{"id":3341,"date":"2016-03-08T06:28:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T11:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=3341"},"modified":"2017-04-06T05:16:54","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T09:16:54","slug":"vivien-abrams-collens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/vivien-abrams-collens\/","title":{"rendered":"Vivien Abrams Collens"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4257\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3341-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/vivienabramscollens.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/vivienabramscollens.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/vivienabramscollens.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_3546\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3546\" style=\"width: 192px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viviencollens.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3546 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/viv-for-internet-copy-1.jpg?resize=192%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"viv for internet copy-1\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/viv-for-internet-copy-1.jpg?resize=192%2C300&amp;ssl=1 192w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/viv-for-internet-copy-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1199&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/viv-for-internet-copy-1.jpg?resize=656%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 656w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/viv-for-internet-copy-1.jpg?resize=624%2C974&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/viv-for-internet-copy-1.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/viv-for-internet-copy-1.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by Jon Malinowski<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viviencollens.com\" target=\"_blank\">Vivien Abrams Collens<\/a> is an artist living in New York whose abstract paintings, sculptures, prints and installations reference contemporary architecture and urbanism. She has received fellowships to Yaddo, MacDowell, and other artist residence programs.Her work has been exhibited throughout the US, and is in museum, corporate, and private collections. Her recent large scale painted architectural explorations, were shown in the Gensler-New York exhibition space at Rockefeller Center in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Collens\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/viviencollens.com\/paintings.html\">paintings<\/a> about urban environments use multiple perspectives , geometry, pattern, color and line to evoke urban experiences of architecture and changing views as one moves through the city in subways, cars, escalators and elevators and sees the city from different vantage points. There is a synergy between her paintings and <a href=\"http:\/\/viviencollens.com\/3-dimensional-works.html\">3 dimensional works<\/a>\u00a0The \u00a0drawings and paintings always have been springboards for various series of relief wall constructions such as this <a href=\"http:\/\/collections.currier.org\/Obj273?sid=3249&amp;x=83454\">1979 construction<\/a>\u00a0and more recently, sculptural installations.<\/p>\n<p>Recent work includes Pathways, a series of prints, installations and paintings about the movement of people, vehicles, water, gas,\u00a0waste, electricity and internet through urban areas.<\/p>\n<p>Her website,\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viviencollens.com\">VivienCollens.com <\/a> is frequently updated.\u00a0She is currently working with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ChrisDavisonGallery.com\">ChrisDavisonGallery<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3482\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3482\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3482 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/9868407.png?resize=690%2C439&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"9868407\" width=\"690\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/9868407.png?w=690&amp;ssl=1 690w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/9868407.png?resize=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/9868407.png?resize=624%2C397&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2015 Installation at Gensler-NYC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3548\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3548\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3548 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_6222-1.jpg?resize=625%2C620&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"citywalks.\" width=\"625\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_6222-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C1016&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_6222-1.jpg?resize=300%2C298&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_6222-1.jpg?resize=768%2C762&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_6222-1.jpg?resize=624%2C619&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_6222-1.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_6222-1.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Citywalks, 30&#215;30&#8243;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3483\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3483\" style=\"width: 805px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3483 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/112528_orig.jpg?resize=696%2C692&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"112528_orig\" width=\"696\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/112528_orig.jpg?w=805&amp;ssl=1 805w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/112528_orig.jpg?resize=300%2C298&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/112528_orig.jpg?resize=768%2C763&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/112528_orig.jpg?resize=624%2C620&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Urban Study 1. 2011. 48&#215;48&#8243; acrylic on canvas. private collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/vivienabramscollens.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listVivien Abrams Collens is an artist living in New York whose abstract paintings, sculptures, prints and installations reference contemporary architecture and urbanism. 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