Joseph Arthur Exhibit Opens Today at Amy Li Projects

Joseph Arthur's abstract renderings are soulfully psychedelic and playfully serious. The artist, whose own Museum of Modern Arthur site calls his work "a spiritual quest expressed through form, lines, and color, involving a profound search for the 'thread' of life, binding even opposing forces of torment and beauty. As with Arthur's music, evocative of such vivid imagery and emotion, his paintings dance with a similarity animated rhythm of form."

Michael Stipe of REM says, "To riff off a riff; to update Ginsberg's holy HOWL; to stand this naked; to wrestle an attention deficit world into a moment's shivering standstill, just for a spiked breath of reflection: Wow. Joseph Arthur writes, builds, paints, draws, and creates because he has no choice. It is our luck that he does so."

"When it comes to the artwork of Joseph Arthur, there has always been a sense of urgency and living in the now," wrote Reverend Justito on Antiquiet in 2013. "Joseph Arthur doesn't make art because he wants to; art uses Joseph Arthur as a conduit to express itself...his paintings...are more often than not representations of energy and matter at any particular moment in time."

Yet another rave: "Seeing and Hearing is Believing! Joseph Arthur is truly a Visionary Musician and Artist breaking boundaries in his Art and Music. Let's just say Joseph's Art Shows are always ELECTRIC! Joseph is quality in whatever he creates and always A GENIUS AT WORK!" -Spencer Drate & Judith Salavetz, Award-Winning Iconic Designers for the famous and visionary in music.

Joseph Arthur's New Works will be celebrated with an opening reception tonight, March 12 from 7-9 p.m. Amy Li Projects is located at 166 Mott Street, New York, NY 10013. Gallery hours are Weds-Sun 12-6pm and by appointment: 347-981-2715. www.amy-li.com