art – Seite 15 – by Gabriele Golissa

Emerging Visions

"Emerging Visions" at Agora Gallery, NYC
“For he’s bewitched for ever who has seen,
Not with his eyes but with his vision (…)”
Vita Sackville-West, The Land: Winter, 1926, p. 5.

Emerging Visions at Agora Gallery is just around the corner. So let’s take a look at the gallery’s press release:

“NEW YORK, NY – Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of German-born Montana-based artist Gabriele Golissa in Emerging Visions. The exhibition will open on January 21, 2017 and run through February 10, 2017 with an opening reception on Thursday, January 26 from 6-8 PM. Any art lover who enjoys thought-provoking artworks and meeting talented and interesting artists is encouraged to attend. (…)”.

Hope to see you there!

New Year’s Greetings

“Be at War with your Vices,
at Peace with your Neighbours,
and let every New-Year find you a better Man.”
Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1755

With or without fireworks, I wish you all a Very Happy 2017. May it bring health, happiness and peace to everyone.

It Is This Time of the Year Again!

“He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ‘ere he drove out of sight,
‘Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!’”
Clement Clarke Moore, Twas the Night before Christmas, 1822

In Germany it is “Adventszeit”, in the U.S. “Holiday Season”, but wherever I am, it is certainly my favorite time in winter. While it is getting colder outside and snow finally decides to stay, we make it nice and cozy inside. Out with the Christmas decorations; let it be glittery, colorful, and kitschy. And I love Christmas cookies! And no matter how old I am getting, Mom’s are still the best. Christmas markets with more kitsch, too much food, and of course mulled wine. And music, don’t I love old-fashioned Christmas music. Oh yes, it is this time of the year again!

So wherever you are, I hope you enjoy the season as well and brave the hustle and bustle that comes along with it. All that is left for me to do for now is to join St Nick and Mr. Moore and wish you all a Very Merry Christmas!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Darko's Fire - Thanksgiving 2016: Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone! “We can only be said to be alive in those moments
when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
Thornton Wilder, The Woman of Andros, 1930

This has been a challenging year for me in many aspects but also a very rewarding one in others. But whatever has been and probably will be, I feel blessed being able to live the life I am living.

Whatever your life has been like lately, I hope you have plenty to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. I wish you a wonderful day with family and loved ones.

Exhibition Dates Announcement (Agora Gallery, NYC)

“Some day I’ll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Away above the chimney tops
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
That’s where you’ll find me”
Edgar Yipsel “Yip” Harburg, Over the Rainbow, 1939,
sung by Judy Garland in the movie “The Wizard of Oz”

The wonderful team at Agora Gallery has put together my artist page on the gallery website. I think they have done a great job, so check it out! You also find two pictures there that Angela Di Bello, the gallery director, has chosen from the photographs she had previously selected for ARTmine, Agora Gallery’s fine art sales website. These two pictures will be my contribution to the group exhibition „Emerging Visions“ from January 21 to February 10, 2017 at Agora Gallery, where you will not only find prints of my photographs but also other exciting artwork from some wonderful artists like Jian Jun An. There will also be an opening reception on January 26, 2017 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Should you be in New York then, please do stop by!