In her exhibition at the Ricco/Maresca Gallery in Chelsea, Bastienne Schmidt presents 30 achingly beautiful works on paper inspired by Greek vases. Th...
Her work engages with the expression of human ways, three-dimensional forces, and unearthly things, and her chorus of yellow and crimson-eyed creatures may drink from a poisoned chalice, or deal us clubs, diamonds, hearts and spades.
There is definitely an argument for working in close proximity to other artists -- that's why they invented art colonies. The Lou Beaches demonstrate that the family that glues together sticks together.
In an age where Photoshop is the most used artistic medium, it is refreshing to learn about a contemporary artist who manually creates complicated pie...