Texas Contemporary Art Fair!

Holton Rower, 12ae4c, 2015 (detail),  acrylic on wood, 57 x 73 inches, courtesy of The Hole 

Texas Contemporary

Texas Contemporary is Houston’s leading contemporary and modern art fair that brings the country's best galleries to the area’s discerning collector base.  Featuring a range of works and mediums, Texas Contemporary presents what is new in art as well as a focused representation of interests for this unique city.

In October of 2015, Texas Contemporary will build on its years of success, with new dates affording the fair and its city exciting opportunities. Last year, Texas Contemporary's 15,000 visitors, the Houston Chronicle's "savvy crowd of collectors, dealers, curators and artists," were met with dazzling ON-SITE installations, a robust schedule of talks, tours, and events, and access to the best in modern and contemporary art from around the world presented by the country's top dealers. Our fifth edition will continue our notable partnerships with Texas' finest institutions and museums. We're excited to welcome back the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston as our Preview Beneficiary. Last year's Benefit Preview raised over $25,000 for CAMH, and we're thrilled to continue our work with this beloved institution. With the support of the Houston community and the city's galleries and institutions, Texas Contemporary looks forward to returning to the George R. Brown Convention Center for our most compelling year yet.

MC by Luke Harnden. 2015, Acrylic on canvas 64 x 48 inches, Barry Whistler Gallery

I Didn't Fail Today by Michelle Andrade. 2015, Ink on notebook paper 11 x 8.5 inches, Charlie James Gallery

Pavo No. 27 by Darren Waterston. 2015, watercolor on rag paper 14 x 11 inches, Inman Gallery

Stem by Randy Twaddle. 2015, coffee and ink on paper 83 x 60 inches, Moody Gallery

Empty End Flowing by Katia Santibañez. 2015, Pencil on Paper 10 x 10, Morgan Lehman Gallery

Covenant by Damien Hirst. 2013, Silkscreen print 54 x 54 inches, Other Criteria

Dancing Water by Yamaguchi Ryuun. 2013, bamboo and rattan 19.75 x 22 x 22.75 inches, TAI Modern

Big Bang, FiveseveN by Deborah Bay. 2011, Photograph 30 x 40 inches, Wall Space Gallery

All I See is Gray by Rusty Scruby. 2011, photographic reconstruction 48 x 36 inches, Pan American Art Projects

Chair by Pontus Willfors. 2014, Maple wood 68 x 64 x 72 inches, Edward Cella Art and Architecture

Lisa Brown Consulting

Projects, Events and Booth Installations at the Seattle Art Fair II

Booth Installations, Seattle Art Fair

James Cohan Gallery, Booth 303

Richard Levy Gallery, Booth 407 

Ameringer|McEnery|Yohe, Booth 311

 Paul Kasmin Gallery, Booth 205

 Danese/Corey, Booth 101

 Danese/Corey, Booth 101

 Gagosian Gallery, Booth 203

Pace Gallery, Booth 105

The one that got away.......Charlie James Gallery, Booth 216

Lisa Brown Consulting

Lisa Brown Consulting is getting ready for the 2014 Dallas Art Fair!

Here is a preview of works from some of the galleries participating in this year's fair:

 Paul Villinski

Mirror IV

2014

Antique wood frame, aluminum (found cans), wire,steel, Flashe

21 x 25 x 6 inches

Morgan Lehman, NY

Janet Fish

Yellow Glass Bowl with Tangerines

2007

Oil on canvas

36 x 50 inches

DC Moore Gallery, NY

Vernon Fisher

Gemini

2012

Oil and acrylic on canvas

44 x 48 inches

Mark Moore Gallery, LA

Donald Baechler

Black Flowers 

2012

Gesso, Flashe and paper on collage on paper

27 x 21 inches

William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis

William Powhida

Bill by Bill

Another Celebrity Art as Self Portrait

2013

Dimensions variable

Charlie James Gallery,LA

Jonah Freeman/Justin Lowe

Sheetrock Brand Gypsum Panel (San San International Archive #62)

2012

Ink on perspex mirror

63 x 44 inches

Marlborough Chelsea, NY

 Richard Pasquarelli

Barn at Dusk

2014

Oil on canvas

24 x 30 inches

Salomon Contemporary, NY

Shannon Finley

Orb (Untitled #1)

2014

Acrylic on canvas

18 x 15 inches

Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco

Art& Music, Eats & Drinks, The Joule Dallas 

Please contact Lisa Brown Consulting if you have any questions or would like more information.  See you at the fair!!

William Powhida at Charlie James Gallery

If you are in L.A. this week you should make time to see a FANTASTIC exhibition by William Powhida - Bill by Bill at Charlie James Gallery.  

WILLIAM POWHIDA   

BILL BY BILL
APRIL 20 - JUNE 8, 2013

Press Release (written by the artist):

Dismissed Acclaimed provincial New York-based artist William Powhida is pleased to announce Bill by Bill, a new collection of art works fabricated exclusively for Charlie James Gallery and the fast-growing Los Angeles art market. Conceptualized and designed by William each work of art has been crafted by better highly skilled artists, designers, friends, family and fabricators under the artist’s supervision in a studio he visited at least once. After years of going to art fairs intensive market research Bill by Bill represents a decisive breakthrough for the artist into the fields of sculpture and painting by creating unique variations on some of the dominant formulas trends in contemporary art.

