The Armory Show is a not to be missed art fair in New York City. It's a grand affair that showcases leading talent from all over the world. This year it featured close to 2,000 works of art. Our first piece is by Native American artist Jeffrey Gibson. It is a geometrical masterpiece that weaves together many layers of paint into different shapes and colours. Mr. Gibson is the first solo indigenous artist to do be selected to represent the US at the Venice Biennale for 2024. I interviewed him many years ago and even then knew he was a remarkable talent. It's going to be wonderful to see what artwork he comes up with for the pavilion. Meanwhile, in Vickie Vainionpaa's Jupiter and Antiope, the Canadian artist creates tubular forms that bring to mind a sensual body and fluid forms. These are computer generated shapes that Ms. Vainionpaa then paints using oil in her unique technique. Another artist who I am fond of is Elliott Puckette. She is an American artist who has a truly unique way of painting. She first inks the wooden boards that have been prepared with layers of gesso with a preferred hue and then makes incisions to create the sinuous lines we see before us. They are brilliantly rendered with a perfect balance of forms. Mickalene Thomas is an African American artist whose paintings of naked bodies teaches us about the female form. She most often renders a nude black female and exposes her sexuality in a bold manner. Her subjects are confident females and they express themselves with a extraordinary individuality. Please stay tuned for another feature of the Amory Show as I have much more to show you.
1 Jeffrey Gibson, Mirror in the Sky, 2023, Native American
2 Norbert Bisky, Wildfire, 2023, German
3 Vickie Vainionpaa, Jupiter and Antiope, 2023, Canadian
4 Evita Tezeno, I wonder why, 2023, American
5 Grace Hartigan, Follies 27, 1989, American
6 Lynette Yiadom Boakye, Foxglove 2006, British
7 Elliott Puckette, Untitled, 2023, American
8 Asal Peirovi, Untitled, 2023, Iranian
9 Desire Moheb Zandi, Passage, 2023
10 Shikeith, Black Male Study, 2023, American
11 Tyrrell, Winston, Scoring his way through Europe, 2023
12 Orit Hofshi, Accord, 2021, Israeli
12 Robert Zandvliet, Untitled, 2023, Dutch
13 Omar Ba, Delicieuse promesse, 2023, Senegalese
14 Mickalene Thomas, November 1977, 2023, African American
15 Jamel Shabazz, Too Fly, Downtown Brooklyn, 1982, American
16 Jade van der Mark, Victoria's Secret, 2023, Dutch
17 Joachim Lambrechts, Paint your toes as if it matters, 2023, Belgian
18 Lorna Robertson, Paper woman, 2023, British
19 Rana Begum, No. 807, 2018, British
20 Jagoda Bednarsky, Shadowland, 2023,
21 Massimo Vitali, Tropea Boat, 2015, Italian
22 Melora Kuhn, Ram in the woods, 2023, American
23 Tina Barney, Tennis Match, 1979, American
24 Tahnee Lonsdale, Eggshells, 2023, British
26 Yayoi Kusama, Flowers 1991, Japanese
27 Yeo Kaa, Coked Up Decisions, 2023, Filipino
28 Fiona Rae, Untitled, 1989, British
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