"Art Now: A Survey of Urban Contemporary Art" Exhibition

Joseph Gross Gallery

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ArtNowNY is an urban contemporary art gallery set to launch this summer in the Chelsea arts district of New York City with the inaugural exhibition,Art Now: A Survey of Urban Contemporary Art. ArtNowNY is located on the 2nd floor of 548 W 28th Street in New York City and boasts beautiful lighting, exposed wood beams, and a second room that will function as a project space.

Founded by Joseph Gross, an established art broker and curator, the gallery program will showcase emerging and established artists working across mediums and genres who are pushing the boundaries of contemporary art practice. ArtNowNY will continue to build upon the legacy of its sister gallery in San Francisco with the mission to focus on building long term relationships with artists and to speak to the collector in everyone.

"In life, every person plays different roles; sometimes artist, sometimes collector, other times the critic and at most times the casual observer. ArtNowNY will be a theater for all."– Joseph Gross, Owner

For its inaugural exhibition, Art Now: A Survey of Urban Contemporary Art, co-curated by John Felix Arnold III, celebrates an expansive curatorial vision around the multifaceted work of artists whose practice is informed by urban culture. This exhibition will present a selection of 20 artists working in sculpture, photography, mixed media and painting whose work appropriately, and simultaneously, fits within the genres of “Urban” and “Contemporary” fine art. Defined by the documentation, representation or abstraction of urban-cultural iconography and iconology, Urban Contemporary work is known for its graphic, underground nature and aggregate cultural influence.

Art Now: A Survey of Urban Contemporary Art will include the work of Jamel Shabazz, a photographer, author and Brooklyn native who has been documenting urban life for 30 years; Niagara, an artist and musician, famously known as the singer of the punk band “Destroy All Monsters”; and Michael Johnson, an emerging artist who will be presenting a holophoneous skull fabricated out of 3 lbs of gold, 16 carats of yellow diamonds, 10.5 carats of cognac diamonds and 31 carats of rubies in a piece that is a commentary on the mining trade. Other artists will include Manny Fabregas, Coby Kennedy, David Hale, D Young V, Zak Shavric, Alyssa Kazew, James Charles, Skinner, Apex, K.C. Tyler Kahn, John Felix Arnold III, Peter Gronquist, Stephanie Inagaki, Chor Boogie, Kris D., Monica Canilao and Christopher Burch.

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