Diana Soorikian - Untitled, 66 x 54 inches

Riverside Gallery presents a group exhibition titled, “Amalgamation of Voices,” which will run from September 2nd (opening reception from 5 to 7 pm) to 23rd, 2023. The exhibition will feature works involving a diverse range of media by several eclectic group of artists: Diana Soorikian (contemporary figuration), Paula Schiller (contemporary abstraction), Ruth Bauer Neustadter (abstract painting and assemblage/collage), and Rich Keller (photography of cityscapes and landmarks). The exhibition celebrates New York City and the greater tri-state area as the home of contemporary art and abstract art, including abstract expressionist painting, neo expressionist paintings, and other contemporary approaches in collage and assemblage. In contrast to the painters, the photographer Keller provides his interpretation of NYC as an exciting and iconic playground where experimental pioneers and avant-garde artists pursue new projects and visions.

Artists such as Robert Rauschenberg and Basquiat called New York their home, which became the center of the art world and the global capital of arts and culture after World War II. In this exhibition, Soorikian pursue contemporary figuration with semi-abstracted figures that resolve anatomical structures with the emotional content of bodily and facial expressions. Schiller then takes the baton to push the limitation of abstraction with the lessons of abstract expressionism, describing what are primarily landscapes in a lyrical or poetic fashion. Then Neustadter showcases her works in mixed media collage and assemblage techniques to construct abstract and spiritual imagery, based in her background experiences in dancing.