For those of you who don’t know I love to paint to soul music. I feel it stimulates all my emotions and inspires me to paint with my heart. Soul music also seems to conjure up this energy within me that shines through in my paintings. One artist in particular I find truly inspiring is [...]
As people we have an elemental need to explore our universe. We constantly ask ourselves, “What lies beyond? How do we fit into this universe?”. The Expression of the Abstract uses art to transcend the way we approach these fundamental questions. It explores the universe while letting us understand that true comprehension of it [...]
James Rosenquist’s seminal work F-111 is now on display at the MOMA exactly as it was first exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in 1965! Upon entering the room, the piece holds you in a warm embrace of ideas. Challenging the viewers own self-consciousness, the twenty-three sections of the work wrap around the room completely [...]
On the cover of Complex magazine’s latest issue Jeremy Scott fashion’s pop artist and A$AP Rocky the avant-garde-ish rapper (who is exploding right now) channel Andy Warhol and Jean Michel Basquiat’s 1985 exhibition poster. Stylistically in regards to both sound and look A$AP Rocky is on the cutting edge with his southern inspired Harlem groove and vibrant videos, in which he sports a plethora of Jeremy [...]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Darkness & the Light / Ian Pawelec Exhibition: October 21-25, 2011 – 11am-6pm Opening Reception: October 21 6-9pm Location: chashama 217 at 217 E 42nd Street (between 2nd & 3rd Ave.) NEW YORK- Fine artist Ian Pawelec is pleased to present his debut solo collection Darkness & the Light: a journey through the universe [...]
On Thursday, September 15th Art Station will bring the gallery to the gas station. When curators Beth Fiore and Rachel Stekson asked me to join the group of artists displaying at their serial pop-up gallery I knew this was something innovative and exciting that I absolutely wanted to be a part of. From September 15th-22nd the curators will turn the still [...]
still from Marco Brambilla directed video “Power” Kanye West is turning the construct of pop art and iconography on it’s head! He is changing the viewer’s experience of art by using himself and his music as a platform to showcase the work of fine artists. West, a pop icon himself, is embracing fine art. In contrast [...]
Selected works for my Darkness & the Light collection, now on display at Christie’s New York through August 19 th as part of their Insider Art show. Located at 20 Rockefeller Plaza in Gallery 6.
A Future Saved by Art Art has tremendous power! It can inspire us or give us something to believe in. It ignites our passion, creativity, and ingenuity. Art can move us to create an amazing future. A future in which we have traveled past our pit falls to peace, enlightenment, and wisdom. For a moment [...]