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Acts of Presence (from The Findery)
Anthony Chase’s work hovers in an elusive yet deeply satisfying aesthetic zone between painting and object. Chase, who was born in South Africa, spent decades in New York City before settling in East Meredith with his wife, Nini Ordoubadi, owner of Tay Tea in Delhi. He works primarily with lime plaster, powder pigments and marble dust.
UPSTATE ART WEEKEND 2025
As part of this year’s Upstate Open Studio Tour during Upstate Art Weekend 2025, visitors to the northern Catskills were treated to a rare and deeply personal experience: stepping into the textural world of Anthony Chase, a master of transformation. Not only of materials, but of life.
REVIEW OF PATINA - THE MOUNTAIN EAGLE PART 1
From The Mountain Eagle
ANDES — This story begins in Cape Town, South Africa, as Anthony Chase finished at university and he did what he describes as a right of passage by going abroad for a year traveling and working on an oil tanker ship. After exploring Europe for this period, Chase returned to S. Africa in 1975 just as the anti-Apartheid movement had been bubbling to a fever pitch.
REVIEW OF PATINA - THE MOUNTAIN EAGLE PART 2
From The Mountain Eagle
ANDES — This story begins in Cape Town, South Africa, as Anthony Chase finished at university and he did what he describes as a right of passage by going abroad for a year traveling and working on an oil tanker ship. After exploring Europe for this period, Chase returned to S. Africa in 1975 just as the anti-Apartheid movement had been bubbling to a fever pitch.
REVIEW OF PATINA - CHRONOGRAM
The continuity between lime plaster and cinema may not be evident to most, but to artist Anthony Chase—a filmmaker-turned-craftsman-turned-painter—the process of plaster has undeniably cinematic resonance…
