Cynthia von Buhler: April 2007

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Cynthia von Buhler on NY1 News

Cynthia von Buhler was interviewed by NY1 News about her art exhibit at The Staten Island Museum and her plans to start a gallery and studio on the island. View the news clip by clicking HERE.

Cynthia von Buhler: Show & Tell Solo Exhibit Opens at the Staten Island Museum

Show & Tell by Cynthia von Buhler
April 26, 2007 – June 17, 2007, EXTENDED until September 23, 2007 due to popular demand
On Friday, April 27, The Staten Island Museum will unveil Cynthia von Buhler: Show & Tell. The surreal three-dimensional works blend Renaissance inspired portraiture and messianic figures with natural objects. Cynthia von Buhler’s enigmatic paintings impart their meaning through symbol, design, and narrative. In von Buhler’s art, butterflies, snakes, birds, and plants are set into cages, boxes, and peepholes to serve as metaphors for the human condition. The layered gouache paintings and their sculptural, performance, and audio accoutrements are at once poignant and mischievous. Show and Tell is akin to a trip down an ornate rabbit hole. Many New Yorkers are familiar with von Buhler's interactive sculptures which have been exhibited frequently in the city. But few have seen an exhibit of her 3-d paintings, since most of these works are in private collections. Also on view will be characters from von Buhler's recent children's book, The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside (Houghton Mifflin, 2006). The museum is easily accessible from Manhattan via the Staten Island ferry which is a free twenty-minute ride, and lands across the street from the museum. An exhibition catalog will be available. Books are available for sale in the museum gift shop. 75 Stuyvesant Place, Staten Island, New York 10301, 718.727.1135, Hours: Tuesdays - Fridays from 9AM to 5PM, Saturday 10AM - 5PM, Sunday 12PM- 5PM.

May 6, 2007: Cynthia von Buhler Artist’s Talk will be held on Sunday, May 6th at 2:00 p.m. Von Buhler’s Renaissance inspired portraits hold hidden secrets, butterflies, snakes, and birds---while cages and peepholes serve as mischievous metaphors. The Artist’s Talk is part of the Artists/Ideas Series: Supported by JP Morgan Chase.

May 19, 2007: The Cat Who Wouldn’t Come Inside Family Workshop and Book Signing with Artist and author Cynthia von Buhler will be held on Saturday, May 19th at 2:00 p.m. Participants will meet the artist and find out how she created her new book with dollhouse charm and a message about patience and giving. A cat figurine workshop for children is included in the program. Admission is $2 per child. Signed books will be available for sale at the event.

Miss Ann Thrope by Cynthia von Buhler

Purify by Cynthia von Buhler

Intimate Letters by Cynthia von Buhler

Fidelio by Cynthia von Buhler

Maestro Sartori Wants A Bit of Glory by Cynthia von Buhler

NY Arts Cover Feature

NY Arts magazine cover art by Cynthia von Buhler, Christina Carrozza D'Alessandro, and Cleo (the cat who caught the mouse). Click the image for a larger view.

NY Arts magazine article art by Cynthia von Buhler. Click the image for a larger view.

NY Arts magazine article art by Cynthia von Buhler. Click the image for a larger view.
New York Arts Cover Feature:
January/February 2007. To A Mouse, an image by Cynthia von Buhler and her sister Christina Carrozza D'Alessandro, graces the January/February issue of New York Arts magazine. The artwork features a formerly live mouse (caught in real life by one of von Buhler's cats) who has kicked over a stool and hanged himself. The accompanying two-page article within was written by Kate Lowenstein, a staff writer at Time Out New York. Read the article HERE.

Andy Warhol: In His Wake Exhibit, Press & Photographs

Collage of Warhol: In His Wake exhibit art by Cynthia von Buhler. Click the image for a larger view.
Warhol's Superstars at Von Buhler's CVB Space - Exhibit Extended Due To Popular Demand:
Andy Warhol: In His Wake, an exhibit/installation organized by von Buhler at her gallery and studio space in Manhattan, opened on Thursday, February 22 and has been extended until April 12, 2007. The closing reception will be held on Thursday, April 12, 2007 from 6 - 10PM. Warhol superstars in this exhibit are Taylor Mead (recently in the Whitney Biennial), Ultra Violet, Billy Name, and Ivy Nicholson. Also on view are works by artists who documented Warhol or who have been influenced by him. Von Buhler created an interactive fortune-telling machine named The Great Warhola for the show, and she and her assistant, Molly Weingart, have transformed the space into Warhol's silver factory for this exciting exhibit. For more information go The Carrozzini von Buhler Gallery website.

The Great Warhola fortune teller machine by Cynthia von Buhler. Click the image for a larger view.

Gallery installation view. Click the image for a larger view.

Taylor Mead and Cynthia von Buhler. Click the image for a larger view.

