This is an exciting time for New York art lovers, with the prestigious art event known as Frieze NYC running May 2- 6.  In anticipation of such important fair, Addis Fine Art of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and London, Fort Makers, and Private View (a new private loft showroom in Soho) announced the inaugural exhibition of Private View, New York “Without Qualities” featuring the works of AFA artists Tariku Shiferaw and Luam Melake.

Private View is located at 66 Crosby Street, #5F, in the heart of Soho, NYC. Set in an old-school loft, it is a multi-discipline outpost for exhibitions, lectures, showcases, and special projects. It provides a new type of program platform that encourages social engagement and experimentation within contemporary art and tangential practices by partnering with an international community of artists, galleries, institutions and residencies.

Luam Melake

This collaborative project brings together a duel presentation of two exciting Ethiopian-American artists, Melake and Shiferaw. Now working in Brooklyn, the artists fuse the cultural influences of their backgrounds and their lives in New York. Their diasporic origins are similar, although their creative artistic approaches and processes are quite distinct.

Tariku Shiferaw

Despite the different approaches, both artists create abstract compositions using carefully selected multi-layered materials that represent the interconnectivity of art and industry. Their work equally portrays intangible, abstract narratives that evoke the viewer’s emotions and memory.

Naomi Clark

Fort Makers, the Brooklyn collective focuses on artwork and the intersection of art, design and craft is presenting an installation upstairs. Naomi Clark and Tamika Rivera from Fort Makers will round out the exhibition, as well as work by artist and founder, Madeleine Paternot.

Madeleine Paternot

Private View is a new gallery model that extends beyond the confines of the White Box. Set in an old-school loft, it is a multi-discipline outpost for exhibitions, lectures,showcases and special projects. The space is owned by Swiss-American, interdisciplinary artist Paternot and was conceptualized through her long partnership with Artist Liaison and its director, Alaina Simone.

Private View aims to provide a new type of program platform that encourages social engagement and experimentation within contemporary art and tangential practices by partnering with an international community of artists, galleries, institutions and residencies.The 3D Sculpture Park is a stunning park and non-profit dedicated to creating contemporary art to promote environmentalism, education, and culture to local and international audiences. Paul Goodwin (Tate Britain) and Alexa Kusber (Museum of Digital Art, Zurich) are curators.

Artwork from Tariku Shiferaw

Private View will host exhibitions, events, talks and provide a residency for artists from Switzerland and Europe. “Without Qualities” is the first of many exhibitions. Private View will open in London next. The New York show show runs May 1st – 31 at ADDIS FINE ART 66 Crosby Street, NYC.

artwork from Luam Melake