2 Grand Central

2 Grand Central | New York, NY

• Rafael Vargas Suarez

About the Artist Rafael Vargas-Suarez (b. 1972, Mexico City), more commonly known as Vargas-Suarez Universal, is an artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Vargas-Suarez was raised in the Houston suburb of Clear Lake City, adjacent to the Johnson Space Center (NASA). From 1991 to 1996, Vargas-Suarez studied astronomy and art history at the University of Texas at Austin, and moved to New York City in 1997. He is primarily known for large-scale wall drawings, paintings, drawings, and sound recordings sourced from the American and Russian manned and unmanned spaceflight programs, astronomy, and aerospace architecture. Post-studio research is conducted in Cape…

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660 Madison Avenue

660 Madison Avenue | New York, NY

• David Storey

About the Artist The paintings by David Storey exhibited here elaborate on the measurement of modern form. Storey reflects on the ways complex cultural meanings can grow out of abstract form. His paintings seem to tell us that a masterpiece must also have powers beyond the purely formal. Mr. Storey’s work is in numerous New York collections such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum, and the Whitney Museum, and is also included in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.