INTRODUCING FLAT FILES
Featuring Margrethe Aanestad, Elisa Bertaglia, Leslie Kerby, David Syre, Dov Talpaz, Sasha Vinci, and Alice Yang
SARAHCROWN New York
373 Broadway
New York, NY 10013
www.sarahcrown.com
February 7 – 21, 2023
SARAHCROWN is pleased to announce the launch of our first Flat Files program: a curated selection of works on paper by SARAHCROWN artists. The program is introduced by an online and on-site exhibition, on view between February 7 – 21, 2023. The works can be purchased online or in-person at the gallery.
Traditionally, the term “Flat File” refers to two-dimensional and unframed artworks that can be stored in flat file cabinet drawers, mostly on paper. These works can be drawings, paintings, collages, watercolors, prints, and photographs, while also including smaller scale works on panels or boards. Our own Flat Files contain a diverse range of artists and works from our portfolio, and gather different mediums, approaches, materials, and techniques together to present a coherent, stylized, and an economically accessible option.
The program aims to promote smaller scale works, and give voice to artists who produce two-dimensional works as a significant part of their artistic practice.
Norwegian artist Margrethe Aanestad’s silkscreen prints propose views of nature stripped of all narrative elements, but leaves the compassion present. Elisa Bertaglia, who uses whimsical oil color strokes on paper and flat precious metals, combines line work and meticulously crafted, painterly textures. Leslie Kerby’s drawings, illustrative and thematic, creates a new rhetoric that examines the individual as a complex social product. American outsider artist David Syre’s artistic process is, in many ways, both ritualistic and mindful of the moment: His watercolors explore a meditative, calculated process of painterly composition, but his expression stays bold. Dov Talpaz, who creates abstracted, minimalistic landscapes with his colorful paper collages, uses works on paper both as a jumping board for larger paintings and as original artworks. Sasha Vinci’s large-scale ink works on paper opens a path of communication about nature, humanity, and the Anthropocene through the use of natural materials. Alice Yang’s watercolors are characterized by an abundant white space, and represent the unconscious world.
For more information, please contact info@sarahcrown.com or purchase online.
Alice Yaelin Yang, O-symmetry 01, 2018, Watercolor on paper, 5 x 7 in
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Margrethe Aanestad works in drawing, painting and sculpture, and studied fine arts, art history, and art education. Aanestad has exhibited worldwide. Her solo exhibitions include Abingdon Studios, Blackpool, UK (2019); Kunsthall Stavanger, Norway (2018); Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL (2015); and Open Source Gallery (2013) in New York, NY. In 2011 Aanestad co-funded the artist-run gallery Prosjektrom Normanns in Stavanger, which she co-directed until closing of the space in 2020.
Elisa Bertaglia is an Italian painter living and working in Rovigo, Milan, and New York, NY. Her works are in permanent collections worldwide, including the Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation and Museum of Contemporary Art, Penne, Italy. Her work has been exhibited in galleries, museums and institutions internationally, including the Guggenheim Museum, Venice, Italy; Borges Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Saitama, Japan.
Leslie Kerby is an interdisciplinary artist based in New York City. Her work is in the permanent collections at Columbia University, New York, Arkansas State University, Arkansas, and Copelouzos Family Art Museum, Athens, Greece. Kerby has received commissions from Norte Maar for Collaborative Projects in the Arts, BRIC Arts | Media and Visual Arts Center of New Jersey and awarded residencies at the American Academy in Rome, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), Virginia Center for Creative Arts (VCCA), Virginia and Auvillar, France, and the School of Visual Arts.
David Syre is an American outsider artist based in Bellingham, WA. Syre produces large-scale acrylic paintings, drawings, watercolors, and monumental art installations inspired by the subconscious, nature, and his travels. Gaining recognition later in life, Syre has exhibited in various galleries, art fairs, and public spaces throughout his career, including New York, NY; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Nice, France; Hamburg, Germany; Copenhagen, Denmark; Santa Fe, New Mexico, Vancouver, B.C. and Miami, FL.
Dov Talpaz is an American–Israeli artist born in Bryan, Texas and based in New York, NY. Talpaz offers a delicate, profound view of his inner world through an artistically diverse range of technique and subject matter. Talpaz has exhibited locally and internationally, and his work is included in many private and public collections worldwide, including Bank Leumi Collection, Israel, Rema Hort Foundation, New York and the Javor Collection, Vienna, AU.
Sasha Vinci lives and works in Sicily, Italy. His art focuses on continuous experimentations with different creative languages (from performance to sculpture, from sound design to writing and painting) and investigates the most problematic aspects of being in the world. The work of Sasha Vinci has been shown in many national and international exhibitions, and has been published in journals and magazines such as Hi-Fructose, Flash Art, and Artribune.
Alice Yaelin Yang is an artist based in Seoul and New York. After receiving her BFA from the School of Visual Arts, Yang continues her graduate studies at Hongik University, Seoul, Korea. Yang’s work has been shown around the world, including The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn, NY (2021); Hong Ik Museum of Art, Space MM, and Atelier I, Seoul, Korea; and Galerie BDMC, Paris, France.