Ivy Nicholson, Misha Sedgewick and Cynthia von Buhler. Click the image for a larger view.

CVB on German, Swedish, Finnish and Japanese Television:
Four major international networks filmed CVB's Andy Warhol: In His Wake exhibit and interviewed the Warhol superstars there. Three of the networks also interviewed von Buhler about her own work in the show. A New York production company also filmed the reception for a video installation featuring noteworthy Chelsea galleries.
For more information and links visit: The Carrozzini von Buhler Gallery website.

Gothamist Review of Andy Warhol: In His Wake:
"Cynthia von Buhler, who wore a silver strapless dress to the VIP preview and looked very Dita von Tesse with her black hair and pale skin, stole the show with her tongue-in-cheek work. If you crawl through a hole in the art space, you’ll discover her Cynth-O-Matic, a vending machine that celebrates celebrity and commerce by selling 100% Genuine menstrual blood, pubic hair, eyelashes, and nail clippings. Meanwhile, her Sir Repetitious features live rats that you, the viewer, can feed. The rats (which are her pets) crawl along pipes that figure as the spine in the transparent torso of what is a depiction of S&M author Gary Kadet. And yes, von Buhler depicted Warhol too, with the fortune-telling machine (like out of the movie Big) The Great Warhola." - Stephanie Nikolopoulos, Gothamist Read the whole review HERE.

Photograph of Cynthia von Buhler by Ed Hamilton.
Chelsea Now and The Villager Review of Andy Warhol: In His Wake:
“I looked at a lot of photos and then I improvised,” said artist and gallery owner Cynthia von Buhler, statuesque and futuristic in her silver vinyl mini-dress, like Jane Fonda from “Barbarella.” “Some of the details are very accurate, like the columns, and the legs.” She pointed to the bottom half of a silver-painted mannequin. “There were legs just like that in the original Factory. In some respects I’ve been faithful to the pictures I’ve seen, but I took some liberties, too. The foil-wrapped chandelier is an extrapolation. I was playing with the aesthetic a little bit there.” - Ed Hamilton, Chelsea Now & The Villager Read the whole article and see the photo of von Buhler with The Great Warhola HERE.

Photograph of Cynthia von Buhler by Melinda Maclean.
New York Cool Article of Andy Warhol: In His Wake:
By Janet Perisa and photographed by Melinda Maclean. Read the whole article and view the pictures HERE.

Time Out New York Home Feature

Photograph of Fort Hill Castle by Russell Farhang
Time Out New York Home Feature:
Fort Hill Castle, Cynthia von Buhler and her husband Russell Farhang's home on Staten Island will being featured soon in Time Out New York. The interview is by Kate Lowenstein and photos are by Patrik Rytikangas. (above photo by Russell Farhang). When this issue comes out the article can be found HERE.

Cat FancyMagazine Feature Articles & Exclusives

Cat Fancy Magazine Feature:
The April issue of Cat Fancy magazine (in stores now) features an interview with von Buhler, by Laura Lee Bloor, about her children's book, The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside. Available is pet stores everywhere.
Read a portion of the interview HERE.

CatChannel.com Exclusive Feature:
There is an exclusive now on CatChannel.com, featuring audio clips of von Buhler telling stories of her cat-rescue endeavors. Listen and comment HERE.

Exhibit at The Museum of American Illustration

Book & Editorial Exhibit Uptown at The Museum of American Illustration:
February 24 - March 24, 2007. Characters from The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside have been chosen to appear in the Museum of Amercian Illustration's Book & Editorial Exhibition from February 24 - March 24, 2007. The Society of Illustrators is located at 128 East 63rd Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues), New York, NY 10021, 212-838-2560, Hours: Tuesdays 10AM – 8PM, Wednesday - Friday 10AM – 5PM, Saturday Noon – 4PM. An exhibit book will be available.

"Come Inside Kitty" Animation On YouTube

YouTube Video:
A flash video with the book characters featuring an original song, Come Inside Kitty which is sung by von Buhler and Chris Cote (Rock Bottom, The Upper Crust, Seks Bomba) was released on YouTube. The song was written by Adam Buhler (Splashdown, Anarchy Club) and von Buhler. The video was created by von Buhler and her sister Christina Carrrozza D'Alessandro. The video can also be seen and commented upon HERE.

Collage from the Come Inside Kitty video by Cynthia von Buhler.

Women of Sodom: Still Selling After All These Years

Women of Sodom: Still Selling After All These Years:
Projekt Records is now carrying von Buhler's visual art/music CD, Boots. It is also available from Orchard Distribution and almost all online music stores. Order it from Projekt HERE.

