Basak Malone LLC is pleased to announce the up-coming solo exhibition by Viggo Salting, September 1-15; 2012 at Ward Nasse Gallery, NYC.
Salting’s children’s book series “A Smile That Lasts A Mile” will be released to the public in conjunction with this exhibit.

Ward Nasse Gallery will host a book signing at the opening reception date September 1st, at 4:00-6:00 pm.

The celebration will include children’s activities, refreshments and the opportunity to hear the author read his book and share his inspiration.

The festivities will continue with a champagne reception between 7:00-9:00 pm.

Basak Malone LLC is pleased to present Tove Hellerud.

“Art is a portal leading into the oblivious”, the Norwegian abstract expressionist Hellerud once said. And it is true. Hellerud explains her work as whispers, whispers that make the viewers listen. Even though the colours and techniques used by Hellerud are very interesting and perfectly applied, one of the most important part of her work is storytelling.

Every painting plays a part, as paragraphs, in a larger story, told as a continuous stream of paintings. The story, in her abstract work, is not only her story, but also our story. Hellerud’s mission in this part of the process is to get us to remember our own stories. She makes it possible for us to relate to her work. Hellerud is trained to paint figurative, but the abstract expression is suitable to convey what she wants. The form, colour and composition along with a combination of different techniques make a fascinating dynamic expression. With a background in fabric and sculpture, stretching of the materials boundaries is an important element. She plays with the two dimensional shape of the painting and gives it a sense of space that you enter. This is the place were the silent material tells stories. Her background with fabric is seen in the multitude of different textures Every single image has it’s own journey, with emotion and precision. Creation and destruction is seen continuously as she creates new layers and cover up the joy, and the struggle pulls in to the observers body. The time taken to complete the paintings is clearly seen in this layering, sometimes in the thickness and structure of the paint. Time is also a great importance for Hellerud. For her time increase the quality and value of the work ,and give it quality. “My work belong to the abstract painting, with a multitude of possible variations, lyrical, geometrical, spontaneous, bimorf, thick layers or minimalistic”, Hellerud once said. The multitude of possible variations the paintings often increases with the viewers whose stories they tell. She works her way into the painting, and strive to give and imprint to the invisible. The word Synesthesia means “joined sensation” ,and it refers to an involuntary physical experience .It s about perception ,color , movement, shape, lines and lead us to impression ,and where art comes from, and how to discover it.

The opening reception will take place on 22nd March, between 6-8 pm. The Exhibition will be on the view through May 25, 2012

Basak Malone LLC is pleased to release the The New Collectors Book/2012 Edition to the public.

The New Collectors Book operates as a showcase publication dedicated to raising awareness for a range of fine arts. Providing an opportunity to appreciate a variety of artworks to both the art world professionals and to those who simply wish to enjoy and acknowledge art.
The New Collectors Book launch party will accompany a group exhibition featuring artists from the book.

The New Collectors Selection exhibition will feature:
Jan Banlenberg, Knut Peter-Hofffmann, Tommy Jensen, Bernadette Kirsten, Jean James, Boris Kacic, Alexandra Khan, Gaby Koeter, Yara Buyda, Gunilla Larsen, Reija Karjalaine​n, Gunilla Daga, Peter Drakö, Alexey Marroquin, Aase-Hilde Brekke, Maria Kisook Kim, Saskia Weishut , Barbara Palka Winek, Karin Sofia Ocaña, Eva Koethen, Charlotte Widmark, Eva Buchrainer, Swen Dudek, Dagmar Göğdün, Lorena Ulpiani, Asa Maria Hedberg, Eva Westman Linné , Bengt Johansson.

The New Collectors Selection exhibition will start January 7th, 2012 and continue until February 6th.
Basak Malone LLC will hold a reception party on January 7th, between 7-9 pm.

Ward-Nasse Gallery
178 Prince Street (Between Thompson and Sullivan)
10012, New York, NY

“The Armoire”

Basak Malone LLC is pleased to announce “The Armoire” featuring
Semra Ecer by her classic, expressive, and highly stylized sculptures, jewels
and objects. Istanbul’s loved artist Ecer internationally exhibited in
venues including SOFA at Park Avenue Armory.

The gallery artist Matthew Lauretti, compliments Ecer venturing the wall
space with his new series of works that explore his disparate interest
in New York City.

The exhibition “The Armoire” intends to satisfy the need for a
diverse and subtle personal statement by supporting experimental mediums and jewelry as a cultural expression of our time.

Departure
SoHo, October, 2011

*NEW YORK, NY –– *Basak Malone LLC is  pleased to announce the up-coming group exhibition “Departure” opening on October 1st at 7:00 pm at Ward Nasse Gallery.
 
Curator Basak Malone’s project ‘Departure’ sets 10 artists into motion questioning how to let go. “Letting go” is what we are left to reconcile with and this is where we are asked to make a leap continuously and impromptu.

Departure artists:  Jennifer Contini Enderby,   Knut Peter Hoffmann, Eva Buchrainer, , Martine Cyr, Maria Luisa Imperiali , Anna Kajsa Alaoui , Nino Korinteli, Marianne Liegl, Georgeta Stefanescu  and Anna VanMatre  will be on the view between October 1-30, 2011.

Address:178 Prince Street (Btw. Thompson and Sullivan)
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“Departure from pretentiousness. Passage out of mediocracy. Good-bye to black/white-seeing. Farewell to dulled-out love. Escape from hypocrisy. Separation from bad faith. Vacation from hierarchy. Deviation from the expected. Innovation to the unknown. Shift of rules. Variation into live music. Wandering in the clouds. Outgoing for the embrace. Initial motion from slavery. Last exit to Brooklyn*. Hasta la Vista baby. Adieu mon amour. Kick the habit. Removing of the shells. Dissapear into the sunset. Point of embarkation. Winging one’s flight. Leaving the past. Exception to the norm. Avoidance as a strategy. Difference of beauty. Prevention from the inevitable. Annihilation of being. Cessation of debris. Collapse of failure. Oblivion to taste. Dying…Contrasting life. Exodus. Liberation from duality. Distinction of meaningfulness.
Departure of the artistry… ”

*In reference to ”Last Exit to Brooklyn Bridge” drama film based on the novel by Hubert Selby Jr. , directed by Uli Edel and starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, 1989.

“Art Goes on Vacation“
A Solo Exhibition by Matthew Lauretti
Matthew Lauretti will be on the view February 1-28, 2011 at Gershwin Hotel located in midtown Manhattan’s Flatiron District at 7 East 27th Street, between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue.

Gershwin is a unique Manhattan hotel offering an artist residency program and supporting great artists, global nomads and creative international travelers.

At Gershwin’s premier lounge space, great art goes on vacation!
In this trendy and fashionable hotel, Matthew Lauretti will present his latest series about Manhattan. This young Italian-American artist’s con­tri­bu­tions to the art world are inno­v­a­tive and incred­i­bly alluring. In his third New York solo Lauretti is interpreting the Big Apple using his large scale calligraphic style paintings on industrial fabric.