Nijmeegse Mireille Ligterink exposeert in Agora Gallery New York
ExhibitionThe Rhythm of Color
Van 13 september tot 4 oktober 2011
Mireille Ligterink’s Universal Portraits on Display at Agora Gallery
NEW YORK, NY – Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature Dutch artist, Mireille Ligterink, in The Rhythm of Color. The exhibition is scheduled to run from September 13, 2011 through October 4, 2011 (opening reception: Thursday, September 15, 2011).
About the Artist
Dutch portrait painter Mireille Ligterink came to her uniquely arresting four-tone style unconventionally, through her training in art therapy. The social interaction and emotional vulnerability that portraiture requires comes across in her close-up impressionist acrylic renderings, and also, more unusually, informs her very choice of palette. Formal and expressive considerations guide her process: for each face she chooses four colors that reflect the personality of her subject, while also picking one particularly striking facial feature to emphasize.
The resulting portraits often incorporate vivid hues and surprisingly bold shading reminiscent of prints or illustrations. Ligterink’s canvases focus our vision on a gaze, an eye, or a nose. Subjects often stare out at the viewer from the frame, which makes for arresting encounters with strangers who begin to feel familiar. The combination of colors — alert yellows, calm browns, assertive blues — and stylized features makes the portraits very intuitively legible. One quickly gains a sense of Ligterink’s subjects, as if she had introduced them to the viewer in person.
Exhibition Dates: September 13, 2011 – October 4, 2011
Reception: Thursday, September 15, 2011, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th St, New York City
Gallery Hours: Tues – Sat, 11a.m. – 6 p.m.
Event URL: http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Mireille_Ligterink.aspx
About the Exhibition:
The artists in The Rhythm of Color celebrate the vibrant energy and captivating charm that working with different hues and textures can develop and reveal. Full of movement, exuberance and inspiration, these works present various aspects of our world in ways that will gift the audience with a new appreciation for the wonder that surrounds us.
Featured Artists:
The Rhythm of Color: John Stevenson, Madeleine Arnett, Mireille Ligterink, Christian Perez de Carvasal, Fred Mou, Briggitte Lazo (“Blazo”), Weeda Hamdan
About Agora Gallery
Agora Gallery is a fine art gallery, established in 1984 and located in the heart of New York City’s Chelsea art galleries district. It is famous for showcasing a spectacular array of talented artists from around the world and around the corner, while providing quality and original art to collectors. Gallery II, an elegant adjacent gallery space, gives artists the ideal area for a solo or group exhibition of their own, organized and publicized by Agora Gallery. The gallery also publishes ARTisSpectrum Magazine, a bi-annual magazine that is distributed to museums, galleries, art institutions and art schools around the world. It provides artists, collectors, museums, galleries, art organizations and enthusiasts with access to the work of international talented artists as well as feature articles, reviews and interviews. Agora Gallery is also the sponsor of ARTmine, one of the most comprehensive resources available worldwide to view and purchase fine art. The gallery also runs Agora Art Blog, a blog designed to provide helpful information and advice for artists while providing a forum for artists to help one another by sharing their experiences and thoughts.