2021: A Successful Year

Liz Clement Contemporary at CONTEXT | Art Miami 2021

Liz Clement Contemporary would like to wish everyone a very happy and healthy New Year. Concluding the year on a high note, we'd like to thank everyone who stopped by our booth at CONTEXT | Art Miami 2021. It was so wonderful to see collectors and friends, old and new, in person for this successful event. Though 2021 presented significant challenges, LCC continued to place incredible works of art with collectors near and far in Miami and Tampa, Florida; Los Angeles, California; the Bahamas; and London, England, among others. 2022 is shaping up to be an exciting year for contemporary art, and we look forward to being a part of it with new artists and new acquisitions.

Bruce Dorfman at the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum

ECFA is excited to bring news of Bruce Dorfman’s inclusion in Celebrating the Centennial: Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Woodstock Artists Association, Part 2 honoring the 100th anniversary of the WAAM. The show stands as a “comprehensive exhibition highlighting some of the very best artwork created by Woodstock-based artists in the second half of the century who made long-lasting contributions to the art, culture and community of this small but vital American town.” Dorfman’s work will appear among that of renowned alumni such as Phillip Guston, Milton Glaser, and Doris Lee.

On July 10th, exhibition curator Tom Wolf will interview Dorfman and Mary Frank, who are both featured in the Centennial exhibition. They will delve into their years in Woodstock and the works on view in the show. The talk will begin at 6pm at 28 Tinker St, Woodstock, New York.

Celebrating the Centennial: Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Woodstock Artists Association, Part 2 will run through September 2021.

ECFA at Hamptons Fine Art Fair 2021

ECFA is pleased to share news of our upcoming participation in the Hamptons Fine Art Fair 2021 both virtually and in-person! The in-person event will run at the Southampton Arts Center on Labor Day Weekend from September 2 - 5. Our virtual booths will go live on August 15 and stay online until November 15 with both 2D & 3D viewing galleries. We hope to see you there!

ECC #Trending at Palm Beach 2021

ECC is LIVE and TRENDING at Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary | Art Wynwood 2021 for our incredibly coveted and highly collectable painting Tablet by Frank Bowling. Click the image of Tablet above to be transported to our booth, exclusively on Artsy - see you (virtually) there!

ECC Exhibition Featured on artnet events

ECC is thrilled to announce that artnet events has featured our online exhibition Structure / Unstructure on artnet’s international database with worldwide reach. Structure / Unstructure includes work by renowned artists such as Wolf Kahn, Peter Halley, Christo, Sean Scully, Robert Motherwell, and more. Click here to visit the exhibition.

ECC works featured as artnet favorites

ECC is proud to share that two of our works have been chosen as features on the global fine art platform, artnet. Pictured first, Marylyn Dintenfass's vibrant and dynamic monotype, Electra Lux, was displayed as a featured work on artnet's highly competitive gallery network. Additionally, our celebrated Lee Bontecou print, Etching One, was selected by collectors Rob and Eric Thomas-Suwall as one of their top eight important works by female and queer artists.

You can access these works individually by clicking on the linked titles above, or by visiting our artnet profile here: ECC on artnet. 

Kate Raudenbush to be featured in Burning Man Documentary

ECFA is proud to share that Kate Raudenbush will appear in the new 2020 documentary Burning Man: Art On Fire directed by Gerald Fox. The doc follows various artist teams from Burning Man 2018 as they work together to construct dazzling structures in the middle of Black Rock Desert on the playa. Raudenbush’s Passage Home, a sculpture she made to act as a “sunrise portal”, is featured among many other spectacular works. Burning Man: Art On Fire premieres in the heat of summer on the weekend of August 15 - 16. Check it out!

Highlights from Art Wynwood 2020

Full installation view of Liz Clement Contemporary at Art Wynwood, Booth AW101

Partial installation view featuring hanging works by Matthew Spire and Bruce Dorfman, and a table sculpture by Santiago Medina

Santiago Medina's "Time and Space", laser image on Italian stainless steel, centrally featured in the public café space at Art Wynwood 2020. Medina's work is the second from the left.

