Happy Holidays to you all from AG Gallery!
Gallery is closed tomorrow on 25th. We will be open again on 26th. Art In Boxes group exhibition will be on view through January 2018.
ART IN BOXES 2017
AG Gallery
Contemporary Art Gallery | Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
ART in BOXES 2017
Art In Boxes 2017
The 9th Annual Holiday Group Exhibition
Opening on November 27, 2017
AG Gallery is pleased to announce that this Art In Boxes 2017 is opening on Monday, November 27th. Art In Boxes (AIB) is our annual holiday group exhibition that features unique artworks from artists of various backgrounds around the world. Every year with AIB, we have been introducing over twenty artists to our Williamsburg locals and tourists. We have been offering various artworks in different artists, sizes, and prices, with a concept of one of a kind artwork for a gift to someone special. This year makes its 9th exhibition, and we are extremely thankful for all your love and support to keep this exhibition happening for such a long period of time. This year also, we have over twenty-five artists in the exhibition with various artworks for your holiday gifts ideas including but not limited to paintings, drawings, etching prints, silkscreen prints, sculptures, and jewelries. Please be the early bird and find perfect artworks for your beloved partner, family, and friends.
List of Artists
Yen Yen Lo (Australia)/ Agnes Bodor (Washington, D.C.)/ Polly Shindler (NYC)/ Tamako Yoshii (Japan)/ You Jung Byun (NYC)/ Aya Kakeda (NYC)/ Victor-John Villanueva (NYC)/ Kyoko Imazu (Australia)/ Nathalie Goulet (Canada)/ Naoko Saito (Japan)/ Cat Rabbit (Australia)/ Richard Dick Vincent (UK)/ Maria Montiel (Spain)/ APAK (Portland)/ Philippa Rice (UK)/ Rica Tasaka (Japan)/ Mamaru (Japan) / Michiko Shimada (NYC)/ Hanako Sakashita (Japan)/ Naoko Saito (Japan)/ Frank Parga (NYC)/ Ken Brown (NYC)/ SAM (Japan)/ Hiromi Machida (Japan)/ Andrea Lauren (US)
ORANGE IN A CORNER by Haejin Park
ORANGE IN A CORNER
HAEJIN PARK
September 16 ~ October 15, 2017
Opening Reception: September 16 6-8PM
AG Gallery is pleased to announce Haejin Park’s first solo exhibition “ORANGE IN A CORNER”, opening on September 16, 2017. Please be invited for the opening reception on Saturday, September 16, and meet the artist.
Haejin Park is a New York based artist and illustrator. Please be invited for the opening reception and meet the artist on Saturday, September 16 evening. Haejin graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with BFA in Illustration, and since then she has been working as an illustrator based in New York City. Her clients include New York Times, BuzzFeed, PLANSPONSOR, Portland Mercury, edible Manhattan, and more. She has received awards from 3×3, Society of Illustrators, Association of Illustrators. She also enjoys writing zines and making small books. She has been traveling and selling those zines and books at following events ; Rhode Island Expo, Comic Art Chicago, Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Museum of Comic Arts.
If you knew even a little bit about her work, that means also you have met unique characters living in her work. Those characters (such as Mushroom Dancer, Toilet Princess, and Worm Players, and more…) are like signs that take you to her original stories and imaginary fairly tales. Her academic background is Illustration, however, larger scale paintings, drawings, and sculptures that she has kept making in her personal time are as powerful as her illustration with vivid colors and cheerful energy, only they are bigger and we can feel her imagination, joy of creation, and freedom. This will be the first opportunity that we can enjoy a collection of Haejin Park’s personal works.
Artist Statement
Two girls live in my room.
One is a five years old, she is quiet and decisive, sitting on a center.
And an older girl in a corner. She is sick and red, always desiring manic feelings.
I work like constantly switching back and forth between them.
I start by creating characters such as Worm Players, Big Headed Boy, Mushroom Dancer, Toilet Princess. After tilting them, I get excited to add a story and fill out the surroundings. With an illustration background, my process is like writing a short story.
I use watercolor as my main medium, as I think it is innocent and honest.
Recently, I started to make them into a fun toy using air dry clay and paper mache.
Orange In A Corner is my first solo exhibition. It will show my recent personal works, featuring original watercolor paintings, drawings, zines, and sculptures.
