NEW YORK, NY – Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Isabelita in Spatial Fluidity. The exhibition opens April 1, 2017 and runs through April 21, 2017 with an opening reception on Thursday, April 6 from 6-8 pm.
The artist known as Isabelita eschews the confrontational and aggressive style of many modern art pieces in favor of paintings that are beautiful, harmonious, and perfectly balanced. She calls her unique style of abstract painting “cosmogony,” because the first piece she created was “like an explosion of music coming out of my heart.” Although not figurative, each piece is representative of the genesis of life and origin of the cosmos. In a sense, Isabelita's work can be interpreted as a macro of a supernova, a building block of elements breaking apart and coming together all at once. Isabelita also experiments with natural textures and pigments, such as sand, dirt, leaves, moss, tea, and seeds, allowing her colors to interact “as if they were living organisms.” The result is a collection of work that transcends the term pretty and appears almost hypnotic and sublime.
Isabelita was born in Seville and studied at Christie’s of London. She currently lives and works in Madrid.
Exhibition Dates: April 1, 2017 – April 21, 2017
Reception: Thursday, April 6, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat 11:00am – 6:00pm
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th St, Chelsea, New York
Event URL: http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Isabelita.aspx
Featured Artists:
Spatial Fluidity
Sheree Friedman | Erin Cooke | Pedro Alberti | Nello Petrucci | Isabelita | Annika Carlsson | GIDJA | Ian A. Matthews | Birsen Yurdaer
About the Exhibition
Spatial Fluidity: Interacting With Art
Some of the most innovative artists working outside the picture place will come together this April at Agora Gallery in Spatial Fluidity, a new collective exhibition. A celebration of three-dimensionality in all its forms, Spatial Fluidity interrogates how a piece of art should exist in the world. Is it purely a visual entity? Does it enter the viewer's space? Is it static or does it change as the viewer moves?
The exhibition includes nine artists. There is a wide range of mixed-media work, ranging from pieces that are subtly textured to canvases that forcefully protrude and recede into so-called "real" space. There are collages that intermingle newspaper clippings and photographs, or defy expectations by coating everything in a reflective glaze. There are also single-media paintings that emphasize the physical aspects of their material, such as the plastic quality of acrylic. Much of the art is abstract, so that the viewer may focus on broader visual sensations rather than put together three-dimensionality with a representational narrative.
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