(openPR) - Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature Australian artist, Kristian Mumford, in a special exhibition, Out from Down Under & Beyond. The exhibition is scheduled to run from May 11, 2010 through June 01, 2010 (opening reception: Thursday, May 13, 2010).
Distinctive and driven, artist Kristian Mumford creates strikingly beautiful portraits in oils. His portraits are primarily of women – their poses are dramatic, dynamic, but they are carefully composed, dressed up, placed within a specific realm – the women are romances on the idea of woman, the venus, the lover, the embodiment of grace. Mumford reaches for something profound within his works, and much of their impact comes from his autobiographical explorations of meaning within the paintings. His technique is innovative and fresh. Working on linen rather than canvas, Mumford works with a much finer surface which takes on the pigment. The effect is of translucent washes that layer and shimmer from within the painting, merging the subtlety of watercolor or inks with the vibrancy and malleability of oils. His lightness of touch, the ability this gives him to express variations of light and tone, lends the works a wonderfully ethereal quality.

Kristian Mumford, after an active and eclectic creative life has realised he was a painter all along.

Exhibition Dates: May 11, 2010 – June 01, 2010
Reception: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th St, New York City
Gallery Hours: Tues – Sat, 11a.m. - 6 p.m.
Event URL: www.agora-gallery.com/ArtistInvite/Kristian_Mumford.aspx

Australia and New Zealand have produced notable contemporary artists from both Western and Indigenous artistic traditions. Enriched with these influences, some of the finest contemporary visual art, where the importance and sacredness of the land, the power of ancestral art as well as modern artistic joy and technique become a uniting theme. In this art exhibition of exception, not only art collectors but also art lovers of all sensitivities will discover a wealth of enigmatic forms and lush symbolism imbued with drama and originality.

Featured Artists:
Dave Behrens, Yolande Bennett, Kay Bridge, Ji Chen, Etienne Cohen, Wendy Cohen, Leigh Gordon, Yianni Johns, Tracey Keller, Juanita McCleary, Kristian Mumford, Libby Primmer, Donna Robinson, Derryn Tal, Jana Vodesil-Baruffi, Belinda Wilson

Agora Gallery is a fine art gallery located in the heart of New York City’s Chelsea art district that was established in 1984 and is famous for showcasing a spectacular array of talented artists from around the world and around the corner, while providing quality and original art to collectors. At the end of 2009, Agora Gallery opened its doors to a new exhibition space. This beautifully designed and spacious new gallery will showcase artists and their work in a significant solo exhibition environment. The gallery also publishes ARTisSpectrum Magazine, a bi-annual magazine that is distributed to museums, galleries, art institutions and art schools around the world. It provides artists, collectors, museums, galleries, art organizations and enthusiasts with access to the work of internationally talented emerging and mid-level artists as well as feature articles, reviews and interviews. Agora Gallery is also the sponsor of Art-Mine.com, one of the most comprehensive resources available worldwide to view and purchase fine art from emerging, mid-level and well-established artists. Most recently, the gallery launched agoraartgalleryblog.com, a blog designed to provide helpful information and advice for artists while providing a forum for artists to help one another by sharing their experiences and thoughts.

530 West 25th St
Chelsea, NY 10001
212-226-4151