NEW YORK, NY – Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Monica Adams in The Figure and Unknown Places. The exhibition opens July 7, 2018 and runs through July 27,  2018 with an opening reception on Thursday, July 12 from 6-8 pm. Any art lover who enjoys thought-provoking artworks and meeting talented and interesting artists is encouraged to attend.

About the Artist

Monica Adams creates oil paintings of beauty icons from the 1940s and 50s, their long hair and luscious lips layered with bold, colorful patterns. Embracing the natural weave of the canvas, the artist stretches her own canvases and uses clear gesso before layering charcoal and paints to achieve various washes and textures. The artist’s works are informed by her overseas travels to London, Paris, Venice, Umbria, Switzerland and Egypt, and indeed, the women in her paintings have a universal and timeless sense of beauty.

Adams’s Lace in Her Hair renders an idealized woman in profile modestly looking down. Her head and garment appear to be covered in an ornate lace, on top of which the artist layers floral motifs in cheery orange, pink, and yellow. Similarly Miss Lace depicts a beautiful woman, her head coquettishly covered and her gaze averted. Her pouty lips and eyelids are painted with thick swaths of peach, a stark juxtaposition to the ornate detail seen in the woman’s richly embellished dress.

Exhibition Dates: July 7 - July 27, 2018

Reception: Thursday July 12, 2018 6-8 PM

Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat 11:00am – 6:00pm

Gallery Location: 530 West 25th Street, New York, NY

Event URL: https://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Monica_Adams.aspx

Featured Artists:

Monica Adams | Francis Annan Affotey | Yu He | Angela Blattner | Ilaria Castagnacci | Boguslawa Czarnecka | Fiorenza D'Orazi | Jutta Ebeling-Dehnhard | Ashraf Elsharif | Marco Henrie | Ketan Kelkar | Gunter Langer | Pino Lavecchia | Taikyu Lim | Susan Marx | Andreas Meer | Mireille Pizzo | Mileidy Plata | J.H. Rebelato | Linda Rosen | Marliese Scheller | Christine Stettner | Richard Tomlin | Gonzalo Urrea Correa | Germán Valles Fernández | Hugo Ximello-Salido

About the Exhibition

The Figure and Unknown Places is an exhibition featuring twenty-six international painters and photographers exploring the connections between humans and the world we inhabit. Working between landscape painting and portraiture, the artists included reassess traditions and convey unique perspectives on timeless themes. Utilizing diverse visual languages, these artists provide fresh insight on engrained understandings of culture and nature, man and animal.

About Agora Gallery

Agora Gallery is a contemporary fine art gallery located in the heart of Chelsea’s fine art district in New York. Established in 1984, Agora Gallery specializes in connecting art dealers and collectors with national and international artists. The art gallery’s expert consultants are available to assist corporate and private clients in procuring original artwork to meet their organization’s specific needs and budget requirements. With a strong online presence and popular online gallery, ARTmine, coupled with the spacious and elegant physical gallery space, the work of our talented artists, who work in diverse media and styles, can receive the attention it deserves. Over the years Agora Gallery has sponsored and catered to special events aimed at fostering social awareness and promoting the use of art to help those in need.