Like the Spice Gallery Events

Curate NYC: "Layer Current" is only up for three more days!

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:21:00 +0000

That's right folks, this fantastic Curate NYC show, "Layer Current," is only up for a few more days here at Like the Spice Gallery and it would be a shame if you weren't able to see all of these great pieces. We all know that the holiday season is a busy one and we promise to forgive all of those who do not make it out to the gallery before "Layer Current" closes and take your names off of the naughty list but we hope that you take a look at the images below and do not hesitate if you have any questions!

Curate NYC Live Exhibition: "Layer Current" Dec. 8th-18th, 2011
Erik Sommer
"Red Lips and Ivory"
36"x36"
Mixed media on canvas (gessos, oils, acrylics, pastes, plasters, cement)
$4,000

Wayne Adams
"ask Me No More Questions, Tell Me No More Lies"
48"x60", 2010
Acrylic on canvas
$2,500

Nicholas Horman
"1000 Layers"
45"x24", 2011
Latex paint on wood
$3,000

Joe Banish
"Nth Degree"
20"x16" (framed)
Edition 1 of 3
C-print, 2011
$350

Keira Kotler
"August 9th to September 2, 2011 (I Look For Light)"
18"x18", 2011
Urethane and varnish over acrylic
$2,200

Rosemary Taylor
"Untitled (On and Off)", 2011
Oil, spray paint, acrylic, ink on canvas and wall
$6,500

Ian Hall
"Patterns of Science"
Mixed media collage, 2011
$325

Rachel Kohn
"Beneath What We Know"
8"x8", 2011
Courtesy of Crossing Art Gallery
Watercolor, plaster, aqua resin, and wax on panel
$500

Rachel Kohn
"Beneath What We Know 2"
8"x8", 2011
Watercolor, plaster, aqua resin, and wax on panel
$500

Dana McClure
Curiosities Series (sold individually)
8"x10", 2011
Rice paper and screen printing
$300 ea.

Dana McClure
Pheasant Triptych No. 1
16"x20", 2011
Rice paper and screen printing
$750

Vadis Turner
"Primrose Path Engulfed in Smoke"
Mixed Media
68"x63"x5", 2011
$12,000

Lael Marshall
"Big Wig"
Oil, acrylic, thread, on various materials
117"x91", 2011
$7,000

Jay Paavonpera
"Hubert St."
Machine oil, rust, household paint, spackling paste, on sheetrock
24"x24", 2011
$ 900

Christina Massey
"Business and Pleasure 9"
Oil on canvas with collared shirt and khakis
42"x42", 2011
$4,500

Hannah Mishin
"Untitled X"
Paper, rubber cement
31.5"x23.5"
$1,900

Mira Alibeck
"FBLE :: Dreams"
Latex, urethane foam, aqua resin, acrylic, and pencil
approx. 50"x27"x27", 2011
$2,600

MaryKate Maher
"Blackout (alluvia)"
50"x27"x30"
Resin, dirt, mirror, tree branch
$15,000

Tamiko Kawata
"Secret Devourer: Final Stage"
Shredder, steel, paper
25"x26"x36", 2009
Price upon request

We're Baaaaaaaaaack!

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:17:00 +0000

Marisa and Olivia have returned from Miami and are so happy to be back home at Like the Spice! Though they had a fantastic time doing Scope during Art Basel they were certainly looking forward to the festivities of this week and next...

This past Friday was the perfect welcome back as it was the opening for the 2011 Curate NYC exhibition, "Layer Current." This beautiful show features works by Wayne Adams, Mira Alibek, Joe Banish, Ian Addison Hall, Nicholas Horman, Tamiko Kawata, Rachel Kohn, Keira Kotler, MaryKate Maher, Lael Marshall, Christina Massey, Dana McClure, Hannah Mishin, Jay Paavonpera, Erik Sommer, Rosemary Taylor, and Vadis Turner. Selected from over 1500 entries submitted by artists living or working in New York City, the exhibition showcases works built up in layers over time.

"Layering, as a strategy, takes on varying and multiple meanings and uses in each piece, some layers are there to hide or modify what's beneath, other layers combine to produce startling effects, some layers allude to geological stratifications and accumulations, others mark the slow, painstaking process of their intentional layer-by-layer creation. Colleage, decollage, collecting, accreting and composting are all in evidence," Click here to read the full press release!
This incredible show will only be up until Thursday, December 18th, so layer those sweaters up and come and visit us at Like the Spice! Or, better yet, join us for this month's artist dinner featuring many of the artists from "Layer Current." Dinner will be catered by the lovely and talented Neilie Meyer, owner and executive chef of The Starving Artist Bakery and if you have yet to taste her culinary masterpieces now is certainly the time to do it before you start filling up on all of those holiday sweets;) As always, our dinners are RSVP only, click here to get your tickets now. Doors are open at 7pm and dinner will be served promptly at 8pm, just enough time for you to choose your seat, enjoy a glass of wine, and meet our other wonderful guests. We hope to see you there!

