East Coast Art Collective Inaugural Sale

I'm thrilled to announce a project I've had in the works for quite some time has finally come to fruition: the East Coast Art Collective. I recently founded the ECAC, a curated group of 17 talented artists from the US east coast joined together on instagram for studio sales, process insights, and show reviews. Our first studio sale will take place on December 1st at 10am EST on our instagram feed and will last 10 days or until sold out. Each artist will have two original pieces priced at $200-$500. Join us for our inaugural sale and select a gift of original art for the holidays! In the meantime you can peruse the artist bios and get to know the artists in advance.

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Bodies in Motion

The sensuality of the human form, the history of our cultures and human existence, and how individuals live in and are affected by their urban landscape: these are the underlying themes in the Arlington Arts Center's new fall solos. The shows include installations, paintings, sculpture, and mixed-media work by eight individual artists and are displayed in separate gallery spaces, but in my opinion, each artist explores varying themes as they relate to our bodies and our own personal history.

Alice Whealin's "Third Patterns" exhibit on the second floor relays playful yet scientific landscapes of the body through intensely colored painted shapes on wood. The show is an exploration of microscopic body-like forms in an almost map-like display.

Michael Booker's work explores his own personal history and the history of African American culture through intensely emotional figures and abstractions, with a palette reminiscent of British figurative painter Francis Bacon. His show is in the main level Tiffany Gallery (the gallery windows are a must-see in itself: the stained glass windows by Louis Comfort Tiffany originally ornamented the Abbey Mausoleum in Arlington and thankfully were salvaged).

Other highlights include a funky urban installation of cities and their inhabitants seemingly from the underworld by Amanda Burnham. Her haunted gestural figures and buildings are inspired by her own explorations of the city.

In the basement you'll find beautifully executed, yet slightly salacious, mixed media panels by Marion Colomer. Reminiscent of the Garden of Eden, her work examines intimacy and womanhood with bitter undertones.

Fall solos run till December 18th. For more info about the show visit arlingtonartscenter.org.

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Masterworks at the Hirshhorn

Today I spent a quiet morning soaking in some of my favorite artists in the Masterworks exhibit at the Hirshhorn. I was almost alone in the galleries, apparently the calm before the storm AKA the Ragnar Kjartansson show which opens October 14th. His big bold color and glitz is sure to draw huge crowds, especially those instagrammers looking for the perfect selfie. In the meantime though, I was relishing in the emptiness. My only criticism of the show is the shortage of women artists, but that is a different story altogether. Below are a few of my favorite works from the show.

Below: Joan Mitchell, Field for Skyes, oil on canvas, 1973.

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