Naomi Nemtzow “New Work: Subway Series”
Bowery Gallery
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In her 10th exhibit at Bowery Gallery, Naomi Nemtzow shows new drawings and collages. In the current body of work, Nemtzow goes underground, taking her longstanding exploration of the urban environment into the subway. Once there, she studies her fellow New Yorkers in the interior spaces of subway cars as they travel to their daily destinations. Nemtzow shows a series of directly observed, highly energized drawings which capture the gestures and contours of her fellow riders and locate them in the interior space of the A train. Nemtzow also shows larger collages constructed from painted paper, where shapes are simplified and bold colors reign, building jazzy compositions.
Reviewing Nemtzow’s 2012 show, Peter Plagens wrote:
“…it takes a real sense of visual poetry to make good (collages). Naomi Nemtzow makes very good collages….she distills what she’s seen into joyful straight-edged compositions of brightly painted paper….Her collages exude a palpable sense of hope, in this age of technical sleight-of-hand, for guileless art.”
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Schedule
from January 27, 2015 to February 21, 2015
Opening Reception on 2015-01-31 from 15:00 to 18:00