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When I first thought of this show for Artworks, Elena Chestnykh’s figurative paintings, especially those of women, really sunk in as the cornerstone of what I thought to be the curatorial theme I was working toward. In an early studio visit, I carried in my paintings to compare with Elens’s one-to-one. I knew then the curatorial theme would be successful. With additions of Gary Giordano and Buket Savci, the show was complete, displaying desperate styles of figurative painting. Elena’s work and approach to the figure is similar to mine in certain respects. For me, I am challenged to stop when the image appears or when I am happy with it. (Damien Loeb says he’s ‘done with a painting when he’s no longer embarrassed by it.’ Ha! Thats true!) Elena seems to know exactly when to stop and start the both the surface and the narrative for the figures in her works. See this exhibition, I think you’ll be intrigued by the paintings on view. http://artworkstrenton.org/distance-and-happiness-dreams-and-time/ #artworkstrenton #trentonartworks #garygiordanoptojects #buketsavci #elenachestnykh (at Artworks Trenton) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvxlobFFGFL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=i79hmt74n75p

Installation of YOUNGBLOOD X SPACE GALLERY ST BARTH in progress is complete. Come see the show tomorrow at our New York City gallery ✨ ———- @newyorkacademyofart @alumniassociationnyaa @buketsavci #newyorkacademyofart #buketsavci #alumniassociationnyaa #art #arte #fineart #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartist #emergingart #artcollectors #collectingart #artcollection #exhibition #picoftheday (at Space Gallery St Barth) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9SlcOslPqj/?igshid=18p9bjyb3ve40

There was a raucous bunch o’ kids at art-making day today at artworks as our exhibition continued. I visited the Studio of Gary Giordano today and I was again struck by how direct and gestural his work is. —Here, I contrast him with Buket Savci who controls our glances and attention down to the brushstroke. Of all of us in the show, Gary and Buket reside at the ends of the spectrum of style, gesture, surface, and light. The representation of flesh is very much at the forefront of all the paintings on view. Buket shows us the softness, warmth, and volume of representational figurative painting. Gary lets the surface and gesture and pure nature of the paint come through to let us into his visions, dreams, and familiarity of people in his life. Buket’s more realistic style lends itself to the story she is telling us, and the items she calls to our attention. Gary’s paintings push through our emotions to the point where we can become immersed into just the feeling of a person standing before you. See this exhibition, I think you’ll be intrigued by the desperate styles on view. #artworkstrenton #trentonartworks #garygiordanoptojects #buketsavci #elenachestnykh (at Artworks Trenton) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvX0byMl7GY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=byui4no94puz