Darkening Moment, by Phoebe Adams. Acrylic gouache on paper mounted on wood panel, 30 x 40″ WALKING NOMAD, a show of new work by Phoebe Adams, at David Richard Gallery in Chelsea, 508 West 26th Street, New York NY. The essay below was written about these new paintings, and is included in the show catalog. […]
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I’ll Make it My Way, Thanks
I think it’s particularly worrying at the moment because you can only create in an atmosphere of freedom, where you’re not checking everything you say critically before you move on. What you have to be able to do is to build without knowing where you’re going because you’ve never been there before. That’s what creativity […]
Artists, Auctions and Activism
A word has emerged that describes these times: permacrisis. Whatever started in March of 2020 doesn’t appear to have an end date. Global anxiety has expended beyond highly infectious microbes to senseless war, gun violence, climate fear, inflation, and, not to be underestimated, the transformation of the US Supreme Court into a distorted, perverse junta. […]
Pell Lucy: OF A CHORD
a single particle, by Robyn Ellenbogen OF A CHORD is the title of Pell Lucy’s latest online exhibition. The show, on Artsy.net, runs from June 17 through December 15, 2022. View it here. This exhibit introduces several new members of Pell Lucy: Alison Cuomo @alison_cuomo Website . Robyn Ellenbogen @robynellenbogen Website . Kat Fanelli @kat_fanelli […]
Pell Lucy in the Boston Globe
Above: Paula Overbay, “Wing,” acrylic on panel (Photo: Paul Takauchi) “Other works lean into color, such as the mottled cobalt backdrop in Paula Overbay’s acrylic painting “Wing” — the high-frequency blue ravishes the eye as white and red dots swirl and gather like a murmuration of starlings across its surface.” Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe . […]
Installation views of In Praise of Form
A few installation views from Pell Lucy’s first in person exhibit, IN PRAISE OF FORM, at the Piano Craft Gallery in Boston MA, April 1-24, 2022. Taney Roniger Denise Manseau, Laura Ann Perry, Priya Vadhyar, Deborah Barlow, Diane McGregor, Rhonda Smith Taney Roniger, Kellin Nelson, Karen Fitzgerald, Rhonda Smith, Joanne Lefrak Debra Weisberg, Lynette Haggard, […]
Preview of Pell Lucy’s In Praise of Form
Note: This preview of the upcoming Pell Lucy exhibit, “In Praise of Form,” written by B. Amore, has been published in the latest issue of Art New England magazine. For easier reading, a transcription follows. (Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved. ©️Art New England 2022) Pell Lucy: In Praise of Form By B. Amore Art […]
In Praise of Form: Pell Lucy, in Person
Pell Lucy’s first in person show! IN PRAISE OF FORM April 1 -24 2022 Opening reception: April 1, 6-8pm Piano Craft Gallery 793 Tremont Street Boston MA 02118 Gallery Hours: Fridays, 6-9pm; Saturdays and Sundays, 12-5pm Pell Lucy is an international artist collective created to help keep art making and art sharing alive during a […]
Blue Eyes and Lost Daughters
Nevertheless She Persisted, recycled denim and clothing labels By Michèle Fandel Bonner . . Oceans I have a feeling that my boathas struck, down there in the depths,against a great thing. And nothinghappens! Nothing…Silence…Waves… –Nothing happens? Or has everything happened,and are we standing now, […]
Safekeeping the Not Knowing: New Pell Lucy Exhibit
Untitled, Versailles 06, photograph by Elizabeth Mead . As 2022 begins, Pell Lucy enters its third year as a collective. The latest exhibit, Safekeeping the Not Knowing, is available for viewing on Artsy.net and features works from 31 of our members. The curatorial statement below blends our concerns for art making and art viewing during […]