Come and visit us at this year's Spring AAF in New York City!

We're delighted to return to New York to participate in the Spring Affordable Art Fair (March 25 - 29). TAG Fine Arts will be exhibiting an exciting array of artworks in pole position at booth 1.1. Previously unseen limited editions will be on view by bluechip artists: Yinka Shonibare, David Shrigley and David Spiller. Alongside these established artists, new works will be exhibited by emerging artists: Emma Johnson, Ryan Callanan, Justine Smith and Katsutoshi Yuasa.  TAG will also be introducing a number of newcomers to the fair including: Aga Ousseinov, Mike Stilkey and Serge Strosberg.  For complimentary access, please contact Diana. Click here for fair visiting information. We look forward to seeing you there! 

Introducing Mike Stilkey's "In The Noonday Sun", 2015, 

10.25  x 21.5 high x 6 deep in, acrylic on discarded books 

Image Courtesy of the artist and TAG Fine Arts

Mapping Manhattan by Emma Johnson

Word up map enthusiasts! TAG Fine Arts is delighted to offer stunning new maps of New York by the remarkable artist Emma Johnson. Working with original vintage Manhattan maps including: Esso - Metropolitan New York (1941), Hagstrom Visitors Map of New York City (1961) and Mobil Metropolitan New York City (1964 & 1966), Johnson explores the fragmented, multifaceted nature of memory and history of this unique city. An entirely new series, the artist has been obsessively collecting maps of New York, which she has deconstructed and recombined in response to her personal experience through time. Johnson cuts multiple paths and layers into each piece, transforming the maps from functional objects into evocative personal journeys. Visually compelling in their complexity, these works could possibly be interpreted as a metaphor for our continued need to communicate and pin down the streams of information that characterize our daily lives. Speaking about the new series, Emma told us that "At first I found them quite difficult as the grid structure of the road layout is so rigid in Manhattan - I am more accustomed to the chaotic European road structure - but I hope I am getting the hang of it!" We certainly think so and are delighted to be exhibiting these maps here in New York in the coming Spring. For further information and details on availability, please contact Diana. 

Manhattan Transit (2014), dissected paper maps (6 Layers), 67cm x 50cm 

Image Courtesy of the Artist and TAG Fine Arts

Metropolitan (2014), dissected paper maps (3 layers), 46cm x 39cm

Image of Courtesy of the Artist and TAG Fine Arts

Mapping the typographic landscape of New York City

TAG Fine Arts NYC is delighted to now be working with the talented artist and designer, Ursula Hitz. A typographic genius, the artist meticulously creates contemporary cartographic maps of the world's best-known cities based on place names. With expertize in fonts, typefaces and all things typography, Hitz's real interest lies in how letters capture not only the dimension of a city, but also its personally too. She explains, "unlike regular maps, mine don't focus on streets or buildings. Instead, they build an organic texture of worlds that grow from the centre - in the way that many cities have grown".  Hitz has exhibited her work widely in Europe and we look forward to introducing her beautiful typographic maps Stateside.  For information and availability on her map of the Big Apple (illustrated below), please contact Diana. Exhibition dates to follow.

Map of NYC, 2014, Limited edition screen print on Somerset paper, 

Edition of 100, 22 x 29 in, 56 x 76 cm Image Courtesy of the Artist and TAG Fine Arts

Map of NYC (detail), 2014, Limited edition screen print on Somerset paper, 

Edition of 100, 22 x 29 in, 56 x 76 cm Image Courtesy of the Artist and TAG Fine Arts

Brain Terrains by Heidi Whitman

TAG Fine Arts, NYC is delighted to have two paper constructions by Heidi Whitman to offer contemporary cartography enthusiasts. The artist who describes these constructions as "the structure of the city and the structure of the mind conflated" skillfully charters the mechanical workings of the brain to reveal intuitive, mental terrains that map the interior and exterior places as one.

