MARK GLAVIANO'S modern ritual

Art should foster transformation, and such is what happened Saturday evening during the opening reception of modern ritual, MARK GLAVIANO'S exquisite photographs of the ritual of suspension. Pain Tribe's performance offered a beautiful compliment to the intensity of the work.

CHRIS DENNIS in Berlin

Chris's Reclining Pose has been chosen for exhibition by Neonchocolate Gallery in Berlin:

In its almost two years of existence, Neonchocolate Gallery introduced Berlin in quick succession to exiting works by young national and international artists.

Now the gallery is truly turning up the heat with the exhibition .COMPRESSED – a collection of one hundred handpicked works of urban art, painting, photography, illustration, collage, and design – which will be on view at Berlin’s .HBC March 5–8, 2012 and culminate in a live auction. The exhibition is curated by Oliver Thoben and Uwe Neu in cooperation with Kat Wilhelm, formerly of Christie’s London. Fares Al Hasan (www.fly-auctions.com), a licensed art auctioneer and collector who has conducted over forty successful auctions to date, will lead the final evening.

The auction and preceding exhibition .COMPRESSED will be held at.HBC Berlin, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 9.

Art Auction: March 8, 2012 at 7 pm
Preview and Exhibition: March 5–8, daily 7 pm – midnight

Online issue of the auction catalogue, including rules of the auction.

Download auction catalogue (pdf), including rules of the auction:

Medium resolution (4,6 mb)
High resolution (38,9 mb)

To request a printed version of the auction catalogue (including rules of the auction) or place initial bids:

auctionhbc(at)neonchocolate.de
+49 (0) 30 32 66 30 32

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Nick Gentry / Jesse Lenz / Mario Wagner / Ann Besier / Lukas Feireiss / Gesa Glück / Sven Marquardt / Erik Göngrich / Matthias Pils / Christian Manss / Simon Prades / 44flavours / Kerstin Stephan / ICFF / Diana Sprenger / Philipp Zurmöhle / Felix Gephart / Matthias Gephart / Danny Kurz / Galina Troitzky / Steffi Lindner / Matthias Heiderich / Sebastian Klug / Kathleen Alisch / Philipp Dorl / Enrico Nagel / Elisa Gómez Alvarez / Johannes Baptista Ludwig / Zubin Zainal / Stefan Fähler / Christian Rothenhagen / Björn Hegarth / Chris Dennis / Louis Reith / Jessica Polar / Tomoyuki Ueno / Anne Michaux / Angela Otto / Klub7 / Katrin Rodegast 7 Sebastian Lechner (Korizohh / Sucuk)

MICHELE BASTA-SMITH

Check out this rumination on Michele's Bywater installation: http://charlesbrownstein.tumblr.com/post/17251190635/future-legend

Look for future installations at 3214 Burgundy Street, particularly the "Mardi Gras" installation soon to be completed.

Chris Dennis accolades

Congratulations to Coup's collaborator Chris Dennis:

Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award 2012 - Finalist.

Final Study for a Portrait of Salome with the Head of John the Baptist has been selected as a finalist for the Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award 2012. 

MASON SALTARRELLI in Brooklyn

Coup's good artist friend Mason Saltarrelli is exhibiting work in Brooklyn:  http://www.interstateprojects.com/index.php?/projects/press-release/

Mason Saltarrelli in Athens, Greece

Coup is excited to announce that its artist friend Mason Saltarrelli is presenting work in a group show in Athens, Greece. Mason, who grew up in New Orleans, lives and works in New York. www.masonsaltarrelli.com


     The New Disorder. 
     Athens, Greece. 12/2011 - 1/2012.

     Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center

     http://www.art-tounta.gr/index.htm

     Curated by Michael Bevilacqua & Katerina Nikou.

     Participating artists:

     Dimitrios Antonitsis

     Michael Bevilacqua
     Panos Famelis

     Leo Gabin
     Aris & Lakis Ionas | THE CALLAS 

     Thanos Kyriakides 
     Bjarne Melgaard 

     Eva Mitala
     Mason Saltarrelli 

     Dean Sameshima 
     Casey Spooner 

     Michael Stipe

Art Basel Miami Beach

Coup has been in Miami for Art Basel Miami Beach learning how and where its artist friends would fit into
the process. Four days of viewing incredible contemporary art, engaging in rewarding conversation with art professionals, and still breathing.

