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April 3 – July 16, 2024
Solo Exhibition

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Pandemic Portraits No. 56, Barbara Leiner, painting, oil on canvas

Sarah Hinckley, The Sun is Fading Into a Passing Dream (1)

Drew King, "Get on the Bus," acrylic, oil on canvas

Pauline Galiana, "Shredded Impression 7," paper collage on Mylar

Reflections VIII, Claudia Mengel, work on paper, monotype

Cynthia Kirkwood, "Two, Red, Pink, and Blue," ink on Fabriano paper

Swimmer in Orange, Geoffrey Moss, mixed media, work on paper, graphite pencil, dry pigments and waxes on paper

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Apr 12

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In Joe Gitterman’s vibrant steel sculpture 'Large Bow Tie,' the artist gracefully bends a thick ribbon of steel in a loose vertical knot. ⁠
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The piece seems to defy both gravity and its own heft as it delicately trips across it’s stand supposedly carried by a crisp spring breeze. Does this piece have you walking on air too, or tied up in knots?⁠
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#CBCAartist @joegittermansculpture "Large Bow Tie," 2016, stainless steel, painted, 79h x 28w x 30d in.⁠
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Apr 3

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Mar 28

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We are proud to present new CBCA artist David Leventi⁠
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David Leventi, "Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2009," digital chromogenic print⁠
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Though David Leventi photographs empty architectural interiors and exteriors, his eye for both meticulous detail and sweeping composition transforms his works into deeply moving portraits of spatial experiences. ⁠
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He pursues vertical and lateral symmetry, which paradoxically creates a flattening of the image and yet gives the viewer the sensation of being enveloped by his photographs’ subjects. Leventi works in series. ⁠
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For “Bjoerling’s Larynx: World Famous Opera Houses” (2007-10), he extensively documented the interiors of world famous opera houses; he took each photograph at center stage exactly where a performer would stand, attempting to allow light to move through his photographs the way a performer’s voice moves through the space, as in Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, Sweden (2008).⁠
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Mar 21

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We are proud to present new CBCA artist, Younghee Choi Martin⁠
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Younghee Choi Martin, "Orestes as Wandered," 2018, oil on linen, 48h x 72w in.⁠
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Since the late 1970’s, Younghee Choi Martin has lived and worked in Chelsea, NYC, where she was one of the earliest artists to establish a painting studio. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Younghee has been awarded painting fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the NY CAPS program. ⁠
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Through a massive play of shape and color, Younghee's highly worked surfaces address both the density and the fresh, lyric expressiveness of the ancient dramas to reveal a contemporary vision. There is a reductive, modernist integration of the figurative and landscape elements in these works. Through the continual development of the paint, the surface, the composition, and the texture, the narrative is never lost. It breathes through the layers to slowly release a pictorial structure and a lyric dimension.⁠
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Younghee's works have been exhibited in New York and throughout the United States, Korea, Japan, France, and Italy. Over 80 of her paintings and drawings are in collections and museums in the United States, Korea, Japan, and India.⁠
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Mar 14

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"There is more power in telling little than telling all." - Mark Rothko⁠
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#CBCAartist Michael Manning "Yellow with Standing Figure," 2023, acrylic, oil stick on canvas, 84h x 46w in.⁠
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Image 2: Louise Crandell, "A Matter of Time," 2022, oil and wax on linen, 18h x 18w in.⁠
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Image 3: Johannes Girardoni, "Exposed Icon 60," 2011, c-print with commercial paint, mounted on aluminum, 40h x 24w in.⁠
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Image 4: Richard Bogart, "Branch Slip," 2000, oil on linen, 48h x 51w in.⁠
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Feb 15

