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22k gold, palladium leaf, egg tempera on Belgian linen, (104 x 69 in)
Artist Ellen Frank, www.efiaf.org
 Artist, Ellen Frank 104"x60" |
New York: This is My City! (USA) On the commemoration we celebrate the birth of a great man, Dr. MLK a man who with grace, passion, determination, compassion and perseverance. He represented what makes our City a great City although one in need of Peace.
Celebrating the city as a beacon of liberty, the painting honors its residents in concept and content. In how many languages can we say “New York This Is My City” 31 languages…and counting.
Part of the Cities of Peace series of paintings, 9 in total.
The painting "Bridges! to the island city of New York!"carry dreams and dreamers.
In the painting the bottoms of buildings bordering the painting’s top, tops bordering the bottom, the skyline of New York turns us around and around. Like a monumental illuminated page from the left side of a special manuscript, New York: This is My City! is bordered on three sides: the view is from Midtown looking east, with references to the more than forty-five buildings from Thirty-fourth to Fifty-ninth Street that are all taller than six hundred feet!
In the painting the bottoms of buildings bordering the painting’s top, tops bordering the bottom, the skyline of New York turns us around and around. Like a monumental illuminated page from the left side of a special manuscript, New York: This is My City! is bordered on three sides: the view is from Midtown looking east, with references to the more than forty-five buildings from Thirty-fourth to Fifty-ninth Street that are all taller than six hundred feet!
Celebrating the city as a beacon of liberty, the painting honors its residents in concept and content. In how many languages can we say “New York This Is My City” 31 languages…and counting.
Guild Hall, East Hampton
I reintroduced myself to Ellen Frank at her recent exhibit at Guild Hall in East Hampton this Fall where I was quite taken by her beautifully executed Treasure Suite of hand illuminated prints
13"x13" unframed
Back in 2007 was Ellen's solo show debut at Guild Hall
This is the next work to visit the lobby of another ABS Partners RE lobby@19 Union Square West.
Bridges! to the island city of New York! carry dreams and dreamers. With bottoms of buildings bordering the painting’s top, tops bordering the bottom, the skyline of New York turns us around and around. Like a monumental illuminated page from the left side of a special manuscript, New York: This is My City! is bordered on three sides: the view is from Midtown looking east, with references to the more than forty-five buildings from Thirty-fourth to Fifty-ninth Street that are all taller than six hundred feet!
Celebrating the city as a beacon of liberty, the painting honors its residents in concept and content. In how many languages can we say “New York This Is My City” 31 languages…and counting.
January 25th Ellen Frank will be in Aushwitz next weekend for the 70th anniversary of the release of the Jews.
The Cities of Peace Project was conceived of and is directed by Ellen Frank, Ph.D, EFIAF's Artistic Director, who brings her accomplishments as scholar, writer, and artist to the work, Dr. Frank's many awards in painting, book design, and scholarship include Fulbright and Ford Foundation fellowships, and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, and New York Foundation for the Arts. Ellen Frank studied art history at Yale University and holds an interdisciplinary doctorate in English Literature and the Visual Arts from Stanford University.
January 25th Ellen Frank will be in Aushwitz next weekend for the 70th anniversary of the release of the Jews.
The Cities of Peace Project was conceived of and is directed by Ellen Frank, Ph.D, EFIAF's Artistic Director, who brings her accomplishments as scholar, writer, and artist to the work, Dr. Frank's many awards in painting, book design, and scholarship include Fulbright and Ford Foundation fellowships, and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, and New York Foundation for the Arts. Ellen Frank studied art history at Yale University and holds an interdisciplinary doctorate in English Literature and the Visual Arts from Stanford University.
The installation team and supporters:
Noah- installer, Willy-Super, Mitch-artist insurer, Gary-Cities of Peace representative
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