23.12.2010  La Roulette en Rose; the world according to Kandinsky a.k.a. Pink Zuckerberg Show

• Shriftman Media, New York, New York, December 20, 2010 Chair and the Maiden and Fund Art Now are proud to announce the inaugural opening of CATM chelsea to the Chelsea Art community at 500 West 22nd Street, NYC. CATM chelsea will waste no time in bringing intriguing, controversial and timely exhibitions, shaking up the traditionally established Chelsea community with Anton S. Kandinsky`s La Roulette en Rose; the world according to Kandinsky a.k.a. Pink Zuckerberg; all said and done Pop is Simple With the debut of his new genre, Kandinsky evens the scoreboard with the use of monochromatic pinks. Kandinsky equalizes and equates past and present icons in a contradictory and simplistic manner that only underlies its revolutionary qualities. The derivation of the play/act of the roulette was to put faith into a higher power, living life to its fullest and the appreciation of its continuance. It provided knowing of purpose. "Every Kandinsky jewel is a gleaming joke on human nature..."- Richard Vine, Editor, Art in America A wry humorist and visual social commentator, Kandinsky has a unique perspective of world politics and theoretical shifts of political mood. Emigrating from the Ukraine has allowed Kandinsky to see the world from outside looking in and what he sees is a general lament for a lost, directionless world. He reflects on past times when men were men of faith and romantic bravado, times of machismo and a time when the world was conquerable. Kandinsky has realized what we lack, living in a world where our "men of strength" are the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Mark Zuckerberg, and finds the emasculating technological present short of physical challenge. Not being able to satisfy the natural aggressive urge that nature has burdened man with, man`s purpose has diminished. With a soothsayer`s false optimism, looking through rose colored glasses at a world whose heroes are mere impressions of historic reference, Kandinsky takes charge and confronts the world as painter and master satirist. Kandinsky predicts... OPENING RECEPTION 13 JANUARY 2011 SIX TO EIGHT CATM chelsea 500 WEST 22nd STREET NYC 10011 rsvp@CATMchelsea.com www.CATMchelsea.com www.fundartnow.org www. chairandthemaiden.com www.beafan.us