Heidi Whitman, Zig Zag, 2011, 10.5 x 17 x 2 in, ink, gouache, acrylic, paper and cast shadows
Image Courtesy of the Artist and TAG Fine Arts

For further information and prices,  please contact Diana.  For an artist CV and images, check out Heidi's work here.

TAG Fine Arts now offering art advisory and appraisal services in New York and London

We're delighted to offer a comprehensive art advisory service to our clients, whether you're just at the beginning of your collection or an experienced art buyer. Our services include: art appraisal, collections development and provenance research.  Let TAG Fine Arts help realize your artistic vision.  Please get in touch with Diana who will be happy to discuss your needs.

Metallic Manhattan by Stanley Donwood

Stanley Donwood's stunning new screenprint map of Manhattan was launched at the London Original Print Fair at the Royal Academy earlier this year. The bright colours, bold text and metallic elements were inspired by roadside advertisements and brilliantly capture his urban subject. For further information or to purchase your very own print, contact Diana.

Stanley Donwood | Metallic Manhattan | 2013 | Screenprint | Edition of 50, signed by the artist
Image Courtesy of the Artist and TAG Fine Arts

12.12.12. Holiday Drinks at the ISE Cultural Foundation; a festive celebration with the Streaming Museum

Please join us at the ISE Cultural Foundation for a Holiday Toast on 12.12.12 from 6 to 8pm, hosted by TAG Fine Arts in collaboration with the Streaming Museum on the occasion of Katsutoshi Yuasa’s exhibition “Miraculous”.  The event also marks the Streaming Museum’s forthcoming 5 Year Anniversary. On view will be a video tour of public spaces on 7 continents where the museum has exhibited, a video of Katsutoshi Yuasa at work in his studio in Japan, and the museum’s current exhibition that is touring a network of big screens internationally. The backdrop to 12.12.12 is a show of critically acclaimed hand-carved woodcuts by Japanese artist Katsutoshi Yuasa that includes images culled from the internet and involves computer software in their process of creation. A timely exhibition, the subject of the work directly engages with our vulnerability in the midst of a powerful and sometimes devastating natural world. There will be an opportunity to speak with the curator and participate in a short tour of the exhibition during the evening. Please RSVP to Diana.

Katsutoshi Yuasa: Miraculous, installation shot, ISE Cultural Foundation

Katsutoshi Yuasa: Miraculous, installation shot, ISE Cultural Foundation

Katsutoshi Yuasa: Miraculous, installation shot, ISE Cultural Foundation

                     

"Katsutoshi Yuasa: Miraculous" | November 9, 2012 - January 4, 2013 |  ISE Cultural Foundation | 555 Broadway | New York | NY 10012 | For directions click here and to preview exhibition catalogue click here.

Katsutoshi Yuasa: Miraculous now opens November 9

Katsutoshi Yuasa, Pseudo Mythology 2, 2011, oil based woodcut with pigment

TAG Fine Arts is delighted to collaborate with New York's ISE Cultural Foundation on a stunning show of recent woodcuts by the young Japanese master, Katsutoshi Yuasa. Miraculous curated by Diana Ewer opens on November 9, 2012 to coincide with New York's print week.  The reception, from 6 to 8pm, is sponsored by TAG and Sake Discoveries Inc.  Please join us for a glass  to celebrate!

The curator and artist will also be In Conversation on Saturday, November 10, 2012, from noon to 2pm.  Attended by the artist, both events present an opportunity to learn more about Katsutoshi's unique woodcutting technique.

Yuasa makes woodcut prints from his own digital photographs. By combining two processes – the camera’s ‘snapshot’ and the woodcut’s lengthy reinterpretation of the same image – he hopes to crystallise the atmospheric and emotional character of his subjects. His pieces take weeks to complete, transforming his ephemeral subjects into haunting images, as beautiful up close as from a distance.

