The New Face of Chelsea Seducing the Canvas ... - Artisspectrum

sAChie KoYAMA
M60-1 Water Oil on Canvas 32” x 52”
Formation
Digital Mixed Media on Canvas 59” x 59”
JACK CYMber
Jack Cymber’s
spectacular mixed
media compositions
layer materials,
colors, textures and
forms, one on top of
the other, to create
beautifully complex
and mesmerizing
abstract expressionist
canvases. Though
the Canadian, Israelbased
artist’s style of
paint application evokes Jackson Pollock, the incorporation
of found objects, rope, glass, metal, hair and more situates
his work within contemporary art’s multi-disciplinary approach
to traditionally separate media. Cymber combines cunning
aptitude for painterly brushstrokes and juxtapositions of color
with virtuoso sensitivity to sculptural qualities like texture and
relief.
These two rich facets of Cymber’s work—the painted and
the sculpted—combine fluidly rather than coexisting in strictly
delineated spaces. Embossed geometric planes and forms
become new compositional spaces for oils, acrylic paints,
tars and other media to be applied in bright drips or dark
gestural strokes. His playful paints take on wild and irrational
characteristics, while the fundamental order of gently sculpted
circles and squares organizes each canvas.
Websites: www.jcymber.com
www.Agora-Gallery.com/ArtistPage/Jack_Cymber.aspx
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Sachie Koyama translates her sublime aesthetic vision
of nature through a variety of media, including pencil,
watercolor and oil. She has said that in her work she seeks
an exquisite balance of colors and shapes, and indeed her
watercolors in particular are explorations into the interplay
of rich tonal layers and painterly waves of color. They come
together with grace and beauty in her paintings, as the
distinct yet harmonizing shades support and complement
each other.
If her watercolors are about the balance and grandeur of
natural flow, then her work in pencil is about the details, the
microcosm to the macrocosm of her paintings. Her pencil
work is a passionate and exquisitely detailed investigation
of lines and how they can accumulate power and redefine
the space of the canvas. Sachie is often inspired by the
silhouettes of branches, the shapes of clouds, and the
sunlight as it plays on the water. Like an array of wildflowers,
her work in pencil often spreads energetically across the
landscape of her canvas, yet it is an energy which invites
the viewer’s gaze to explore the depths of the stunning
passion displayed there. As we take in Sachie Koyama’s
wide variety of strikingly unique work, we feel her inspiration
as well as her love of nature’s enigmas.
Website: www.sachiekoyama.com
www.Agora-Gallery.com/ArtistPage/Sachie_Koyama.aspx
nobuYuKi
MAtsubArA
With bold colors,
graphic imagery, and
a pop sensibility, the
works of digital artist
Nobuyuki Matsubara
seamlessly blend
the realms of art and
fashion into energetic
images of visual
synergy. Citing a far
ranging selection
Doubt Digital Print on Canvas 21” x 21” of influences from
Japanese manga
to Surrealism, Matsubara’s powerful works present new
computerized interpretations of the styles of screen printing
and collage made famous by iconic Pop artists like Andy
Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg to bring the movement
squarely into the 21st century. With work that is both culturally
relevant yet self-consciously retro, Matsubara’s works are,
at times, like a wink to the viewer. Delightfully humorous yet
technically adept, they meld together the fun of fashion with
the technicality of fine art.
Born in Tokyo, Japan, Noboyuki Matsubara studied at the
Parson’s School of Design in New York and graduated from
the leading school of fashion and design in Europe, the
Marangoni in Milan. He lives and works in Tokyo.
Websites: http://flickr.com/photos/nobuyukimatsubara
www.Agora-Gallery.com/ArtistPage/Nobuyuki_Matsubara.aspx