New York Arts and Sciences Salon Presents 'An Evening with Eleanora Kupencow and Riad Miah' Today

The New York Arts and Sciences Salon's presents "An Evening with Eleanora Kupencow and Riad Miah "in collaboration with Ronni Anderson and Susan Davis Eley, of Decorating with Fine Art, today, Thursday May 26th at Anderson Contemporary Gallery. The presentation will explore artists whose work integrates technology as well as imagery inspired by math and science. Guests will have the opportunity to speak with the artists and have a private tour the gallery led by owner Ronni Anderson. The evening presents a wonderful opportunity for art lovers as well as budding collectors to discover the world of contemporary art.

Featured artist Eleanora Kupencow has received numerous public commissions that have been received with great international acclaim. Now in her 80s, Ms. Kupencow has been creating art since she was a small girl. Most recently her work, Horsing Around the Arrows of Time, was commissioned for NYC's Dag Hammerskjold Plaza. She has shown her work all over the world, including Galerie Pananti in Florence, Italy.

Ms. Kupencow shared with us that one topic she will be discuss is her relationship to technology: "I will explore the process of fabricating my sculpture from paper to cardboard to aluminum Without the digital assistance of scanning and the CAD disk and the water-jet machine and powder-coating I could not proceed.". According to her artist statement, she credits her family "for allowing me to give myself permission to become an artist. Permission is the first step in risk taking, which is risk taking, which is necessary for any creative act, be it in business or in the arts."

Contemporary artist Riad Miah uses mathematical algorithms in the creation of his works, bringing together Science & Art in a very concrete way. His series "Petrie Dish" (not included in this show) mimics what can be observed in bacterial cultures. Heads up to the biologists among us!Mr. Miah is an educator as well as a fine artist. He has taught at the School of Visual Arts, New York Arts Program, and Parsons The New School for Design.

The artists will be on hand to present their work, and gallery owner, Ronni Anderson will lead us through a tour of additional works exhibited by other artists, including Jamie Leo, Caroline Bergonzi, Andrei Petrov, and Valerie Carmet.

The evening is a collaboration of the NY Arts & Sciences and Susan Davis Eley, of Decorating with Fine Art, in cooperation with the Anderson Contemporary Gallery. For further information contact the NY Arts & Sciences Salon at artsandsciencessalon@gmail.com.

"NY Arts & Sciences May Salon: An Evening with Eleanora Kupencow and Riad Miah"
Thursday May 26, 2016 from 7:00 PM

Anderson Contemporary Gallery
180 Maiden Lane
New York, NY 10038

Tickets are $15 and include the presentation and reception at the gallery

Register in advance: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ecmtgip5d5478270&oseq=&c=&ch=

Photo: Detail of partial view from Horsing around the Arrows of Time by Eleanora Kupencow