Cross Contemporary Partners
Susan Sommer: Plein Air Abstraction
Cross Contemporary PartnersSusan Sommer has a distinct view of the rhythms of nature. Working in one of the more rustic areas of Upstate New York, she sees the changing seasons and accompanying movements of indigenous species as a constant reminder that nature is the ultimate bringer of stability and change. Instead of making accurate representations, Sommer sees these […]
Real Abstraction: 5 Painters Beyond the Picture
Cross Contemporary PartnersFive painters- who happen to be women- are curated by Peter Frank in this special virtual art exhibition. Real Abstraction: Five Painters Beyond the Picture asks the questions: "Can we see past what we see? Can we see more than we see? Can we see in a way that not only reveals what we haven’t […]
Susan Sommer: Plein Air Abstraction
Cross Contemporary PartnersSusan Sommer has a distinct view of the rhythms of nature. Working in one of the more rustic areas of Upstate New York, she sees the changing seasons and accompanying movements of indigenous species as a constant reminder that nature is the ultimate bringer of stability and change. Instead of making accurate representations, Sommer sees these […]
The Universe Makers- A Virtual Group Show Curated by Dominique Nahas
Cross Contemporary PartnersBassmi Ibrahim, Victoria Lowe, Anne Marchand, Dellamarie Parrilli, and John Lyon Paul are our universe-makers. To place their highly differentiated abstract aesthetic visions together so that they seem to react and inspire each other reminds me that this exhibition of visual persuasions is perhaps like visual chamber music of individual voices, heard collectively. These individual […]
Dellamarie Parrilli: Up Close and Colorful
Cross Contemporary PartnersThe paintings of Dellamarie Parrilli, a particularly cheerful variant on abstract expressionism, look to bright colors, often primary, that are merged in forms that are resolutely nonobjective. A restless and intrepid experimenter, it is Parrilli’s prior extensive background in music and dance that is reflected in her work. She has transformed her creativity for expression […]