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In a shipping container in the Arverne Alley you can find @carlelsaesser’s VISIBLE SEEM installation.

Above a suburban family home, clouds bloom across the sky and a lighthouse rises over the horizon. Using a hand-painted matte to expand footage from a feature film in progress, this installation transforms an ordinary house into an image of the romantic, well-lived family dream.

2026, US, 12 min 16mm-to-digital loop with sound. Oil matte painting on glass by @kelseyshwetz.

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An Artist Studio: One of the most rewarding aspects of my job are artist studio visits l, where I always feel privileged to enter the creative space, the thinking space, the process space of an artist and see their work in progress, learn about future projects and exhibitions and ask the kind of relevant questions one can only get answers to from living, #contemporaryartists
10 recent memorable #studiovisits featured here:
1,2: @rachelmicaweiss
3,4. @megangabrielleharris
5,6. @melissajoseph_art
7,8. @annettecords_studio
9,10. @stephanie.temma.hier
11,12. @kelseyshwetz
13,14. @nicolejames.nyc
15,16. @piperbangs
17,18. @tallevitt
19,20. @jr

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A surreal landscape unfolds before our eyes, inviting the viewer to enter the space and escape into the extraordinary imagination of the artist #KelseyShwetz whose work here, titled “The Seed of Desire” Is clearly inspired in equal parts by the grandeur of Hudson River School painters of the nineteenth century as well as by the uncanny of the surrealists of twentieth. Yet, despite evoking the past , her works are also firmly planted in the contemporary as they engage with questions of representation and abstraction. Shwetz is inspired by abstraction that naturally emerges in the observed world. Motivated by how painting can register the experience of occupying multiple spaces at once, the work begins from conditions in which the visible world splits or doubles.
This is one of the must-see paintings in the “Let’s Escape the Ordinary “ exhibition now on view at @winstonwachter
#artmuserecommends #artmusecurates #chelseagalleries #contemporayart

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“Let’s Escape the Ordinary” is my curated group show that inspires exploration and opens up a world of possibilities and adventure through the artists’ eyes. Eleven artists working across different mediums interpret an idea through visual language.
Let’s Escape the Ordinary invites us to step outside the mundane and the ordinary through the artistic portal into landscapes and spaces of dreams, possibilities and the extraordinary.

Featured art works in Let’s Escape the Ordinary range in materials, processes and concepts yet the artists here all follow down a path to create art that in the words of Pablo Picasso “…washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life”

Artists featured in the show : Artists: Eric Uhlir, Ethan Murrow, Heather Hutchison, Tanya Minhas, Margeaux Walter, Nevil Dwek, Megan Harris, Amanda Millis, Annette Cords, Lucia Engstrom, Kelsey Shwetz.
I will focus on specific artists in the days to come as well as a present a video walk through the show. But for those who will be in New York this summer, please stop by to see the works in person at @winstonwachter
#artmusecurates #chelseagalleries #contemporaryart #arttocollect

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New York: Winston Wächter Fine Art is pleased to present, Let’s Escape the Ordinary, a group show curated by Natasha Schlesinger.

Let’s Escape the Ordinary invites us to step outside the mundane and the ordinary through the artistic portal into landscapes and spaces of dreams, possibilities and the extraordinary.

Featured art works in Let’s Escape the Ordinary range in materials, processes and concepts yet the artists here all follow down a path to create art that in the words of Pablo Picasso “…washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life”.

Join us for an opening reception on July 22nd from 6 - 8pm.

#winstonwachterfineart #winstonwachternewyork #letsescapetheordinary #chelseagalleries

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More: Temenos and Athens

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🎞️🌌 the conclusion of Gregory J. Markopoulos’s “Eniaios” at the Temenos was far and away the greatest film experience I’ve had. The most psychedelic, the gayest, the most uncompromising and most dialogic. The astonishing work of filmmaking, editing, preservation, and projection that the entire Temenos team pulled off for the past 30 years in getting to this conclusion is indeed a singular feat in cinema history. Too, such great friendships and connections were made that will last a lifetime. Immense gratitude goes to Robert Beavers, to the extraordinary work of Kate MacKay as projectionist, and to the people of the Arcadian villages who housed and fed us Temenos spectators.

“The shy architect approaches. Amongst the trees and rocks he envisions a form equal to the total body of work. He will construct between his hands the lines of the winged space like a bird seen between the varied branches of light and darkness. The five hundred spectators of the Temenos will attend.

The measured lengths will subdue the common meaning of Time and in passing will gain the shorter and longer strengths of perception. The five hundred chosen spectators of the Temenos must remain with each Temenos presentation true to the next presentation.
Among these will appear the protector not only of the presentations but also of the archive itself. The strictest intentions of the filmmakers, Markopoulos and Beavers, will be realized by these guardians whose strength will be equal to Gortynia.” - GJM, 1992

@the_temenos

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I am very pleased to announce a summer group exhibition I have curated, titled “Let’s Escape the Ordinary” opening on July 22 nd at @winstonwachter
Featuring ten contemporary artists, the show invites us to step outside the mundane and the ordinary through the artistic portal into landscapes and spaces of dreams, possibilities and the extraordinary.
Featured artists in “Let’s Escape the Ordinary” range in materials, processes and concepts yet they all follow down a path to create art that in the words of Pablo Picasso .”…washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life”. I will be posting and focusing on the individual artists leading up to the show.
Featured artists: @kelseyshwetz @megangabriellle @nevil.dwek.art @annettecords_studio @margeauxwalter @murrowethan @ericuhlir @tanyaminhasstudio @originalheatherhutchison @amandacmillis

#artmusecurates #contemporaryart #summerartshow #chelseagalleries

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Common Space opens today at my studio building curated by amazing artists @lindsay.m.burke @sofiquirno - I’ve been in the studio for 10 years, and it’s a magical place! I feel so honored to work alongside such a talented group of artists.

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LOVE & CHAOS

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Alas ‘Into The Blue Again’ is over.. thank you everyone who came, these are the only pics I have from the opening I was too busy yapping to take any myself! Much love 🩵⛸️🐈‍⬛🍳🩰🍐🌻🐦‍⬛🍌💊

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Born in Canada and based in Brooklyn, New York, artist Kelsey Shwetz @kelseyshwetz received her MFA from Columbia University where she currently teaches painting. She is interested in observational reality and abstraction, specifically where our gaze settles and the interventions that disrupt that field of vision.⁠
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“Light functions as a primary organizing force throughout the work. Domestic illumination, nocturnal lamplight, and mediated light from screens divide the image into overlapping zones of visibility and shadow. Interiors often bleed into exteriors, while landscape appears embedded within or at odds with architectural structure. These moments of partial visibility disrupt a stable point of view, creating scenes that feel recognizable yet unsettled, shaped as much by memory and attention as by physical description.”⁠
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See more from Kelsey Shwetz on our site. Link in bio.

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