Highlites from AFTER TIFFANY opening

After Tiffany - is my 6th solo show in New York. Coincidentally it was part of the 6th Annual LIC Arts Open Festival. At this show I presented 13 works through which I went after a message of personal story.

Who can be happy?

And who talks about wanting to be happy but doesn’t know how?

Is my happiness a choice?

High pressure and extreme temperature became normal.

And we went under earth.  

And we went digging and digging,

And when I almost was ready to give up right there, deep underground Hard rock under extreme pressure and extreme high temperature transformed into a diamond.

People say only under these circumstances, only in this heavy way the diamond can be born.

While listening to jazz we put that diamond on my finger.

And after tiffany…after tiffany, it didn’t become easier or cooler.

After tiffany it is not all in greenish blue.

And that is how I know we have a chance to find more of those precious stones.   

 During the introduction speech to the show I recited my first poem in English

 (from right) Maurice Haughton, me, Scott Marshall Griffin, Melanie Lemieux

 with Melanie Lemieux - the owner/director of New York Stage of Mind

 with Emily O'Leary - Associate Curator at Derfner Judaica Museum + The Art Collection at Hebrew Home at Riverdale, and Ana Paulina Sucre

 with painter Mariella Franceschi

 TV and radio host Miguel Moreno and sculptor Kathryn Beckwith

   Performance by Ariel Kleinberg

with artist Maud Bryt

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Марина Білак 

Event AFTER TIFFANY welcoms Ariel Kleinberg

My show AFTER TIFFANY at New York Stage of Mind will be welcoming a great artist
Ariel Kleinberg. Ariel is a painter and performer from New York, NY. We anticipate to see a special performance filled with mysterious symbols reflecting the complexity of creative being.  

http://www.arielkleinberg.com/

AFTER TIFFANY
Opening reception - Thursday, May 19th, 6-9pm
at New York Stage of Mind
37-34 29th St, Long Island City , NY 11101
LIC Arts Open 2016

LIC Arts Open - After Tiffany - Maryna Bilak

My Third Show in May - AFTER TIFFANY
A story (a personal one) about diamond and life after it.
Opening reception - Thursday, May 19th, 6-9pm
at New York Stage of Mind
37-34 29th St, Long Island City , NY 11101
LIC Arts Open 2016 - The biggest Annual Art Festival in Long Island City

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LIC Arts Open 2016 - Maryna Bilak - details

 Long Island City Arts Open Festival 2016


HUNGARIAN PASSION
38-8 29th St, Long Island City, NY 11101

Opening reception - Wednesday, May 18th 6-9 pm   

 New York Stage of Mind 
37-34 29th St, Long Island City, NY 11101

AFTER TIFFANY
Painting and installation
Opening reception - Thursday, May 19th  6-9pm.  

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Long Island Asrts Open 2016 - Maryna Bilak

Long Island Arts Open - is the biggest art festival in Queens, NY.
All galleries, small and big business are coming together every year in order to collect and promote ideas which help to develop neighborhoods of Long Island City.

This year I will be showing my work in two different places,
but both of them will be part of LICArts Open 2016.

First show
Hungarian Passion
Opening reception Wednesday, May 18th, 6-9pm
38-8 29th St, Long Island City, NY 11101

 
Second show at the New York Stage of Mind
Opening reception Thursday, May 19th, 6-9pm
37-34 29th St, Long Island City, NY 11101


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LIC Arts Open 2016 - Maryna Bilak

The 6th Annual LIC Arts Open is happening May 18 - May 22 and is expected to be its biggest yet. Since 2011, the LIC Arts Open -- Queens' largest arts festival -- has been bringing together artists, residents,  businesses, tourists, local government, art enthusiasts and collectors to help foster Long Island City's cultural and economic development. The festival has done much to raise the profile of Long Island City, home to one of the largest and most diverse arts communities in New York City.

I am so proud to be part of this project. 

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Instaling my work at the Derfner Judaica Museum and Hebrew Home

Group Show

Making Continuity Contemporary: Eastern Europe in New York

Curated by: Emily O'Leary

 

Derfner Judaica Museum + The Art Collection at Hebrew Home at Riverdale

 

It is always so much fun to prepare for the show. This time I showed my work in a verity of media.
Enjoy a few moments of me installing my work.

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Марина Білак 
Maryna Bilak

Making Continuity Contemporary: Eastern Europe in New York

I'm delighted to be part of this upcoming show, which is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

 

Derfner Judaica Museum + The Art Collection at Hebrew Home at Riverdale is pleased to announce its latest exhibition Making Continuity Contemporary: Eastern Europe in New York on view in the Elma and Milton A. Gilbert Pavilion Gallery from March 13–July 17, 2016. This exhibition featuring work by eight artists originally from Eastern Europe addresses themes of personal history, geographical dislocation, identity, and intellectual freedom. An opening reception with the artists will take place in the Gallery on March 13 from 1:30–3 pm. R.S.V.P. 718-581-1596 or art@hebrewhome.org. 

In different ways, each artist explores the disruptions and continuities in their cultural backgrounds, whether through pictorial abstraction, participatory projects, auditory or written language, or conceptual reinterpretation of cultural symbols. Their mediums also range widely and include hand-drawn animation and audio, chemigrams, painting, mixed media, photography, sculpture, and installation.

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