Learning about an Artist's Process

Students of art were enlightened last evening by Blaine's candid discussion of his creative endeavors. His current exhibit The Whelming Part I ends on November 26. If interested in a fresh approach to contemporary visual art, don't miss it. The Whelming Part II opens on January 14, 2012.

A CONVERSATION WITH BLAINE

Tuesday, November 15, 7pm

           Join us at Coup in a conversation with Blaine who will be exchanging thoughts 

and entertaining questions about his work and process. 

Diagramming Thought: The Music of Ray Evanoff

Ray's talk left listeners with an understanding of the intensity of his process of music composition and shed light on the commonalities among various artistic mediums.

special event with RAY EVANOFF

Composer and performer Ray Evanoff, newly resident in New Orleans, will be joining Coup d'Oeil Art Consortium Thursday, Nov. 3, 6:30pm to talk about his music and artistic practice, and their parallels to the art of Blaine Capone, whose show "The Whelming" is currently on display at the gallery. In their own way, both artists' work addresses issues of negativity, discomfort, and indirect thinking, and both of their practices revolve around a personally-established set of themes, materials, and subject matter which are investigated across the whole of their output. Please join us for an evening exploring the possibilities inherent in artistic practice, the commonalities between various mediums, and the positive side of negativity. The artist's talk will be followed by a question and answer session.

Grissel Giuliano Collected

Another work by Grissel Giuliano has been acquired by the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation under the direction of Billie Milam Weisman. Trans Fat joins Corn Bred in the internationally renowned collection. http://www.weismanfoundation.org/index.html

APPLAUSE

What a delight to see Michele Basta's work distinguished in Eric Bookhardt's "Inside Art New Orleans" ( http://www.insidenola.org/ ). The gallery will be open till 9pm this Saturday, October 1, 2011 for Art For Arts Sake. (Companion)

Congratulations to Artist Friends of Coup

Coup is excited that several of its exhibiting artists have been chosen to participate in NOLA NOW, Part I: Swagger for a Lost Magnificence curated by Amy Mackie, Director of Visual Arts at Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans . Congratulations to Erica Lambertson Philippe (Swimmy Swim), James Taylor Bonds (Rafting), Angela Berry (Nests), and Michele Basta (Arachne).

and to participate in NOLA NOW, Part II, curated by Don Marshall, Executive Director, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation (Founding Executive Director of the CAC). Congratulations to Grissel Giuliano (Scratch Grain), Paulina Sierra (Chair), and Jessica Goldfinch (Allegory Emptied) and Emily Farranto (Swimming Pool).

(http://nolanow.cacno.org/)

Coup Welcomes Blaine Capone

Coup is glad to welcome Blaine Capone back to New Orleans. His upcoming exhibits The Whelming, Part I and Part II, concurrent with Prospect .2, will showcase works created during his almost three years of toil while homesteading in Southern Appalachia, North Carolina. He has accepted Coup's resident studio where he will be working on a new body of large-scale paintings for promotion to national and international galleries.

Blake Boyd: Act Two

The appreciation of contemporary art as a holistic process prevails, at least in New Orleans. An amazingly art-respectable crowd arrived at Coup to celebrate Blake Boyd's The Batman Years, act two of his Prospect.1.75 (Slidell's oldest Biennale) performance.

Blake Boyd's The Batman Years: NOLAVIE spills the beans

http://www.nola.com/nolavie/index.ssf/2011/06/rising_art_blake_boyds_homage.html

Blake Boyd's The Batman Years, a Prospect.1.75 exhibit

Coup has been prepping for and installing work for Blake Boyd's The Batman Years opening Saturday evening at 6pm. The exhibit, part of Blake's "Prospect.1.75"* project is presented by his friend Jennifer Coolidge and curated by Holly Woodlawn, actor, performance artist, author and cultural critic ("When I'm wearing pants, call me a he; when I'm wearing a dress call me a Limo...").

Stop by and be reminded of the wonderful world of Blake Boyd.

*The exhibit is not affiliated with Prospect New Orleans Biennial. It is unique in that it is Slidell's oldest Biennale.

Mason Saltarrelli

While enjoying the pleasant New Orleans spring weather for the opening reception of Mason Saltarrelli's show Stay Crazy, viewers delighted in the light-hearted challenge which Mason's imagery offers. Friends, family, and seasoned and newbie visual art collectors gathered to celebrate Mason's creativity. The show is up through June 11 with gallery hours of 12-6:30pm wed-sat and 1-6pm sun-mon.