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Altadena artist Karen Hochman Brown Calculates the Flower at NYC Art Show

NEW YORK, NY – Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of California artist Karen Hochman Brown in Verve of Abstraction. The exhibition begins on July 29, 2014 and run until August 19, 2014. The opening reception takes place on the evening of Thursday July 31, at 6-8pm.

Karen Hochman Brown’s mind-bending digital artwork melds nature, geometry, and sophisticated technology. In her latest series of “digital paintings,” Hochman Brown approaches one of fine art’s most enduring subjects – the flower – from a completely contemporary perspective. She uses fractal software to explore the structures of the bloom: symmetries, quirks, and the network of connections between petal, leaf, pistil, and stamen. The images, however, are not clinical or scientific but delicate, emotional, and even resplendent. The artist reaches deep into the earth to devise unique color palettes for each image, making dramatic use of luxurious yellows, greens, purples, and reds. Her flowers are presented straight on, in perfect compositional symmetry, a reference to both geometrical constructs and the mandala, with its promise of balance. The flowers themselves contain a great deal of detail but are not strictly realistic. They occupy a stylized space in which nature’s patterns and those created by humans co-exist.

Karen Hochman Brown was born in Santa Barbara, California and today lives in nearby Altadena. She is also an accomplished graphic designer who ran her own business for many years.

Exhibition Dates: July 29, 2014 – August 19, 2014

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Reception: Thursday, July 31, 2014, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat 11-6

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Gallery Location: 530 West 25th St, Chelsea, New York

Event URL: http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Karen_Hochman_Brown.aspx

Featured Artists: 

Verve of Abstraction

Mona Askaer  |  Ben Bonart  |  Stuart Burton  |  Camilla Carlsson  |  Michelli Cockburn  |  Rebecca Coddington  |  Terry Formyduval  |  Gilberto Gillo  |  Aimee Gillen  |  Blandine Girerd  |  Karen Hochman Brown  |  Ibañez Torres  |  Debbie Klein  |  Carlene Lavender  |  Estrid Maria Eriksen  |  Lloyd Platt  |  Sara Rainoldi  |  Svetlana Romanova  |  Dora Votin 

About the Exhibition

The lively, lovely and enlivening artworks in Verve of Abstraction possess all the energy and impact you would expect from creations which reflect both the irresistible power of instinct and the carefully judged effect of artistic ability and technique. The pieces effortlessly connect us to their process of creation, and make us happy to be taken along for the ride.

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