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Friday, March 18, 2016

Independent Art Fair NYC 2016 + FOOD: What 200 Calories Looks Like

ART

The Independent

Art Fair NYC

2016

The Independent Art Fair 2016 was made up of over 40 international galleries and non-profit art institutions. A list of the participating galleries is at the end of this article.

The Independent Art Fair 2016 was held on 4 levels

at Spring Studios / 50 Varick Street, lower downtown NYC.

Aurel Iselstoger
Mixed media and pencil on paper
1950s
Delmes & Zander Gallery
(Berlin & Cologne)

Crowd at the Independent Fair 2016

Obsession (anonymous)
Collage Photography (1870s)Delmes & Zander Gallery
(Berlin & Cologne)

Obsession (anonymous)
Dark Room Manipulated Photography (1870s)Delmes & Zander Gallery
(Berlin & Cologne)

Michail Paule
Mixed Media on Paper
1930-37
Delmes & Zander Gallery
(Berlin & Cologne)

The refreshment bar at the Independent Art Fair 2016

Julien Nguyen
"Camp David"
2016
Neue Alte Brücke Gallery
(Frankfurt)

Julien Nguyen
"Say Goodbye to Safe"
2016
Neue Alte Brücke Gallery
(Frankfurt)

Julien Nguyen
"Homework"
2016
Neue Alte Brücke Gallery
(Frankfurt)

Hardy Hill
"The Lotus Eater"
2015
Neue Alte Brücke Gallery
(Frankfurt)

Street Level

Exterior window of the Independent Art Fair 2016

Participating galleries and institutions listed below.

Click on a gallery or intitute name to go to their website.

Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York — The Approach, London — Artists Space, New York — The Box, Los Angeles — Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York/Rome — Bureau, New York — CANADA, New York — Chapter NY, New York — C L E A R I N G, New York/Brussels — Paula Cooper Gallery, New York — Elizabeth Dee, New York — Delmes & Zander, Cologne/Berlin — Thomas Erben, New York — Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia — Garth Greenan Gallery, New York — gb agency, Paris — Jay Gorney / Derek Eller, New York — Hannah Hoffman, Los Angeles — Herald St, London — JTT, New York — Karma, New York — Anton Kern, New York — David Kordansky, Los Angeles — David Lewis, New York — Maccarone, New York — Martos Gallery, New York/Los Angeles — Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo — Mitchell-Innes & Nash , New York — Stuart Shave / Modern Art, London — The Modern Institute, Glasgow — Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne/Berlin — Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt — Office Baroque, Brussels — Maureen Paley, London — Parra & Romero, Madrid/Ibiza — Peres Projects, Berlin — Project Native Informant, London — Silberkuppe, Berlin — Société, Berlin — Kerry Schuss, New York — Tilton Gallery, New York — VENUS, New York/Los Angeles — VI, VII, Oslo — White Columns, New York

FOOD

200 Calorie Foods

So many people are watching calories these days, what can a person eat?

It’s hard to know the calorie count of the foods we eat. Often we just look at foods in terms of health and sustenance, but what if you had a mental picture of what 200 calories looked like for specific foods? Would it makes you choose your meals and snacks differently? What if you saw that an entire plate of celery has the same amount of calories as a small dab of peanut butter?

The average American needs to consume about 2,000-2,500 calories per day in order to maintain weight, much, much less if they’re looking to shed some pounds.

Here is what 200 calories looks like for a selection of foods.

17.5oz of Coca Cola

13.58oz of Apples

11.75oz of Whole Milk

2 Tablespoons Peanut Butter

1425 grams of Celery

7.97oz Ketchup

7.20oz of Sliced Smoked Turkey

5.29oz of Eggs

5.11oz of Cooked Pasta

3.53oz of Fiber One Cereal

3.17oz of Flax Bread

1.8oz of Cheddar Cheese

1.45oz of a Snickers Bar

1 Full Avocado

2.65oz of Fast Food Cheeseburger

2.58oz Fast Food French Fried

2.54oz portion of Blueberry Muffin

1.9oz of Puffed Rice Cereal

1.31oz Potato Chips

19.5oz Honeydew Melon

(source: http://bodyos.me)

Here is what 100 calories of cheese, candy, chicken nuggets,
potato chips, sliced bread, oil, strawberries and broccoli looks like.
(Source: )

Eating Healthy on a Budget / video:

(Source: )
Until later,

Jack

ARTS&FOOD is an online magazine dedicated to providing artists and collectors around the world with highlights of current art exhibitions, and to encourage all readers to invest in and participate in “The Joy of Art” and Culture. All Rights Reserved. All concepts, original art, text & photography, which are not otherwise credited, are copyright 2016 © Jack A. Atkinson, under all international, intellectual property and copyright laws. All gallery events', museum exhibitions', art fairs' or art festivals' photographs were taken with permission or provided by the event or gallery. All physical artworks are the intellectual property of the individual artists and © (copyright) individual artists, fabricators, respective owners or assignees.

