Event Title:

Organization:

  Cultural or Historical

  New York City

Start Date:

  11/19/2026

End Date:

  1/17/2027

Start Time:

  6PM

End Time:

Event Info: 

  In the summer of 2024, gallery owner Emmanuel Fremin was hospitalized and had a Near-Death Experience (NDE) spanning four distinct realms and a life review. Medical personnel subsequently confirmed that he had passed away briefly while in transit via ambulance.

This profound experience inspired the exhibition, "This is the Real World," which explores the afterlife and the surrounding energies that connect us all.


Please be advised that the exhibition "This is the Real World" will run from November 19th to January 17th, 2027. We will also be hosting an artist reception on Thursday, November 19th at 6:00 PM.

RSVP at info@fremingallery.com.

Lina Condes
Lina Condes is a contemporary American-Ukrainian artist known for her distinctive stick-figure sculptures. She earned her MFA in Fine Arts, Interior and Furniture Design from the Kyiv University of Technology and Design. Born in the countryside of Cherkasy, Ukraine, she grew up in a family of professors of physics and mathematics, an environment that sparked her early fascination with structure, materials, balance, and the physical world—ideas that would later inform her sculptural practice.

Condes’ work is conceptually positioned along a heavy-light, high-low axis. Using industrial stainless steel, fiberglass, wood, and stone, she transforms everyday materials into expressive human forms that explore the emotional, psychological, and spiritual lives of contemporary people. Her sculptures are strongly inspired by the Italian Renaissance, particularly its profound relationship between anatomy, movement, beauty, and the human spirit. Through anatomical studies, Condes investigates the lineage of traditional figurative sculpture by masters such as Giorgio Vasari and Leonardo da Vinci, reinterpreting these traditions through contemporary technologies and materials.

At the heart of Condes’ practice is an exploration of mental states, emotions, energy, and consciousness. Her figures often appear suspended between physical strength and emotional vulnerability, reflecting the constant balance between the material and the spiritual. Her interest in yoga, meditation, and spirituality has increasingly influenced her approach, bringing ideas of inner balance, mindfulness, connection, and positive energy into her work. The simplicity and openness of her figures evoke a sense of movement and freedom, while their gestures and proportions suggest moments of reflection, harmony, and human connection.

For Condes, sculpture becomes a way of exploring the relationship between the body, mind, and spirit. She approaches metal and wood as though they were bronze and marble, transforming industrial materials into vessels for emotion, energy, and contemplation. Her work ultimately seeks to communicate a sense of lightness, optimism, spirituality, and good energy—an invitation to pause, reconnect, and experience the world from within.

Karl Lagasse
Karl Lagasse is a renowned Franco - American contemporary artist and sculptor, best known globally for his iconic “One Dollar” sculpture series. Born in Paris on April 4, 1981, into a family of artists with French and Armenian roots, he rose to prominence for translating pop iconography and American symbolism into striking, thought-provoking metal sculptures. By 2009, Artprice ranked him among the top 10 sculptor artists in the world under 30.

Lagasse began experimenting with plastic arts and collage at the age of seven with his mother. As a child, he met the renowned French sculptor César Baldaccini, who encouraged him to pursue art. During his teenage years, Lagasse ventured into street art, creating graffiti and tags throughout the Paris Metro. Under the guidance of Yvaral Vasarely, son of Victor Vasarely, he began incorporating his graffiti tags into structured collage work. He sold his first professional artwork in Antwerp at just 15 years old.

A profound turning point in Lagasse’s life came after a violent street confrontation in which his life was saved under extraordinary circumstances. Following this experience, which he describes as a miracle, Lagasse found Jesus and experienced a deep spiritual awakening. This encounter with faith profoundly influenced his perspective on life, purpose, and creativity. His journey from the streets of Paris to a renewed spiritual path became an important part of his personal story, adding a deeper dimension to his exploration of freedom, identity, hope, and the human experience through art.

Today, Lagasse’s work continues to merge the energy of street art with contemporary sculpture, drawing upon popular culture, urban aesthetics, symbolism, and his evolving spiritual perspective. His art reflects both the intensity of his early experiences and a continuing search for meaning, transformation, and transcendence

Fremin Gallery
520 West 23rd street, New York City
Info@fremingallery.com
212 279 8555

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  New York

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Address:

  520 West 23rd street

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  New York City

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  NY