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
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Contemporary Art Gallery | Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
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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.
“Still-Summer” One Window Exhibition by kyoko Imazu
Still-Summer
Kyoko Imazu One Window Exhibition
June 3, 2017 ~ June 30, 2017
Opening Reception: June 3 (Sat.) 6-8pm
AG Gallery is proud to present “Still-Summer”, a one window exhibition by Kyoko Imazu. Imazu is Japanese artist, printmaker and sculptor, living and working in Australia. She is mostly known for her printmaking and her work has been featured in multiple solo and group exhibitions museums and galleries including Kyoto Museum of Art in Kyoto, Japan, Japan Foundation Gallery win Sydney Australia, Odd One Out in Hong Kong, Davidson Galleries in Seattle, USA, and many more. Imazu has been featured at AG Gallery since 2014, and this is her second solo exhibition at AG Gallery after “World of Kyoko Imazu” in 2015.
“Drawing animals and monsters is one of my earliest and most important memories from my childhood. My drawings include animals like rabbits, cats and birds and also strange creatures, Yokai from Japanese folklore. Growing up in Japan, I was convinced—and very scared—that there were Yokai and other creatures lurking behind me and or hiding in the dark corners of the house. They were as real as dogs and cats.” -Kyoko Imazu
Moving to Australia from Japan as a young adult, Kyoko’s work draws narratives from nostalgic memories of childhood in Japan and features insects, animals and Yokai found throughout Japanese folklore that she read and listened to as a child. Her ceramics bring new life to her two dimensional realm of prints and into reality–the ‘real world’ becomes the playground for her adorable creatures.
“Still-Summer” is AG Gallery’s first one window exhibition, featuring Kyoko Imazu’s latest sculptures and her latest original prints.
This exhibition is inspired with the term “still-life”, the still of the summer night, deep silence and calm; stillness… that brings her imaginative creatures into our realm, quietly awaiting visitors in our gallery.
Photography by Oleksandr Pogorilyi
AG Gallery Internship Position
AG Gallery is now offering internship opportunities. Please read the description below for the detail.
Position Type
3 Month Internship (Unpaid)
Description
AG Gallery specializes in pop-art and contemporary fine art from local and international artists, and the gallery is located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn since 2003. The gallery is seeking an intern to work on a part-time basis (1-2 days per week) to provide general administrative support to the gallery director. Additionally it is mandatory to be present on gallery exhibition opening night to support the smooth operation.
Responsibilities include and are not limited to: Scanning and general archive work, cataloging, data entry, research, record keeping; distributing flyers; helping designing of flyer and other advertising materials; writing blog posts; assisting with the various tasks associated with mounting exhibitions and displaying art pieces; greeting and conversing with gallery visitors.
This internship will provide an excellent opportunity to work in a commercial art gallery, with a variety of responsibilities. The ideal candidate must take initiative and be able to multitask. Past gallery experience is not required, however, some experience in taking digital photography and decent knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe (Photoshop and Illustrator) is expected. Ability to be able to work on site is required.
Attributes
• Interest in international contemporary art
• Interest in Japanese contemporary culture and art
• Meticulous and strong attention to detail
• Proactive, friendly, flexible, engaged demeanor
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment, multi-task, and prioritize assigned tasks
To apply, please send a resume to info@aboutglamour.net
No phone call please.
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