MULHERIN + POLLARD: March 2011

Winnie Truong's larger-than-life portraits feature a drawn cast of characters displayed in all their hairy, heroic, glassy-eyed, gap-toothed glory. Executed with pencil crayon on paper, this work generates a dialogue on the beautiful and the beastly amidst contemporary concerns of the continued relevance of figurative art and portraiture, hyperrealist sculpture, and the impact of hair ornamentation.

Some Self Restraint
72x48 inches, pencil crayon on paper 2011

Thursday, March 17, 2011

We are excited and overwhelmed by our success during Armory week in New York!

For our inaugural year at Volta we exhibited the paintings, drawings and photographs of the legendary underground filmmaker George Kuchar.

The response at the fair was incredible--long time fans were excited to see photographs and paintings by their favorite filmmaker, and others were introduced to Kuchar for the first time.

sketch of George Kuchar at Volta courtesy Every Person in New York

During the art fair, and continuing to pop up on the internet are quite a few glowing reviews of Kuchar's work at the ADA Gallery booth in the press.

Paddy Johnson of Art Fag City awarded us the Golden Fag Award, saying "Who had the best all round booth at this year’s New York fairs? With so many fairs it’s not hard to name just one: ADA’s George Kuchar booth at VOLTA. ADA’s Kuchar easily clinches this year’s award for exposing art fair viewers to one of the most under appreciated, yet widely influential artists of his time."

Additionally, Art Info wrote two separate pieces highlighting George's work at Volta, naming our booth the "most notable" in the fair.

Read both Art Info reviews here and here.

Other mentions are on Art News Worldwide, Every Person in New York, NYCgo.com, Fanzine, and the San Francisco-based art publication Fecal Face, among others.

Also, if you missed George Kuchar in conversation with critic and curator Ed Halter in the "talks lounge" at Volta, here's another chance! This lively talk was sponsored by the Armory Show and ADA Gallery. The video starts out after the crowd has just watched "I, An Actress."

The video smooths out after a few minutes, so keep watching. George as usual was hilarious and had a great time. Hear about his alien encounter!