FEATURING TALENTED LOCAL ARTISTS
Art is the Seed of Everything: A Conversation with Artists, Designers, and Architects Pilar Proffitt and Rob Bristow
What initially brought you to this area?
PP: The connection is a good friend whose family has a house in Norfolk, CT; Lucy and I went to college together. Her father, Pete Anderson, an architect, connected Rob and me. I went on a sailing trip with Pete and his family and was somewhat seasick, so he and I spent time on the deck discussing architecture. My father was an architect, and thus I felt a kinship to this family. Pete suggested I call Rob (who […]
Under the Sun at Furnace Art on Paper Archive
As we embrace the fall, the trees colorfully dress themselves in their final attire before the winter, when their leaves gracefully return to the earth. This season of change, closing one chapter and opening another, is reflected in the current exhibition at Furnace Art on Paper Archive in Falls Village, CT.
This group of artists have chosen paper as their surface, manipulating it for their work. They employ various techniques such as printing, burning, marking, painting, dyeing, sewing, and drawing, all of which highlight the transformation […]
TB Ward’s Professional Human Opens at Upstream Gallery
English artist TB Ward’s fourth solo show, Professional Human, opens at Upstream Gallery at Hastings-on-Hudson on October 3.
About the show
The show utilizes classic portrait format to explore the 21st century idea of a personal brand. A press release about the show states, “It asks whether our value and relevance rely on our ability to advertise and commodify our thoughts, daily lives, and the work we produce.”
Portrait of a Man […]
Dancing in a Mythical World – Sara Nesbitt
Through her multidisciplinary practice, Sara Nesbitt investigates historical places and narratives, touching on the current and the past. Her substantial drawing works depict animals and figures metaphorically dancing and chasing each other through the landscape; these scenes are all influenced by places Nesbitt has lived in in her travels. Ubiquitous architectural sites depict ‘the pulse of an urban world,’ while both imagined and experienced narratives leap at the viewer through intense detail and inked lines.
“Natural […]