Layer Current, Curate NYC 2011 Exhibtion

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:25:00 +0000

"Red Lips and Ivory"

December 8-18, 2011
Opening Reception:
Thursday, December 8th, 2011 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Like the Spice is proud to present the exhibition Layer Current, the Curate NYC 2011 live exhibition for Brooklyn, featuring works by Wayne Adams, Mira Alibek, Joe Banish, Ian Addison Hall, Nicholas Horman, Tamiko Kawata, Rachel Kohn, Keira Kotler, MaryKate Maher, Lael Marshall, Christina Massey, Dana McClure, Hannah Mishin, Jay Paavonpera, Erik Sommer, Rosemary Taylor, and Vadis Turner. Selected from over 1500 entries submitted by artists living or working in New York City, the exhibition showcases works built up in layers over time.

Layering, as a strategy, takes on varying and multiple meanings and uses in each piece, some layers are there to hide or modify what’s beneath, other layers combine to produce startling effects, some layers allude to geological stratification's and accumulations, others mark the slow, painstaking process of their intentional layer-by-layer creation. Collage, décollage, collecting, accreting and composting are all in evidence.

Often labor-intensive and obsessive by design, the works in this exhibition do not aspire to a unified cold glossy surface, seen in so much “Blue Chip” luxury art today, but revel in the handmade humanity of their production. Even the sensual surfaces are here the result of painstaking processes, not mechanized perfection.

Several works take up mundane experience as subject matter, transforming materials, though precise attention to detail and refined technique, into embodiments of the ridiculousness and subtle hidden meanings of the everyday. Other works have their own magical arbitrariness of process, becoming systems for living through work, rather than systems for producing works; the slow buildup of layers making art of slow, incremental, repetitive, obsessive actions that are more process than product, intense accumulations of time in material form.

There is something to this idea of surface upon surface upon surface, which is distinctly of our time. In Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time there is an anecdote, possibly invented, about an old woman who confronts a scientist after his public lecture on astronomy,

"What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise." The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, "What is the tortoise standing on?" "You're very clever, young man, very clever," said the old lady. "But it's turtles all the way down!"

When it comes to contemporary society, unlike world-supporting turtles, we get the feeling that perhaps life really is just surface layers, all the way down.

Curate NYC is an online platform designed to heighten exposure and opportunities for New York City visual artists and promote New York as a vital cultural hub. This December, Curate NYC has selected one gallery in each borough of the city to curate exhibitions from the over 1500 works submitted online by open call. In addition, the top 150 works will be featured as postcard prints in an additional exhibition. Funding for Curate NYC is provided by the New York City Economic Development Corporation and Full Spectrum Experience, Inc. More information on Curate NYC can be found at www.curatenyc.org

Erik Sommer (Press release image)
"Red Lips and Ivory"
36"x36"
Mixed media on canvas (gessos, oils, acrylics, pastes, plasters, cement)
$4,000

Like the Spice Scope Miami Booth C06 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:15:00 +0000

Like the Spice Scope Miami Booth Co6

Tuesday Nov 29th, 2011 - Sunday Dec 4th, 2011

Like the Spice Gallery will be showing all new works by Jenny Morgan, Jessica Stoller, Allie Rex, Matt Stone, Reuben Negron, Brian LaRossa, Joseph Heidecker, Jason Yarmosky, and Treasure Frey.

Click on the artist names above to view a few of the works we will have with us in Miami!

