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THIS SATURDAY AT 4PM, WE ARE EXICTED TO OPEN ROBERT DANIELS: SELECT WORKS AT CALABAR GALLERY, HARLEM “My latest work incorporates both, the techniques of printmaking and drawing. I utilize the linear planes and curved lines to create dimensions that narrate my journey. My life has many stories, the struggles, the joys, in short, my art tells of the contrasting emotions within me.” Sat, Jan 20, 2018, 4:00 PM –7:30 PM Calabar Gallery Harlem 2504 Frederick Douglass Boulevard, New York, NY 10030 Register here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/robert-daniels-select-works-at-calabar-gallery-harlem-tickets-42202178853 Robert “Bob“Daniels was born in Mount Vernon, New York. He attended public school in New York City and was an avid reader in his youth. This early love for books fueled his daydreams. His love of the Saturday Evening Post inspired him to drawing and color on the brown paper bags that his mom compiled from grocery shopping. Bob is a passionate mixed medium artist who uses all types of mediums and surfaces to express both his feelings and visions. Robert uses the colorful stories of his Caribbean heritage and his ancestral history to weave his stories. Daniels is a graduate of Herbert H. Lehman College. He has a BA in Studio Art. His area of specialization is Printmaking and Graphic Art. He was proclaimed a nationally recognized artist by the state proclamation in 2000. Robert is currently living in Barzano, Italia. #calabargallery #painting #newyork #bobdaniels #catbbeanart #exhibition #exhibitionopening soon #africanamericanartist #italianbased #caribbeanartist #mountvernon #harlem #lehmancollege #lehmanartist #italy #multimediartist #artist #printmaker #daydreamer #art

Seeing Stars “Where you live definitely influences the kind of art you make. Every experience I have informs my practice in some way or another.” - Laura Adel Johnson, Multimedia Artist. Laura Adel Johnson is a Perth multimedia who draws faces, not with a pen, but with the raggedy glow of fairy lights. As a multimedia artist Johnson is interested in incorporating everyday, common-place objects into her art works. Using these unconventional materials Johnson makes drawings that describe or comment on the current social/political environment. In 2007, during a residency at the ‘Bermis Centre for Contemporary Art’ in Omaha, Nebraska, Johnson started using lights in her work. Finding herself there during the Christmas season Johnson was mesmerised by the sheer volume of decorations and lights that illuminated the city. Inspired by the gaudy yet somehow beautiful lights she decided to start experimenting with this medium. Through trial and error Johnson discovered that focusing on portraits and images of people created the most dramatic and engaging works. For the work, ‘Please, Thank You and Have a Nice Day’, she found images of models from catalogues and magazines. The dichotomy of the artificial nature of the lights reflected the artificiality of the models and the facades they create to sell products. The art scene in Perth is very much alive and kicking, if bijou. The isolation for the rest of Australia and the world creates and interesting and inspiring environment for many artists. It allows them to be more experimental in their practice. It allows Johnson to create her illuminating images. Johnson is currently working on a collaborative project called ‘Rounds’ which involves eight different Perth artists and writers making work in response to one another. Johnson graduated from ‘Curtin University of Technology’ in Australia, in 2004 completing a BA in ‘Art’. ‘Please, Thank You and Have A Nice Day’ by Laura Adel Johnson #chapeaulondon #chapeaublog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #wordsandpictures #amazing #london #lifestyle #lauraadeljohnson #multimediartist #lights #illuminating #art #perth #portraits #images