NYAB Event - Sylvia Netzer, Joan Ryan and Luisa Sartori Exhibition

Sylvia Netzer, Joan Ryan and Luisa Sartori Exhibition

A.I.R. Gallery

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Gallery 1 : Sylvia Netzer "Redux"

In Redux, Sylvia Netzer exhibits Grapolites, a monumental sculptural work from her 1996 exhibition Miasma Morph with a series of new large-scale pieces entitled Wall Necklace. Formally and conceptually both works that are a grouping or community of “individuals” that agromulate together for a common good. Since 1999, Netzer has worked with non-plastic clays at both ends of the ceramic spectrum, from carving brick to using casting slip with molds. As Netzer resolves complicated technical issues presented by the challenges of working with clay and ceramics, she also addresses issues of human communication and plays of power.

Sylvia Netzer received an M.F.A. in sculpture from Columbia University School of the Arts, and is currently a Professor of Ceramics at the City College of New York. In addition to writing numerous pieces on glass and ceramic works, Netzer has been the subject of multiple publications, including In Three Dimensions: Women Sculptors of the ’90s by Charlotte Streifer-Rubenstein and Ceramics: Mastering the Craft by Richard Zakin. Cynthia Nadelman currently features Netzer’s work in the latest issue of Sculpture Review. Redux is Netzer’s seventh solo exhibition with A.I.R. Gallery.

Gallery II: Joan Ryan, What We Forget to Remember

Joan Ryan’s paintings and drawings depict nostalgic images of childhood crashing into present day realities. Using interiors decorated with recognizable contemporary imagery of adolescence, class pictures and children’s drawings, these idyllic memories interact with the paraphernalia of war. Her juxtapositions reveal the complexity of our cultural identity and actual heritage.

Joan Ryan has exhibited both nationally and internationally. Her recent solo exhibitions include Smith College in Northampton MA; Cambridge Multicultural Center, Cambridge MA; Soho 20, NYC and at the Nancy Lincoln Gallery Chestnut Hill, MA. Notable curators such as Donald Kuspit, Olga Viso, Jacquelyn Days, Gary Carrion-Murayari, Allen Stone and Ned Rifkin have included her work in exhibitions. She has received grants from the Puffin Foundation, George Sugarman Foundation and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Ryan received her MFA from Boston University and teaches at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University.

Gallery III: Luisa Sartori, Circles, Triangles, and Then...

Circles, Triangles and Then…, is a collection of works on paper, drawings, and wood panel pieces reflecting Luisa Sartori’s enduring fascination with geometry throughout her recent bodies of work. Her most recent works explore the esthetic use of geometry: geometry as “form generating” and ornamental. Sartori investigate sthe construction process of decorative patterns: how circles and triangles, assembled by combinatory rules, generate invisible frames that open the way for more complex patterns and forms to emerge.

Circles, triangles and then… is Luisa Sartori’s fourth solo exhibition at A.I.R. Born and educated in Italy, she has worked as an architect/planner in several countries. Sartori then pursued an MS in Historic Preservation at Columbia University and an MFA at Hunter College, after moving to New York, where she currently works and lives.

Media

• Painting
• Prints

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