FEATURED ARTIST
Diaja
FEATURED ARTIST
Shaun O’Rourke
Greetings from Harlem Past is Present
Shaun O’Rourke
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"Greetings from Harlem: The Past is Present" is a series by Shaun O’Rourke comprised of fine art, mixed media, and limited edition, signed and numbered prints. The show pays tribute to an ever-evolving Harlem through its temporary textures, graffiti, architecture and people. We honor the past, while standing in the present.
As 20+ year Harlem artists and as business owners, Black-Irish has found a continual flow of inspiration in the sights and materials found in Harlem , enriching Black-Irish’s ongoing archive of fine art and limited edition prints.
Black-Irish reimagines modern Harlem scenes and details through the lens of vintage print aesthetics (including lithograph, silkscreen, chromolith, rotogravure, hand tints, etc.), offering fresh perspectives & bridging the gap between Harlem past and present.
Reception: Thursday, October 18 from 6 to 9
X Gallery presents
Greetings from Harlem Past is Present
Location: 163 Malcolm X Blvd (btw. 118 & 119), NYC 10026
Exhibition on view: september 18th
Gallery hours: Saturday 12:30-5pm/Sunday 10am-4pm
and weekdays by appointment.
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FEATURED ARTIST
Oksana Prokopenko’s
Lucid Dreaming series:
Opening reception: Thursday, September 13 from 6 to 9
X Gallery presents Lucid Dreaming, an exhibition of abstract paintings by Oksana Prokopenko
Location: 163 Malcolm X Blvd (btw. 118 & 119), NYC 10026
Live jazz at opening reception by Tom Placido Duo 7-9pm
Exhibition on view: September 1-30, 2018
Gallery hours: Saturday 12:30-5pm/Sunday 10am-4pm
and weekdays by appointment.
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Oksana's A collection of highly textured oil and mixed media paintings .
Oksana Prokopenko’s exploration into the land of dreams. The texture is almost 3D, rising two to five inches from the surface. The look and feel is lush, organic, alive. The artwork draws the eye in similar to some natural phenomena, bringing to mind topographical landscapes, dry river beds, surface of the Moon, solar flares and nebulas. The work appears chaotic at first glance, but really is a precise form of organization and patterning.
The seeming chaos is quite deceptive and the work listens to a deep internal logic of its own. Not quite sculptures, these works are not strictly paintings either.
“The soul of Prokopenko’s work is in her walking that fine line between the transcendent and the ordinary,”says Margo Grant, the Museum of Russian Art’s director.
FEATURED ARTIST
Lola Flash
LEGENDS series photos by Lola Flash©
These are the people who spearheaded a movement that wasn’t a given. They are actors, advocates, DJ’s, performers, and much more. They are the trailblazers who presented an honest vision that clashed against societal norms, as we knew it.
They were not trendy, but instead are “trendsetters”. These actions alone placed them in harm’s way; due to homophobia, they could have been killed. But they were the lucky ones. And, many decades later due to their combined struggles and persistence, our queer and non-gender conforming communities can finally begin to live in their own skins. We are being acknowledged within institutions; as the legal system begins to give us long overdue rights in the workplace, equality in marriage policies, gender-free lavatories and in many places, even school children are able to generate their chosen pronoun.
This transparent progress has been issued in with the guidance of these icons’ refusal to be anything other than themselves. They were not complacent; instead, they lived and still live their lives, often fighting daily battles of homophobia, transphobia, racism, and sexism. Although we are still demanding equality, the state of affairs has changed dramatically, because of these folks. There is definitely a progressive mindset, in America that is clearly in place. Where there was once no canon, each LEGEND in their own beautiful way, has harnessed a pride that transcends hate. They made it possible for the LGBTQ+ communities to not only survive but to live a life of love.www.lolaflash.com