"Time and Space", laser image on Italian stainless steel by Santiago Medina

We had a wonderful time at Art Wynwood 2020 and want to thank everyone who stopped by our booth! This year we exhibited a dynamic selection of work by established artists and emerging talent alike. On view were sculptures by Santiago Medina as well as works by Bruce Dorfman, Matthew Spire, Kate Raudenbush, and Deborah Winiarski. We also had the distinct honor of displaying three wall pieces by Santiago Medina in the fair’s public café space. These pieces were selected to be featured by Art Wynwood director, Julian Navarro. You can find pieces from the show and additional installation shots at our virtual Art Wynwood booth on Artsy.

Highlights from Aqua Art Miami 2019

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We would like to share a gallery of our favorite moments from Aqua Art Miami 2019. Thank you to everyone who stopped in to see our wonderful and diverse collection of works by Matthew Spire, John Guthrie, Kate Raudenbush, Michael Albano, and Deborah Winiarski. If you met us at Aqua and would like to connect or you would like to view our virtual booth from the show, visit our Artsy page! Until next year!

Brand New Work by Kate Raudenbush

Glyph #3: Protector. Laser-cut welded metal, paint, and labradorite stone. 52 x 27 x 2 inches. 2019.

We’re excited to share this beautiful new sculpture by Kate Raudenbush, created for our upcoming exhibition at Aqua Art Miami 2019. Entitled Glyph #3: Protector, this piece is part of the artist’s new Glyph series and is inspired by feminine energy and the spirit of protection. Protector features an interlocking design of laser-cut and welded metal elements finished in white. Its vertical flowing movement is balanced by a central stone of labradorite which is said to hold the power of magic, perception, and protection. This gorgeous, blue-green stone appears to glow from within and emanate light, beaming hues of blue, green and gold.

Glyph #3: Protector will be shown by Elizabeth Clement Contemporary in Room 108 at Aqua Art Miami 2019, December 4th through 8th.

Arts & Culture Summit in Essex, MA

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ECFA had the pleasure of attending the 2019 Essex County Arts & Culture Summit at The Cabot theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts. Close to four hundred attended this powerful gathering launched by the Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF) as a step in their overarching Creative County Initiative (CCI). ECCF has put the advocacy, support, and elevation of arts and culture at the forefront of their mission. From 2017 to 2022, over $2 million will be invested in arts, culture and the creative sector in Essex County. An incredible range of advocates presented at the 2019 summit including inter-tribal dancers, an award winning spoken word poet, and the Vice President of Emerson College. All served to inspire change and provide hope in creating a community where art can flourish.

To read more about the ECCF and their mission, click here.

Select Acquisitions 2019

James Leonard, Between the Clouds. Oil on canvas.

Beatrice Findlay, Blue and Yellow Runners (diptych). Oil on canvas, 2001.

Ned Evans, Miajades. Mixed media on linen, circa 1996.

ECFA is excited to share a number of new works we’ve added to our roster! Featured above are pieces by James Leonard, Ned Evans, and Beatrice Findlay. Though stylistically diverse, these artists each exemplify a dedication to vibrant color and an expressionist spirit. Continue below for some brief introductions to the artists and works:

James Leonard is an abstract expressionist painter based in San Francisco, CA. Taking cues from Gerhard Richter's iconic squeegee paintings, Leonard uses an extended palette knife to apply layers of paint across the canvas. Between the Clouds displays Leonard's characteristic expressive approach in swaths of white and deep blue with vivid yellow and orange peeking through the cracks.

Beatrice Findlay is a Canadian-American artist based in Los Angeles and New York. Sourced from the natural world, Findlay’s work closes the gap between figuration and abstraction. In Blue and Yellow Runners, Findlay's lush and vivid palette gathers in an ethereal, abstracted landscape. Expressive marks in bright red, yellow and black in the lower center of the piece create a dynamic sense of movement overtop a soft, cloud-like backdrop.

