Undisputed King of the New York Art Scene

10th Ave. and  22 st. West side

             The neighborhood of Chelsea has been characterized by radical changes that have occurred in history being its most positive change now as a New York's premier contemporary-art district. I really do not remember seeing so many galleries in the past since I used to work in this sector at 29 St. exactly in 2003. The only part that I remember because of my job is that the best dealers of cars in New York are in that area. Yes, for me Chelsea was the beginning of a dream. I say dream because I used to work in the Manhattan Porsche and for me those cars are part of the expression of the art of the engineers and driving 350000 dollars’ car was a dream fulfilled even though it wasn’t mine. Another part that I remember about Chelsea and it was very important in my life is the day when a heroic pilot decided to land in the Hudson River to save the lives of many people. I was just passing through the area and witness so important event.

            First, I went to De Buck Gallery with solo exhibition by New York based artist Rashad

Newsome. Entitled Stop playing in my face! This exhibition was about collages and videos that offer commentary through the lenses of black and queer subcultures, Rashad Newsome utilizes his artwork as a means to explore the concept of intersectionality in numerous permutations. The collages evolve from abstracted Baroque- esque designs that incorporate symbols of these subcultures with clearly recognizable human faces and bodies. Compositionally, these works are still heavily influenced by Newsome’s interest in the rules of heraldry and the use of contemporary pop culture status symbols.

  

            Secondly, I went to Klein Su Gallery with the exhibition  “New voices: a dslcollection story,”

Li Wei Hollow Man -  Auditory Hallucination, 2008
Painted fiberglass
32 1/4 x 22 z 36 5/8 inches (82 x 56 x 93 cm)

a group exhibition on view from May 7 through June 18, 2016. “New voices: a dslcollection story,” features works by nine artists: Chen Wei, Gao Lei, Gao Weigang, Hou Yong, Hu Weiyi, Li Wei, Wang Yuyang, Wang Sishun and Zhao Zhao. Curated by Beili Wang, the exhibition is inspired by the dslcollection, a body of work procured by Sylvain and Dominique Levy that documents the multiple narratives of art and culture in contemporary China. Thus, “New voices: a dslcollection story,” reveals the practice and works of China’s youngest generation of artists, who have distinctly different points of cultural and historical reference in comparison to their predecessors. Within this boundless sphere, they create alien works that are transcendent of the notion of contemporary, translating their identities into a new autonomous language. Using new materials and concepts, these artists and their works are pushing Chinese contemporary art to unchartered territories, and because of that, their works are of higher value than any previous generation of Chinese artists.  

Coins #4, 2012LED light box
31 1/2 x 25 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (80 x 64 x 12 cm)Chen Wei

Wang Yuyang 2 in 1 - 20150607, 2014
Oil on canvas, digital print
90 1/2 x 68 7/8 inches (230 x 175 cm)

Hu Weiyi Flirt, 2014
C-print and cold neon light line
Dimensions variable
Installation at Klein Sun Gallery

            In conclusion, my return to college it has been the most fantastic thing that it is happening to me because of how we can see the world from a universal perspective. When we are not studying our mind is definitely limited. I want to thank Professor Dahlia for teaching a new language, a new form of communication, a new way of seeing the world through art.