TDC : Society of Scribes
:: Karen Charatan : Calligraphic Abstraction

Lettering artist Karen Charatan will get verbal about the non-verbal dialog of the group called Art of Ink in America.

Date and Time :

Thursday 6 March 2008 :: 6:00–8:00 pm
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Venue

Type Directors Club
TDC Conference Center
127 West 25th Street 8th floor
(between 6th & 7th Aves)
New York

Admission :

TDC members : free :: Non-members : $10

The Talk :

The members of the Art of Ink in America are Asians and Westerners, and calligraphers in various languages, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, European Languages and English. These calligraphic artists, all working abstractly, find there is unity in their diversity as well as the experience of a non-verbal dialog. Karen will describe her approach to creating and understanding this work.

Although her work for many years has been traditional Western calligraphy and lettering for advertising, with this group Karen's abstract calligraphy work has traveled to some exciting venues. Last April the exhibition was held in Paris and of course the opening was one she was certain not to miss! The exhibit traveled to Korea and will next be featured in Irvine, CA before this tour comes to a close. The group mounts exhibitions on a two year cycle and the shows have traveled to galleries and museums in several cities in the USA and in Asia. One of the venues on the previous tour, the beautiful and spacious Mobile Museum of Art in Mobile, Alabama, made a large purchase of 29 works from that exhibition, a serious start to a collection of their own. Three of Karen's abstract works are now part of their permanent collection. Attending the openings whenever possible, Karen enjoys the practice that the artists in attendance are asked to perform a demonstration. She will describe her experiences and her thoughts on the abstract art of the East and West.

More Info :

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