Structure and Imagery

Kamonchanok Phon-ngam on the Lower East Side, NYC Photo by: Ryan Teeramate   Kamonchanok Phon-ngam is a multi-disciplinary artist and an integral part of the art communities in Brooklyn and the Lower East Side in Manhattan. Her art practice and the ideas that fuel it are wide ranging, deeply personal and frequently visionary. Phon-ngam pushes the medium and methods of fabric and sewing far beyond their traditional associations with craft by infusing them with a contemporary personal narrative as well as shared experiences of life in New York City. Often she uses indigenous materials as a foundation and backdrop to be embellished by the more traditional methods of drawing, collage and a painter's eye for color and composition. The satisfying combination of the historic and the intimate transforms matter into a shared experience of the mundane and the discarnate. Kamonchanok Phon-ngam was born in 1986 and is a Thai artist living in New York City. In 2013 she completed ...

Resort, 2018, oil on wood, glazes ceramic frame, 18 x 13 inches I recently ran into sculptor/painter Dasha Bazanova as we were making the rounds at Red Hook's annual open studios event. I first became aware of Bazanova's work in 2012 and, soon after, met this integral fixture of the thriving Brooklyn (Bushwick) art scene. In addition to making and actively exhibiting her on work Bazanova is a great supporter of New York's art scene, curating recent exhibitions as After Life at Linden Hill Cemetery as part of 2018's Bushwick Open Studios and Ceramos 2 a group exhibition mounted this year at Space 776 . This month Bazanova opens her solo exhibition, Choices hosted by the Brooklyn College Collective . The exhibit will be on view from November 23 - 29, 2018 with an opening reception for the artist held on November 23 at 6 PM. Sasha, 2018, ceramic, 3 x 2 x 2 inches Riding a Bear, 2016-18, oil on wood, glazed ceramic frame, 9 x 8 inches Dasha B...