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| Drawing by Anna Christina Frischknecht |
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"Ode to Spring" Review
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| Artwork by David Hansen |
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| Artwork by Masaya Nakayama |
"Ode to Spring" Review
The Walter Wickiser Gallery Inc show “Ode to Spring” was a great success. Artists Sarbani Ghosh, Masaya Nakayama, and David Hansen all presented strong works. Tucked away on the third floor in the west side of Chelsea was a lovely collection of contemporary abstract expressionist works. Many of abstractions feature hidden or obscured imagery of wildlife.
Hansen’s work transcends simple design and holds its weight as meaty original works of art. The works are very labored over with layers of scratches, pencil marks, patterns and thick textured paint.
There are lots of details to discover by spending time with the work. Plant and animal forms are rendered with a gestural looseness that gives them a ghostly form. In a way the works could be explained with this analogy, if Matisse’s works were sonatas, Hansen’s works are multilayered orchestrations. The scale and depth of either doesn’t preclude it’s quality, as both the simple and the grand can be quiet delicate. In addition to the fine delicacies, the works have the raw gutsiness of a DeKooning.
While the show at Walter Wickiser Gallery Inc is over, we encourage you to visit the space for future shows. Check out David’s website, and as always stay tuned daily to SharksEatMeat for all your art and culture needs.
Review by John Aaron Coulter
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| Artwork by Sarbani Ghosh |
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| Artwork by David Hansen |
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Review : ANBESSA ORCHESTRA
REVIEW : ANBESSA ORCHESTRA
Anbessa Orchestra performs Ethiopian jazz and funk songs in New York City. For those who don’t know Anbessa means Lion, and it is an important and powerful symbol for the people of Ethiopia. The seven-piece orchestra consists of composer Nadav Peled on guitar, Wayne Tucker on trumpet, Eyal Vilner on alto saxophone, Eden Bareket on baritone saxophone, Dor Heled on keyboard, Tamir Shmerling on bass, and the magical Eran Fink on drums. For several years the group has done rocking New Year’s Eve shows at international music venue Barbés. You can also find them at Brooklyn Bowl, Pianos, Rockwood, etc. They pull from diverse influences but stay true to African funk. The group themselves are not Ethiopian, with members hailing from Israel and New York. One member began their musical journey with western music, progressed to Reggae and then found Ethiopian Funk, but you’d swear you were hearing a 1960’s Alemayehu Eshete. They have a great high energy live performance with surfy guitar licks, banging horn sections and intricate drum-work. Erán Fink’s drumming is elaborate and driving: almost surgically quick.
For those unfamiliar with Ethiopian funk, it has similarities to other styles. Many of the scales and tones feel Middle Eastern or Indian. There is an air of surf rock undercutting the Afro jazz drums. Long psychedelic guitar and horn jams are standard. Punchy horn sections reminiscent of old soul music carve through the melodies. Anbessa has it all.
Their self-titled debut EP is full of original music and classic tunes from Ethiopia. Right from the start of the album, you’re transported to a freaky tropical other-world. The tunes are addictively smooth and take you on a jamming journey. There are few keeping this music alive and fewer playing it in North America. Keep an eye on Anbessa Orchestra and buy their albums and merchandise!
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REVIEW - Fábio Miguel Roque - Awake
REVIEW - Fábio Miguel Roque - Awake
Fábio’s photos always seem deep in a dream. Inky dark scenes of nighttime adventures are sparsely dotted with ghostly figures you’d only meet after midnight. Eerie flashes of light allow a glance into an obscured world. Skittish dogs and broken signs are protagonists in his gorgeously textured black and white photographs.
His lens artfully captures non-places. There are always beautiful environments, urban and natural, but they are never specific: strangely and vaguely relatable. The viewer is able to interject their own story and relationship to the empty scenes.
His “Redemption” series uses repeated patterns and geometric designs throughout, giving a musical and mathematical quality to them. Many of the works are minimal, offering only a hint of architecture or bold shape in the dark: a glimpse into the ordered world of man.
“The Cubans” is one of his few series to utilize vibrant color. And he does so wonderfully, as much as I enjoy his unsaturated works these too should not be disregarded. They capture the warmth of the Caribbean.
Keep following Fábio Miguel Roque on his personal site and here on SharksEatMeat.
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