Preview the exhibition catalogue here.
For further information and to RSVP contact Diana Ewer.
Katsutoshi Yuasa: Miraculous | Nov 9,  2012 - Jan 4, 2013
ISE Cultural Foundation | 555 Broadway | New York | NY 10012

Rob Ryan comes to the USA

 

Rob Ryan is something of a national treasure in the UK, celebrated for his beautiful paper cuts and screen prints. This summer we're thrilled to be bringing his work over to New York City for his first solo exhibition in the USA.

The exhibition will coincide with the launch of his first wall calendar published by Rizzoli. A selection of original paper cuts will be on show (including the 12 works that formed the basis for the calendar) along with a related series of 12 screen prints (editions of 250)

The works will be available from our website soon, or in the meantime you can contact us for more details. This is the first of many pop-up exhibitions we're planning in the USA so stay tuned! You can follow us on our NYC twitter account @TAGFineArtsNYC.

September 18 - 30, 2012

SOHOTEL Artspace Gallery | 345 Broome Street | New York | NY 10013

Read the full press release 

View more works by Rob Ryan

The Loved Ones

Danielle Durchslag's striking portraits look like oil paintings from a distance but up close you can see that her work is in fact constructed from hundreds of pieces of cut paper. She uses layered paper to explore the subtle, powerful process of human emotional development. As in human psychology, each new layer is crafted and informed by the one beneath it, to create a seemingly complete whole. 

"The Loved Ones" focuses on babies to emphasize how quickly each of us crafts a particular emotional outlook and how suddenly that outlook can change. Babies, more than adults, fully inhabit emotions without clinging to them - they are open and present in each new moment.  Durchslag is a master at capturing the very essence of a child's fleeting emotional outburst and in doing so she pushes her material - paper - to its absolute limits.  

Born in Chicago, Durchslag completed her Masters at New York University in 2011. Since graduating the artist has been invited to participate in a number of artist residencies including; the SIM residency in Reykjavik and closer to home, at Wave Hill, Bronx. Works from "The Loved Ones" series will be included in a group paper exhibition at the Christopher Henry Gallery, New York from May 10 - June 24.

Baby III, paper, tape and glue, 2010, Image Courtesy of the Artist

Baby IV, paper, tape and glue, 2010, Image Courtesy of the Artist

Eileen, paper, tape and glue, 2010, Image Courtesy of the Artist

 

A rising star any which way you slice it - the work of Brooklyn based artist, Thomas Witte

A recent visit over to the Brooklyn Navy Yards, introduced me to new work by Thomas Witte.  At first, Witte's interest lay in stenciling. After graduating from Rutgers University, he traveled to Argentina, where he found himself drawn to the vibrant graffiti scene, and his time there solidified his interest in the technique.  However, in recent years, the artist's focus has shifted from mark making to the stencils themselves. Witte's subjects are culled from his Grandfather's collection of vintage photographs; images captured in a millisecond, often by an absent-minded, amateur eye.  The artist then painstakingly hand cuts his drawings with a x-acto knife, containing the transcribed image in one single sheet of A3 paper.  This process implies a certain fastidiousness but perhaps it is Witte's subconscious ability, which he describes as, "knowing when to end the line", that enables him to so successfully manipulate his material to convey the smallest shift in a reflection or gradient in a shadow.   This Spring, he exhibits in a group paper exhibition at Christopher Henry Gallery, New York, that opens May, 10 to June, 24. Go see this rising star in action!

