NEW YORK – 2015

Here I come / Part one 

In March 2014 I was contacted by the Managing Director of Agora Gallery in New York. She had seen my paintings online, and she urged me to send over my artist portfolio. This was done, and in Mars I received the good news: the gallery had believed in my paintings, and they informed me that they wanted to represent me as an artist. 

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Agora Gallery is a prestigious gallery with the adress, West 25th St. New York, which means that the gallery is located in the famous art area Chelsea. This is a gallery of CBS has been named as one of the 6 best galleries for contemporary art in New York. A gallery that boasts nine million hits on its website annually, as well as famous superstars like flipping. Sara Jessica Parker, Christina Agulera and Jessica Long customer list. 

The contract were signed, the press release were written, paintings were selected, and I’ve got my own web page at Agora Gallery (see: Art-mine.com). It is also settled that the Gallery will represent me as an artist for a minimum period of 1 1/2 years. I would also exhibite at the Gallery on 1 occasion.

My exhibition was displayed in the period 3. – 24. November 2015, with the opening reception on Thursday 5th of November. The exhibition received the title ” The Influence of Color “. It was 8 artists who exhibit together with me this month. 

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New York is considered the world’s art mecca , and getting exhibiting at this Gallery is a unique opportunity to show my work in the big city. Agora Gallery is a well-established and highly reputed Gallery exhibiting talented artists from around the world . Some Norwegian artists have previously exhibited at the gallery , and I feel honored to belong to Agora Gallery’s family of artists.

http://www.agora-gallery.com

My  artistpage  at Agora Gallery :

http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/anne_grete_floenes.aspx

Here I come  / Part two

In my first letter from Agora Gallery they wrote:

“With respect to your work, I am pleased to inform you that your distinctive acrylic paintings qualify for Agora Gallery representation to which a select number of artists are invited and to join our family of artists.
I feel that your stylistic expression will resonate well at Agora Gallery, with our art buyers, media contacts and our local and international viewing audience.”

The 5 painting that have been accepted qualified for their Gallery was:

  1. “All the Birds”, akrylic on canvas, 80 cm x 80 cm
  2. “Whom that is standing outside”, akrylic on canvas, 60 cm x 50 cm
  3. “Wondering”, akrylic on canvas, 50 cm x 50 cm
  4. “The yellow shadow”, akrylic on canvas, 60 cm x 50 cm
  5. “Rosehip”, akrylic on canvas, 60 cm x 50 cm

This painting you may find online in the Agora Gallery.

Preparing and packing for shipping the paintings

The weight of the package was 4.3 kg.

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All the paper that was following the package, Commercial Invoice (1 and 2), Works of art (Statement for duty free entry), Statement of art (2 pages)

I got the information from the gallery that the package was not harmed. An later the painting also was good by the arrival.

NEW YORK here I am:

2015 Agora Gallery 6
AGORA GALLERY, Chelsea, New York
November 3 – November 24, 2015
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 5, 2015, 6-8 pm

Press Release:

There is a “wealth of bright colors inside me,” says Norwegian painter Anne Grete Floenes. Working primarily in acrylic on canvas (and recently with acrylic on plexi), she creates vibrant, color-drenched paintings with many layers. “The motifs are not planned in advance,” says Floenes of her works, which are built up around expressive gestures and loosely identifiable human, animal, or floral shapes and patterns.

These patterns deepen in meaning under closer inspection, and appear to glisten like beadwork or sequins in their textural depth and precise application. Submerged in multifaceted fields of color, the shapes the artist conjures weave between one another or nestle in groupings that appear across the canvas. Subjects emerge, dissolve into patterns in the background, and then reemerge as compelling and magical figurative forms. Floenes paints in varied brushstrokes, where smooth swathes of pastel color mingle with choppy strokes or circular motions. This variety lends her paintings their dream-like quality.

Paintings at the exhebition:

  1. Dreams
  2. Bobbles Party
  3. Fantasy
  4. The Beauty

At the Reception 5th of November 2015:

At the end of the exhibition I was told from Agora Gallery that a young collector (that I met on the reception) was interessted in my painting “Dreams”. I was so trilled that I axcepted the offer.

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