The CRS Gallery is pleased to announce CODE: Drawings and Visual Poetry by Teo Yamamoto. The exhibition will will be on display from May 7- June 18, 2011. An opening reception will be held on May 7 from 6 - 8 pm and will include a poetry reading by Teo accompanied by Hacci on Jew's harp and bandoneon. The art works in this exhibition consist of ink and paper drawings, chapbooks, visual poems of varying sizes. Many are composed on black paper. The types and combinations of ink and paper are a secret, an alchemical code discovered through much labor and treasured by the artist for its synergistic luminescence. The […]

The CRS Gallery announces the Exhibition "Pretty Dresses, Long Legs... Dance Paintings by Meeke Mutter." The exhibition includes expressionistic acrylic paintings of dancers as well as several abstract water-colors and will be on view from September 10 - October 31, 2011. Meeke Mutter is an emerging artist from The Netherlands. She is well known for her beautiful and colorful abstract figurative dance art. She works in acrylic, small works. You will find artists in pretty dresses and with long legs on her canvas like Tina Turner, Natalie Porter, Polina Semionova, The Andrews Sisters or Ella Fitzgerald. Her backgrounds are wild and subtle at the same time. She also makes abstract […]

The CRS Gallery announces a solo exhibition by Junko Yamada of art works composed of thousands of pieces of rice paper in the tradition of harie. The exhibition will be on view from November 4, 2011 - January 4, 2012. By applying modern subject matter and lively colors to a traditional Japanese art form, Junko creates unique works of art on rice paper. These collages are each composed of thousands of pieces of rice paper in the tradition of harie, a style of Japanese art. "Japanese artists have been using unique, strong papers for centuries, since the Nara period. The Japanese value paper in their art and use it in their daily […]

The CRS Gallery announces a solo exhibition by Lex Braes of works created on paper, primarily with home-made water-based paints. The exhibition will be on view from January 27 - March 2012. What does a painter do? He paints. Every day, in the case of Lex Braes. In this small show, concurrent with his aptly titled exhibition, "Routine," at www.showroom http://www.showroom170.com on the LES through Feb 26 , a sampling of small works on paper from the past six years provides a window into Braes' routine of approaching a handful of images again and again, in some cases year after year:  a head resting sidways on an arm, a simple architectural structure, a […]

Mami Family Diary "Usually my husband works until very late every night, and the kids and I are already bed when he comes home. I felt we didn't have enough time to talk, so I began keeping an illustrated diary in which I could share with him what was going on in our lives.  In this diary I would record what we did, felt, thought or planned for the future, etc. When he comes home each night, he opens the diary and receives some impression of our day and can feel closer to us. Recently, our five-year-old son began wanting to draw in this diary and join in this communication." Mami By sharing a glimpse of […]

CRS is delighted to announce an exhibition of works from its private collection by three female Japanese artists (photographers Miori Inata and Mayumi Nashida and painter Chiharu Nishiyama) who are friends of CRS and widely active in the global art world. The exhibition will be on display from January 22 - February 26, 2013.   西山千春/ Chiharu Nishiyama Chiharu Nishiyama is a painter who has participated in numerous international exhibitions in Europe as well as in Japan. Her inspiration is essentially religious and philosophical. This painting of a unicorn was created by Chiharu specifically for CRS and the beautiful frame carefully chosen to compliment it. Through Chiharu Nishiyama, we meet the […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is delighted to announce an exhibition of color photographs of the Samburu people of Kenya and their surroundings, taken by artist Katherine Abegg. Kenya may conjure images of breathtaking vistas of forest and savannah framed by towering mountains and those are on display here, but what truly takes one's breath away here is the people. The openness of heart and spirit between photographer and subject is the subject of this collection. Please join us for a Closing Reception with artist Katherine Abegg on Friday, May 3, 2013 from 7:40 - 9 pm. We need to raise an additional $625 to send one Samburo child to school […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is delighted to announce an exhibition of calligraphy by Tokyo-based artist Shisui. The exhibition will open on May 18 and run for eight weeks. A closing reception with the artist will be held on Saturday, July 13, 2013 from 4 â€_6 pm. In ancient Japan it was believed that words held a secret, mysterious power. When uttered, the sound of these words would vibrationally impact the world beyond the impact of the meaning of the word. The word for this was kototama. Likewise, certain kanji, or Japanese word symbols, were also thought to possess a power to affect the world by emitting a kind of vibration […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is delighted to announce an exhibition of 14 paintings by Argentinian artist Rita Holcberg from September 16 - October 28, 2013. An Opening Reception with the artist will be held Saturday, September 21, 2013 from 6 â€_8 pm. Samples of her jewelry will also be on display during the reception. About Rita Holcberg Rita Holcberg is primarily a jewelry designer, selling made-to-order jewelry on three continents. As a painter, she studied at the Art Student League of New York under Perri Neri, Mariano del Rosario, and Frank O'Cain. Her work is also on display at Twenty Seven Gallery in Port Jervis, NY. Rita Holcberg's Artist Statement: "Please, come in..." My painting originates from the impressions of the […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is honored to announce an exhibition of recent works by Shanghai-based Japanese artist Yoko Kiuchi from November 10 - 30, 2013. The exhibition consists of six painted portraits ("What Color Is Your Self?") in primarily water-based paints such as gouche with colorful floral backgrounds as well as an installation of a dress ("Rebirth") decorated with various natural matererials such as feathers, leaves, paper, cotton and lace. An Opening Reception with the artist will be held Sunday, November 10, 2013 from 4:30 - 6:30 pm. Each portrait expresses the colors of each person's world. The background color reflects that person’s life until now. The butterfly and flower represent their will and thought. Particularly, […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is delighted to announce LIGHT, an exhibition of paintings by Japan-based painter and pottery artist Aoi Nakamura from December 8 - 22, 2013. The exhibition consists of 15 abstract and semi-abstract works in acrylic on canvas. In lieu of an opening reception, we invite everyone to meet the artist at the CRS Holiday Reception on Saturday, Dec 14 from 8:30 â€_10 pm ($15 at the door). ABOUT LIGHT "Motherly soft light in nature, beautiful shine, dynamic and powerful energy, lights lying in the deep human soul, lights that come from the unconscious mind â€_those are the things I would like to express in my paintings. "Today, […]