{"id":10,"date":"2014-12-31T23:43:30","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T23:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/?p=10"},"modified":"2015-01-01T19:02:03","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T19:02:03","slug":"2014-a-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2014\/12\/2014-a-year-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2014: A year in review"},"content":{"rendered":"

2014<\/strong> has been a good year, although I pretty much felt like I was shot out of a cannon right from the beginning.<\/p>\n

Even before I’ve started to put up the window dressing and what-not in this shiny new blog space, I want to give you an overview of the very exciting year that just flew by. So let’s take a look at the Year In Review, starting with:<\/p>\n

January<\/strong>: we had a surprisingly long and cold winter in 2014, and it inspired several paintings, such as:<\/p>\n

\"Winter<\/a>
Winter Landscape<\/em>, oil on canvas, 20Wx24H”, 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In February<\/strong> I joined the Facebook<\/strong> bandwagon, and started a Page for my Art<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Probably the biggest artistic commitment of 2014 was the Gowanus Swim Society<\/a>, a new artists collective formed in Gowanus<\/strong>, Brooklyn. \u00a0In March<\/strong>, we did a little neighborhood photoshoot (I was the photographer, except in this picture below, where I handed the camera off to the incomparable Fisk<\/a>). Yes, it was a bit chilly that day, and yes, that shirt was none too flattering on me.<\/p>\n

\"GSS<\/a>
GSS at the Gowanus Canal, March 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April<\/strong> brought quite a few things at once! Gowanus Swim Society (GSS) had it’s first group show, a pop-up at Trestle Gallery<\/a>‘s project space. Then later in the month, I exhibited 10 paintings in a two-person show at Midoma<\/a> in Manhattan. \u00a0That carried through to Memorial Day.<\/p>\n

\"Members<\/a>
Members of GSS at our Spring Pop-Up at Trestle’s project space.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Perhaps we were a wee bit intoxicated when this photo was taken.<\/p>\n

\"Paintings<\/a>
Paintings by John Azelvandre appeared at Midoma in NYC, April-May 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Another<\/a>
Another view of the Midoma show.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June<\/strong> arrived, and the Swimmers scoped out Governors Island and began work on our big installation for the Governor’s Island Art Fair<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Gowanus<\/a>
Gowanus Swimmers investigating the space at Governors Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In July<\/strong>, I started work on my short series of circular paintings (see all the results here<\/a>) for the GSS-Governors Island installation. \u00a0I also showed my painting Magnolia<\/em> at the Brooklyn Art Space\/Trestle Gallery<\/a> Summer Salon.<\/p>\n

\"View<\/a>
View from beneath the surface 2<\/em>, oil on canvas, 12″ diameter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Magnolia,<\/a>
Magnolia<\/em>, oil on canvas, 12×12″, 2014 at Trestle Gallery, July 2014.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July also saw the sale of several paintings, including this one:<\/p>\n

\"Lifeworld<\/a>
Lifeworld 14<\/em>, oil on canvas, 20×20″, 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August was all about getting ready for Governor’s Island and everything came together in September! See all the photos of Gowanus Swim Society’s installation Submerged<\/em><\/strong> on my flickr<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Submerged,<\/a>
Submerged, by the Gowanus Swim Society, Governors Island Art Fair 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In October<\/strong> I participated in my eighth Gowanus Open Studios<\/a>. \u00a0After that, what I really needed was a rest, but instead —<\/p>\n

November brought watercolors, planning, and Ello<\/a>!<\/p>\n

\"Untitled<\/a>
Untitled watercolor, November 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To close up the year, I completed Number 31 in the Lifeworld<\/strong> series (more about that series very soon), got to work on this new blog and plans for 2015!<\/p>\n

\"Lifeworld<\/a>
Lifeworld 31, oil on canvas, 20×20″, 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2014 has been a good year, although I pretty much felt like I was shot out of a cannon right from the beginning. Even before I’ve started to put up the window dressing and what-not in this shiny new blog space, I want to give you an overview of the very exciting year that just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11],"tags":[6,5,7,8,9,10],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","tag-6","tag-yearinreview","tag-art","tag-gowanus","tag-gowanusswimsociety","tag-johnazelvandre"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5zpKF-a","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":148,"url":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2015\/02\/brooklyn-art-space-winter-salon-a-big-success\/","url_meta":{"origin":10,"position":0},"title":"Brooklyn Art Space Winter Salon a big success …!","author":"John Azelvandre","date":"February 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Brooklyn Art Space's Annual Winter Member Salon was held at Trestle Gallery\u00a0(Gowanus, Brooklyn) this past Friday night and was a big success! \u00a0There was quite a turnout for such a frigid night, and several works of art were sold! \u00a0I've uploaded some photos of the show to my flickr account.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"A big crowd on Friday night at Trestle Gallery","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Winter-salon2015-1024x685.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Winter-salon2015-1024x685.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Winter-salon2015-1024x685.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":134,"url":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2015\/02\/upcoming-winter-salon-at-trestle-gallerybrooklyn-art-space\/","url_meta":{"origin":10,"position":1},"title":"Upcoming: Winter Salon at Trestle Gallery\/Brooklyn Art Space","author":"John Azelvandre","date":"February 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Brooklyn Art Space Winter Member Salon happens this Friday, February 13 from 7 to 9pm at Trestle Gallery's 168 7th Street location in Gowanus, Brooklyn. 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