Last Call: Miljan Suknovic at Catherine Ahnell Gallery, through December 18th

Miljan Suknovic: Studio Visit

Catherine Ahnell Gallery, 66 Grand St, #1, NYC

Through Sunday, December 18th

Lost in a world of pure abstraction, I am bewitched, but not bewildered, by Miljan Suknovic's second exhibition at Catherine Ahnell Gallery in Soho. Suknovic knows what he is doing and always pursues it with vigor. The gallery''s website tells us that this is a new chapter for the artist "With raw linen as a base he applies his paint strokes directly on the canvas. Spontaneous gestures and random color strokes meet an uncalculated structure characteristic to Suknovic."  Suknovic has certainly become bolder in this new series and more varied in the size of his canvases.  Here, in the photo, you can see a representative sample.

  

Entrance to the exhibition

Suknovic studied art and architecture in Belgrade and then went on to Prague, Florence and Hamburg, before settling in New York. His first solo show was held at Union Gallery in 2008.  Last year, Suknovic exhibited in the elegant rooms of the Serbian Mission to the UN.  And earlier this month his work appeared along with Jonas SUN7 and Lahcen Khedim  in Catherine Ahnell's booth at Art Miami Basel X Contemporary Art Fair.  

Miljan Suknovic's work in Catherine Ahnell Gallery's booth at Art Miami Basel 2016

Suknovic's exhibition in New York closes on Sunday.  If you are headed to SoHo to shop for holiday gifts, please stop in to this upbeat and color-ific show -and then treat yourself to those delicious Christmas specialties in Little Italy. (A Nesic Tradition.)

I'll be back with more tips as the art season draw to a close - so stay tuned . . . 

Beth New York 

aka, Beth S. Gersh-Nesic, Ph.D.

Director

New York Arts Exchange

www.nyarts-exchange.com 

Miljan Suknovic at Catherine Ahnell and 7 WTC; Color Theory Classes

Miljan Suknovic, Constellations II, 2013

7 World Trade Center

Where did the time go?!   Miljan Suknovic's exhibition Constellations II, installed in the lobby of 7 World Trade Center, will close at the end of this month.  It opened in September 2013.  

Miljan Suknovic, Constellations III, 2014

Executed at Catherine Ahnell Gallery, still on view

And Miljan's other installation Constellations III, 2014,  at Catherine Ahnell Gallery, at 66 Grand Street in Soho,  closed in December 2014.  His new piece Sambre opens there on Wednesday, January 14, 2015. 

For aspiring artists, Miljan's class on Color Theory at the Educational Alliance Art School in the Manny Cantor Center, 197 East Broadway, begins on Wednesday, January 14. through March 18, 2015, 6:30 - 8:30 pm.  (A nice gift for your Valentine.)

Miljan Suknovic, Frida [Kahlo], Red Painting and Me, 2010

30 x 23 inches, digital print on canvas

Happy New Year!

Beth New York

aka Beth S. Gersh-Nesic, Ph.D.

Director

New York Arts Exchange