\nOPENS THURS JAN 13 \/ 5 – 8 PM
\nMARIANNE BOESKY GALLERY<\/a>, 509 West 24 Street, Chelsea, NY 10011<\/p>\n
I’m thinking . . . from the press release:<\/strong><\/p>\n “The flower is a cosmic attractor, an ephemera, unstable body that allows one to perceive – ” . . . <\/strong>Composed from reference photographs taken by the artist over the last year combined with sources from popular culture and art history, Konst roots<\/strong> each bouquet of oversized blossoms in animated vessels. The result embodies a range of psychological states that shift throughout each composition’s many expressions.”<\/p>\n ” . . .<\/strong> Konst, whose family has been growing cut flowers in the Netherlands for generations, created this body of work while reflecting on philosopher Emanuele Coccia’s idea that the form of the flower is a ‘laboratory of conjunction’, a space where disparate things – memories, emotions, motivations, temporalities, and aesthetics in this case – can co-exist.” see more images & the full text:<\/strong> ANTONE KONST – ‘Cuttings’ \/ gallery website<\/a><\/p>\n from the artloversnewyork archive: <\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Antone-Konst-cuttings-exhibit.jpg\")
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\nANTONE KONST, ‘Last Flowering’, 2021
\nOil on Canvas \/ 78 x 60 in.
\nimage via the artist & the gallery <\/a> <\/p>\n
\nWater & Wood . . . give life to Flowers
\nthe title of the exhibit – ‘Cuttings’, and of course \/ the title of this<\/strong> specific painting, ‘Last Flowering’, . . could very well invoke – a Year of the Water Tiger . . mindset.
\nit’s . . . fierce !!
\nand, it’s . . complicated.
\nnote:<\/strong> the primal vase, and, the little ‘tiger’ striped . . bees \/
\nI’m thinking . . .
\n“Float like a butterfly, sting – like a bee.” (M. ALI) \/ the bee, being both<\/strong> ecologically essential, and potentially – dangerous.
\nbtw: the Chinese color for – good luck \/ RED !!<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Antone-Konst-Tiger-Lilies.jpg\")
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\nANTONE KONST, ‘Tiger Lilies’, 2021.
\noil on canvas \/ 78 x 60 in.
\nnote:<\/strong> the vase & the self-evident tiger-striped \/ flowering.
\nimage via the artist & the gallery<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Antone-Konst-painting-.jpg\")
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\nANTONE KONST, ‘Meadow’, 2021.
\noil on canvas \/ 78 x 60 in.
\nimage via Instagram @annntone<\/a><\/p>\n
\nthat is, to absorb – the world.”
\n~Emanuele Coccia<\/p>\n
\nAntone Konst, (b. 1987) lives & works in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Antone-Konst-Instagram-logo.jpg\"){kind=logo}
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\nfollow:<\/strong> ANTONE KONST on Instagram \/ @annntone<\/a><\/p>\n
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