Donald J Trump is President-elect of the United States. The possibility had me stricken with fear, now that fear has shape and consequences. Former Obama states, traditional Democratic states turned pink then red, occasionally flickering blue/red-red/blue. The media predicted a win for Hillary, tops 42% for Trump. Well Hillary lost, and down ballot women also […]
Artist Markus Linnenbrink has installed a vibrant 40,000 square foot mural across the façade of Miami‘s soon-to-be completed SLS Brickell Hotel and Residences. Best known for his signature ‘drip painting’ technique, linnenbrink has enlivened downtown’s monochromatic urban area with a colossal, chromatic landscape. Commissioned by Jorge M. Pérez with the goal of giving the district a […]
I was joking with a friend about cognitive development, noting I now share a common feature with babies, when the object of interest is removed it’s as though it never existed – I rather like this liberation. Upon launch of this website I mentioned my plans to re-open PSG in space contiguous with Spun Smoke, […]
PATRICIA SWEETOW GALLERY takes great pleasure in announcing an important commission for Markus Linnenbrink. In February 2016, a seven by ninety foot poured resin painting will be installed in the Concourse Lobby of 75 Rockefeller Plaza in New York. Located on 51st Street between 5th & 6th Avenue is the limestone clad Rockefeller […]
Helen O’Leary, professor of art, has been selected as an artist-in-residence for the inaugural year of a new program at the Joan Mitchell Foundation’s Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans. O’Leary is one of twenty artists who will spend a residency of one to five months at the Center’s new campus this fall, engaged in […]
The PATRICIA SWEETOW GALLERY website was a joint effort of Christina Olivas and her team. The website was crafted after Spun Smoke – Spun Smoke an ecommerce site, PSG an information site – both sites hard driven by visuals. The websites are linked, each adding dimension to it’s sister site. I’ve enjoyed the process of […]
When Patricia Sweetow Gallery was booted from 77 Geary Street, San francisco in November 2014, (as many of you read), I opened Spun Smoke, a little shop on the corner of Telegraph and 25th in Oakland. Much to my surprise I loved Oakland and Spun Smoke. Thinking my infatuation was due to “the honeymoon period” I patiently […]
EXHIBITION The University Museum of Contemporary Art (UMCA), Amherst, MA, United States 10 Sep 2013 – 08 Dec 2013 The legacy of the late civil rights leader, writer, and sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois is featured in a major exhibition that opens September 10, 2013, at the University Museum of Contemporary Art […]
HELEN O’LEARY Fellow: Awarded 2010 Field of Study: Fine Arts Competition: US & Canada Website: http://www.helenoleary.com/ Artist Helen O’Leary was born in County Wexford, Ireland, and studied at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin before coming to the United States to continue her studies at the School of the Art Institute of […]