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July 21, 2009 - Chelsea’s Agora Gallery announced they will launch an art exhibition consisting of four parts that is scheduled to run from July 21, 2009 through August 11, 2009. Devon Govoni, a Boston based artist, curator and art therapist, paints in an engaging, expressionist style that gives her portraits and still lives an energetic immediacy. Her subjects' gazes and poses, the positions of the objects she portrays all make for paintings that are virtually confrontational, arresting the viewer's eyes with intimate portrayals that alternately seem tinged with anger and sadness. Govoni uses her brush and palette to heighten and qualify these emotive tendencies, calmer, reflective subjects portrayed with smaller strokes and paler colors, others infused with strong feelings by dripped, scraped stronger, darker colors.
The resulting aesthetic melds insightful portraits of Govoni's subjects and a psychological profile of the artist herself. This expressionism reveals as much about the figures seen as the subject seeing them, offering a portrait of an artist who's both impassioned and self-conscious, strong and tempered. Devon Govoni transmits this humanist edge in her work through the redemptive light in which she portrays her subjects.
Exhibition Dates: July 21, 2009 – August 11, 2009
Reception: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th St, New York City
Gallery Hours: Tues – Sat, 11a.m. - 6 p.m.
Featured Artists:
Labyrinth of Color- Marie Ban, Aktrice Edith Egger, Devon Govoni, Maciej Hoffman, Lali Lalie
Metamorphosis- Daniel Guillen, Sisa Jasper, Sandra Schawalder, Gayl Sharabi, Vladimir Titov, Nina Tuqtaman Valetova
Portal to Enigma- Tsisana Kavtaradze-Eyerman , Rory D.L. Moorer, T. White
The Persistance of Form- Isabel Bolivar, Anna Carina Fleischhacker, Sandra McArthur, Mary Nangah, Guy Nelvand, Eleanor Sackett
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Literally reaching out into the abyss, Labyrinth of Color finds artists as they approach the deepest regions of our real and imagined space. Radiant colors shine forth, as each artist travels into the unknown, bringing back surreal visions of our universe to share with audiences. Visitors will enjoy exploring and interpreting the messages so brilliantly expressed through the power of color. Metamorphosis is a captivating journey into the hearts and minds of a talented grouping of artists with unique backgrounds and experiences. The works explores the possibilities beyond our ordinary perception, keying into personal insights, metaphysical concepts, and timeless mysteries beyond each corner is a new way of perceiving the world that will electrify fans of contemporary art.
For art lovers who are seeking unbridled visionary painting, they need search no longer. The Portal to Enigma collects three contemporary artists whose visionary works defy easy definition as they craft personal revelations with a powerful, expressive force. This phenomenal selection of paintings confronts the viewer with poetic visual puzzles and graceful statements about the human subconscious. The versatility displayed in the works of The Persistence of Form underscores the idea that as long as people dream and imagine art will never cease to exist, inspire, and bring about contemplation in others. These talented artists bring their thoughts and feelings to reality in a stunning variety of styles and forms that will touch audiences long after viewing the painting.
AGORA GALLERY
Agora Gallery is a fine art gallery located in the heart of New York City’s Chelsea art galleries district that was established in 1984 and is famous for showcasing a spectacular array of talented artists from around the world and around the corner, while providing quality and original art to collectors. The gallery also publishes ARTisSpectrum Magazine, a bi-annual magazine that is distributed to museums, galleries, art institutions and art schools around the world. It provides artists, collectors, museums, galleries, art organizations and enthusiasts with access to the work of internationally talented emerging and mid-level artists as well as feature articles, reviews and interviews. Agora Gallery is also the sponsor of Art-Mine.com, one of the most comprehensive resources available worldwide to view and purchase fine art from emerging, mid-level and well-established artists.
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