NEW YORK, NY – Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Helen Becker in Summer Idyll. The exhibition opens June 27 and runs through July 17, 2019 with an opening reception on Thursday, June 27 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 

Helen Becker is an abstract painter from Ohio, currently living in Utah, whose bold works exemplify painting as a freeing act of self-creation and expression while also emphasizing the materiality and tactility inherent in the art of painting itself. Although she was previously an abstract oil painter, in early 2017 Becker attended a workshop where she was introduced to the idea of multimedia collage with acrylic painting. It was at this point that she realized that painting did not need to be tight and controlled but could be as truly free as affixing anything to a canvas. With this in mind, Becker has been able to harness the power of thick lines, bold colors, and many different materials as a means of breaking out of a depressive block and allowing painting to become a personal healing activity. Her confidence in this method of painting has allowed her to fully devote herself to creating stunning work.

Growing up around steel factories and interacting with her mechanical engineer father bestowed upon Becker an early and deep-seated fascination with how things are constructed. Throughout her life she has striven to understand the underlying structure of buildings, bridges, gadgets, and now particularly the superhighways that map our entire lives in today’s society. In her current work, Becker attempts to deconstruct the essence of what these highways are to us both physically, as means of getting somewhere, and psychologically, as expressions of how we move forward and flow through life. She then reconstructs the highways on her canvas, making use of portions of interchange diagrams in the creation of her compositions, as well as layering materials, such as rope and string, onto the canvas similar to the way highways are constructed, to create bold strips of color with realistic grit and texture.

Exhibition Dates: June 27 – July 17, 2019

Reception: Thursday, June 27, 2019 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/Exhibition/Summer_6_27_2019-Artist-Helen_E._Becker.aspx

Featured Artists:

Avi Shankar Ain | Muhanned al Badrawy | Monel Aliote | Hezekiah Baker Jr. | Helen E. Becker | Andrea Braunfeld | Eric Carter | Kamal Elfeki | Carol Kavish | YeonSoo Kim | Julius L. Meyer | Kristina Arntz | Rosemery Torres | Masaoki Mitsutake | Stefano Puleo | Di Taylor | Tiffany Reid | Diana Wunsch | Marily

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.