Welcome Our New Gallery Assistant !

Welcome to our New Team Member:

  Gallery Assistant Paul Wright

 Please join Coup d’oeil Art Consortium in welcoming Paul Wright as our newest team member. Paul is taking on the Gallery Assistant position as of Aug 3^rd. Paul comes to us as a  New Orleans native, where he has had seven years experience in fine arts/design as a YA/YA and NOCCA  alumni which offered him ample opportunities to hone his skills in creating, practicing, and demonstrating art. As an artist and as a youth advocate during those past six years, he identified opportunities for improvement, made constructive suggestions for change, and helped brainstorm solutions.

Wright works predominantly in the medium of acrylic painting portraiture, but also exercises skill in sculpture and large-scale installations. NOCCA alumni, Wright also studied illustration at Parsons the New School for Design and received training at The Cow House Studios in Wexford, Ireland.  Exhibited spaces include The Guggenheim Museum Theater, George Rodrigue Gallery, The Contemporary Arts Center, and The 5 Press Gallery. He has also been recently announced Emerging Artists-in-Residence at The Joan Mitchel Center here in New Orleans.

In addition to his experience and exuberant personality, he has a solid educational foundation and a passion for art. He is extremely enthusiastic about the focus on New Orleans Contemporary art and welcomes the opportunity to contribute to our ongoing success at Coup d’oeil. Please feel free to stop by the gallery to meet our newest team member and exhibition “Summer City.” We are thrilled to have him on board!

bread&butter reading VOL. 2

Thanks to everyone who came out Saturday for the second in the bread&butter reading series. Carin Chapman, Jen Hanks, Spencer Silverthorne, and Clare Louise Harmon helped us become a little more human by sharing their work with us. Look out for upcoming entries by these superstar readers at FOCI Arts online publication, FOCI Words.

  

Gothamist reviews SELECT NY

Gothamist published a review of SELECT NY in Chelsea. Thanks to Scott Lynch for including us!

BUSTED in New York

Coup is in Chelsea! This week we installed a series of bust portraits by Blaine Capone at SELECT Art Fair in NY. Have a look:

CRUX opens with a musical performance

On April 17, Coup opened CRUX, a site specific installation by Blaine Capone that was originally designed for the SELECT Art Fair during Miami Basel of December 2014.

We were thrilled to celebrate with a musical performance by flutist, Orlando Cela, an event sponsored by the New Orleans arts organization, FOCI Arts.

feature in Art Voices

We are positively thrilled with Anna Broome's article on Coup artist, Blaine Capone in the spring issue of Art Voices! Here's a preview—look for it in print soon! Check out what the magazine has published previously on their website: artvoicesmagazine.com

SELECT MIAMI art fair

Coup setting up at the SELECT MIAMI art fair during MIAMI BASEL.

AFAS evening begins exciting P.3+ exhibition

Coup is proud to sponsor artists Blaine Capone, James Taylor Bonds, and M. Silver Smith in their collaborative installation which will occupy the gallery space for the duration of PROSPECT.3, October 25, 2014 through January 25, 2015. On the evening of ART for ART'S SAKE, the artists hosted an interactive discussion of their process for the upcoming exhibit entitled La Petite Mort.

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Summertime Do's

Coup is spending the month of June refurbishing its space. On July 5, 2014 we will resume regular hours of  Monday,Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 2-6pm. Until then email us at info@coupdoeilartconsortium.com or call 504.722.0876.

GEOMETRY OF SOUND

On Saturday, April 12, Coup opened "Geometry of Sound", an exhibit created in partnership with FOCI Arts (http://fociarts.com/) as part of its inaugural contemporary music festival ANODE 2014. The display of musical scores and sketches by internationally recognized composers is a wonderful introduction to the contemporary music scene which is embracing New Orleans. Don't miss it.

SCOPE NEW YORK

Coup made many new friends during its exhibit at SCOPE NY March 6-9 at Skylight at Moynihan Station on 33rd Street. Works of  Blaine Capone, Chris Dennis, and Eliot Brown were placed in collections in Washington, D.C., New Jersey, and New York.
Stayed tuned for Coup's participation in future international art fairs.

KUDOS to M. SILVER SMITH

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Coup is proud to collaborate with M. Silver Smith whose work is gaining international attention. Her paintings Heirloom and The Wanderer stirred notice at SCOPE Miami in December and her sculpture Nucleus will be premiering at SCOPE New York 2014 from March 6 through March 9.