Love and Art is everywhere in the New Year, we just have to remember to look.

This simple “remodeling” of a New York City subway map in the 72nd Street station made my day today.  It reminded me of what is important in my life and resulted in my New Year’s resolution:  to focus my efforts on art and love in 2012.  I’ve always been tempted by life’s tangents and as much as this attitude has brought adventure to my life, it has also brought a scattering of energy.  This year I am consolidating.

I encourage you all, my dear friends, supporters and lovers, to see the omens, give a little thought to what is important to your life, and to resolve that this year, you will focus on those central people and things.  After all, the world might end in 2012 and your soul will kick itself if it didn’t get to the good stuff in time.

Happy New Year to ALL!

From a curatorial standpoint, Maurizio Cattelan’s All at the Guggenheim Museum is a masterpiece. I bow down to Nancy Spector, curator of the show, who managed to pull off this novel and seemingly impossible task perfectly. Every piece, most life-size and together totaling over 50 works, hangs from the ceiling or from another piece above it. In addition to what would have been an enormous job to just get these things up there, every piece happens to also be perfectly placed so the observer has an unobstructed (unless intentionally obstructed) view of each work. Pieces even manage to converse with one another across this wall-less space. I laughed out loud when I came upon a bed containing two men fast asleep. The big billboard sign behind them reads: “Qualle sara la mia prossima donna?” (translating to “Who will be my next woman?”). Spector breathed new life into those pieces by creating a relationship between them.

This brings me to my second point: Cattelan’s work is funny, in a good way. It is difficult these days for art to make us laugh. The world of high art often requires a stern observation, but I found myself giggling all the way around the starkly empty spiral floors of the Guggenheim.  How can one not laugh at a Hitler down on his knees praying?  Or at two cowardly lions peaking from behind a beautiful doorway?  There is virtue in laughter, especially when it is not achieved through witty script forced upon a canvas or its substitute.

Lastly, the exhibit is beautiful. I encourage you to stand below the hoofs of the bottom-most piece, a chocolate-colored life-size horse hanging its head and tail as sullenly as they could go. Maybe you too would feel such melancholy if you were weighing down a life-time of work hanging from the ceiling of one of the most spectacular art spaces in New York City.

These small format series (10″ x 10″ framed) make a perfect Holiday gift.  Please contact TincaArt at info@tincaart.com if you are interested in making one yours.  The first editions are $150, the second editions are $200.  The 10th edition will be sold for $1000.

Pink Ledge (1/10), 2011
C-print photo
10″ x 10″ (framed)

To see more of Lurie’s work, please visit www.daniellelurie.com.

Dear Friends, Clients and Lovers,

This year marks TincaArt’s third and biggest presence at Fountain Miami Art Fair.

I will be showing an eclectic group of 8 ARTISTS, each of whom pushes the lines of society and creativity in their unique way. Please welcome street-savvy Eddie Colla, Mike Cuffe, and Hugh Leeman; neo-abstract powerhouse Carly Ivan Garcia; hauntingly beautiful Rachel Monosov, installation-master Andrea Stanislav, and photographer Danielle Lurie’s colorful view of the world.

I look forward to seeing many of you this weekend!

For those of you who won’t be in sunny Florida, please see my most recent newsletter for details on each artist.

For more information on the artist or to purchase custom made pieces that Lurie will come an paint on your wall, please contact info@tincaart.com

October 6-16, 2011
Curated by Carly Ivan Garcia in collaboration with TincaArt

Check out the union of East Coast swagger with West Coast cool at this annual event. A special art show curated by our friend and talented artist Carly Ivan Garcia in collaboration with Catinca Tabacaru.  Carly, also a Marin County Native, has worked hard to bring in artists from all over the country.   There will be 14 internationally acclaimed artists’ works on display.   We know you’ll enjoy this amazing tribute to classic cinema: “A RAW Art Gallery Exhibit”.

As many of you know, Rachel Monosov is a TincaArt staple.  Her work fascinates and scares me at the same time.

Although I cannot pry my eyes away, looking directly, deeply, makes me question my understanding of my body as a woman, my role in society, and my status in the universe.

St Art saw much of the same magic in Monosov’s work.  Director Serge Trioche supported the Bunny Project and ensured its fruition.

The Process was a long one, taking over a month of work.  Rachel modeled for a sculptress every day for almost three weeks and the form came alive in clay.

Supported by a steel form, the details were decided:  making the calfs and feet that of a bunny, the size of the ears and the discreet the hairstyle.

Once it was perfect and an exact duplicate of Rachel’s body in every detail, the structure

Once it was perfect and an exact duplicate of Rachel’s body in every detail, the structure was broken apart in order to created the mold that could later be used to create multiple works.

Once the mold was formed and dried, the hollow sculpture was created.  Finding and building a pump that would move carrot juice from mouth to anus in an on-going cycle was yet another adventure that is better discovered over a cocktail.

