November 1st, 2004
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We began the past two weeks with an incredible multi-media experience featuring the music of George Crumb performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble.  It was in conjunction with the Rosenberg + Kaufman Gallery which provided a commissioned painting by the artist Fernando Velazquez. This unique performance took place at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre in Symphony Space.

Subsequently a walk through Chelsea yielded a bounty of 3 abstract painting shows. Dirk de Bruycker, a Belgian artist�s large, splashy abstractions are featured in a well presented exhibition at the Lemmons Contemporary gallery.  Ciao Fonseca dominates the Paul Kasmin Gallery with a solo exhibition of his abstract paintings.  And at the Edward Thorp Gallery we wandered into a pleasant retrospective show of paintings by Dan Christensen. This exhibition, called RE/VIEW, offers paintings ranging from 1967 to the present and as might be expected covers a great deal of ground.

Dan Christensen at Edward Thorp Gallery

Dirk De Bruycker at Lemmons Contemporary

Caio Fonseca at Paul Kasmin Gallery

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