“Time evolves and comes to a place and time where it renews itself again.
First there is a purification time, and then there is renewal time.
We are getting very close to this time.”
– Floyd Red Crow Westerman
The trio of artists presented in NATIVE SPIRIT: ART WITHOUT SURRENDER includes ... Read more
“Time evolves and comes to a place and time where it renews itself again.
First there is a purification time, and then there is renewal time.
We are getting very close to this time.”
– Floyd Red Crow Westerman
The trio of artists presented in NATIVE SPIRIT: ART WITHOUT SURRENDER includes ANNE FOUDRAL, a French painter now living on Lake Geneva, whose work shape-shifted forever following time spent in Africa during which the continuity, shape and symbol of the African woman became central to her work. Her oversize canvases feature communities of silhouetted interdependent figures, sharply lit in elemental color schemes.
The mixed media artist, painter and found object sculptor ATARA-BAKER also had her art transformed during a decade spent in Africa, specifically Johannesburg, South Africa, beginning in 1971, with the battle against apartheid in full swing. Born in Israel and now living in the U.S., ATARA-BAKER’s preference for encrusted earth-colors arises from her search for the primeval in herself, her “scratching at the surface” to spark a connection between the experience of a contemporary artist and that of the ancient, anonymous, ritual artists.
Henry Gregg gallerist/curator ANDRÉ MARTINEZ-REED is also a prolific painter, musician and photographer whose work is underpinned by a search for sacred ground, and lately, thoughts of the artifacts taken from their ancient sites for exhibit – or simply storage – in Western museums going back to the turn of the 20th century. “My vision was sparked by the French film Arts And Myths and my studies of Claude Levi-Strauss, who said, ‘A mask represents neither a human or a god, but…serves as an intermediary between man and god.’ I wish my paintings to serve this same purpose as well as a homage to Fritz Scholder.”
Inquiries may be directed to the gallery owner, André Martinez-Reed, at 718-408-1090 or art@henrygregggallery.com. Private viewings also may be arranged; please call 917-335-3673. The Henry Gregg Gallery is in DUMBO. Open Wed, Thurs, Sat from Noon-6pm, and Fridays from Noon-5pm. By subway: F to York Street or A,C to High Street, Brooklyn.
