Artist Ophelia Arc Welcomes You Into a Psychological Web of Her Own Making by Francesca Aton, ARTnews May 21, 2024 Somewhere between Faith Wilding’s 1972 crocheted “Womb Room” installation and the sculptural works of Eve Hesse exists the work of emerging artist Ophelia Arc. Her corporeal crochet sculptures and collaged drawings invite viewers into a psychological…
we’re just so glad you’re home at 81 Leonard: The Ophelia Arc Q&A. by Akeem K. Duncan, Quiet Lunch May 3, 2024 Ophelia Arc’s work puts you in a chokehold. Her dramatically malformed crocheted sculptures are perplexing as they are intriguing. It invokes feelings of awe and uneasiness–a perfect mixture when consuming art that is…
Interview | Vincent Donato by Brainard Carey, Museum of Non-Visible Art March 27, 2024 Praxis is the collaborative name for the work of artists Delia and Brainard Carey. The Museum of Non-Visible Art is a project by Praxis, hosted by Yale University Radio with over 1500 interviews in the archive. Listen to the interview: https://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/vincent-donato/
The Observer: The Fantastic World of Cande Aguilar by Tribeca Citizen September 26, 2019 In the United States when you place the word “barrio” in front of anything, it acts as a filter. It filters whatever words follow through a Mexican-American context down to common denominators like family and the neighborhood. If I say I…
HARD SIMPLICITY: MÉÏR SREBRIANSKY ‘AGE OF RESIN’ AT 81 LEONARD GALLERY FAD MAGAZINE By Caira Moreira-Brown • 15 April 2020 The latest online exhibition at the artist-run gallery, 81 Leonard Gallery features new works by Méïr Srebriansky. ‘Age of Resin’ is a survey of the artist’s work in a new medium. 81 Leonard is run by Nancy Pantirer…
BarrioPOP: Podcast, HeyXorje.com by HeyXorje.com September 24, 2019 “BarrioPOP is an amalgamation sprung by characters, colors & street phenomena that is my life immersed in popular border town culture; expressed through multimedia such as painting, image transfer, collage, photography, assemblage, digital collage, video & music.” – Cande Aguilar http://box2012.temp.domains/~eigonele/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/CandeAguilar.mp3 Read the full article: https://heyxorje.com/cande-aguilar/ BarrioPOP: Podcast, Affirmative…
81 LEONARD GALLERY TriBeCa HOSTS CANDE AGUILAR barrioPOP by Hudson Reporter September 26, 2019 Special Event: Opening Reception, September 5, 2019, 6 pm to 9 pm Featuring: barrioPOP, multi-media artworks by Cande Aguilar Open Weekly: Sept 5 to Sept 28, 2019, M-F, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and by appt. Location: 81 LEONARD GALLERY, 81 Leonard St, New…
Downtown Daily: News Updates and Goings On for the Community by The Tribeca Tribune April 5, 2020 The 81 Leonard Gallery in Tribeca is, of course, closed these days. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get inside and literally roam around to see Meir Srebriansky’s exhibition, “Age of Resin.” On view until April 30 through…
Taher Jaoui’s Solo Show Opens With A Full House at 81 Leonard Gallery Uncommon Beauty Gallery February 17, 2020 Thanks to everyone who attended the opening reception of Controlled Entropy, Taher Jaoui’s first United States solo show, which opened to the public on Friday, February 7th at 81 Leonard Gallery. As indicated by the exhibition…
The Observer: The Fantastic World of Cande Aguilar by Tribeca Citizen September 26, 2019 You can hardly call Nancy Pantirer a new kid on the block. She’s been making art at 81 Leonard for 23 years, albeit with the curtains drawn. It’s her partner, Elaine Mitchell, who convinced her to open a gallery in the space and,…
