Iconomancy: The Magic of Art
by Manish Vora
"I have long been a supporter of The New York Academy of Art, the first graduate school in the US devoted exclusively to figurative art. Through the efforts of President David Kratz and an extremely active board led by arts patron and historian Eileen Guggenheim, the NYAA has gone from a quiet, Tribeca-based school to a major international arts academy. The latest exhibition, titled Iconomancy, features artists like Will Cotton, Tat Ito, Natalie Frank, Amy Bennett, Ali Banisadr, Will Kurtz, and Peter Mühlhäußer. Having never seen this word “iconomancy” before, I turned to the explanation from the curators, Peter Drake, Dean of the Academy, and artist Jean-Pierre Roy: “Each of the artists are deeply invested in understanding the complexities of visual culture and transforming that culture through the alchemy of their own work, and as the title would suggest, there is some magic involved..." (read more)