FIRST VIEW

Tuesday | Nov 29 | 4pm-8pm
For VIP and Press
(or $100 donation at door)

OFFICIAL SCOPE PARTY
Thursday | Dec 1 | 10 pm

SHOW HOURS
Wed – Sat | Nov 30 – Dec 3 | 11am – 7pm
Sun | Dec 4 | 11am – 6pm

SCOPE Pavilion
NE 1st Ave (Midtown Blvd)
at NE 30th St., Miami, FL 33127

Jenny Morgan Scope Miami 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:09:00 +0000

See pieces in Booth Co6 at Scope Miami 2011
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Practice

oil on canvas

70 x 50, 2011

20,000

oil on canvas

55 x 42, 2011

12,000

Battle

oil on canvas

32 x 26, 2011

5,200

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Matt Stone Scope Miami 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:06:00 +0000

See pieces in Booth Co6 at Scope Miami 2011
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Cyclone

Resin, cardboard, polyurethane foam, spandex, steel, wood

67” x 15” x 16”, 2011

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Brian LaRossa Scope Miami 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:04:00 +0000

See pieces in Booth Co6 at Scope Miami 2011
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Superposition – Patrick & Van Hanos

Mixed media output as digital c-print on Fujicolor Crystal Archive matte, 2010

Edition of 3 + 1 AP

24” x 36”

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Allie Rex Scope Miami 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:59:00 +0000

See pieces in Booth Co6 at Scope Miami 2011
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Plate 21, 2011

Mylar, Acrylic, pins, coloring book page

12.5” x 9.5”

Plate 15, 2011

Mylar, Acrylic, pins, coloring book page

11.75 x 8.75

Click here to return to the artist page on www.likethespice.com

Reuben Negron Scope Miami 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:55:00 +0000

See pieces in Booth Co6 at Scope Miami 2011
Click on image below to e-mail Like the Spice Gallery for more info:
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Click here to return to Reuben Negron's artist page on www.likethespice.com

Jessica Stoller Scope Miami 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:51:00 +0000

See pieces in Booth Co6 at Scope Miami 2011
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Jessica Stoller

Untitled, 2009

porcelain, china paint, 6”x8”x6.5”

Jessica Stoller

Untitled, 2010

porcelain, china paint 10.5" x 7.5" x 5.5"

Click here to return to artist page on www.likethespice.com

Jason Bard Yarmosky Scope Miami 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:48:00 +0000

See pieces in Booth Co6 at Scope Miami 2011
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Portrait of a Shieldless Captain study

Pencil on paper

18” x 24”, 2011

Portrait of a Wondering Women study

Pencil on paper

18” x 24”, 2011

The Prayers study

Pencil on paper

24” x 18”, 2011

Click here to return to artist page on www.likethespice.com

Joseph Heidecker Scope 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:45:00 +0000

See pieces in Booth Co6 at Scope Miami 2011
Click on image below to e-mail Like the Spice Gallery for more info:
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National Beauty Series

String on photograph

22” x 27”, 2009

National Beauty Series (Bakery String)

String on photograph

22” x 27”, 2009

Treasure Frey Scope Miami 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:06:00 +0000

See pieces in Booth Co6 at Scope Miami 2011
Click on image below to e-mail Like the Spice Gallery for more info:
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Green Wreath

Gouache, acrylic, varnish,

on walnut ink stained paper

24” x 30”, 2011

Cat's Cradle 1

16” x 20”, 2011

Gouache, acrylic, varnish, on walnut ink stained paper

Moon

Gouache, acrylic, varnish, and gold watercolor

on walnut ink stained paper

24” x 30”, 2011

Please click here to return to artist page on www.likethespice.com

Do you know your "Time Tables"?

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:14:00 +0000

We had a great end to last week with the opening of our current show 1+1=11, featuring Allie Rex and Brian LaRossa's layered installation and digital works dealing with time and space. Their works create a harmonious and colorful aesthetic that play off of each other. A beautiful show indeed that was admired by many (so many in fact that we could barely all fit)! Congratulations Allie and Brian!

The Gallery was jam packed with the help of Williamsburg Every 2:ND Friday which included a tour of our fellow Williamsburg galleries led by Stephan Fowlkes that began at (yours truly) Like The Spice Gallery. We were serving the famous (or infamous?) Green Beast Punch which features delicious Pernod absinthe; it has been quite a hit at every opening so far and don't think we don't remember you coming for your fourth glass;)

One last thing, don't forget to RSVP by tomorrow by noon (Thursday November 17th) for the 1+1=11 artist dinner, "Time Tables," with current artists Allie Rex and Brian LaRossa. It's THIS FRIDAY, November 18th at 8pm and it's RSVP only. The dinner will include both artists speaking about their current show, as well as a Q&A about their work, process, what inspires them, and anything else you can think of asking these two very talented people!
The dinner will include a lovely beet, walnut, and feta salad, a fall inspired chicken pot pie, and last but not least a pumpkin cake with a caramel sauce for dessert all for only 45 dollars per person! Wont you join us?!

We hope to see you soon!!

Me Oh My Miami!

