Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Fall 2011 Couture
[2 Below] Armani Privé
[2 Below] Azzedine Alaïa
[Below] Chanel
[2 Below] Giambattista Valli
Photos from Style.com
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Monday, August 1, 2011
Interview with Artist Lisa Nankivil
I was walking on 58th Street last week when I passed the Spanierman Modern gallery and was drawn in by Lisa Nankivil's paintings. Up close, her paintings have so much texture and depth. I emailed Lisa immediately to find out if she would answer a few questions and she happily obliged.
[Below] Blue Sutra, 2011
Oil on canvas mounted on panel
60 x 40 inches
ACL: How did you become interested in art?
LN: As a kid I had a fascination with anything which had the potential for transformation. Painting is what that evolved into.
[Below] Drift, 2011
Oil on canvas
36 x 48 inches
ACL: What mediums do you use? Are there any mediums you'd like to use in the future? (I love her reason for using oil paint.)
LN: I use oil paint because it is sexy, and make monoprints because I love how unpredictable the results are.
[Below] Famously Private, 2009
Oil on canvas
72 x 88 inches
ACL: What inspires you?
LN: Seeing intelligence and emotion embodied by form.
[Below] The Aerialist, 2011
Oil on canvas mounted on panel
44 x 56 inches
ACL: Which piece is your favorite out of your body of work?
LN: Every finished painting presents a loose thread which will be taken up on the next blank canvas, so I am grateful to every one. However two recent paintings, The Ground Astonished by the Sky, and Famously Private, which are in my show at Spanierman Modern have a spacial duality that I love.
[Below] Valley of Fire Road, 2006
Oil on canvas
42 x 42 inches
ACL: Who are your favorite artists?
LN: That would be a very long list, but to name a few, Muromachi Period of Japanese Art, Giotto, Caravaggio, Hieronymus Bosch, Matisse, Joan Mitchell, Dorothea Tanning, Willem de Kooning, Lee Bontecou, William Kentridge, Bill Viola.
[Below] Waking Thoughts, 2011
Oil on canvas mounted on panel
40 x 60 inches
[Below] Autotroph, 2010
Oil on canvas
60 x 72 inches
Autotroph is my favorite.
Lisa Nankivil's website
Spanierman Modern website
The Aerialist, Blue Sutra, Drift, Famously Private and Waking Thoughts: Collection of Spanierman Modern, New York
Autotroph and Valley of Fire Road: Private Collection. Photo Courtesy of Spanierman Modern, New York
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