Vienna artist Chris Brandell to Exhibit in New York City this June!

In her work, Chris Brandell lets her paints and their colors take the lead. Working with acrylics and oils on canvas, the artist puts her materials to expressive use in her multi-layered abstract paintings. Balancing drips, bold brush strokes, and soft fields of color, she gives each image a strongly tactile quality. Brandell applies her paints with custom-made knives, trowels and brushes, allowing her to use a variety of effects to give her images surface textures and a strong impression of light, space, and movement.

Brandell's use of color also plays a large role in the vitality of her paintings. “Color vibrates in my head - I can hear it and feel it and see it everywhere,” she says. Those vibrations are realized in her images, whether it is through the juxtaposition of contrasting colors or the variety she teases from one color’s range of intensities. Interpreting “the complexity of the human dynamic” is the goal Brandell sets for herself, and her ability to create images that are both carefully orchestrated and seemingly spontaneous brings that complexity to life.

Born in New York, Brandell currently lives and works in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. in Virginia.

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/Chris_Brandell.aspx

Featured Artists:

Pathway to Abstraction

rent 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:

Chris Brandell, Control l, Acrylic _ Oil on Canvas, 24'x 24'

Chris Brandell, Mistress, Acrylic _ Oil on Canvas, 40'x 40'

Chris Brandell, The Gift, Acrylic _ Oil on Canvas, 40'x 40'