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Artist Becca Lowry Constructs Her Subconscious Using Plywood and Power Tools + FOOD: Cauliflower Crusted Pizza

ART
BECCA LOWRY
High Art can begin
at Home Depot!
Art, Painting, Sculpture, Craft
and Psychology Unite in Artist
Becca Lowry's Constructions
By Jack A. Atkinson

Artist Becca Lowry, (left) with Gallerist Kate Katin
at Fred Giampietro Gallery, New Haven,
Art Fair Booth A 12, VOLTA NY 2016.

While strolling through the many Art Fairs of NY during the first week in March, one booth stayed in the forefront of my thoughts the entire time, that being Fred Giampietro Gallery's booth at VOLTA NY 2016, because of their featured artist, Becca Lowry.

I have known Becca for a few years now. Several years ago, well before she ever thought about having her first exhibition, she invited me to visit her "Yurt" studio in Madison, Connecticut, to see what she was doing. I found her working on the earliest beginnings of this painted plywood and power-tool process. Then her art was smaller, flat, individual sheets of 1/4" plywood, simply routed-out in abstracted lines and shapes and spray painted a solid color, some had a few colors defining the raised areas.

When I came upon Fred Giampietro Gallery's booth at VOLTA 2016 and saw Becca Lowry's solo installation, I was instantly surprised, excited and intrigued by her mature style! Her artworks have blossomed into exotic and beautiful wooden constructions which are simultaneously: sculptural; painterly; non-objective; patterned; crafty and collaged assemblages. All are colorful, primordial, enigmatic and very organic!

Becca was present in the booth and explained her current process to me.

"Generally what happens is I start with a square or rectangular 1/4 inch piece of plywood. I glue several together and begin carving, using power tools. Then I add more wood, front and back, as I need more depth. Other than that, it's all intuitive and the shapes just happen. Each gouge, each line, each shape or form is more a result of the tool I am using than anything else, the process creates the base art. I like most of the results, but what I don't like, I cut out. I glue on more wood and the work continues to grow.

Recently, I have started using a similar profile shape. During the process, I may decide to collage-in some woven wire or a found metal object. Finally I paint the surfaces and patterns intuitively! The art is non-objective and there's no plan at the beginning, but when people want me to explain, I call them shields... with holes in them."

Becca Lowry's constructions are unconscious stories from deep with-in her soul. These images are their own language and the viewers seem to always create their own stories of what they see. This interaction and invitation for a private, personal narrative is the most intriguing aspect of Becca Lowry's art!

What do you see?

Becca Lowry, April 2014 from Gorky's Granddaughter on Vimeo.

(Source: Original Photography by ARTSnFOOD staff, + images courtesy of Fred Giampietro Gallery + video & photos from Becca Lowry's website.)

FOOD
Cauliflower Crust
PIZZA
Better Than Wheat Flour Crust?
You be the judge!

Ingredients for Cauliflower Pizza Crust:
1 cup riced cauliflower
1 1/2 cups mozzarella
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon crushed garlic
1 egg
olive oil

For Topping
1 1/2 cups mozzarella
olives
artichokes
sun-dried tomatoes

Directions
* Pulse one head of chopped cauliflower into chunks in a food processor until it looks like grain (or buy prepared riced cauliflower).

* In a medium bowl, stir together 1 cup of riced cauliflower, 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, pinch oregano, pinch garlic salt and a raw large egg.

* Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray. Pat the mixture out into a 9-inch circle.

* Brush with olive oil, and bake for 15 minutes in a pre-heated 450º oven.

* Top your pizza with 1 1/2 cups of mozzarella cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, olives, artichokes.

* Broil for 3-4 minutes until the cheese is melted and bubbly.

(Source: "My Recipe")

Until later,

Jack

ARTS&FOOD is an online magazine dedicated to providing artists and collectors around the world with highlights of current art exhibitions, and to encourage all readers to invest in and participate in “The Joy of Art” and Culture. All Rights Reserved. All concepts, original art, text & photography, which are not otherwise credited, are copyright 2016 © Jack A. Atkinson, under all international, intellectual property and copyright laws. All gallery events', museum exhibitions', art fairs' or art festivals' photographs were taken with permission or provided by the event or gallery. All physical artworks are the intellectual property of the individual artists and © (copyright) individual artists, fabricators, respective owners or assignees.

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Friday, March 18, 2016

Independent Art Fair NYC 2016 + FOOD: What 200 Calories Looks Like

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Artist Becca Lowry Constructs Her Subconscious Using Plywood and Power Tools + FOOD: Cauliflower Crusted Pizza

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