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:34:00 +0000

(Map of Scope, Like the Spice's booth is C06, commit that to memory!)

Get your sun tan lotion ready because Like the Spice Gallery will be heading down to Miami to exhibit at SCOPE November 29th-December 4th! Wont you join us? If you ask me, it certainly seems like a nice time to go down south and skip some of the snow and cold of early NY winter. Plus, we will certainly have some sizzling work that will help take the chill off once you get there... It is my pleasure to announce that Treasure Frey, Jessica Stoller, Jenny Morgan, Reuben Negron, Joseph Heidecker, Matt Stone, Allie Rex , Brain LaRossa, and Jason Bard Yarmosky will all have new works up in our booth at Scope, C06

Let us know if you're in Miami during Art Basel, we would love to see some familiar faces:)

Curating up a storm!

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:30:00 +0000

Hello world!

Like The Spice Gallery is happy to announce our participation in CURATE NYC this year!!

Curate NYC has asked Like the Spice Gallery to participate in an amazing exhibition opportunity for New York City artists in December; we will be hosting a gallery show from December 8-18th Curate NYC comprised of work culled from submissions to Curate NYC. Last year, Curate NYC attracted 1,190 entries in three weeks. All entries were reviewed by a panel of judges, and 150 works were reproduced for exhibition as 11 x 6' postcards. The opening, held at Rush Arts Gallery + Resource Center in Chelsea, was hosted by NYC Deputy Mayor Robert Steel, NYCEDC president Seth Pinsky, and entertainment/business mogul Russell Simmons. Cool stuff, no?

The deadline to submit work is November 8th, if you are interested in submitting work (of any medium) make sure to register before it is too late! Just think, you could be one of the 150 artists selected by a panel of judges to have their work printed. Curate NYC will also feature more entries per artist, and online sales of their work. Guest curators will organize online shows, while live exhibitions (that's us) will be held at five galleries, one per borough (go Brooklyn!), featuring works by Curate NYC artists (this could be you!).

What is so great about this AWESOME opportunity is that many of the artists showing work are unrepresented working artists looking for the chance to have their work on view to the general public, online, and in print. Curate NYC is a "juried exhibition and online platform that exists to heighten exposure and opportunities for New York City visual artists. The project also helps promote New York City’s image as a vital cultural hub." This is a really cool project, y'all, get into it!

Additional congratulations to Brian Tate and Danny Simmons of Curate NYC who were both on the Brian Lehrer show on WNYC this morning, Wednesday November 2, as well as written about in The Huffington Post's Art Section, explaining the benefits of Curate NYC for upcoming artists and the art community in New York. You rock!

We are thrilled to be given the opportunity to participate in this event and we can't wait too see some amazing work by our fellow New York artists!! Don't forget to come to the show Dec. 8-18th!

Allie Rex and Brian LaRossa: 1+1=11

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:49:00 +0000

November 11th-December 4th, 2011

Opening Reception: November 11th, 6:30-9pm

Like the Spice proudly presents Allie Rex and Brian LaRossa, two artists confronting time with layered processes and site-specific installations. Their individual efforts, which have interacted conceptually and contextually over their thirteen-year relationship, span several mediums. They independently reveal contradictions between momentary awareness and the conceptual understanding of past and future. LaRossa presents multiple allegories within a single moment, utilizing unconscious interjections and his own multitude of digital manipulations to challenge sequential time. Rex’s repetition provokes a transformation of time, expanding upon the illusions of the present. Each artist’s work aims to isolate the present yet allow all indications of time to converge.
LaRossa aggressively challenges the structure of time by reconfiguring its linearity. The first portion of the installation consists of photographs of the gallery taken during a single day. From the photographs he generated drawings to elucidate his own subconscious evaluation. The drawings are then returned to consciousness, vectorized, and integrated back into the original photographs. The dreamy compositions juxtapose the specificity of the photographs and the immediacy of his drawings. LaRossa also presents a selection of portraits, generated through a similar process, that aim to depict "multiple moments of a single facet." Each likeness is simultaneously hyper-real and completely abstracted. LaRossa approaches time as both landscape and portrait, generating an installation of "two bodies of work that are dancing together."
Rex manipulates repetition and abstract language to further enhance and betray the implications of time. Her experiments with color and shape are composed of hand-painted mylar and tiny stick pins. Rex's simple units, such as cubes or grids, are pinned to and project from the wall. The compositions are structured like flat paintings liberated from their two-dimensionality. The work is flexible, concurrently fragile and strong. Rex challenges the truth of her chosen symbols and mediums quite openly: the stable, foundational cube becomes a dainty net; a flat painting oscillates between two and three dimensions. Bygone installations are reworked into updated incarnations regularly, literally integrating the past and a certain anticipation of the future. Her site-specificity, however, links each work to the present and the exclusivity of each construction. Her work is at the mercy of the universe: each paper grid will inevitably droop with time, and her fragile, projected compositions are constantly vulnerable to chance. The future provides an objective adjustment to her work, uncovering a tension between the foresight of planning and the alterations of reality's linear time.
Both artists create installations that capture and ignore time at once. LaRossa's work imparts a monumental energy to his subjects, reinvigorating their present moment while honoring incarnations of the past and future. LaRossa makes "many facets of a single moment" accessible. Rex's compositions, masked in exactitude, surrender to the effects of time. Time imparts adjustments to her work, such as shadows on the wall or sagging compositions, and challenges their meticulous structures. Both artists incorporate illusions that taunt the viewer and challenge them to digest the work outside of reality's linearity.

