NEW YORK, NY – Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Marianne Durach in Heaven and Earth. The exhibition opens April 5, 2018 and runs through April 25,  2018 with an opening reception on Thursday, April 5 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

Working with the quick-drying medium of acrylic paint, the German-born artist Marianne Durach makes colorful abstractions which often suggest indiscernible figures. One sense in her work a fidelity to the origins of abstract painting, where artists literally “abstract from” landscapes or an architectural structure, preserving the formal essence of their subject while recreating its content in terms of coloration and texture. Indeed, it's Durach’s use of color that immediately leaps to the viewer’s eye, especially in the way she utilizes color to overlay a joyful, optimistic tone.

19/17 PB is one of Durach’s more figurative-seeming works. The painting features what appear to be rhythmically repeating shells-like structures that draw in the viewer’s eyes both vertically and horizontally. True to her abstract tendencies, what Durach has painted only suggests recognizable objects. The shadowy details that fill out the painting allude to a general relationship of darkness to light that can be perceived in many different contexts, under many different conditions.

Exhibition Dates: April 5 - April 25, 2018

Reception: Thursday April 5, 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/Marianne_Durach.aspx

Featured Artists:

Miguel A. Chavez | Ali Cockburn | Ana Dávila | Barbara Demsar | Marianne Durach | Manuel Jiménez Palma | Olivia Kapoor | Sergey Klychkov | Alexander Ossipov (TOTUR) | Matus Prochaczka (WEKOWORKS) | Stefano Sanna | Gordana Tomic | Gerlinde Amei Wöllmer | Donald Woodman

About the Exhibition

Heaven and Earth

Heaven and Earth is a group exhibition featuring 14 artists’ explorations of the beauty within both the sublime and the everyday. Encompassing a variety of styles and media that push the boundaries of both traditional and contemporary convention, this exhibition invites the viewer to consider how each artist’s vision encapsulates the world we live in and what lies beyond.

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.