2020 ARTEGENOVA, Galleria LaFonderia, Genoa, Italy
2020 ARTEGENOVA, Galleria LaFonderia, Genoa, Italy
2020 ARTEGENOVA, Galleria LaFonderia, Genoa, Italy
2020 ARTEGENOVA, Galleria LaFonderia, Genoa, Italy
2020 ARTEGENOVA, Galleria LaFonderia, Genoa, Italy
2020 ARTEGENOVA, Galleria LaFonderia, Genoa, Italy
Allan Saint Denis
Painter of unsettling expression and communicative power, Allan Saint Denis, reveals the moment in which the human being becomes aware of him or herself: an inner awakening that becomes the unavoidable externalization of thoughts and feelings.
A dialogue with one's "I" that becomes an act of purification, a moment of liberation from everyday distractions, magnificently symbolized by the candid sensuality of the naked body, submerged against backdrops of chromatic gradations tending towards midnight blue and black.
Saint Denis' figures, captured in a moment of deep intimacy and vulnerability, are free from any gender connotation; they move in rarefied environments, which, due to their chromatic value, indicate a suspended and silent state like the vibrations of the soul. One is able to be free inside these primitive environments, rediscovering one’s own identity far from the frenzy of our modern age.
In the artist's oeuvre, an intimate act is rendered with nuanced sfumato, a metaphorical barrier between the inner and outer realms beyond which one loses any sense of oneself. It is on this conceptual line between the "I" and the world, that one gives visible shape to thoughts and moods. They are written with piercing power and with elusive symbols that vibrate in the colors of the tattoos and in the significance of their indelible permanence on the human body.
With a play of contrasting layers of paint aimed at creating a dichotomy between clarity and sharpness, the artist transforms "beingness" into an indistinct presence, focusing your attention on the expressive power of words and symbols: a code for spiritual awakening that transcends the essence of human materiality, addressed to those observers capable of breaking through the barrier of outward appearance and making their way into the unknown dimension of themselves.
Pittore newyorkese dalla dirompente forza espressiva e comunicativa, Allan Saint Denis, ci svela l'attimo nel quale l'essere umano prende coscienza di sé: un risveglio interiore che si traduce nell'invitabile esternazione di sentimenti e pensieri. Un dialogo con il proprio “Io” che diviene un atto di purificazione, un momento di liberazione dalle distrazioni quotidiane, magnificamente simboleggiato dalla candida sensualità della nudità corporea, inabissata in fondali dalle gradazioni cromatiche tendenti al blu notte e al nero. Gli esseri umani di Saint Denis, colti nella loro più profonda intimità e vulnerabilità e liberi da qualsiasi connotazione di genere, si muovono in ambienti rarefatti, che per la loro valenza cromatica, ci indicano uno stato sospeso e silente come le vibrazioni dell'anima: involucri primitivi nei quali l'uomo è capace di liberare sé stesso ritrovando la propria identità lontano dalla frenesia dell'epoca moderna. Un processo intimistico che nelle opere dell'artista è reso possibile dalla presenza di un confine materico sfumato, una barriera metaforica tra l'interiorità e l'esteriorità, al di là del quale si perde la consapevolezza di sé. È su questo limite ideale tra l'“Io” e il mondo, che l'uomo dà forma visibile ai propri pensieri e stati d'animo: scritte dalla potenza incisiva e segni sfuggenti, riecheggiati dai colori e dai significati dei tatuaggi indelebili dei corpi umani. Con un gioco di strati pittorici antitetici volti a creare una dicotomia tra rarefazione e nitidezza, l'artista trasforma la corporeità umana in un'entità indistinta, focalizzando l'attenzione sulla potenza espressiva della parola e del segno: un codice di risveglio spirituale che trascende l'essenza della materialità umana, rivolto all'osservatore capace di infrangere la barriera dell'esteriorità e addentrarsi nella dimensione ignota di sé. Ilaria Giannotti
New York Academy of Art Twelfth Annual Summer Exhibition
New York Academy of Art Twelfth Annual Summer Exhibition
FLOWERS GALLERY, June 13 - july 7, 2018
The juried show at Flowers Gallery features nearly 80 works of painting, drawing and sculpture by Academy alumni, faculty and students. The works were selected from over 650 submissions, a record number, by a jury comprised of Brent Beamon, Director of Flowers Gallery New York, Nicole Berry, Executive Director of The Armory Show, Matthew Flowers, Managing Director of Flowers Gallery, Alice Gray Stites, Museum Director and Chief Curator of 21c Museum Hotels, Ambre Kelly, co-founder of SPRING/BREAK Art Show, and Richard Vine, Managing Editor of Art in America.
Scott Avett Lends a Curatorial Hand
Scott Avett Lends a Curatorial Hand
WWD, July 28, 2017
Scott Avett, of The Avett Brothers band, has lent a hand to the New York Academy of Art to curate the organization’s summer show at the Southampton Arts Center. Opening today and running through Sept. 17, “About Face” features works by friends of the academy, the Southampton art community, and two paintings by Avett, who is a trained professional painter.
His relationship with NYAA was born from a conservation and subsequent studio visit with neo expressionist painter Eric Fischl, who went on to introduce Avett to NYAA president David Kratz. “David reached out and asked if I was interested in curating, and it’s not something I’ve ever done officially,” says the North Carolina-based Avett. “I have to say ‘officially,’ because I feel like curating is going on all the time. In a creative world you’re just sort of doing it, placing things, composing things all the time.”
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11 Must-See Pieces At The Southampton Arts Center
11 Must-See Pieces At The Southampton Arts Center
Guest of a Guest, July 27, 2017
Drawings, paintings, sculptures, photos and digital works - oh my! Tomorrow evening, Friday, July 28th, from 6-8 pm at the Southampton Arts Center (25 Jobs Lane) all are invited to the opening night of the New York Academy of Art’s big Hamptons exhibition, About Face.
Featuring works by over 60 art world names to know, including Cindy Sherman, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Laurie Simmons, Dustin Yellin, Eric Fischl, Alex Katz and more, the exhibit will be on view until September 17th.