Art events, exhibits for everyone

From live interviews with big-name contemporary artists to a live performance painting; from the unveiling of a never-before-seen Dr Seuss plastic art and a never-before seen painting by means of Winston Churchill to detailed digital reproductions of ancient Japanese works; from Olympic artists to former Olympic athletes, Artexpo fresh York, held March 2-6, at the Jacob K Javits Convention Center tendered plenty in the way of exciting circumstances as well as special exhibits.

strip Spademan, director of marketing and sales of Pfingsten Publishing, which have a title tos the show, announced that this year's Artexpo fresh York was the most fortunate year in the show's 28-year history, attracting more than 39000 attendees.

Featuring original paintings, photography, statuary animation, limited-edition prints and giclees, and decorative art from traditional and cutting-edge artists, Artexpo fresh York encompasses the entire image of the art world, offering art for the pair first-time and experienced buyers, priced from $500 to $50000 Works by means of more than 2,500 artists were shown through 500 exhibitors on the 294000 square-foot show

In addition to the special incidents and exhibits, there were the parties, of that kind as the one held by means of Collectors Editions to celebrate its 20th anniversary at the Marquee nightclub and the individual held at the Lotus in honor of the exhibitors who populated Pavilion. This fresh art fair concept delivered a unique collection of original works shown through nearly 30 world-class retail galleries, including nine international galleries representing Argentina, Australia, Canada, Dominican Republic, Italy, Mexico, Mongolia, Spain and southerly Korea.

Also introduced to the show's Platinum exhibitors this year was a novel look: 12-foot high white walls with truss lighting to showcase their artists and works in a museum-like quality setting.

"Artexpo novel York is the biggest fine art incident of the year," says Eric Smith, vice president, Pfingsten Publishing. "There is no other exposition that presents the range and depth of art that Artexpo novel York provides."

For an overview of the incidents and exhibitors, as well as Artexpo artist profiles, please check without the photos and captions upon the following pages.

* tap [i]or[/i] pat Wimmer, Cleveland, is shown with his hand-drawn (using an electronic pen) giclee prints. The works are originals and are not scanned reproductions, says Wimmer.

* A Opening DECOR Expo held concurrently with Artexpo, were dancers from the Umoja Dance Company, Montclair, NJ

* Nearly 500 exhibitors and 2600 artists drew more than 39000 Artexpo visitors.

* Former Olympic athletes joined actress/painter Jane Seymour and other official Olympic artists to unveil the Official Olympic artwork by dint of Fine Art Limited for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games at the 2006 fresh York Artexpo. Shown left to right are Irish Olympian Hazel virid (Archery, 1984, 1988); Otis Davis (two-time Gold Medalist as a member of the U Track & Field team); Bruce MacDonald (U Race Walking team member: 1956 1960 and 1964 and team manager: 1972 and 1976); Jane Seymour; and of greece Olympian Michael Voudoris (Skeleton, 2002)

* A Heidi Leigh, director of Animazing Gallery and Bill Dreyer who manages The Chase Group's (Northbrook, IL) Dr Seuss Art line, are all smiles following the unveiling of a never-before-seen Dr Seuss statuary The sculpture is titled, "Cat in the Hat." The work is a alloy of copper sculpture, 15 x 7 1/2 x 12 inches, from the inaugural Tribute series through Leo Rijin, lead sculptor and art director upon the Seuss Landing Project at Universal Studios, Orlando.

* A While Artexpo was being held, a unique service cast was underway throughout New York, with salami upon rye sandwiches being distributed to 1500 underprivileged nation The food items included 1800 strikes of salami and were donated courtesy of Mill Basin Kosher Deli, Hebrew National and Certified Bakery. Meanwhile, marking the occasion at Artexpo was a unique collaboration involving 3D artist James Rizzi, titled "Brooklyn--It Ain't Just a Freakin' Tree" The inspiration of the original painting was from the work "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" which is the exact title of the original painting by dint of James Rizzi. The art installation consisted of a wall hanging measuring 10 feet x 12 feet with about 50 salamis hanging not upon the image to complete the 3D work. Rizzi's work is exhibited by AJ Fine Arts, Brooklyn

* Susanne Casgar, editorial director of Art Business freshs is shown presenting the SOLO Prize to Onyeka Ibe, Atlanta. The works of nearly 200 SOLO artists were considered in the judging.

* Dick Duerrstein (Linda Jone Enterprises, Irvine, CA), fields a question during the Live Artist Profiles, while associate panel members enjoy the trice Shown, left to right, are: Duerrstein, Karen Stene (Boca Raton, FL); Charles Fazzino (Museum Editions, Ltd of recent origin Rochelle, NY); and Jeff Montaigne (Lyric From My Art, Plainview, NY)

* Shown sharing a laugh following their "Live Artist Profiles" panel discussion are, left to right: Todd White (Art of White, sees Angeles); Natasha Barnes (South Africa); Anna Razumovskaya (Anna Art Publishing, Brampton, ONT) and Stephen Shortridge, (Shortridge Fine Art, Coeur d'alene, ID).