8 Years of Highlights

If you've ever doubted the majesty of what takes place inside the QCC Art Gallery, or if you've missed any past exhibits, check out the review pages below for an eye-opener.

2013 / 2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008 / 2007 / 2006

QCC AG Highlights: 2008

2008 saw the action painting of DaDa-ist Rudy Ernst, the dark surrealism of Jorge Quijano Ahijado and Yelena Tyklina, and of course the record-breaking Picasso exhibit, Perpetual Metamorphosis at the QCC Art Gallery. Click pics to explore more of your favorite art images.

I Am the Walrus

Predators and prey are often portrayed as enemies or, at the very least, opposites. But without a thriving population of prey, would predators survive? And if predators overpopulated and overwhelmed their prey, would they not perish?


Well, a sophisticated, mysterious and interactive relationship is obviously at play here. And like so many naturalists and mathematicians, artists, especially those within hunting cultures, understood this and often identified quite closely with the creatures upon whom their very existence depended.


See some of the most obvious evidence of this identification when Carving Life appears at the QCC Art Gallery.

Carving Life
October 18, 2017 through January 17, 2018

@ the QCC Art Gallery

Sita

When New Light On Early Art Forms of the Indian Subcontinent appeared at the QCC Art Gallery during the warm months of 2013, several lovely renderings of Sita, consort of Rama, were displayed.


The exhibit remains one of my all-time favorites, and it's heartening to see that many others see the value in beauty and story telling, which is indeed timeless.


Below, enjoy an amazing work by Nina Paley called,
Sita Sings the Blues.

Cultures at QCC: Taiwan

Above you see a few of the grand works from Taiwan that have recently graced the QCC Art Gallery.

Though the exhibit has past, it is not likely to be the last, as many fine works from Formosa have appeared at the QCC Art Gallery in recent years.

Of course, if you're the impatient sort, then enjoy the video highlights from Rewoven below.

Rewoven Removed

Above you see Wave by Wen Fu Yu as it recently appeared at the QCC Art Gallery.

As with the rest of the amazing art of the Rewoven exhibit, it has recently been removed, but doubtless, something else will probably be hanging outside or protruding from the QCC Art Gallery pretty soon.

For those who missed the exhibit, enjoy the video highlights below while you look forward

to the next surprise from the Director of the QCC Art Gallery!

QCC Art Film Fest: Asnin's Uncle Charlie

Marc Asnin's Uncle Charlie presented a stark and evocative exploration of one man's descent and a family's attempt to cope. What made this even more deeply personal? Asnin was documenting the experience of his own family.


This forthright and brave work served as the traveling exhibit for the QCC Art Gallery until it rounded off its tour with a return home. How appropriate.

Enjoy the short videography below.

Staros Starred at the QCC Art Gallery

Back in the late spring of 2010, Close to the Edge by Argentinean artist Gelia Staros displayed

masterful abstract mixed media works on canvas at the QCC Art Gallery.

Enjoy and relive them below

QCC Art Film Fest: Koczy as Witness

Rosemarie Koczy was a tortured soul. But having survived the Holocaust, who could blame her?

What is more important, she overcame her horrors by becoming a great artist, responsible for sensitizing millions who might never have been so touched had it not been for her gifts.

Her recent exhibit at the QCC Art Gallery was a great triumph, as was the publication of her memoirs by the QCC Art Gallery Press.

Enjoy the short videography below.

QCC Art Film Fest: Gladys Thompson Roth

Gladys Thompson Roth sometimes used marble, sometimes used mahogany, and sometimes just used driftwood, but whatever her medium, the result was always beauty.


The elegance and subtlety of her very fine work appeared at the QCC Art Gallery some years ago, but the memory of her creations lives on.

Enjoy the short videography below.

QCC Art Film Fest: Chinese Ceramics

Perhaps the oldest works of artistry to appear at the QCC Art Gallery were Chinese ceramic and terracotta figures and vessels, some dating to 3000 B.C.


And if they were not indeed ageless and timeless, the beauty they embodied certainly appeared so.

Enjoy the short videography below.

QCC Art Film Fest: Indian Antiquities

No Slum Dog Millionaire here...just the grandeur that marked one of the earliest and greatest of human civilizations, that of India.


The remarkable age and quality of the pieces that appeared at the QCC Art Gallery in the summer of 2013 marked this exhibit as truly special.

Enjoy the short videography below.