Come have dinner with us and do NOT mess with Texas!

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:28:00 +0000

Well, hello brisk fall weather, what a pleasure it is to see you again! And yes, it is also nice to see all of you blog readers as well (sorry, the first statement was purely driven by my love of layers and sweaters, forgive me for putting you all second;). We have some great Like the Spice news to share; our current show, "Re/Deconstructing History" is open and is just gorgeous and everyone loves it, and also, Marisa and Dylan are LOVING it in Houston at the Texas Contemporary art fair. Check out Like the Spice's gorgeous booth:

S'nice, right? Is it just me, or do things in Texas seem bigger? Or maybe people are just smaller there? Hmmmm, we'll try to keep you posted on these important questions as well as what's happening at the show.

Haven't seen "Re/Deconstructing History" yet? Well then stop by anytime this weekend, or next week, or even better, come to the artist dinner for the show next Friday, October 28th at 8pm (RSVP required). The local artists from the show will be in attendance and we will be feasting on some delicious seasonal fare, you should probably join us. But seriously, the work of these five artists (Jessica Stoller, Joseph Heidecker, William Immer, Matthew Craven, and Eric Beltz) is really quite beautiful and certainly worth seeing in person. Plus, since Marisa is in Texas at the fair if you want to come by maybe we can throw a party or something...JUST KIDDING MARISA:)

Anyway folks, come on by to see "Re/Deconstructing History", the show is open until November 6th; don't even try using the 'it's Halloween and I don't have time to do anything but eat candy and make my costume' excuse, I ain't buying it this year...

Reconstructing Last Nights Opening!

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:50:00 +0000

Last night marked the opening of Re/Deconstructing History, a group show featuring the works of Jessica Stoller, Matthew Craven, Joseph Heidecker, Eric Beltz, and William P. Immer. In addition to our extravaganza, Williamsburg Every 2:ND Friday had their monthly event highlighting over 10 gallery openings (including ours!) Thanks to our amazing partners over at AT&T ‘Learn to Collect’, yesterday evening was extremely successful and will be remembered by many!

“The artists in Re/Deconstructing History reinvent techniques, materials, symbols, and representations from the past. Each work similarly challenges moments in world history, from the tumultuous history of the American continent to ancient myths and cultural traditions, and allows for a reassessment of historical ‘facts’.”

Featuring the alluring porcelain sculptures of Jessica Stoller, Joseph Heidecker’s innovative embellishments, William P. Immer’s hilarious take on Renaissance portraiture, Eric Beltz’s stunning graphite drawings, and the culturally influenced work of Matthew Craven, Re/Deconstructing History generated a responsive crowd that circulated throughout the gallery from 6:30-9pm. With great company and amazing drinks provided by Pernod (just ask those who tried the Green Beast!), the show had positive reviews and a remarkable turn out. For anyone that couldn’t join us last night, the show will be on display until November 6th!

Joining forces with Williamsburg Every 2:ND Friday, Like the Spice was one of many galleries that hosted openings and special events last night. Including an amazing guided art crawl led by New York Optimist Editor Stephan Fowlkes, yesterday evening can be chronicled as another magical installment of Williamsburg Every 2:ND Friday! Special thanks to our friends at the Art & Absolute Guide to Brooklyn and Wagmag for making last night great!

And now for an update on future events!:

Next week, Marisa will be in Houston for the Texas Contemporary Art Fair (October 20-23)! If you are in the area, we would love for you to visit us, so shoot over an email and we will get you a pass! If Houston isn’t in your foreseeable future, Olivia will be holding down the fort at Like the Spice during our regular hours!

