Top news and stories from EWORLDWIRE http://www.eworldwire.com/ http://www.eworldwire.com/logos/logo40x60.gif http://www.eworldwire.com/ 40 60 (C) Copyright 2009 EWORLDWIRE Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:00:05 -0500 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/211337 Barebrush.com ('http://www.barebrush.com') , online publisher of the N*des-of-the-Month calendars announces calendars numbers 39 and 40. Guest curator was Marina Hadley of Monkdogz Urban Art in Chelsea (NYC). Hadley selected both November and October together, commenting that she liked having a good selection. "It's nice to see a minimum of five [works] ... You really start to understand what the artist is trying to achieve." For the two months, Hadley chose 61 artworks by 48 artists. [EWORLDWIRE] Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:22:58 -0500 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/211193 Funky, Parts 1&2: Mary Logan of Kim Foster Gallery loves to laugh. Her laugh is gentle and welcoming, never derisive or negative. When Logan agreed to curate September and October, launching the 2009-2010 art season, she worked hard at stating the essence of what she would like to see. Her final version on the call for entries: "Capturing a sense of personal identity or expression in a birthday suit display. [EWORLDWIRE] Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:15:45 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/19654 SUB-CONTEXT -- When Vaughn Lewis of Magnan Projects agreed to curate July, he said, "I will be looking for something edgy, gritty and fresh. I will be very interested to see work which adds sub-context to the image, pushing the genre into nude-plus." For N*des-of-the-Month July 2009, Lewis chose images which he felt generated an affecting presence. [EWORLDWIRE] Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:21:11 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/19587 MIXING IT UP -- Del-Bourree Bach is a widely-collected artist who is very active in several art organizations (American Society of Marine Artists, Salmagundi Club, AAPL and others). He is represented in galleries in New England and Florida. Bach approached the curation with enthusiasm and decisiveness. As he went through the selection, he looked especially for good design and unusual statements in a variety of media. [EWORLDWIRE] Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:31:37 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/19531 INTENSE DIVERSIONS -- Sarah Hardesty is a young, energetic artist, the assistant director of a well-established Chelsea art gallery and independent curator. She approached the N*des-of-the-Month curation task iteratively - sweeping through, taking notes, and sweeping through again and again, taking more notes, crossing out, adding. It was a silent, intense process. When she was finished, she read her choices and said that she enjoyed it. [EWORLDWIRE] Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:16:38 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/19457 Scores of artists participated and twenty-five artists won first, second or third place in the Curators' Choice competitions from Barebrush ('http://www.barebrush.com') in 2008. The Barebrush Best of 2008 Video presents the perfect "marriage" of Art and Music (music by Mozart). April 2009 N*des-of-the-Month STARTING WITH A TWANG -- Tom Taffe, artist and officer of the Salmagundi Club, the oldest art club in NYC, has a definite sense of art and fun. [EWORLDWIRE] Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:59:09 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/19412 DARK SPRING -- Sherry Camhy, as an artist and teacher, is fascinated with materials and with the process of artistic vision. Much of her own work is black-on-black or silverpoint - challenging as a preference for the barebrush calendar format. Here she seems to emphasize the special boldness of her choices with a satisfying mix of dark and light. All of the art invites closer inspection. The images seem to interact with each other - almost as if the same vision produced them all. [EWORLDWIRE] Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:04:14 -0500 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/19354 This is My N*de -- Celebrating the Individual Approach -- February 2009 is the thirtieth barebrush N*des-of-the-Month calendar. The work of each artist stands distinctly and recognizably from the others, definitively individual. One marvels at the differences which the art of the nude genre continues to inspire. "Recognition for our artists is what we're after," notes barebrush CEO Ilene Skeen. [EWORLDWIRE] Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:44:23 -0500 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/19260 CLASSIC&FEROCIOUS OWNERSHIP -- When D. S. Wade of the First Street Gallery in Chelsea completes the selection of the January 2009 N*des-of-the-Month, it becomes clear that the calendar speaks to two themes: personality and complexity. First, Ms. Wade looks for the artists to represent each individual figure's unique humanity -- as subject, not as object. [EWORLDWIRE] Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:53:28 -0500 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/19177 EMOTIVE POWER -- When David Thompson of Serrano Contemporary sat down with the curator's lightbox to select the N*des-of-the-Month for the December 2008, he exclaimed, "Wow, there's a lot of great work here." Then Thompson studied the art silently looking up and down the lightbox for some long, quiet minutes. His choices are notable for both the variety of the overall selection and the individuality of the artists. [EWORLDWIRE] Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:13:46 -0500 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/19110 Back Talk -- When Mikaela Sardo Lamarche, curator for ACA Galleries, selected the art for the November 2008 calendar, she mentioned that generally, "images from the back are considered the least accessible, but the images here are really very expressive.... A whole show of backs wouldn't have been fair because I didn't tell [the artists] up front," she added, somewhat wistfully. When presented with the prospect of choosing only 30 works by 30 artists, Lamarche said it was hard to choose. [EWORLDWIRE] Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:13:42 -0500 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/19039 All visual artists are invited by BAREBRUSH founder and CEO, Ilene Skeen, to submit art of the nude for the November 2008 N*des-of-the-Month calendar contest. Guest curator: Makaela Sardo Lamarche, ACA Galleries. Entry fee: $1 per artwork. Additional information is available at 'http://barebrushnews.blogspot.com/2008/10/art-opportunity-oct-23-deadline.html'. