Gallery 100 Installation

Skidmore Reunion Alumni Art Exhibition

It's been 5 years since Rachel Kohn graduated from Skidmore and left us at Gallery100 We caught up with her last night at the Tang during a very pleasant exhibition of artwork from returning alumnae. Rachel describes her work as "visceral forms that have a very physical presence, yet also evoke the beautiful and transcendent qualities of human fragility." Her small scaled wall pieces have a beautiful/ugly quality that I am always attracted to -- are her pieces beautiful but so beautiful that they become repellent? Sounds like some people I know. Which dramatizes the strength of her work. Rachel is showing in Paris at the Affordable Art Fair with GV Art. She will receive her MFA from Hunter at the end of this year. Good job Rachel.

Who?What?When?Where?Why?

Nancy made her appearance in The Saratogian last Thursday. She was interviewed by Andrew Bernstein for their local feature - Who, What, When, Where, Why?

Who are you? I'm Nancy Knapik, gallery director of Gallery100 I've work here for three years.

What's Gallery 100? We're a fine art gallery, featuring original art works by regional artists. We show paintings, ceramics and other mediums.

Why did you start working here? I'm an artist myself and I was hoping to find a job in the arts field, so I applied here and it was a good match.

Do you have a favorite artist? It's hard to pin down a favorite, but Sunghee Park is a print maker whose works have multiple layers of interest.

How does the art business vary from season to season here in Saratoga Springs? We get a lot more foot traffic in the high season but we are a year round gallery. We keep our shows appealing to local residents.

American Bliss @ SCAC

This blog post is our first foray into writing about art -- an art review that is just my humble opinion about the arts in Saratoga Springs. American Bliss at the Saratoga Arts Councilfeaturing Ken Ragsdale and Michael Millspaugh is a must see! A timely exhibit about Ragsdale's and Millspaugh's take on American values and preoccupations. "This exhibit pales in comparison to the SCAC's last exhibit TODT" commented Marilyn McCabe. After talking to Marilyn and taking a close look at the exhibit, I wanted to join the U.S. Art Force and immediately wanted to earn badges in the guerrilla's gardeners unit. I was drawn to Millspaugh's magnets, badges, and re-composed rifles His rifles that shoot flowers and are transformed into gardening implements are compelling. And funny! Don't we need more humor in our lives? Check out the exhibit and let us know what you think.

Retail Sales

We usually have great sales on Memorial Day weekend -- but not this year. Sales were flat -- foot traffic was excellent but no large sales of artwork to speak of. People love "On the Lighter Side" but are truly afraid to spend money. I guess everyone is complaining about our economy.

Gallery 100 462 Broadway

Mark designing Gallery 100's Window

Window Display @ Gallery 100

Gallery 100 has an impressive window presence on Broadway --even though we are on the second floor. Mark has completed some beautiful window displays for us in the past and our current display featuring On the Lighter Side is no exception. When you're in Saratoga Springs check out our window and come up and visit us-- we are right next door to Mrs. London's Pastry Shop.

Affordable Housing - Carlos Luis

Busy Day

Our ASL show is finally up -- and it is a joy!!!! Favorite pieces are Carlos Luis's anchovy mixed media sculptures. Affordable Housing and Bad Breath and Beyond are really funny. It's Friday night and girl's night out -- we're off to Kim Klopstock's for tapas, etc.

Sunghee

Sunghee Park dropping off artwork at Gallery 100.

Leah Izzi Duncan working on The Lighter Side

Black Out

Today Nancy was finishing up our ad for SPAC's summer brochure and ooppps off goes the power. So we went across the street to Saratoga Coffee Traders and conducted gallery business. We highly recommend Swami Jon's chai -- it is great on a cold rainy Saratoga Springs day.

On the Lighter Side

Today we (Nancy, Leah, Mark and I) installed a simply beautiful exhibition of artwork from the Art Student's League. Leah McCloskey curated the the show -- "On the Lighter Side". And it is, wonderful whimsical work by up and coming artists studying at the ASL. We are so happy to show their work at Gallery 100. I will post installation shots of the show.