In addition to the art fair, our monthly artist dinner is coming up on October 28th! If you would like to dine with some of the Re/Deconstructing artists, head over to Likethespice.com and RSVP. Tickets cost $45 and will get you a bottomless glass of wine, a tasty dinner catered by one of NYC’s finest, and an evening filled with good times! Hope to see you soon!

Life is uncertain, eat dessert first!

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:56:00 +0000

Though I wholeheartedly agree with the sage words in the title of this post, last night's artist dinner here at Like the Spice with guest of honor, Reuben Negron, did not quite start that way (though once you hear about the actual dessert you might end up agreeing that it should have). Even without dessert first the dinner last night was a spectacular event; fine food, an amazing show ("This House of Glass"), and wonderful company!

Despite the humidity and the torrential downpours we had lovely crew here to enjoy an intimate discussion with Reuben Negron about his most recent body of work, "This House of Glass," on view at Like the Spice through October 9th. Reuben spoke eloquently about the origins and process of each piece and I must say his technique blows me away whenever he describes it. Each subject is a volunteer, drawn to Negron's project by his desire to unravel a particular knot in their recent memory. He adopts the role of confidant and digests innumerable morsels of honesty over several weeks or months. These conversations turn into visual collaborations between Negron and his model, conceived as a collective narrative told on their terms. In person, these visual stories really do seem to come to life; the intense layering of watercolor over a graphite sketch is so expertly done that the figures' skin seems like it would be warm to the touch.
So, not only were we blown away by the work and words of Reuben, but the food certainly deserves mention as well. Our three course meal was created by the lovely and talented, Neilie Meyer, the owner and executive chef of The Starving Artist Bakery. Our taste buds were tantalized by the first course of a mixed greens salad with a pear, mushroom, and brie strudel. The second course featured home-made butternut squash ravioli (HAND ROLLED AND STUFFED) nestled perfectly under a layer of roasted garlic cream sauce. And then last, but certainly not least, was the salted caramel mousse sprinkled with chocolate-covered pretzel shards and served in its very own chocolate bowl, see above. I die.

So that was that folks, I hope that you are jealous enough to make it to our next dinner on November 4th!!!!

Fall food and Reuben Negron!

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:26:00 +0000

Hey guys,

It's that time again! September is finally here and the weather is beautiful! What better way to celebrate the approaching fall than to join Like The Spice Gallery at our monthly artist dinner with current showing artist Rueben Negron on Friday the 23rd at 8pm. There will be fantastic company and delicious food catered by Starving Artist Bakery. The dinner will be an intimate setting at which you will get to know Negron as he will be speaking about his work, inspirations, process, and answering questions.

The menu will consist of delightful dishes like pear, mushroom, and brie strudel served on a bed of baby greens, home-made roasted butternut squash ravioli with sweet Italian sausage in a garlic cream sauce, and for dessert a salted caramel mousse in a chocolate bowl. Yum, If that doesn't get your mouth watering I don't know what will.
Tickets for this fantastic event are $45 per person. Please RESERVE spots because they are going fast!

Reuben Negron's current show This House Of Glass, showing September 9th to October 9th, has been quiet a hit. The opening was jam packed, full of people sipping absinthe and admiring the beautifully technical photo realistic watercolors on display. Negron's watercolor mastery is amazing and obvious in every piece. Most people had to have a second look because they were convinced the pieces were photographs. Pure Talent.

This House of Glass is a journey for the viewer into the private world of each subject. Negron depicts several collaged moments captured over weeks and months, creating one final intimate narrative of his nude subject living every day life in the comfort of their "glass house". The viewer is given the opportunity to view each subject in their personal environment which leads to a sense of untouchable intimacy within each piece. Watercolor as the medium of choice also adds to the delicate and intimate feel of each piece.

A personal favorite piece is entitled "Mick". The viewer gets to peek in on Mick in his living room, smoking a cigarette with a cowboy hat on in the nude. His tattoos are visible as is his waist length hair and South Park doll on the bookcase.... and you have to think to yourself, who is this guy? I want to meet him.

So come on out to Williamsburg and meet good people, eat some ravioli, and rub elbows with your fellow art admirers and, of course, artist Reuben Negron.
See you there!
Reservations Required!
Make your reservations before Wednesday, September 21st, 2011.
Dinner is Friday, September 23rd, 2011 at 8pm at Like The Spice Gallery.
CLICK HERE FOR RESERVATIONS
Reservations required!
For those of you who are interested in owning a Reuben Negron piece, there are still limited edition prints of "Tia" available for SALE. Framed editions are $480, unframed $280.