Bill by Bill brings together classic Modernist forms with bleeding edge post-studio, conceptually based¹ practices to create a mercenarystunning vision of contemporary art. Begun over a year ago while on residency at the Headlands in beautiful Marin County, William has designed a line of auction-ready commodities objects across stylistic boundaries for market-savvy executive producers collectors. These objects are primed and ready for purchase to move quickly at Phillipsde Pury. With a focus on painting and sculpture Bill by Bill avoids problems of reproducibility inherent with photography, new media, multiples, and editions which have diminished the deep satisfaction of buying art. These one-of-kind objects are able to offer the ‘experience of art’ at a price that isn’t quite for everyone, which affirms William’s belief that art holds an elitist special place in culture.

A unique, signed certificate of authenticity in the artist’s signature style accompanies² each hand-touched³ object. The certificate provides the artist’s critical insight into the fascinating design and fabrication process behind each work. These intimate, text-based certificates contextualize each object in a theoretical and aesthetic discourse while situating them in the broader social and political space of neo-liberal capitalism late modernity. Charlie James Gallery is relieved pleased tofinally bring this moyen-garde model of art production and distribution to Los Angeles, which we believe is the only city capable of buying this.

William Powhida was born in 1976 in Ballston Spa, New York. Powhida has no upcoming exhibitions at any major art institutions. Recent exhibitions include “Market Value: Examining Wealth and Worth” at Columbia College in Chicago, IL; “On Sincerity” at Boston College in Boston, MA; (2012), “Seditions” at McKinney Avenue Contemporary in Dallas, TX (2012), “Derivatives” at Postmasters Gallery, NY (2011) and Dublin Contemporary in Dublin, Ireland (2011). His work has been discussed in October, Art in America, Art Forum, The Brooklyn Rail, Frieze, New York Magazine, and the New York Times. His art was recently featured in the Village Voice, America’s oldest corporate-owned alternative weekly.

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¹This does not mean conceptual.
²The collector agrees to purchase the certificate of authenticity to receive the object.
³The artist may have only touched to the work indirectly receiving the work or crating it.

Two AMAZING works that are still available from the exhibition:

Bill by Bill

What Kind Of Art Is That?

2013

Graphite and Watercolor on Panel

22 x 15 inches

$7,500

Bill by Bill

Some Criteria For Evaluation

2013

Graphite and Watercolor on Panel

22 x 15 inches

$7,500

Great Press (specifically for the above AVAILABLE artwork):

These two pieces are good examples of the inquisitive tone Powhida has established in this show.  They also let on to the fact that, despite the posturing, Powhida seems to care very much about the state of contemporary art and to spend a lot of time reading up on the subject.  That being the case, his criticism must come from a place of caring, and with so much of the work in Bill By Bill focused on criticizing painting he may just have a soft spot for the medium,

 New American Paintings

If you have any questions or need further information contact my great friend Charlie at Charlie James Gallery!!

Dallas Art Fair 2013

I can't wait for the 2013 Dallas Art Fair to open on Thursday!! Here is a sneak peak of artwork from some of the galleries participating this year: 

Emily Evelet

Regency

2012

oil on canvas

Danese Gallery, NY

 Barbara Takenaga

Red + Yellow Swoop

2013

Acrylic on wood panel

40 x 30 inches

DC Moore Gallery, NY

Michael Combs

Manifest Destiny

2012

14 x 16 x 14 inches

Birch branches and deer antlers

Salomon Contemporary, NY

 Vernon Fisher

The Irreversible Event

2013

Oil and acrylic on canvas

60 x 65 inches

Mark Moore Gallery, CA

 Paul Vilinski

Empire

2012

Wood, aluminum, wire, soot

6 x 46 x 10 inches

Morgan Lehman Gallery, NY

Alejandro Diaz

More Dior Less War

2012

Neon

Edition of 10

13 x 30 inches

William Shearburn Gallery, MO

 William Pohida

Press Release

Charlie James Gallery, CA

See you there!!!!

All Mouth and No Trousers

One of my clients purchased a sculpture by Richard Kraft.  We thought it would be great fun to place it on a small pedestal in a bookshelf.  Again, you should consider artwork in you home by established and emerging artists, with large and small scales, and different mediums (photography, works on paper, canvas, sculpture, etc). 

If I had to pick my favorite piece artwork from the Aspen Art Fair it would be the Liberal and Conservative Maps of the World by Sandow Birk and Elyse Pignolet.  

The Maps are in an edition of 20,6-color lithographs, 34 x 46 inches each. 

It doesn’t matter what side of the political map you are on,  both pieces are great fun and would definitely spark conversations with both family and friends.

Here is a detail of America on the Conservative map.

Here is a detail of America on the Liberal Map.  For more information, please visit Charlie James Gallery.