CVB Sign in The Meatpacking District Approved By Landmark Preservations

Sign by Cynthia von Buhler and Xavier Dietrich II.
Red Glowing CVB Sign Approved by NYC Landmark Preservations:
A couple of months ago von Buhler received a citation for her CVB sign which hangs from the second floor of her loft and art gallery in Manhattan's meatpacking district. After paperwork and photographs were submitted the sign has finally been grandfathered in because it was hung before the building became a landmark. The sign, made by von Buhler and her friend Xavier Dietrich II, was designed to fit in with the meatpacking aesthetic. The CVB stands for Cynthia von Buhler, CVB Space, and lately Carrozzini von Buhler, her art gallery with Stefania Carrozzini. This is the same sign that von Buhler stood in front of for her Boston Globe billboard. View the sign (and billboard) by scrolling down to the end of the previous post.

Houghton Mifflin To Publish Cynthia von Buhler's Next Children's Book

Houghton Mifflin To Publish Von Buhler's Next Book:
Von Buhler and Houghton Mifflin are about to sign a contract for her next children's book. The book will be out in Spring of 2009 and is about a mouse (and eight cats).

Cynthia von Buhler's Art on TV

Detail from Sir Reptitious by Cynthia von Buhler by Paul Weiner.Cynthia von Buhler's, sculptural painting, Sir Reptitious, which houses live rats in a see-through torso, appeared in an episode of NBC's "Kidnapped". The work is behind the actors, Jeremy Sisko and Doug Hutchison, during a fight scene in the episode titled Burn, Baby, Burn, part 3. You can view the episode online HERE.

Recent Press & News About Cynthia von Buhler's Children's BookThe Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside

The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside Chosen By American Illustration:

Book cover of The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside by Cynthia von Buhler.

The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside Exhibited At The Museum of American Illustration:
The full set from The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside has been chosen to appear in the Museum of Amercian Illustration's Dimensional Salon exhibit from December 6, 2006 – December 29, 2006. The Society of Illustrators is located at 128 East 63rd Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues), New York, NY 10021, 212-838-2560, Hours: Tuesdays 10AM – 8PM, Wednesday - Friday 10AM – 5PM, Saturday Noon – 4PM. An exhibit catalog will be available.

Back cover image of The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside by Cynthia von Buhler.

Characters from The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside will be shown at The Museum of Amercian Illustration in the Society of Illustrators' Member's Gallery from December 18, 2006 – January 5, 2007. The Society of Illustrators is located at 128 East 63rd Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues), New York, NY 10021, 212-838-2560, Hours: Tuesdays 10AM – 8PM, Wednesday - Friday 10AM – 5PM, Saturday Noon – 4PM.

Self-portrait author image from The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside by Cynthia von Buhler.
Parent & Child Interview:
Scholastic Parent & Child magazine interviewed von Buhler about her childhood and her new book. Read the interview HERE.

Image from The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside by Cynthia von Buhler.
Parent & Child Recording:
Scholastic Parent & Child magazine recorded von Buhler reading an excerpt from her new book. Listen HERE.

Image from The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside by Cynthia von Buhler.
Book Reviews:
Great reviews keep coming in for von Buhler's new book. Kirkus Reviews, Publisher's Weekly, Bookpage, Scholastic Parent & Child (Teacher's Picks List 2006) , Time Out New York Kids, and many more have favorably reviewed The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside. You can read them all HERE.

Book Honors:
The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside has been nominated by independent booksellers as one of their favorite books to sell for the Winter 2006 - 2007 season. The announcement of the Winter 2006 - 2007 Children's Picks List will appear in the November 16, 2006 edition of Bookselling This Week.

"This story features photos of extremely detailed sets housing the characters, a young girl and the shy, stray kitty she keeps trying to tempt inside out of the cold. A beautiful story of the rewards of patience and love of all creatures, even those that may not be easy to love." --Kelley Drahushuk, The Spotty Dog, Hudson, NY

Photograph of Cynthia von Buhler and Oliver, an extremely friendly three-legged cat who was adopted at the CVB Space event.
City Critters Donation:
New York City animal rescue organization City Critters has been showing animals for adoption at von Buhler's cat book events. Von Buhler will give a percentage of her royalties from the sale of this book to City Critters. View pictures of some of the animals who were adopted and those who still need homes HERE.

Images from The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside website.
The official website for The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside has been completely redesigned. Check it out HERE.

Book Tour (from Boston to Los Angeles):
A new blog has been created with all of the dates and information on von Buhler's book tour. New dates in New York, Massachusetts and California have been added for November and December! Visit the tour blog for more information HERE.

Image from The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside by Cynthia von Buhler.
Juried Books & Shows:
The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside will have four pages in this years prestigious American Illustration (25) book. The book is out this November.

The full set from The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside has been chosen to appear in the Museum of American Illustration's Dimensional Salon exhibit and catalog. For more information see exhibits (above).