Don't forget to join us at our next opening on October 14th, 2011 sponsored by AT&T and Williamsburg Every 2:nd Friday. It'll be a good time so don't miss it!

"Reuben Negron: This House of..." OMG so many people!!

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:03:00 +0000

So, last night was momentous for many reasons; for one, it was the opening reception for Reuben Negron's spectacular solo exhibition, "This House of Glass," and in conjunction with the opening, last night marked the first Williamsburg Every 2:nd Friday of this fall season! Ten fantastic Williamsburg galleries along with the incredible sponsorship of AT&T hosted special events, Art Crawls, and a great after party. Don't believe it? Well then, read on...

That's right y'all, THOUSANDS of art enthusiasts were out and about celebrating Williamsburg Every 2:nd Friday with us, it was truly an amazing experience to see so many people coming together to support and explore our neighborhood's art hub (click here for the full article). In the words of Marisa Sage herself, "With the sponsorship of Every 2:nd Friday by AT&T, we are able to showcase the re-transformation of this burgeoning cultural arts scene to a whole new group of art enthusiasts, collectors and young artists alike, making Williamsburg the art mecca it has always had the potential of being". WORD!

Reuben's breathtaking (and in my opinion jaw-droppingly gorgeous) watercolors had a wonderful and receptive audience last night. In this new series, each subject is a volunteer, drawn to Negron's project by his desire to unravel a particular knot in their recent memory. He adopts the role of confidant and digests innumerable morsels of honesty over several weeks or months. These conversations turn into visual collaborations between Negron and his model, conceived as a collective narrative told on their terms."This House of Glass" has definitely started our season off with a bang and I hope that you come by to see it soon (it will be on view until October 9th). The artist dinner for the show will be on Friday, September 23rd at 8pm; Reuben Negron will be our guest of honor and he will speak about the show, his process and recent inspirations. Our monthly artist dinners are always brimming with delicious food, interesting discussions, and beautiful art! Click here to reserve your seat today!

Hope to see you all soon, and while you are calling all of your friends to let them know about "This House of Glass" and our dinner with Reuben Negron, make sure to mark your calendar for Friday, October 14th as it is the next installation of Williamsburg Every 2:nd Friday and there will be plenty more awesome events, openings, and performances to check out!

5 for 5 on 5 pieces!

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:51:00 +0000

5 for 5 on 5:

Is Like the Spice Galleries 5th year Anniversary group show. Unless otherwise noted all works are 500 dollars and can be purchased by calling Like the Spice Gallery 718.388.5388, e-mailing info@likethespice.com, or coming into the gallery now through August 19th, 2011. We hope to see you soon!

Abby Goodman

African Monarch

Vintage plastic toy, butterfly wings, wood, plastic flowers. 18" x 18" x 8"

Allie Rex

(sold)

Plate 22

Acrylic, mylar, pins, paper mounted on acid free foam core

8.5 x 11 (unframed)

9 x 12 (framed)

$500 unframed $650 framed

Anna Druzcz

In Vitro Complex No. X

LightJet Print

Print #10, Edition of 10

20 x 20, 2007

Brian Larossa

Cannon Per Tonos

Archival Ink on Acid Free Paper

9 x 12, 2009

Chadwick Whitehead

Cow Drop

pigment ink and correction fluid on water

Chino Amobi
Profoundly Broken

David Peterson

T19

T24

T40

Archival ink jet print on watercolor paper

Dean Goelz

(sold)

Untitled

Graphite on paper

Eric LoPresti

Nevada Proving Grounds

Graphite and ink on paper

16 x 20, 2011

Gaby Steiner

Small Reality (Daebudo, Korea)

20 x 30, 2010

Greg Haberny

mixed media
inquire for details

James Beiderman

Untitled

Mixed media on paper

16 ½ x 11 ½, 2010

Jim Rieck

(sold)

Waco on Fire

Oil on panel

8 x 10, 2011

Jim Rieck

Waco

Oil on panel

8 x 10, 2011

Jason Bard Yarmosky

Harry

Graphite on paper

11x 14, 2009

Jason Bard Yarmosky

Fanny

Graphite on paper

11 x 14, 2009

Jason Bryant

(sold)

Loves Labor Lost; Epilogue

Oil on canvas

8 x 11, 2011

Jeffrey Vreeland

Untitled (Yellow)