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CBCA In the Studio with Santiago Lozano⁠
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"For many years now I have been working on the theme of imperfection. Western culture assigns huge value to perfection. Whether of form or function, perfection is something to be highly desired and esteemed. While that eternal search for perfection seems laudable to me, I find it utopic, and impractical in the face of contemporary society and values. Actually, it is the small flaws, the individual quirks and the endeavor of falling down only to pick oneself up and carry on, that makes us truly human." - Santiago Lozano⁠
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Painter and sculptor, Santiago Lozano, virtually sat down with us to discuss his long evolving sculptral practice. Lozano centers his work around the themes of imperfection and collapse. Lozano searches for flaws, quirks, and foibles by exploring such topics as damage in otherwise perfect geometries, capturing the ephemeral moment of collapse in rigid materials and structures, or highlighting and creating compositions around the “error” in an artwork.⁠
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Working predominantly in steel and aluminum, Lozano’s sculptures often depict simple geometric shapes, such as rectangular prisms, which have been dented or collapsed in some way. Such imperfects frustrate the expected geometric perfection of the structures in favor the artist’s hand and all those things that make us truly human.⁠
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To read Santiago's FULL INTERVIEW, see link in bio⁠
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Feb 14

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"Art must be an expression of love or it's nothing." - Marc Chagall⁠
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#CBCAartist @lauramoretzart "She's a Tricky Magic," 2022, acrylic, enamel, pastel, oil paint marker, Aspen River water on raw canvas, 54h x 42w in.⁠
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Jan 11

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"If I could say it in words, I would have no reason to paint." -Edward Hopper⁠
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#CBCAartist @marcosanziani "Cuentos de Barrio," 2021, acrylic, oil on raw canvas, 61h x 62w inches⁠
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Jan 1

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"Every moment is a fresh beginning." - T.S. Eliot⁠
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#CBCAartist @laurafayer "Light Matter 3," 2018, acrylic, Japanese paper on paper, 28 1/2h x 36 1.2 w in.⁠
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Dec 14

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"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love." - Hamilton Wright Mabie⁠
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#CBCAartist @normanmooneyart "Amber Star," 2012, cast amber glass, aluminum, 32h x 32w in.⁠
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Nov 29

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CBCA In the Studio with Elena Lyakir⁠
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"The tremendous awe, beauty, and mystery contrasted by the feeling of being alarmedly exposed and insignificant against the magnitude of the landscape in Iceland is the Mysterium Tremendum I attempt to convey with these photographs." - Elena Lyakir⁠
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Elena Lyakir’s photography examines how emotions and memories are captured and represented through symbolism. Strongly informed by the emotional ramifications of her own displacement and diaspora, Lyakir describes herself as, “always in flux and on a journey to find a place to call home.” ⁠
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Additionally, she is intensely inspired by nature as a fundamental source of essence and myth and relates these feelings to her own immigration experience. The themes of beauty, nourishment, unpredictability, and fierceness are all prevalent in her work, most notably through her depiction of birds as symbols of hope, freedom, and migration.⁠
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Read Elena's Full Interview via the "In the Studio" link in CBCA's Instagram linktr.ee bio.⁠
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Nov 23

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The CBCA family is wishing a warm, happy, and bright Thanksgiving evening to all! Sending the joyous colors of autumn, the season of gratitude, your way through Liz Dexheimer’s 2016 monotype “Gathering”. Liz Dexheimer, “Gathering”, monotype, 2016, 42h x 29w ---⁠
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Nov 21

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“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” - John F. Kennedy⁠
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#CBCAartist George Chaplin "More (P43)," 2006, pastel on paper, 17h x 17w in.⁠
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Nov 1

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"To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage." - Georgia O'Keeffe.⁠
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#CBCAartist @jamestgreco "Abstract Floral 3," 2022, acrylic, tempera on paper, 42h x 36w in.⁠
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Image 2: 'Paper Abstraction 4,' 2022, latex, enamel, acrylic on stretched paper mounted on frame, 72h x 48w in.⁠
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Image 3: James Greco, 'Abstract Floral 7,' 2022, acrylic, tempera on paper, 42h x 36w in.⁠
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Image 4: 'Paper Abstraction 1,' 2022, latex, enamel, acrylic on stretched paper mounted on frame, 72h x 48w in.⁠
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Oct 18

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"As long as autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas, and colors enough to paint the beautiful things I see." - Vincent Van Gogh⁠
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#CBCAArtist @karen_silve, "Market 18," 2015, acrylic on canvas, 50h x 56w in⁠
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Oct 7

