Madrid-born artist SAHI paints in a dramatic style that arrests and holds viewers’ attention through a series of powerful yet delicately balanced disparities.
Sahi-Black Swan
Most evidently his style of figurative composition, which focuses on between one and three subjects — portrait sitters, dancers, athletes, etc. — mixes very representational human characters with drips, distortions and powerful expressionist brushstrokes whose disfiguring effects at times evoke Francis Bacon. This mix of controlled precision and fervent brushwork works together with the other tensions that make SAHI’s works so engaging and exciting.
Chief among these is the manner in which his subjects’ elegant embodiment of poise and strength, restraint and power, echoes the artist’s steady yet expressive hand and brush. The relationship between those figures and their abstract surroundings provides another source of understated conflict, with backdrops of bright primaries and muted monochromes seemingly threatening to overwhelm the human actors performing against them. But in every case SAHI maneuvers these agile and powerful elements into an exquisite equilibrium.
Exhibition Dates: July 31, 2012 – August 21, 2012
Reception: Thursday, August 2, 2012, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th St, New York City
Gallery Hours: Tues – Sat, 11a.m. – 6 p.m.
Event URL: http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Sahi.aspx
About the Exhibition:
Agora Gallery’s Exquisite Exhibits Are a Breath of Fresh Air in the Summer Heat. Come to Agora Gallery to enjoy exhibitions which will add a refreshing, revitalizing spark of inspiration to your day. Interpretive Realms will introduce you to new universes which come to life within the confines of the artwork, yet spread their influence beyond and into the minds of the receptive viewer. The work in The Rhythm of Color celebrates the vibrant, lyrical pulse that judicious and elegant use of hue brings to art and our experience of it. In Degrees of Abstraction, concepts are explored through the lens of lively imaginations, leading to images which are as lovely as they are intriguing. The exhibitions begin on July 31, 2012 and run until August 21, 2012. The opening reception will take place on August 2, 2012, 6PM-8PM. Entrance is free and art lovers are enthusiastically encouraged to attend.
Featured artists:
Interpretive Realms
Philippe Aoun Deladoëy (“PAoun”) | Malcolm Baroway | Bibi Davidson | Pia Erlandsson | Rubén Gómez Masip | Thomas Maes | Umeko Okano | Fabrizio Pinzi | Shyamala Rao | Sahi | Tony Taylor | Maurizio Yorck
The Rhythm of Color
Patricia Brintle | Sarah Cousineau | Katherine DuTremble | Nada Herman | Julia Ismambetova | Roland Morin | Ingrid Roth | Paul Satheesh
Degrees of Abstraction
Paul Brotherton | Gail Elwell | Beth Gandy | Gary W. Hinsche | Kushlani Jayasinha | Darryn Marshall | Sandra Mueller-Dick | Gianni Renna | Kiko Sobrino | Laurence Steenbergen
Interviews with the artists and high resolution images are available upon request.