Ned Evans is a painter and multidisciplinary artist based in Venice, CA. Since the 1990s, Evans has been prolific in expanding his practice to include painting, sculpture, resin, and graphite drawing. Miajades showcases Evans's subtly dynamic compositions, clever pops of color, and softly-rendered hard-edge geometries. An early example of his experimentation with abstraction and the interplay of light and shadow, Miajades forecasts themes Evans develops throughout his oeuvre.

Basquiat, Haring & Condo at the Guggenheim, NYC

Jean-Michel Basquiat, The Death of Michael Stewart (Defacement), 1983.

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ECFA’s recent visit to New York led to a poignant and topical exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum entitled Basquiat’s “Defacement”: The Untold Story. Guest curator Chaédria LaBouvier has organized the show around The Death of Michael Stewart, a 1983 painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat also known as Defacement. The painting, pictured above, documents the brutal death of fellow street artist, Michael Stewart at the hands of New York City police officers. Basquiat’s point-blank delivery and emotional storytelling is supported by his peers’ responses to Stewart’s death: George Condo’s Portrait of Michael Stewart, also from 1983, appears in the exhibition along with Keith Haring’s nightmarish Michael Stewart – USA for Africa.

Basquiat’s “Defacement”: The Untold Story will be on view through November 6th.

Highlights from Venice: Arp at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection

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More than seventy works from the diverse oeuvre of Jean (Hans) Arp comprise The Nature of Arp exhibition at Palazzo Venier dei Leoni. The exhibition elaborates on the seven permanent Arp pieces in the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Of Guggenheim’s illustrious collection, a bronze sculpture by Jean Arp was the very first piece she purchased. The Nature of Arp showcases the scope of Arp’s achievements with pieces ranging from wood, bronze, and marble sculptures to painted reliefs and collages to tapestries. Blending organic and abstract forms, Arp’s distinctive style continues to challenge and reinvent the terms of abstract art.  

Highlights from Venice: The Peggy Guggenheim Collection

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Housed in the lavishly fabled Palazzo Venier dei Leoni (locally known as palazzo non finito or “the unfinished palace”) on Venice’s Grand Canal, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection holds an impressive array of modern art from the 20th century. From the late 1930s until the late 1970s, Peggy Guggenheim acquired works from artists at the forefront of the major art movements of the day including Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Cubism, and Futurism. The result is awe-inspiring: an entire room of Jackson Pollock, works by Kandinsky and Miró, a dining room decked out in Picasso, Brancusi, and Braque. The property also boasts an outdoor sculpture garden with work by Alexander Calder and Arnaldo Pomodoro. Our image gallery above highlights just a few of ECFA’s favorite pieces on display!

Highlights from Venice: Dubuffet at Palazzo Franchetti

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Palazzo Franchetti is currently exhibiting works from three major series by the prolific French painter and father of Art Brut, Jean Dubuffet. The show, simply titled Jean Dubuffet & Venezia, honors Dubuffet’s affection for the city of Venice where he debuted two major series during his career: Hourloupe at the Palazzo Grassi in 1974 and Mires (‘Sights’) in the French pavilion at the 1984 Biennale. The exhibition includes numerous works from both Hourloupe and Mires as well as Célébration du sol. The paintings from Mires, as seen in our image gallery, exemplify Dubuffet’s Art Brut or “raw art” style with vibrant hues and charged networks of expressive marks.

Highlights from Venice: The Biennale

ECFA recently traveled to Venice, Italy to explore the fantastic collections and exhibitions surrounding the 2019 Biennale Arte. This year’s title for the 58th International Art Exhibition at the Biennale is aptly named May You Live In Interesting Times. Not so much a theme as an invitation, the title comes from an English expression that is falsely cited as a Chinese proverb. It simultaneously addresses today’s teetering socio-political climate while acting as entry point to engage with our world’s cultural complexities through art. Seventy-nine artists from around the world are featured in the exhibition including U.S. artists George Condo, Alex da Corte, Martine Gutierrez, Jimmie Durham, Darren Bader, and Ian Cheng.