 

"Untitled" (Motel), 2012,  22"x30", cut archival paper

Courtesy of the Artist

 

"Untitled" (China Town), 2011, 22'x30", cut archival paper 

Courtesy of the Artist

Paula Scher MAPS

TAG is pleased to offer limited editioned screen prints by the critically acclaimed designer and fine artist Paula Scher to coincide with MAPS on view at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, NYC. An American artist and prizewinning graphic designer, Scher is a longstanding partner of the international design consultancy Pentagram. Her maps belie a different side to her creative talents. Dense, vibrantly colourful and displaying a wealth of wordy detail culled data from international media headlines, commercial maps and diagrams, they conjure up a powerful sense of place that manages to suggest both popular opinion and personal significance.  Scher’s hand-pulled screenprints are beautiful renditions of her original painted maps, made in collaboration with Andy Warhol’s master printer Alexander Heinrici.
Available MAPs from TAG include: Africa, China, Europe, and India. For further information click here

Paula Scher
Map of Africa
2007
46.5 x 54 in, 152 x 137 cm
Hand pulled screenprint in colours, on Archival Museum board
Signed, numbered and dated by the artist in pencil
Signed edition of 90 Image courtesy of the Artist and TAG Fine Arts

Coming to America: Rob Ryan to exhibit in New York City

TAG is delighted to announce a Stateside collaboration with the Christopher Henry Gallery,  that will include new works by Rob Ryan. One of the most highly sought-after paper cut artists in the UK, Rob studied Fine Art at Trent Polytechnic and at the Royal College of Art.  Since 2002, he was been working principally in the paper-cutting medium and his elaborate papercuts have received universal recognition from private collectors to museums.  Rob has also appeared in high profile design collaborations with Liberty’s of London, Fortnum & Mason, Paul Smith, Tatty Devine and Vogue.  His papercuts illustrate his own books, 'This Is For You', (a romantic fairy-tale told through paper cut art), 'The Gift' (a beautiful, poignant children’s tale by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy) and more recently, 'A Sky Full of Kindness' (a story about love and overcoming our greatest fears).  Rob was also in the 2010 major museum show ‘Slash – Paper Under the Knife’ at the Museum of Arts and Design, NYC and his following grows from strength to strength in America.  The show opens at the Christopher Henry Gallery, 127 Elizabeth Street, Nolita on 10 May and runs until 24 June, 2012.  For further details, images and an invitation to the exhibition, contact Diana.

Rob Ryan in his East London Studio

Image credit: Rob Ryan, "Your Job" 

Text reads: "Your job is to take the world apart and then put it back together again...But even better!!"

Image credit: Rob Ryan, "Starry Night"

Art of Mapping reaches out across the Atlantic

TAG Fine Arts is delighted to join forces with four US and Canada based artists who will be first time exhibitors in the UK next month.   Peter Dykhuis, Dahlia Elsayed, Robert Walden, Heidi Whitman, and the New York based artist Paula Scher, have been invited to show their work in TAG's upcoming exhibition, The Art of Mapping, a survey show celebrating cartography’s potential as an art form, rather than a science.   This first transatlantic collaboration for TAG comes from a year of research into contemporary map making and an investigation into how cartography is in the process of being reimagined for today’s society, with all five artists making a vital contribution to the show. If you're passing through London, do visit the exhibition.  We intend to tour the show in 2012 Stateside.

Dahlia Elsayed | Pull, Plot, Peak, Pine | 2011 | Acrylic on paper 

Heidi Whitman | Invisible Cities / Brain Terrain (318) | 2010 | 

Ink, gouache, acrylic, paper, and cast shadows

The Art of Mapping opens in London on November 14th 2011, click here for full details. A number of exhibiting artists appear in Kitty Harmon's authoritative survey book ‘The Map as Art’ (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2009) who will be contributing to the exhibition catalogue.

TAG Fine Arts joins Culture Label

Adam Bridgland, While We Have This Moment, 2009 Screen print on 300 gsm Saunders Waterford paper
56 x 55cm (unframed size), Edition of 25, Courtesy of the Artist and TAG Fine Arts

You can now buy TAG artworks online at Culture Label, with the option of spreading your payment over 10 monthly installments through the Arts Council's Own Art Scheme if you have a residential address in the UK. Happy Shopping!

