Des Plaines artist Melissa Arostegui to Exhibit in NYC Art Show

Melissa Arostegui’s exhibit of mixed media, acrylic, and oil paintings reads like the diary of a stranger. Each composition encourages interaction with its viewers, allowing them to witness a glimpse into the intimacy between the artist and subject. The familiarity of the portraits evokes a nostalgia, as the subjects burst out of the frame, their motion mimicking a candid photograph taken on a disposable camera. Arostegui’s tall canvases bend natural perspectives, catching the reflections of a moving bus or jogging pedestrian. Her dimensions incorporate views from skyscrapers and cafe windows, the cropped framing of public transit, humans, and animals allowing a seductive glimpse of a metropolitan neighborhood.

Arostegui carries her intimate approach to city life over to her luscious still lifes, embodying a pursuit to realize the human spirit. As a body of work, Arostegui’s paintings humor the viewer’s personal memory. She populates an environment familiar to anyone who has gotten pleasantly lost in a city.

Exhibition Dates: July 31, 2015 – August 20, 2015

Reception: Thursday August 6, 2015, 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/Melissa_Arostegui.aspx

Featured artists:

Interpretative Realms

Marianne Monnier-Koenig | Ingrid Gerhard | Edgar do Valle | Melissa Arostegui | Alison Barrows-Young | Sarah Lockett | Laura Benaglia Nones | Cecilie Galtung Doesvig | Lucy O’Donovan | Lisa Torché

About the Exhibition

Art of Perspectives: An Exhibition of Interpretative Realms

A viewer among the exhibition Interpretative Realms is exposed to magnificent fields of color, mind-bending textures, and transformative perspective shifts in a series of paintings that invite deep introspection. The artists in this exhibition hail from seven countries across three continents, all joining in NYC as key components to an exemplary exhibition of fulfilling artwork. The artists present scenes of abstraction and familiarity, re-examining their subjects with their individual, invaluable perspectives.

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.