NEW YORK, NY – Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Herluck Antoine Blémur in Breaking with Realism. The exhibition opens September 2, 2017 and runs through September 22, 2017 with an opening reception on Thursday, September 7 from 6-8 pm.
Herluck Antoine Blémur's paintings are modern-day fables filled with riotous life and piercing detail. Blémur works in acrylic, a medium that allows him to play as many vivid, matte colors against each other as possible. His brush is precise even as it spins out into wild textures: streaks, feathers, smudges, starbursts, and delicate threading all appear in his works, to create directionality and energy. Blémur favors earth tones mixed with blacks and bright reds, but he will include a pop of bright blue when it's least expected.
Blémur's compositions are often so packed with allusions and symbolic gestures that one can glean several different narratives from a single piece. Winged figures tower over the landscape; parents tend to babies; animals that hint at mythological origins dance across the sky. Steeped in Blémur's heritage, the images manage to be both confrontational and obscure their meaning, leaving viewers liberated to explore their own interpretations.
Blémur is a Canadian-Hatian artist and was born in Montréal, Québec.
Exhibition Dates: Sept. 2 – Sept. 22, 2017
Reception: Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat 11:00am – 6:00pm
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th Street, New York, NY
Event URL: https://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Herluck_Antoine_Bl%c3%a9mur.aspx
Featured Artists:
Herluck Antoine Blémur | Patricia Brintle | Heesu Choi | Joan Criscione | Noelle Kristine | Georges de Groot | Iftah Geva | Nancy Landauer | Rina Lazar | Maciej Marecki | Claudia Mayer-Mallenau | Marco Mendoza | Vandana Nittoor | Alex Osborne | Philippe Thélin | Nobuko Saji | Sydnei SmithJordan | Marc Tremblay
About the Exhibition
Breaking with Realism
Breaking with Realism is a group exhibition that explores 18 artists’ respective insights on themes of spirituality, humanity, and the natural world. Through a variety of mediums, the exhibition considers how dynamic arrangements of color, texture, line, and composition can impact the visceral nature of the human experience.
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