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October Exhibitions @ The NAC

The National Arts Club invites you to visit our galleries, Monday through Friday, from 10AM to 5PM.

Joseph Fioretti

Performer, director, producer and artist Joseph “Feury” Fioretti is the recipient of an Oscar (Down and Out in America, 1968) four Emmys and a Peabody Award. He has been married to legendary actress and director Lee Grant for over 50 years. Fioretti began taking up painting seriously in 2012 studying at The Art Students League and setting up a studio in Tribeca. He has exhibited at the League and other Manhattan venues and his work can be found in the collections of Michael Douglas, Alan Alda and Joy Behar among others.

Babette Bloch: REFLECTION AND REGENERATION

Babette Bloch is a pioneer in the use of laser-cut and water-jet stainless steel to create evocative works of art. Her sculptures explore form and the interplay between object and light, reflect their environments, expanding the ways in which stainless steel is used in contemporary art. Bloch received both classical and modern training, at the University of California, Davis including study with legendary artists Wayne Thiebaud, Robert Arneson, and Manuel Neri. Her personal style embraces her eclectic tastes, her sometimes-whimsical visions, her pleasure in aesthetics, and her technical curiosity.

Bloch’s practice includes site-specific one-of-a-kind public artworks and limited-edition work. Drawing on several traditions in American art, she creates works that touch on Modernist abstraction, the cut outs and collage found in Pop art, and the long-standing practice of story-telling in art.

Aaron Miller

Artist Statement:

“In this series of work, I am looking at the historical power of luxury. These works depict fragments of luxury objects such as furniture; these have been deconstructed, destroying their functionality and re-making them into art objects. I have focused my observation on the part of a chair or couch that makes contact with the human body. These tufted surfaces and lavish upholstery serve as visual representations of class. Historically these textured design elements portrayed ultimate luxury and quality in furniture. I am undermining that portrayal of quality by using the fabric as a painting substrate, which ultimately serves no practical function. That is not to say that aesthetic function is useless- just that you cannot sit on it in this case. As a furniture maker, I find focusing on these surfaces cathartic because of their lack of usefulness and their focus on pure visual experience.”

Women and Photography

Since its inception, The National Arts Club has admitted women on a full and equal basis establishing a long history of exclusivity through inclusivity. “Women and Photography” pays tribute to Charles Spencer Trask and co-founders who recognized and celebrated the contributions of female artists. This exhibition showcases a range of subject and form to challenge the notion that women in photography have a singular vision. The new voices and pioneering icons represented include Lisette Model, Marjan Teeuwen, Brea Souders, Trine Søndergaard, Fatemeh Baigmoradi, Helen Levitt, Yoko Ikeda, Simone Rosenbauer, and Marcia Resnick.

For more information, visit nationalartsclub.org/exhibitions.











When: Mon., Sep. 30, 2019 - Fri., Oct. 25, 2019 at 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Where: The National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park S.
212-475-3424
Price: Free
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The National Arts Club invites you to visit our galleries, Monday through Friday, from 10AM to 5PM.

Joseph Fioretti

Performer, director, producer and artist Joseph “Feury” Fioretti is the recipient of an Oscar (Down and Out in America, 1968) four Emmys and a Peabody Award. He has been married to legendary actress and director Lee Grant for over 50 years. Fioretti began taking up painting seriously in 2012 studying at The Art Students League and setting up a studio in Tribeca. He has exhibited at the League and other Manhattan venues and his work can be found in the collections of Michael Douglas, Alan Alda and Joy Behar among others.

Babette Bloch: REFLECTION AND REGENERATION

Babette Bloch is a pioneer in the use of laser-cut and water-jet stainless steel to create evocative works of art. Her sculptures explore form and the interplay between object and light, reflect their environments, expanding the ways in which stainless steel is used in contemporary art. Bloch received both classical and modern training, at the University of California, Davis including study with legendary artists Wayne Thiebaud, Robert Arneson, and Manuel Neri. Her personal style embraces her eclectic tastes, her sometimes-whimsical visions, her pleasure in aesthetics, and her technical curiosity.

Bloch’s practice includes site-specific one-of-a-kind public artworks and limited-edition work. Drawing on several traditions in American art, she creates works that touch on Modernist abstraction, the cut outs and collage found in Pop art, and the long-standing practice of story-telling in art.

Aaron Miller

Artist Statement:

“In this series of work, I am looking at the historical power of luxury. These works depict fragments of luxury objects such as furniture; these have been deconstructed, destroying their functionality and re-making them into art objects. I have focused my observation on the part of a chair or couch that makes contact with the human body. These tufted surfaces and lavish upholstery serve as visual representations of class. Historically these textured design elements portrayed ultimate luxury and quality in furniture. I am undermining that portrayal of quality by using the fabric as a painting substrate, which ultimately serves no practical function. That is not to say that aesthetic function is useless- just that you cannot sit on it in this case. As a furniture maker, I find focusing on these surfaces cathartic because of their lack of usefulness and their focus on pure visual experience.”

Women and Photography

Since its inception, The National Arts Club has admitted women on a full and equal basis establishing a long history of exclusivity through inclusivity. “Women and Photography” pays tribute to Charles Spencer Trask and co-founders who recognized and celebrated the contributions of female artists. This exhibition showcases a range of subject and form to challenge the notion that women in photography have a singular vision. The new voices and pioneering icons represented include Lisette Model, Marjan Teeuwen, Brea Souders, Trine Søndergaard, Fatemeh Baigmoradi, Helen Levitt, Yoko Ikeda, Simone Rosenbauer, and Marcia Resnick.

For more information, visit nationalartsclub.org/exhibitions.

Buy tickets/get more info now