QCC Art Film Fest: Warhol

It has been the good fortune of the QCC Art Gallery to display the work of modern master, Andy Warhol, on more than one occasion.


And it is a further bit of luck, mixed with diligence and skill, that has produced one of the most dynamic and interesting pieces of editing you'll find in a short video anywhere.

Enjoy the short videography below.

QCC Art Film Fest: Samuel Bak

The work of Samuel Bak is distinctive for its beauty, as well as its richly contrived world of despair and angst.


His colorful, yet unsettling, work was in full force at the QCC Art Gallery not long ago, and luckily enough, you can relive it below.

Enjoy the short videography below.

Nat Shapiro

Originally from Brooklyn, Nat Mayer Shapiro spent nearly thirty years with his family in France, working and creating. In 1985 he came back to the United States and settled in Westchester. He was instrumental in founding the Upstream Gallery in Dobbs Ferry, and served as its President from 1995-2002.

Throughout his creative life, Nat experimented with varied media, techniques, and artistic outlets. The result was a variety of mature, original works. And regardless of the subject matter, serious or whimsical, Nat’s works are never grim or stifled. They reflect a man who loved life, loved art and always looked forward, exploring various techniques to create something new.

During Spring of 2014, the QCC Art Gallery was proud to exhibit his work as part of its permanent collection.

Thank You, Mr. Wei

Mr. Liren Wei, the QCC Art Gallery's Partner for Progress 2015

Liren Wei grew up in Queens and graduated from Baruch College with a BA in Accounting. Today, he is the managing partner of Wei, Wei & Co.,a successful, full-service accounting firm he founded with his brother in 1995. The company has offices in New York, Los Angeles and Beijing.

Mr. Wei first learned about QCC several years ago when he attended the opening of a major African art exhibit at the QCC Art Gallery. The quality of the show and the Gallery’s acclaimed permanent African Art collection left a powerful impression on Mr. Wei, who has since become a frequent visitor and benefactor of the QCC Art Gallery. If it wasn't for Mr. Wei and other generous men of means like him, our students and community would certainly be the poorer.

Rewoven Artist: John Ensor Parker

Cube by John Ensor Parker

John Ensor Parker is a mechanical engineer, artist and curator who specializes in projected light installations, from the wee to the mammoth in scale. View the video below to get a sense of the technologically infused work of this man, or better still, stop by the QCC Art Gallery when he displays along with other talented individuals in Rewoven: Innovative Fiber Art.
 

Rewoven Artist: Chin Chih Yang

Mathematics of Light by Chin Chih Yang

Chin Chih Yang was born in Taiwan, and has resided for many years in New York City, where he studied at Pratt Institute and Parsons School of Design. Among other honors, he's been a recipient of a fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts, a fellowship from the Franklin Furnace, a fellowship from the New York State Council for the Art, and has been granted Swing Space by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council at Governors Island.

His interests in ecology and constructed environments have resulted in installations that have been exhibited widely in North America, Europe, and Asia, in such spaces as Rockefeller Center, the United Nations, the Union Square Park, the Chelsea Museum, the Queens Museum, the Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Exit Art, the Flux Factory, the Taipei Art Fair and the Dumbo Art Under the Bridge Festival.

His work has been highlighted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the Taipei Times, CBS, NY Art Beat, the Village Voice, Time Out New York, and many other publications..

Below, get to know the artist better via a recent interview for the BBC.
Better yet, come view his work when it appears alongside other amazing art:
Rewoven - Innovative Fiber Art @ QCC Art Gallery - March 16 - June 17, 2017
Opening night event on Thursday, March 30 @ 5 pm

The Influential Ms. Feuerman

Earlier in the millenium, famed hyper-realist sculptress Carol Feuerman dazzled those who were lucky enough to view her work at the QCC Art Gallery.

Her work was featured in the highly acclaimed group exhibition, An American Odyssey: Debating Modernism.

A few years later Feuerman’s third retrospective, entitled Resin to Bronze Topographies, also appeared at the QCC AG.

And recently, Carol was designated as one of the Top 200 Contemporary Artists, and we couldn't be happier or more proud of our friend. Way to go!

Enjoy Carol as she shares her technique below:

Goodbye Mara, for Now

Though Mara Sfara's latest exhibit at the QCC Art Gallery is in its last days, we can always hope that there will be another on the horizon, as she's a three-time collaborator and always brings something new and vibrant to each venture.

If you were not lucky enough to catch Mara's work in-person, at least you can enjoy the video below.