Carnivora
Thursday, Sept 16th – Friday, October 8th
540 W 28th St (between 10th and 11th Avenues)
Opening Reception: September 16th, 6 PM – 10 PM
The Carnivora Portraits, photographed by cross-disciplinary artist Jason Covert, derive their inspiration from the 2004 groundbreaking discovery in Siorapaluk, Greenland of a series of rocky substrate slabs (now commonly referred to as “The Sacred Texts of Carnivora”), bearing pre-cuneiform myth fragments indicative of a hitherto unknown Proto-Eskimo language and culture.
CALL FOR ENTRIES: A JURIED COMPETITION for SMALL WORKS
This September TheGreatNude will host exhibition space on Governor’s Island as participants in the 2010 Governor’s Island Art Fair. The art fair will be open to the public every Saturday and Sunday, September 4th – 24th. Getting there is easy by ferry from Battery Park or Brooklyn.
ARTISTS, we are seeking SMALL WORKS in this juried show of nudes in almost any media. Go to www.thegreatnude.tv/smallworks to get more information and to apply online. Application Fee is $20. Commission on sales 40%. Space is limited. DEADLINE is August 20th.
Application Fee: $20. Jurists: Scott Goodwillie, Robert Curcio, Jeffrey Wiener Deadline: August 20, 2010
Daniel Maidman Sketches from the live nude at TheGreatNude Invitational
NEW VIDEO Daniel Maidman Sketches from the live nude at TheGreatNude Invitational
Daniel Maidman, one of TheGreatNude Invitational’s exhibiting artists, spent the weekend attending our drawing workshops with Sherry Camhy. Continuing his drawing marathon, Daniel joined our sketch party on Saturday night, and sketched from our two models that evening. We had a chance to ask Daniel some questions on his approach to drawing the figure.
Drawings by Daniel Maidman from the workshops at TheGreatNude Invitational are also available to view.
Corpus Hermeticum: Odd Nerdrum Exhibits at TheGreatNude Invitational
NEW VIDEO Corpus Hermeticum: Odd Nerdrum Exhibits at TheGreatNude Invitational
Curated by Leah Poller
The works of Odd Nerdrum presented in cooperation with the Nerdrum Institute, Norway
Watch a video interview with Curator/Artist Leah Poller. She discusses Corpus Hermeticum and exhibiting artist Odd Nerdrum. Additional commentary by fellow exhibiting artists Richard T. Scott, Adam Miller and Fedele Spadafora on their group exhibit at TheGreatNude Invitational and the use of the Nude in their work.
TheGreatNude Invitational opens May 14,15 and 16 at The Roger Smith Hotel. Featuring 25 international artists working with the nude. Online Ticketing now available!
MAY 14,15,16 – DAILY ADMISSION: 12pm-6pm, $10.
MAY 14,15 – EVENING ADMISSION: 6pm-11pm, $25. Includes our SKETCH PARTY featuring Nude Models.
TheGreatNude.tv just sent out our big Press Release (April 12, 2010) for our first annual Invitational figurative arts fair. Highlights include our recent developments, additional exhibitors, and an overview of the entire event. Review the online version here. There’s still room for a few more nudes, so give us a call or an email if you are interested in exhibiting.
Just wanted to share the advertisement we took out for TheGreatNude Invitational in the May issue of ART+AUCTION and Modern Painters magazines. We’re posting more artworks of exhibiting artists on the website if you’d like to preview. (We’re updating the official website with our next Press Release tomorrow.)
As you can see, we’ve got a great collection of artists who work with the nude. Exhibitors include Odd Nerdrum, Sherry Camhy, Daniel Maidman, Scott Goodwillie, Fedele Spadafora, Richard Stipl, Mary Larsen, Adam Miller and Richard T. Scott amongst others. If you want to see our online marketing kit, click here.
More artists are joining every day, so stay tuned.
Half-page advertisement in ART+AUCTION and Modern Painters magazines.
Sculptor Antony Gormley has continually impressed us over his more than quarter-century career as a visual artist. In most cases Gormley uses his own body as the main influence for his work, creating structures that radiate energy through his varied use of medium, and shape. Having shown all over the world, Gormley has recently finished an installation in Manhattan’s flatiron district.
The installation consists of a series of thirty-one statues, camouflaged on rooftops in the surrounding area. Each weighs close to 3/4 of a ton. They are designed to overlook the Flatiron district from different angles, creating a visual flow. Gormley did a similar showing in London in 2007.
Walking through the Flatiron district, you would almost have to know where you were looking to see the ominous works. Standing in the central partition, across the street from the Flatiron building, the statues gaze down on you powerfully, overwhelming you with a sense of greatness, growing as you continue to discover the works that appear to be greatly aware of you prior to your discovery of them. Provocative, and glorifying of the human form through its borderline abstraction, Gormley’s works are a manifest piece of culture, waiting to be discovered.
Click here for the New York Times article on Gormley’s exhibit.
During my walks through New York’s gallery districts there are times that I find myself anxious for something to take my breath away. And there are times when it gets taken away not once but three times, all from artists working with the figure in very different ways.
On view at Postmasters Gallery is the current body of work by Steve Mumford, who started his ‘Baghdad Journal’ at the outset of the war in 2003. In his travels with the American military in Iraq, he made quick sketches of his experiences during moments of combat and repose. These were in turn transcribed on canvas upon his return to the studio. The new works in this show reveal a more nuanced look at war, and how it is experienced from the perspective of jihadists and our occupying military personal.
There are two nudes in the exhibit to talk about here. The small portrait of a half nude woman on a bed might be a competently rendered but unremarkable work until you notice her right arm veiled in shadow has been amputated. This then invites more scrutiny of her expression and the thoughts of a young woman whose life has been permanently altered. It gives credence to the graffiti painting in the other room lamenting “wish I was, where I was, when I was wishing, I was here.”
A large striking painting in the main gallery titled Baqubah portrays a languid moment for a group of marines cooling themselves in a murky pool of water. Most are nude and expertly rendered. Mumfords’ understanding of anatomy is on display here even through multiple tattoos on one of the men. He delivers relaxed poses with great textural passages of paint and atmosphere. As with ballet or opera, sometimes the most natural seeming movements take the greatest dexterity to pull off. I’ve been following Steve’s work for some time now and feel this is some of his best to date.
Response from individual artists for TheGreatNude Invitational has been huge! We’re now looking for “artist representatives” to manage several groups of artists. Curate a room at the event from our pool of applicants, handle sales at the event May 13-16, and provide art management in exchange for commissions paid directly by the artists to you. Contact us!
