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Sabina Forbes II by Photographer Marc Anthony, @marcanthonyphotography
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t is about to heat up in New York City this summer at Woodward Gallery! Hot, vibrant colors sizzle urban cityscapes in artist Sabina Forbes II’s premier solo exhibition entitled, Heat Wave. Forbes ignites her canvases with patterns, textures, and brilliant fluorescent hues as she imagines the urban skyline brought to life by the hard-working hands that build the towers and by the people dwelling within their concrete walls. Her dynamic style of neon painting is a pulsating, sweltering celebration of color, channeling the collective spirit which vibrates around us and emanates from all creations. Ultimately, this electric body of work evokes the endurance of hope, even when the world seems hellish. Visual heat emanates from Forbes’ reconceived landmarks made of textural twodimensional fluorescent paint on canvas. Blocks, bricks, and even shapes that resemble roads all come together to highlight the unavoidable unification of people in a busy urban community. Although a metropolis may feel alienating, Forbes’ precise brush strokes and lined layers of paint invite the exploration of communal, urban stability. These inspired architectural structures simmer with their own light and joyful energy. “The best is yet to come” was a sentiment that Forbes’s grandfather, Malcolm Forbes, often expressed throughout her childhood and one which became an inspirational force behind her art. Each of Forbes’ paintings is a manner of portraiture whether from the singularity of the individual form, an element of nature, or the perceived sterile neutrality of a building punctuating a city skyline. Walking around the city to explore this vitality, Forbes taps into the overall human spirit through flaming color, intricate patterns, and dynamic textures animating her notable building structures. Watch the heat index climb this July and August and witness Forbes’ refreshing, original works from the Woodward Gallery street-level exhibition windows at 132A Eldridge Street, NYC, in the digital catalogue on WoodwardGallery.net and also presented on Artsy.net.
LANDSCAPES R ECASTED
Sabina Forbes II 11th Avenue, Abstracted, 2011 Mixed media on canvas 24 x 36 inches; 61 x 91.4 cm Signed, titled on verso
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Sabina Forbes II River Side Drive. Abstracted, 2011 Mixed media on canvas 18 x 36 inches; 45.7 x 91.4cm Signed, titled on verso
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Sabina Forbes II From FDR, Abstracted, 2011 Mixed media on canvas 18 x 24 inches; 45.7 x 61 cm Signed, titled on verso
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Sabina Forbes II View From 6th Avenue, Abstracted, 2011 Mixed media on canvas 18 x 36 inches; 45.7 x 91.4 cm Signed, titled on verso
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Sabina Forbes II Near Chrysler Building, Abstracted, 2011 Mixed media on canvas 18 x 24 inches; 45.7 x 61 cm Signed, titled on verso
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Sabina Forbes II Near Broadway, Abstracted, 2014 Mixed media on canvas 16 x 12 inches; 40.64 x 30.48 cm Signed, titled on verso
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Sabina Forbes II Near Empire State Building, Abstracted, 2015 Mixed media on canvas 18 x 14 inches; 45.7 x 35.6 cm Signed, titled on verso
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Sabina Forbes II Near NYU, Abstracted, 2014 Mixed media on canvas 18 x 14 inches; 45.7 x 35.6 cm Signed, titled on verso
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Sabina Forbes II Near Naples FL Outdoor Mall, Abstracted, 2013 Mixed media on canvas 16 x 12 inches; 40.64 x 30.48 cm Signed, titled on verso
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Sabina Forbes II Near Madison Avenue, Abstracted, 2014 Mixed media on canvas 16 x 12 inches; 40.64 x 30.48 cm Signed, titled on verso
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Sabina Forbes II Midtown 1, Abstracted, 2015 Mixed media on canvas 16 x 12 inches; 40.64 x 30.48 cm Signed, titled on verso
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Sabina Forbes II Near Battery Park, Abstracted, 2014 Mixed media on canvas 16 x 12 inches; 40.64 x 30.48 cm Signed, titled on verso
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Sabina Forbes II Near West Side, Abstracted, 2015 Mixed media on canvas 18 x 14 inches; 45.7 x 35.6 cm Signed, titled on verso
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Sabina Forbes II Near Union Square, Abstracted, 2014 Mixed media on canvas 16 x 12 inches; 40.64 x 30.48 cm Signed, titled on verso
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Sabina Forbes II Near Lexington Avenue, Abstracted, 2014 Mixed media on canvas 16 x 12 inches; 40.64 x 30.48 cm Signed, titled on verso
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Sabina Forbes II Along Nasdaq, Abstracted, 2015 Mixed media on canvas 18 x 14 inches; 45.7 x 35.6 cm Signed, titled on verso
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Sabina Forbes II Special Highlights: 2017 2012 2009
Poster for the Bahamas International Film Festival Special Commission for the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Collaborative Exhibition with renowned international Pop-Artist, Romero Britto at Britto Central Miami, FL
Select Solo Exhibitions: 2022 2020 2012 2010 2009 2008 2008
Woodward Gallery, NYC, Sabina Forbes II: Heat Wave Red Fox Art Gallery, Pound Ridge, NY Kaleidoscope BC Forbes Galleries, New York, NY Construx The Asman Gallery at the NBC Studios, Washington, DC Bits & Pieces The Forbes Galleries, New York, NY Motion, Rhythm, Space 40 Walker Street, a FLAnk Development, New York, NY Galactic Sea The Burnt Mills Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ Expressions of Emotion
Select Group Exhibitions: 2022 2020 2019 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2011 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008
Woodward Gallery, New York, NY New In 22 Woodward Gallery, New York, NY Wash Your Hands. Art virtual exhibition Woodward Gallery, New York, NY Down Town Summer Salon at Down Town Associates F Gerald New, Morristown, NJ Gourmet Garage Lincoln Center, New York, NY thru Woodward Gallery, New York, NY Woodward Gallery, New York, NY 20in15 Gourmet Garage SoHo, New York, NY thru Woodward Gallery, New York, NY Woodward Gallery, New York, NY FEMALENERGY 3 Kianga Ellis Projects, Sante Fe, NM Thomas Henry Gallery, Nantucket, MA Britto Central, Miami, FL a collaboration exhibition with Romero Britto F Gerald New, Morristown, NJ Arleccina Gallery of Fine Arts, Las Vegas, NV Earnest Sewn, New York, NY for Kobold Watch Asprey’s, Art Basel Miami Beach, the Setai, Miami, FL 71
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