Sticker book: From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art

Front cover of DB Burkeman's publication

Gonkar Gyatso is in good company alongside Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Keith Haring, Barbara Kruger, Julian Opie and Andy Warhol in DB Burkeman's recent sell out sticker publication. Stickers features approximately 6,000 images from the exploding, vibrant world of street art, DIY culture, music and branding. Democratic, easy to "tag," and not always fast to fade, the sticker has been an ever-present medium—from the New York and London underground punk scene to skate culture and political expression.  This month the Streaming Museum has teamed up with the publication as part of their summer programme focused on stickers, punk rock, hip-hop, graffiti, skateboard, boomboxes and pictogrames.  Hit the link for a sneak preview of what's coming up with the launch of the STICKERS Stuck-Up Tour in NYC.

Avant-garde immigrant street art is loud and proud at El Museo del Barrio, NYC

El Museo's Bienal: The (S) Files 2011 is El Museo del Barrio's sixth biennial of the most innovative, cutting-edge art created by Latino, Caribbean, and Latin American artists currently working in the greater New York area. This year's edition spreads all over the city, showcasing a record 75 emerging artists in seven different venues. Aiming to expand the definition of contemporary Latino and Latin American art, The (S) Files 2011 takes on a broad exploration of the visual energy, events, and aesthetics of the street. While considering the more conventional understandings of street art such as graffiti and mural painting, The (S) Files 2011 extends the definition of street art by also considering non-traditional art objects as well as works from other disciplines, including music and fashion.

El Museo del Barrio, New York's leading Latino cultural institution, welcomes visitors of all backgrounds to discover the artistic landscape of Latino, Caribbean, and Latin American cultures

Outdoor installation at entrance to The (S) Files 2011

Antonia A Perez (b.1951, New York) Black Dollies, 2011 Crocheted plastic bags

Juan Hinojosa (b. 1980, New York) Men in Spandex, 2011 Mixed media installation

COPE2 / Fernando Carlo, Jr (b. 1968 Bronx, New York) and INDIE184 / Soraya Marquez (b. 1980 RioPiedras, Puerto Rico) Our World, 2011 Mixed media. COPE 2 was a major presence on the 4 train in early 1983. he first founded the Kids Destroy crew in 1982.  Among COPE2's ventures are a book, a documentary and a line of Sneakers by Adidas and Converse  With her Kweenz Destroy label, INDIE 184 has created an entire line of wearable graffiti since 2006.

 

Among the themes developed in The (S) Files 2011 are the influence of early New York street art movements, text and urban styles, and the creation of art works from urban debris. The variety of issues addressed by the artists range from daily life situations, to social behaviors, to economic distress. A couple of great examples above.

“El Museo’s Bienal: The (S) Files 2011” continues through Jan. 8 at El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue, at 104th Street, East Harlem; (212) 831-7272, elmuseo.org.

David Spiller - Hot off the press!

TAG is thrilled to be releasing two new limited edition prints by David Spiller continuing his exploration of pop imagery, depicting Disney favourite Donald Duck and his girlfriend Daisey.

Spiller’s art is filled with life and energy, compressing a world of influences, ideas and impressions in his beautiful prints. These are the latest in a series that depict popular cartoon characters: previous pairs have included Olive and Popeye and Minnie and Mickey mouse. Over and around these colourful figures, Spiller introduces intuitive freehand texts including lines from his favourite songs. His work combines the punchy, bold aesthetics of Pop Art, with his own brand of expressionism influenced by Dubuffet, Picasso and his first teacher, Frank Auerbach. Fun and sincere at the same time, these works capture the imagination of adults and children alike and are bound to be as successful as his previous ones. If you're interested in finding out more or making a purchase following this sneak preview - contact Diana

Daisey, 2011
Mixed media and silkscreen print
Edition of 75
Image size 76 x 76 cm, paper size 88 x 88 cm
Signed, titled and editioned

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald, 2011
Mixed media and silkscreen print
Edition of 75
Image size 76 x 76 cm, paper size 88 x 88 cm
Signed, titled and editioned