インターンシップ
AG Gallery では現在、新たにギャラリーインターンを数名募集しております。美術大学学生や将来ギャラリーや美術関係の職業に就きたい方には実際の画廊で経験を積んでいただける貴重な経験となるプログラムです。ご興味のある方は下記募集要項をご参照いただき、メールにてご応募ください。
Position Type
三ヶ月インターンシップ（無給）
Description
AG Gallery は2003年にブルックリン、ニューヨークにオープンしたアートギャラリーです。k地元と海外の作家の発掘、企画展示を中心に行っております。
勤務時間：
週１〜２回、各４時間ほどと、展示会オープニングレセプション当日とその準備作業日。展示会の予定によって変更あり、面接時に要御相談。
業務内容：
まずは個々の得意分野を生かしながら、後半は新しいことにも取り組んでいただきます。ギャラリーディレクター、キュレーター、ギャラリーアシスタントのサポートが基本業務です。ブックキーピング、展示会準備、オープニングレセプション準備、作家のアシスタント、フライヤーディストリビューション、グラフィックデザイン関連、サインボード情報更新、SNS関連など。
Attributes
• アートへの興味関心のある方
• 日本の現代アートやアーティストに興味がある方
• 三ヶ月インターンシップの継続が可能な方
• 日本語または英語でのコミュニケーションが可能な方
• 基本的なコミュニケーション（挨拶やメール返信など）ができる方
• アート作品の扱いに慣れているまたは経験がある方優遇、経験がない方でもアートに愛情や熱意がある方はサポートいたします。
• 時間制限や繊細な作品を取り扱うプレッシャーの中でも責任を持って作業を行える方
インターンシップへのご応募はこちらのメールアドレスまでお願いいたします。メール必須記載事項名前、電話番号、志望動機、現在のビザステータス（アメリカ国籍でない方）お持ちの方は履歴書（日本語・英語可）、 info@aboutglamour.net
お電話でのご応募は受付致しかねます。
Rica TASAKA | Embroidered NY
Rica TASAKA
Embroidered NY
On View: August 18, 2017 ~ August 24, 2017
AG Gallery is pleased to announce a new exhibition with artist Rica TASAKA “Embroidered NY”, openng on August 18, 2017.
Rica TASAKA is a Japanese artist who explores washi as an art medium like oil paints and clay. Tasaka’s works are made completely with only embroider and Washi-paper collage. Tasaka collects images from around the world. Based on snapshots pictures she shot in cities she visited she creates her washi-art. Tasaka explores everyday subjects in her work that make us rediscover joys and happiness that lives in small parts of our daily life in a specific location of the world.
In this exhibition Tasaka created NYC landscape series using pictures and sketches of her visit to NYC last year as inspirations. We suggest gallery visitors to get extra closer to artworks this time, and see the details. They look like illustrations at a first sight but actually collaged paper and stitchings that make those “snapshot-like” pictures.
Exhibition is on view through August 24th, 2017. Please visit the gallery and enjoy how NYC was like to a visiting artist, you may discover something similar or different from what you know.
Statement and Message from Artist
I was born and raised in the bustling, food-centered city of Osaka, Japan in 1974.
I spent my childhood creating unique works of art using everyday items I found around the house. Later in life, I entered the Life Design Department at the Kyoto Saga University of Arts.
While at the university, I designed furniture and various other household goods. After graduating in 1995, I worked at a company as an interior designer.
During that time I started working on my own art and in the process found traditional Japanese washi paper which totally changed my work. Washi paper has special textures that I can’t express using just paint. The texture and the hand-torn edges of the paper absorb and dissipate the ink in a way that makes each piece unique. I also embroider directly on the washi paper to give my work a three-dimensional texture and a visual rhythm as a single piece of art based on everyday life.
I resigned from my company in 2000 and became a freelance illustrator. I did illustrations in various media, as I actively worked on creating solo exhibitions. In 2015, I held my first public exhibition at the Karuizawa New Art Museum in Nagano. Then I had my first exhibit in Brooklyn, New York.
Tagged 2017, Affordable Art, AG Gallery, Art, Art Exhibition, Art in Brooklyn, artist, artworks, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Art Gallery, collages, embroider, Exhibition, japan, Japanese, Japanese Artist, New York, NYC, paper, Photography, Rica Tasaka, washi, washi paper Coming to New York in 2017, greatly expanded my experience and style. The overwhelming energy of the city exhibited in its food, people, and lively culture caused me to explore a sense of movement and irregularity in my art. This has added power in addition to the sense of healing which was present in my previous work.
I hope that whoever sees my art feels like they have made a small discovery in their lives and it causes them to smile. That’s what keeps me going as an artist.
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