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:00:01 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/19022 Mystery in the darks - When Claudia Seymour, president of the historic Salmagundi Club (oldest art club in NYC, founded 1871), sat down to select the October 2008 calendar, she had no idea of the variety and excellence of the selection. Some of the art is absolutely fabulous, she said afterward. "Looking at the n*des of October, one is drawn in, pulled, maybe even impelled to look at each image more closely - to click on the thumbnail and see the larger image behind it. [EWORLDWIRE] Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:57:15 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/18930 All visual artists are invited by BAREBRUSH's founder and CEO Ilene Skeen to submit art of the nude for the October 2008 N*des-of-the-Month calendar contest. Claudia Seymour, president of the historic Salmagundi Club in New York (SCNY) and a prize-winning, widely collected artist, will serve as guest curator for October 2008. Although generally thought of as a "traditional" art venue, the Salmagundi Club has been enthusiastically supportive of the barebrush project since its inception. [EWORLDWIRE] Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:58:47 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/18925 "Risk, investment, guts." According to Bob Hogge, director of Monkdogz Urban Art Gallery, that's what art, and the business of making and selling art is all about - and that's what he was looking for when he curated the barebrush September 2008 calendar - the second anniversary show. Hogge was busy preparing his new Jean-Marc Calvet show for the 2008-2009 Monkdogz' art season launch and reception, September 4. "We're filming the opening. It will be historic. [EWORLDWIRE] Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:16:36 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/18816 Commitment to skill -- When the Morris Museum Exhibitions Curator Ann Aptaker sat down to select the barebrush August calendar, she noted the general loss of skill in the art world over the last 30 years, but thought that maybe this was starting to turn around. Happily, barebrush artists pleasantly confirmed her hopes. "There is a lot of talent here," she said, "and the artists are taking skill seriously." Aptaker chose Jennie Rosenbaum to launch the month with her sweeping use of space. [EWORLDWIRE] Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:17:18 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/18724 All visual artists are invited by BAREBRUSH's founder and CEO Ilene Skeen to submit art of the n*de for the August 2008 N*des-of-the-Month calendar contest. From Morristown, New Jersey's Morris Museum Curator of Exhibitions Ann Aptaker will serve as guest curator. Her most recent exhibitions include a retrospective of the 1960s through 1980s avant-garde work of May Wilson, and a retrospective of John Evans 40 years of daily collages. [EWORLDWIRE] Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:16:10 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/18701 Design aesthetic is the premise behind the July 2008 calendar. Guest curator, Tim Newton, is a dedicated and enthusiastic collector. He is the founder and curator of "American Masters at SCNY," an annual exhibition. For the July calendar over 600 artworks were submitted, and the process of deliberating over each choice was daunting; "long and careful" is an appropriate description of the curator's work. [EWORLDWIRE] Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:27:34 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/18605 All visual artists are invited by Barebrush's founder and CEO, Ilene Skeen, to submit art of the n*de for the July 2008 N*des-of-the-Month calendar contest. Art collector, independent curator and popular Salmagundi Club member, Tim Newton will serve as guest curator. Newton has been a passionate lover of the arts all his life. As a dedicated and enthusiastic collector, he nurtures his collection with frequent trips around the country to view and buy art. [EWORLDWIRE] Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:03:45 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/18595 Of 579 works of art submitted by 54 artists worldwide - a Barebrush record number of submissions, director of the Christopher Henry Gallery of New York City and guest curator, Bart de Koning Gans, chose 30 artworks by ten artists. The curators' guidelines for barebrush suggest one or two submissions maximum per artist, but de Koning Gans felt strongly about consistency of language and its variety between artists. [EWORLDWIRE] Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:19:18 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/18467 All visual artists are invited by Barebrush's Founder and CEO Ilene Skeen to submit art of the n*de through May 23 for consideration for the June 2008 N*des-of-the-Month calendar contest. Bart de Koning Gans, director of the Christopher Henry Gallery of New York City, will serve as guest curator. The Christopher Henry Gallery showcases emerging and mid-career art with the singular mission to promote a higher standard in the contemporary art community. [EWORLDWIRE] Tue, 06 May 2008 11:54:42 -0400