Photo collage

2011

Jenny Morgan

Untitled 1, 2

C-print, AP

11 x 14, 2011

Jessica Stoller

(sold)

Untitled

3.75 x 4, 2011

John Zaso

Reflection

Painted paper collage with antique frame

9 x 12, 2011

Kathleen Vance

Untitled (Montrose Farm Ginko)

Pen, ink, and graphite on paper

15 x 12, 2011

Kendall Bradford

Play

Oil, copper, string on wood

14 x 11, 2010

Langdon Graves

(sold)

Untitled

Gouache and graphite on paper

6 x 6, 2011

Marcus Morales

Crozier + Rent

Pen, marker, nail polish

13 ¾ x 8 ¾, 2009

Unframed: $500

Framed: $650

Matt Stone

(sold)

Flower Fragment 2

Polyurethane foam, steel, paper

10” x 8.5” x 3”, 2011

Michael Barker

Napoleon’s Penis

Coral, cloth,wood box

2011

Michael Krynski

Flying pig

Oil pastel, acrylic, graphite

14 x 17, 2010

Lace 01 (framed: $600)

Unique chromogenic photogram and resin, mixed media

6 x 6, 2011

Nicki Stager Lace 02

Unique chromogenic photogram and resin, mixed media

6 x 6, 2011

Peter Feiganbaum

Hole in the Sky

Digital metallic print

16 x 20, 2011

Philip Simmons

Fish Exchange -Wadden Sea

C-print, AP

9.5 x 11.5, 2011

Reuben Negron

(sold)

Dana

Watercolor and gouache on arches 260lbs cold-press watercolor paper

17 x 17, 2011

Robert Gullie

The Martian Concubine

Mixed Media Collage

12 x 12, 2010

Sarah Palmer

Arrow (side configuration)

Digital C-Print

11" x 13.75", 2009

Edition 1 of 5 + 2 AP

Unrframed: $500

Framed: $850

Sarah Palmer

Atlas of Human Anatomy

Archival pigment print

20x16, 2011

Sean Flannigan

(sold)

Last One

Oil on rounded panel

20.5 x 16.5, 2011

Sean Micka

Untitled (After Image)

Oil on Canvas diptych

8 x 6, 2011

Steed Taylor

Carnal bend (detail of east end, 1/35th scale)

Graphite and black gesso on wood panel box

15 x 11.5 x 1.5, 2011

Thomas Clark

america 1

Oil pastel and graphite on paper

28 x 22, 2011

Treasure Frey

Triangles

Gouache, acrylic, collage on walnut-ink stained paper

18 x 13, 2010

Treasure Frey

Trails (Black)

Gouache, acrylic, collage on walnut-ink stained paper

13 x 9, 2010

Treasure Frey

(sold)

Where Others See Nothing

Gouache, acrylic, varnish, on walnut ink stained paper

19 x 25, 2011

Yoshio Itagaki

Untitled

Digital Collage

2011

Necklaces by Abby Goodman:

Large- $425

Medium- $275

Small- $225

Fists by Michael Krynski: $500

Vote

Work

Knit

Play

Love

Craft

Bennet Morris

Untitled (Protectorate pop-up)

2009

5 For 5 On 5 Opening!

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 18:12:00 +0000

What a night! Hope you all got a chance to stop by and see work from some Like The Spice Gallery favorites. The drinks were flowing, the air conditioning was working overtime, and everyone was having a blast. All our favorite artists were talking shop with fans and collectors alike, and there was even a cake with Marisa, Olivia, and Stella on it!

Here are some highlights from last nights festivities:

Thank you to all the people that made it out, and have been supporting the gallery for the last five years. If you didn't get a chance to make it, don't freight, because the show is still up! We have sold a number of pieces from the show already, but there we have a number of fantastic ones still available. However, they are going fast, so hurry up before they're all gone!

Here are some pieces that are still available:

"The Martian Concubine", Robert Gullie

"Hawthorn Falls (crop)", Ross Racine

"Ice Princess", Allison Edge

"African Monarch", Abby Goodman

Come check the show out, and see why Like The Spice is looking forward to another five years!

artMRKT Hamptons Update!

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:43:00 +0000

Greetings from artMRKT Hamptons!

We're all having a blast here, and it's only halfway through! Hope you all got a chance to make it down here to join us. If not, don't worry, cause there's still time! We'll be here til July 17, so don't miss your chance to experience all the artMRKT has to offer!

more info: http://www.art-mrkt.com/hamptons

Here are some pictures of our booth:

Hope to see you all soon!