Artist draws inspiration from his history, materials →

Artist Rich Harrington in front of his oil painting “Varsity” at the Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts Gallery in Binghamton. Harrington’s installation titled, “This is the way we play and learn”, will be on display until June 25th.

Now all grown up, Harrington is putting together a monthlong show at the Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts Gallery in Binghamton, titled "This is the way we play and learn," displaying work designed to evoke the environment Harrington grew up in.

“When you look at my work, it creates a narrative or a story, and that story references growing up in Endwell, New York, which is a white, middle-class, suburban New York in the 1960s,” Harrington said.

His exhibit will involve a number of assemblages, which can be described as a cross of sculpture and collage.

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Confronting Mainstays and Existential Questions at Art Miami and Context →

Alan Coulson, Jordan, oil on panel, 31 x 39 inches.

MIAMI — Since Art Basel’s Miami Beach fair set down its roots over a decade ago, Miami Art Week has become a cacophony of satellite fairs and events jam-packing the international art circuit’s calendar for the first week of December. One fair that gives the flagship behemoth a run for its money is actually its predecessor, Art Miami. An eclectic mix of galleries focusing on the primary and secondary markets inhabits this international fair, which encompasses three large tents in midtown Miami. Next door is a smaller tent that houses Art Miami’s sister fair, Context, a venue for younger spaces showing emerging and mid-career artists. Context is the MoMA PS1 to Art Miami’s MoMA: smaller, younger, and sleeker.

Source: https://hyperallergic.com

Getting Real with Anthony Brunelli →

Anthony Brunelli with his painting, Paradeplatz, the famous square in Zurich

“Anthony Brunelli is a world-renowned photo-realist painter from Binghamton, N.Y.  … Early in his career, Anthony’s depictions of Binghamton, and the surrounding small cities of Upstate N.Y., captured the essence of the small town American landscape.  Most recently, Anthony has expanded his subject matter to the urbanscape abroad. and has painted cities such as Paris, Florence, Prague, Zurich, and Hanoi to name a few….”

Source: https://www.ragazine.cc

Local street photographer opens show →

Binghamton (WIVT) – A local street photographer is displaying the evolution of his work depicting local residents he says can’t easily have their own voice.

Ever Onward: Chapter 2 is the name of the second solo show by Tice Lerner opening this Friday at the Anthony Brunelli Gallery in Binghamton.

Lerner spends considerable time interacting and building relationships with his subjects before taking their pictures spontaneously.

He said he’s refined his craft giving him greater trust and access with them.

Lerner rejects the notion that his work is simply a post-apocalyptic, Twilight Zone-like exploitation of people living on the margin.

He said his subjects have a lot to offer society.

“It represents potential and the ability to do big amazing things. And yes, it’s edgy, and it’s interesting and its unique,” he said.

The show has an opening this Friday evening from 6-9 p.m.

There will also be a closing reception with a presentation by Lerner on Saturday,May 30th from 5-6:30 p.m.

Source: https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news

Chair made of grass at art gallery →

Binghamton (WIVT) – Art lovers visiting Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts gallery in Binghamton over the weekend did a double take when they happened upon a chair made of grass.

“Green” Chair is the creation of artist and horticulturalist Josh DeMarree.

DeMarree works at the Binghamton University greenhouses and has married his love of art and botany through sculptures covered in living oat grass.

It’s the same grain fed to livestock and used to create Cheerios.

DeMarree said he grows a 7 by 7 foot square of oat grass in his home using 9 pounds of seeds and then drapes it over sculptures.

He said he loves seeing how fascinated people are with the chair.

“It’s super vibrant green and it’s super fleshy. If you were here, people wanted to touch it. It’s very tactile. And it’s not like grass out in your yard, which is thin. This has a little bit of weight to it and the green is really consistent,” said DeMarree.

Gallery goers are allowed to gently pet the chair but not sit in it.

The oat grass is already aging and turning yellow.

Your last chance to see it is this Saturday.

The gallery on State Street opens at noon, however, DeMarree said the plan is that starting at about 12:30, baby miniature goats will begin eating it.

His next project is to create a entire living room covered in oat grass.