2007 Chelsea International Fine Art Competition Results
 
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

May 4 -May 24

Out From Down Under and Beyond: Fine Art from Australia and New Zealand Celebrating the particular uniqueness of Australia and New Zealand, our artists find inspiration in some of the most varied and remote natural sites on earth. Intricate, richly detailed and spiritually inspired an overwhelming sense of warmth emanates from these artworks, bringing pleasure to those in their presence.

 

In Pursuit of Abstraction: Texture, color, and depth define the works in this collection. Wild inspiration fueled by beauty and visual drama. The thick outlines and boundary free shapes melt and collide, while whirling, forceful lines and brazen colors speak of the individual's quest to come to terms with the inner turmoil of the psyche. These creations can serve as a metaphor for life in general, for the unexpected and exciting experiences that lie ahead.
 

Figurative Gestures Exploring the fundamental relationship between humans and nature each piece is full of motion, tension, and transformation. Women are presented in glorious stances, flaunting their natural strength and emotional depth. The works are beautiful and haunting. Textures and impeccable composition all gather in to enchant the viewer.

 
June 1 - June 21


United in Art:
Fine Art from England, Ireland and Scotland
 
 
The Manifestation of Form
The Labyrinth of Abstraction
June 26 - July 17
 
The Rapture of Form
 
 
The Matrix of Abstraction
 
 
Vivid Portrayals

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Agora Gallery is pleased to announce the results of the 2007 Chelsea International Fine Art Competition.

The competition was juried by Tina Kukielski, senior curatorial assistant at the Whitney Museum, New York City. Ms. Kukielski has recently curated The New City : Sub/urbia in Recent Photography (2005-06). She is currently authoring the artist chronology for the Matta-Clark exhibition catalogue and is organizing the forthcoming retrospective of the work of Gordon Matta-Clark (2007)..  

We at Agora Gallery would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the participants of the 22nd Annual Chelsea fine Art Competition. It is our belief that everyone who entered the competition is a winner, and is to be congratulated.  Participation on any level, takes courage and is an act of faith and belief in ones own talent and strengths.

Congratulations to all participants!

Collective
Exhibition

The following artists were selected to participate in the exhibition at Agora Gallery:


Kasutaka Abe
Rebecca Aloisio
Chassagnol Antoine
Jessica Grace Brooks
Craig Cheply
Udeaku Chikezie
Kim Dick
Allison Evans
  Carrie Fudickar
Yacov Gabay
Antoine Guiraud
  Mustafa Gunen
Elizabeth Hoy
Marie Jouglet
Lescoeur Julien
Christopher LaVoie

Gini Lawson
Dean Loumbas
Javier Marticorena
Xavier Mesa

Rowan Metzner

Dorota Mytych
Shin-Hye Park
Nathan Pendlebury
Jeffrey Allen Price
James Rich
Seichuu Sakai
Karen Standke
Gregory Thiekler
Fred Wackerle

Art-Mine.com
Placement on Art-Mine.com for a period of one year

Paul Laberge
Nina Young
Janet Brady

Asdis Spano
Erwin van den Arend
Naoki Tsukada

Cash Awards

$500 - Yoav Horesh


$300 - Desiree Thompson

$200 - Ranjit Balmuchu

ARTisSpectrum
Review in the May 2007
issue of ARTisSpectrum magazine:


Moazzam Ali

Please note: that while Agora Gallery is the sponsor and organizer of  the competition; the 2007 competition  was juried by Tina Kukielski , of the Whitney Museum in New York City. Ms. Kukielski is not affiliated with Agora Gallery in any manner. Agora Gallery and its employees had no input or influence in the selection process

 


The Chelsea Perspective:
Located right in the heart of Chelsea Agora Gallery is a great starting point to explore the most existing art district in the world.


Directions to Agora Gallery


Chelsea is the center of the contemporary art market in New York and possibly the world. With over two hundred galleries and more moving in all the time, Chelsea has superseded SoHo as the place for contemporary art. The Chelsea Gallery District is roughly confined by 29th street in the North, 13th street in the South, 11th Avenue in the West, and 7th Avenue in the East.

ARTisSpectrum Magazine,
vol. 16, gets rave reviews
ARTisSpectrum Magazine vol. 16, released in October 2006, received rave reviews from artists and collectors alike.

The next edition of ARTisSpectrum will feature......and highlight..... You the artists. In addition to several important articles addressing issues of interest to artists, the upcoming issue will address the cultural phenomena that is sweeping the Chelsea art district.  As thirty something scenesters flock to Chelsea galleries to see and be seen, we wonder if this is not a back lash to computers, cell phones, blackberry's, ipods, and ibooks.  Has the need for culture and human interaction become fashionable again.  And has technology spawned a generation of young, hip, savvy art aficionados who are destined to become tomorrows well informed art collectors. We wonder.


