art Fair. PULSE is a leading art fair currently in its seventh edition, which serves as a way for diverse galleries to showcase emerging and renowned contemporary artists. The fair will be held at the Metropolitan Pavilion from May 3rd through May 6th. The gallery will be displaying work from Carrie Marill, Michelle Muldrow, Sarah McKenzie, Christian Chaize, and Beth Dow. Tickets can be purchased here.
LOCATION
PULSE New York
The Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th Street Chelsea,
New York, NY 10011
FAIR HOURS
Thursday, May 3, 9am-12pm - Press and VIP Private Preview
Thursday, May 3, 12pm-8pm
Friday, May 4, 9am-10am - Private VIP Hour
Friday, May 4, 10am-8pm
Saturday, May 5, 12pm-8pm
Sunday, May 6, 12pm-5pm
No new entries 20 minutes prior to closing
Praia Piquinia 10/08/11 13h21 by Christian Chaize | Digital C-print
New work from JBG artist Christian Chaize has been added to the gallery website. Feel free to visit the website to see the full Praia Piquinia collection.
Installation and Reception shots of Carrie Marill's a Year in the Life of 8 String Theory Drawings are up on the gallery Flickr page. Be sure to stop in and see the show, which is currently on view until May 6th.
Horseback by Colleen Plumb
Animals Are Outside Today by Colleen Plumb will be exhibited at the Union League Club of Chicago from April 5th through April 30th. The photographs will be on display on the Third Floor Art Gallery. The opening reception will be held on April 5, from 5:30 to 7pm with artist remarks at 6pm. Business casual attire is mandatory (no jeans or sneakers).