For further information about the artist and about showing this particular piece or another in this same series, please contact info@tincaart.com

Location: Lot 613 , 613 Imperial Street LA, CA 90021
Dates: September 30 – October 2, 2011
Hours: 12pm – 7pm

Tinca Art returns to FOUNTAIN ART FAIR for its Los Angeles premier this fall presenting the new works of neo-abstract artist Carly Ivan Garcia.

The 11,000-square-foot Lot 613 (613 Imperial Street LA, CA 90021) will provide an awesome space to display Carly’s dream-like abstract expressions using mixed media. Following the success of Carly Ivan Garcia last year in both Fountain Art Fair Miami 2010 and New York 2011, C.I.G and Tinca Art will team up once again in the Wild West. C.I.G is sure to be a highlight in this epic L.A Arts weekend.

If interested in learning more about the artist or purchasing work please contact TincaArt at info@tincaart.com.

Beethoven Festival 2011
September 14 – 18 schedule
Location: 2229 S. Halsted Street Chicago Urban Art Society
Festival Passes from $20 to $180 purchase

BEETHOVEN AS MAN AND MUSE

Contemporary Art and Film exhibit curated by Beethoven Festival 2011 Art Director Catinca Tabacaru buttresses 5 day and 5 nights of classical concerts performed by Chicago’s most renowned musicians.  The Festival presents the first collection of Beethoven Portraits in over 200 years and includes works by Amina Ahmed, Michael Cuffe, David J. Eichenberg, Carly Ivan Garcia, Ellen Gradman, Mostafa Heravi, Amy Hill, Edward J. Hines, Maya Kalabic, Hugh Leeman, Brian Leo, Danielle Lurie, Rachel Monosov, J. Thomas Pallas, Amir Parsa, Gail Stoicheff, Rhom and Anne Worbes.

CHICAGO – International Beethoven Project (IBP) – the organization that brought the historic and critically acclaimed (Chicago Tribune, New York Times) Beethoven World Premiere to Chicago in 2009 – has again made Chicago its premiere location, this time for its newest project:  Beethoven Festival 2011. A radical new vision for presenting culture in both contemporary and historical contexts, Beethoven Festival 2011 is a five-day, multi-disciplinary celebration of the life, works and spirit of Ludwig van Beethoven through music and art.  To be presented in spectacular fashion at the edgy and acoustically superb CHICAGO URBAN ART SOCIETY from 4pm until 2am nightly, with many performances broadcast live on Chicago’s 98.7 WFMT radio.

The Festival features 70 musicians–performing over 80 pieces of music from 20 living composers, 12 contemporary artists, 5 filmmakers, 3 scholars, 2 actors and 1 poet.  Also featured are twenty new works for piano solo and music spanning 400 years –from baroque to rock, solo to orchestra, with plenty of Beethoven at center.  Food and Drink vendors will be on location to allow audiences to enjoy concerts with a glass in hand, in a home-like setting.

President and Artistic Director of IBP, George Lepauw, explains: “Few people get to experience the great master as he should be: a true radical in a radical setting.  Beethoven was a rebel who broke all the rules of musical and societal conventions, changing forever the world of art and the rights of the artist. He was the first modernist. Thus we are challenging all the rules of classical music programming, in honor of Beethoven’s spirit of defiance and experimentation, with the goal of inspiring artists and audiences to be fearless, visionary and always hopeful. Ultimately this project is not really about music, or art, but about humanity and bringing people together around memorable and beautiful sights and sounds.”

The Prince (Luddie the Younger), 2011

56″ x 50″
oil and acrylic on canvas
$9000

ARTIST STATEMENT
The Grosse Fuge grabbed me immediately, contemplative and complex— the qualities of the greatest music, the best art and the most intriguing characters. The piece brought to mind thoughts of liberation versus restraint or, more specifically, liberation within restraint and the reverse. It was with these impressions and much listening that the portraits evolved over several months. It was a pleasure to spend this time with such an intense piece of music and to be rewarded, now, with a visual record of the conversation.

ARTIST BIO
Gail Stoicheff (born Lewistown, Pennsylvania, 1976) holds an MFA in painting from Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, NY (2005), and a BFA in painting from The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (2000).  She has exhibited in the New York City area since 2002, recent shows include: Insider Brooklyn, NY (2010); Just Art NYC (2010); Brooklyn Painters, Rebecca Randall Bryan Gallery, Coastal Carolina University (2009); Gimme a Little Sign, Sister Gallery, Los Angeles (2008); Beyond Pastoral, Gallery w52, NYC (2006); Works on Paper, Gallery MC, NYC (2005); Despite the Sun, Foxy Productions, NYC (2004); Six, Supreme Trading Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2004) and The Warm Weather is Holding, UBS Exhibition Center, Red Hook, NY (2004).  She was the 2004 recipient of the prestigious Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Arts Fellowship in Painting and The Elaine DeKooning Painting Award, and was recently the featured cover artist for the New England Review.

For inquiries about this work, please email info@tincaart.com