AROUND CHELSEA

 Chelsea Museums

Dia Art Foundation
535 West 22nd Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10011
(212) 989-5566

Lecture
: Patty Chang on Louise Bourgeois

Born in 1972 in San Francisco, New York-based artist Patty Chang has had solo exhibitions at the UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2005); the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (2005); the Baltic Art Center, Visby, Sweden (2001); and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofa, Madrid (2000).

A range of works by Louise Bourgeois are on view at Dia:Beacon

El Museo del Barrio
1230 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10029

Phone:212-831-7272
Fax:212-831-7927

Current Exhibition:
February 23 - June 17 The Disappeared (Los Desaparecidos) gathers 14 contemporary living artists from seven countries in Central and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Uruguay and Venezuela), all of whose work contends with the horrors and violence stemming from the totalitarian regimes in each of their nations during the mid- to late-20 th century.

The Chelsea Art Museum

556 West 22nd Street
New York, NY 10011
Phone:212-255-0719
Fax:212-255-2368

Upcoming Exhibition
:
May 3 to August 25

MIWA YANAGI - Deutsche Bank Collection : This Japanese photographer catapulted to fame with a series of photographs of Elevator Girls which explored the ideas about appropriate roles for women in Japanese society. Yanagi's work is about the psychology of people, and this is reflected in subsequent series such as My Grandmothers which brings to the fore ideas that young people have about ageing, and Fairytales, a series of hauntingly dark images of reworked Fairytales, which depict children assuming the guise of both young and old characters in strange indoor settings which are loaded with symbolism.

Panel Discussion - Saturday, May 5th at 4: 30pm 6pm

Dining Out in Chelsea

Cookshop
156 Tenth Ave(At 20th Street)
New York, NY
Phone:212-924-4440

Chelsea Brewing Company
59 Chelsea Piers
New York,NY 10011
Phone: 212-636-6440
Fax:212-336-6431

Markt
676 Avenue of the Americas
New York,NY 1010( 6th Ave at 21st)
Phone:212-727-3314

Green Table
75 9th Ave
New York, NY 10011
Phone:212-741-9174


Bottino

246 10th Ave
New York, NY 10001
Phone:212-206-6766

Paradise Cafe
141 8th Ave
New York, NY 10011
(212) 647-0066

 

 

Where to Stay

Chelsea Hotel
222 W. 23rd St
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212 243 3700

 

 

 

 



New York 's number one rock 'n' roll, bohemian sleeping quarters, the Chelsea Hotel , has been immortalized in songs by the likes of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. Sid's Nancy died there in 1979 and other famed residents have ranged from Dylan Thomas to Ethan Hawke

Carlton Arms Hotel
160 East 25th Street
New York,NY 10010
Phone:212-679-0680
Fax:212-684-8337

 

 

 

 



Like a stray adrift from the East Village, the four-floor Carlton Arms is a combat-boots, rock'n'roll hotel that feels almost like you're walking into a rehearsal space. Artfully decorated rooms, stairways and hallways run the gamut from rhinos to moonscapes

Hotel Giraffe
365 Park Avenue South
at 26th Street
New York , NY. 10016
Toll-free 877-296-0009
Phone 212-685-7700
Fax 212-685-7771

 

 

 

 



More posh than downtown's hottest hotels, and looming in a new corner building amidst Art Deco office buildings, the 12-storey Hotel Giraffe earns its stripes - or rather dots - with sleek, modern rooms and a sunny rooftop area for drinks or tapas

Chelsea Night Life

The Plumm
246 W 14th St (bet. 7th & 8th Aves)
New York, NY 10011
212-675-1567
The Plumm is New York's newest celebrity run night club. Noel Ashman, Chris Noth and David Wells are the proprietors of this semi-private club in the space that once housed Nell's.

Star Lounge
222 West 23rd St (Chelsea Hotel)
(7th & 8th Aves)
New York, NY 10011
(212) 255-4646

Stereo

512 West 29th Street
New York, NY 10001
(212) 244-1965

Avalon

47 W. 20th St., New York, NY 10010
nr. Sixth Ave.
(212)807-7780

Cain

544 W 27th St
New York, NY 10001
(212)947-8000

Agora Gallery is located at 530 West 25th Street, Chelsea, NY 10001 212-226-4151 / Fax: 212-966-4380 www.Agora-Gallery.com
 

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