Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature Australian artist, Alison-Jane Rice, in Out from Down Under & Beyond: Fine Art from Australia and New Zealand. The exhibition is scheduled to run from May 12, 2011 through June 1, 2011 (opening reception: Thursday, May 12, 2011).

About the Artist
Alison-Jane Rice’s approach to drawing and painting involves a wide array of media, including watercolor, pastel, pencil, charcoal, oil and acrylic on canvas and handmade papers. Blossoming, blooming, creeping limbs and pearlescent seashells radiate out of the composition to cover, shield, swallow or melt into Rice’s enchantingly fluorescent female nudes. Watercolor, she says, “Is an immediate fluid channel for my emotions.” Her art revolves around an interest in the flora, fauna and landscape of her homeland, New South Wales, and the rich culture of indigenous mythology surrounding it. Fluid, maternal and seeped in spiritual prose, Rice produces work expressing her intuitive response to nature and the “physical sensations of the earth.”

Alison-Jane Rice, born in 1958 in Mosman, New South Wales, Australia, received her Masters in Creative Arts from the University of Wollongong. An activist as well as an artist, she received the World Health Organization Healthy Cities Award for contributions to Youth, Arts and Environment in 1994.

Exhibition Dates: May 12, 2011 – June 1, 2011
Reception: Thursday, May 12, 2011, 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/artistpage/Alison__Jane_Rice.aspx

About the Exhibition:
In Gallery I, marvel at the works in Out from Down Under & Beyond: Fine Art from Australia and New Zealand. Showing considerable flexibility and experimentation in colors, style and theme, these works are the product of a shared heritage and geographical background. Labyrinth of Color presents energetic yet perfectly balanced artworks which offer a sense of vibrancy and optimism in the world. Evocative, moving and sometimes whimsical, Sensorial Realms features the work of artists who bring us images of thought-provoking and emotive glory.

Featured Artists:
Out from Down Under & Beyond: Fine Art from Australia and New Zealand: Lyn Beaumont, Nicolette Benjamin Black, Kate Diggles, Steven Dix, Ember Fairbairn-Ramsay, Jane Flowers, Leigh Gordon, Joolie Green, Caroline Josephs PhD, Helene Leane, Isaac Petersen, Rebecca Rath, Alison-Jane Rice, Rebecca Saunders, Mark A J Willems

Labyrinth of Color: Dominique Boutaud, Claire Champy, Cary Griffiths, Chad Redl, Ford Weisberg

Sensorial Realms: Andrea Bottelli, Patricia Brintle, Rosa Ibarra, Careen Joplin Langstieh, Rania Mesiskli.

About Agora Gallery
Agora Gallery is a fine art gallery, established in 1984 and located in the heart of New York City’s Chelsea art galleries district. It 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. Gallery II, an elegant adjacent gallery space, gives artists the ideal area for a solo or group exhibition of their own, organized and publicized by Agora Gallery. 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 international talented artists as well as feature articles, reviews and interviews. Agora Gallery is also the sponsor of ARTmine, one of the most comprehensive resources available worldwide to view and purchase fine art. The gallery also runs Agora Art Blog, 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.

Agora Gallery
530 West 25th St, New York City, NY 10001
Lee Eagle
lee@agora-gallery.com

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