Events for August 12, 2018

Cool & Collected '18: Katie Barrie, Rebecca Levitan, Laini Nemett, Alex Osborne, and Sophie Treppendahl Curated by Lani Holloway and Avery Syrig Featuring emerging artists 35 and under. Save the date: Opening reception Thursday, August 2, 6:30 - 8 p.m. Public invited Exhibition on view August 2 - September 1, 2018 Kenise Barnes Fine Art is pleased to present the fourth iteration of our emerging artist exhibition series Cool & Collected. Five artists age 35 and under were meticulously vetted by the exhibition’s curators, gallery manager Lani Holloway and associate Avery Syrig, who are themselves under 30. The show introduces new artistic explorations and movements within the millennial generation. Luscious painting in a variety of media by Katie Barrie (Richmond, VA), Rebecca Levitan (Providence, RI), Laini Nemett (Long Island City, NY), Alex Osborne (Brooklyn, NY and Paris, France), and Sophie Treppendahl (Richmond, VA) exemplify how the younger generation of artists stays cool and collected in these trying times and the last hot days of summer. Katie Barrie’s practice is rooted in the perceptive and psychological effects of color and geometric abstraction. Influenced by architecture, midcentury modernism, the history of utopias, and color theory, her aim is to create works that […]