NEW YORK, NY – Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Susan Marx 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

Abstract Impressionist Susan Marx’s gestural abstractions are translations of emotion into pure color. Painting with energy and spontaneity, Marx paints in bold, gestural strokes of unblended pigment. She uses the fast drying medium of acrylic paint to record scenes and experiences quickly, leaving portions of the raw canvas exposed to create tension between positive and negative spaces. Choosing not to paint her canvases to their edges, Marx’s compositions are floating shapes inside the picture plane.

In her painting titled Turbulence, Marx paints with confident brushstrokes and juxtaposes complementary colors of red and green to create a dynamic composition. Under the Sea is an abstraction embracing the analogous tones of the ocean—blue, deep violet, navy, and green evoke the cool shades of water aquatic life. Finally, The Old Port, Cassis painted en plein air is among Marx’s more representational images; the shapes of the houses by the port are clearly visible, and the watery reflections of the architecture ripple through the lower half of the canvas. Lyrical and emotive, these paintings capture Marx’s visceral experiences of the world.

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/Susan_Marx.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.