Sarah Elyse Granetz raised in Wilton to Exhibit in New York City!

The human form is viscerally present and mysteriously enigmatic in Sarah Elyse Granetz’s paintings. Using intense colors and dynamic lines that combine rough intensity with calligraphic delicacy, the artist creates images that bring the contours of the body into focus while also turning those contours into iconic patterns. For the artist, making these paintings became an act of self-recognition and transformation. “With color and canvas,” she says, “I abstracted what I had become into prints, impressions of this person I did not know.” Often placing the paint directly onto her skin, and then pressing her skin against the canvas, Granetz gives her canvases a sense of immediacy and urgency, bringing her emotions and thoughts into direct contact with the viewer.

Working in acrylics, the artist employs a palette of primary colors, black, white, and subtle earth tones, juxtaposed in elemental combinations. Her compositions, which mix drips and freely drawn lines with a disciplined sense of pattern and structure, focus the energy of those colors, resulting in works that are powerful, distinctive statements.

Granetz lives and works in New York City.

Exhibition Dates: June 14, 2016 – July 5, 2016

Reception: Thursday June 16, 2016, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat 11-6

Gallery Location: 530 West 25th St, Chelsea, New York

Event URL: http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Sarah_Elyse_Granetz.aspx

Featured Artists:

Pathway to Abstraction

Trent Altman | Chris Brandell | Rejane Dal Bello | Angélique Droessaert | Jaime Elimelech | Andrey Figol | Sarah Elyse Granetz | Loren Howard | Andriy Kopchak

About the Exhibition

Pathway to Abstraction: Setting the course for a new view of abstract art

In Pathway to Abstraction, nine artists display divergent, yet related, views of what abstraction means in the 21st century. From experiments in pure color and form to paintings that turn depictions of the outside world into subtle arrangements of textures and shapes, their images take the practice of abstract art in new directions that challenge and surprise the viewer. With approaches that encompass acrylics, oils, giclée prints and digital photography, each artist has a strong personal vision. The spontaneity that abstraction permits can be seen in all of their work, but that freedom is channeled in an impressive variety of ways. Sharp, bold graphic patterns will predominate in one artist’s work, while soft, elusive clouds of color will set the tone in another’s. There is an equally broad range of textures on display, from smooth blocks of acrylics, to shells attached to the surface of a seaside scene. The conversation that results when these approaches are brought together shines a light on where abstraction is heading.

About Agora Gallery

Agora Gallery is a contemporary fine art gallery located in the heart of Chelsea’s fine art district in New York. Established in 1984, Agora Gallery specializes in connecting art dealers and collectors with national and international artists. The art gallery’s expert consultants are available to assist corporate and private clients in procuring original artwork to meet their organization’s specific needs and budget requirements. With a strong online presence and popular online gallery, ARTmine, coupled with the spacious and elegant physical gallery space, the work of our talented artists, who work in diverse media and styles, can receive the attention it deserves. Over the years Agora Gallery has sponsored and catered to special events aimed at fostering social awareness and promoting the use of art to help those in need.

Images:

Sarah Elyse Granetz, Metamorphosis, Acrylic on Canvas, 28'x 22'

Sarah Elyse Granetz, Pleasure _ Pain, Acrylic on Canvas, 36'x 24'

Sarah Elyse Granetz, Skeleton, Acrylic on Canvas, 36'x 18'