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Oct 4

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CBCA in the Studio with Louise Crandell⁠
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"I listen to techno, dubstep and trance music while I’m working and I try not to think too much; not to force anything in particular. Mostly I’ll put down a few colors and shapes and see where they lead me; some sort of transcendent state. I don’t want my paintings to shout." - Louise Crandell⁠
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Louise Crandell virtually sat down with us to discuss her practice, creative process, and what inspires her work. Crandell is a painter whose ethereal, luminous landscapes hover somewhere between representation and abstraction, reality and memory, dealing with vague, fleeting recollections of places witnessed in the past and the powerful emotions they can evoke. ⁠
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Using a unique mixture of oil paint and wax, Crandell’s works are imbued with a translucent quality which perfectly complements the vague, barely discernible details of her pictures.⁠
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Read Louise Crandell's interview at https://www.cynthiabyrnes.com/louise-crandell-interview-october-2023/⁠
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Sep 28

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Artists Spotlight: Drew King “My work with abstract form, and with this recent series of oil paintings, focuses mainly on shape, form and volume as subject matter…Building my paintings involves a process of random marking and manipulation.
The effect is both organic and industrial. By layering straight and curved lines my aim is to form gestural constructions that are fluid and evolving.” -Drew king See more of Kings work at CynthiaByrnes.com Image 1: “Edgewater,” acrylic and oil on canvas, 40h x 40w in. Image 2: “Between Days,” acrylic and oil on canvas, 40h x 40w in. Image 3: “Over the Moon,” acrylic and oil on canvas, 46h x 40w in. Image 4: “Holiday,” oil on canvas, 40h x36w in. Image 5: “Get on the Bus,” acrylic and oil on canvas, 40h x 40w in. Cynthia Byrnes Contemporary Art⁠
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Sep 27

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Sep 19

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Get to know artist Claudia Mengel in the studio as she creates, explaining an exciting new process and collection of works. “It’s gonna be fun to get to know the process and be part of something that controls me as much as I try to control it” Cynthia Byrnes Contemporary Art⁠
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Introducing David Leventi

New Artist

CBCAis excited to introduce photographer, David Leventi, known for his extensive documentation of the interiors such as world famous opera houses.

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David Leventi, "Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2009," photography

Introducing Younghee Choi Martin

New Artist

CBCA is thrilled to intorduce, painter Younghee Choi Martin, whose highly worked surfaces address both the density and the fresh, lyric expressiveness of the ancient dramas to reveal a contemporary vision

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In the Studio with Santiago Lozano

February 7th, 2014

Painter and sculptor, Santiago Lozano, virtually sat down with us to discuss his long evolving sculptural practice.

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In the Studio with Louise Crandell

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In the Studio with Mike Filan

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In the Studio with Elena Lyakir

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In the Stuido with Will Clift

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In the Studio with Irene Yesley

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Mind and Body: Pauline Galiana Solo Show

Exhibition

Subject to Change, Photographs by Vicky Stromee

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The D&D’s Spring Market Keynote Event, May 10, 2023

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In the Studio with Geoffrey Moss

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Beauty/Destruction

Exhibition

CBCA curates a colorful collection for Farrow & Ball’s Virtual Home

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In the Stuido with Dana Saulnier

Artist Interview

In the Studio with Rebecca Welz

Artist Interview

In the Studio with Kaz Strankowski

Artist Interview

In the Studio with Sarah Hinckley

Artist Interview

Design on a Dime Benefit

Event

Are We There Yet?

Exhibition

Introducing Katrine Hildebrandt

New Artist

In the Studio with Zemma Mastin White

Artist Interview

Congrats to Liz Dexheimer

Artsy Editorial

Rooms with a View 2022

Showhouse

Normal For Now

Exhibition

In the Studio

New Series

In the Studio with Perry Burns

In the Studio

Introducing Rebecca Welz

New Artist

Designing With Fine Art & Wallcovering

Event

The Face of America Feature

Press Highlight

Introducing Michael Filan

New Artist

Introducing Christina Watka

New Artist

Collect, Collaborate, Decorate

Past Event

In the Studio with J Henry Fair

Artist Interview

Case Study

Press Highlight

CBCA Collaborates with Kevin Isbell

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Brilliant Gems

Press Highlight

Introducing Emily Hamilton Laux

New Artist

Introducing Brian Walters II

New Artist

In the Studio with Bastienne Schmidt

Artist Interview