NEW YORK, NY – Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Swedish glass artist, Bibbi Ahrnstedt in The Substance of Abstraction. The exhibition is scheduled to run from January 16, 2013 through February 5, 2013. The opening reception will take place on Thursday evening, January 17, 2013. Entrance is free and all art enthusiasts are warmly welcomed to attend and add art to the start of their new year.
About the Artist
Swedish glass artist Bibbi Ahrnstedt takes inspiration from science’s opposite extremes: space exploration and cellular biology. She sees them as fundamentally linked, both holding the keys to how life began and why it continues — and galaxies and micro-organisms happen to have similar visual motifs as well. Ahrnstedt’s love of astronomy came full circle in 1996, when her work was selected for the first exhibition in space, a digital art library on the station Mir. Since then she has continued to mine planetary motifs in the vivid primary palettes of her quadrilateral or circular many-layered glass creations.
In the rings of Saturn, the parallel strands of DNA, the rapid movements of comets, and the translucent walls of single-cell organisms, Ahrnstedt finds an incredible range of forms and hues to bring into her orbit. The effect of depth and dimensionality enabled by her glass layering creates a brilliant effect similar to Fred Tomaselli’s works in resin, but even brighter. Her work infuses microscopic depths and far-flung star systems with ebullient light and life.
Exhibition Dates: January 16, 2013 – February 5, 2013
Reception: Thursday, January 17, 2013, 6-8 pm
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th St, New York City
Gallery Hours: Tues – Sat, 11a.m. - 6 p.m.