OASIS at Flushing Town Hall

Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - Sunday, November 11, 2007, 12:00 PM

An oasis is an isolated area of vegetation, a small bit of relief, a green area in an otherwise barren landscape. As our lives become more and more scheduled, busy, and fragmented, artists are responding by looking to nature.

Nancy Blum’s work represents the duality of life; at once hard and soft, masculine and feminine. Inscribing pattern and color, she is able to combine nature and culture in clever and imaginative ways. Portia Munson is interested in the fleeting lives of flowers and the healing nature of the mandala shape while also exploring “artificial” nature – man made objects marketed to resemble the color of nature. Jon Rappleye invents a nature that is inspired by fairy tales, imagination, and extreme representations of the natural world. It is surreal and fantastic. Raymond Saa creates gestural drawings and paintings that explore tropical imagery, used as a metaphor for the cultural displacement many immigrants experience in their new homes.

Margaret Murphy, guest curator

CURATOR'S TALK:
Sunday, October 21, 2007 @ 2:00pm

Ian Burns at the Spencer Bownstone gallery

Ian Burns 'Himalaya', 2007. Digital Photographic Print, 16 x 40"


Check out Ian Burns' engaging work at Spence Brownstone, opening Wednesday September 12th. 6-8 pm.

Press Release:

IAN BURNS
THE MANNER OF WORK

September 12th - October 20th, 2007
Opening Wednesday September 12th, 6-8pm

Spencer Brownstone Gallery launches its Fall program with our second one-person exhibition by Ian Burns. Burns’ acclaimed kinetic dioramas and ‘trompe l’oeil’ video works have engaged with subjects as diverse as the war in Iraq, TV culture, colonialism, and art history, and have been featured in important group and solo exhibitions worldwide. For ‘The Manner Of Work’ the artist summons the spirit of William Morris with a series of major new works that further Burns’ unique formulation of the hi-tech and the handcrafted.

The main gallery will be set up as a kind of fallen Victorian drawing room, replete with large chandelier, sublime mountainous landscape, and patterned wallpaper design. In ‘Himalyas’, a wall projection of misty mountaintops is rendered by a teetering stack of tables absurdly suspended from the wall. ‘The End of an Era’ is a chandelier of sixteen small monitors hanging from the ceiling, all displaying an image of a light bulb created by the perversely archaic method of a camera obscura. And in ‘Sanitary Gesture – Grey’, an abstract projected ‘wallpaper’ fills one wall with the patterns thrown by hand sanitizer smeared on the surface of an overhead projector.

All of these pieces develop, in varying ways, the artist’s signature ‘trompe l’oeil’ video work, where elaborate mechanized constructions created out of small motors and primitive electronics suddenly coalesce into a realistic image when fed to a monitor via a small camera and live video feed.

Also included will be a new series of large format photographs of (apparently) mountain, sea, and cloud landscapes, whose monumentality is undermined by accompanying small studio shots that reveal the often abject nature of the images’ construction. And the gallery’s back space will include multiple riffs on contemporary art, including three new live video feed works that re-imagine the classic land art projects of Christo and Jean Claude, Smithson, and De Maria from a mixed array of household plumbing and kitchen materials.

At the heart of the artist’s new work lies a concern with the gap between how images are constructed and how their end product is consumed. Noting the contradictory forces at play in the contemporary art world, where the ever more fragmentary art object of a contextual or ‘situational’ art practice coexists alongside a return to highly crafted drawings and paintings, Burns demonstrates how everything can ultimately boil down to a set of signs whose origin often seems arbitrary. We have clearly fallen some distance from Morris’ ideal of an integration of social and aesthetic agendas, and yet, through the ingenuity of his manipulation of materials and the acuity of his vision, Burns ultimately offers an upbeat assessment of the transformative potential of art.


Born in Newcastle, Australia, Ian Burns has been living and working in New York since completing his MFA degree at Hunter College in 2003. The artist had his first solo show at Spencer Brownstone Gallery in 2005 and, since then, has featured in major exhibitions including ‘Greater New York’ at PS1; The Turin Triennial, Castello di Rivoli, Turin; ‘Stereovision’ at South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa; and ‘New York State of Mind’ at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. Ian will have his first one-person museum show at Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art in 2008, which will be accompanied by the publication of a major catalog.



Spencer Brownstone Gallery
39 Wooster Street (Broome/Grand),
New York, NY 10013
T: 212-334-3455
info@spencerbrownstonegallery.com
www.spencerbrownstonegallery.com

Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-6pm

Kate Clark at Explosivo/Chashama in the East Village, NYC

META-MAJESTY
September 28-October 21
at Explosivo/chashama
169 Avenue C at 10th Street

Diane Barcelowsky, Dana Carlson, Kate Clark, Jennifer Coates, William Crump, Leslie Miller, Naomi Reis, Saviour Scraps, Jessie Rose Vala

Opening reception: Friday, September 28, 7-9pm
Special music performance: Forest Fire and Goodbye The Band | Friday, Oct 12, 8pm Explosivo/chashama hours: Thu-Sun, 1-7pm

Meta-Majesty, curated by Tracy Candido, presents work by 8 artists and 1 artists collective that suggests a curious channeling of all things magical as a very real response to our current earthly chaos. This form of escapism is proposing a spectral reflection towards a nation diseased with war, ignorance, and environmental disregard.


Meta-Majesty is supported by chashama, a NYC arts organization whose mission is to support artists of all genres. chashama adopts vacant properties that are donated by their owners and converts them into theaters, galleries, studios, and window performance sites; chashama then regrants this space for free or at heavily subsidized rates. Since 1995, chashama has transformed more than 20 vacant properties and has given more than 5,000 artists access to space.

Explosivo/chashama is a temporary platform for contemporary art which follows an interdisciplinary exhibition program curated by Tracy Candido in partnership with chashama. The Explosivo/ chashama art space is donated to chashama by the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board. UHAB supports self-help housing and community building in low-income neighborhoods by training, organizing, developing and assisting resident-controlled limited- equity housing cooperatives.


For more information about the exhibition or upcoming exhibitions at Explosivo/chashama, please visit www.explosivoartshow.com or call 516.510.3292
web: http://www.explosivoartshow.com



POCHRON STUDIOS

REFUSE/REFUSE
Part of the Dumbo Arts Festival


Opening Reception, September 28th from 6-11 pm
20 Jay Street, 11th Floor
Dumbo, Brooklyn

Gallery Hours September 29th and 30th from 12-5 pm



1. ri-'fyüz-1 : to express oneself as unwilling to accept
2 a : to show or express unwillingness to do or comply with b : deny
3 obsolete : give up, renounce

2. 're-"fyüs, -"fyüz- the worthless or useless part of something leavings
2 : trash, garbage, thrown aside or left as worthless


Featured Artists:
Jill Buckley, Garrett Rowland, Allyson Lubow, Flora Rocco, Galina Kurlat, Donnie + Travis, Lani Bouwer, Marietta Davis, Veronica Ibarra, Eric Cheevers, Joanne Burke, Ilya Monosov, Brigid Scruggs, Reid Spector, Matt Lewis, Julie Pochron, Tony Alvarez, Gemma Burgio, April Renae, Hank Mattice, Steven Baines, Leidy Churchman, Simen Johan, Priscilla Polley, Kate Clark, Carolyn and Erina from Pomade, Vincent Dilio, Heather Marie Vernon and Miss Julie Fabulous, Eva Aridjis, Greg Paxton, Dina Helal, Alexandra Morrill, Melissa Potter, Maria Yoon, Miriam Schaer, Emiliano Maggi, Jaiko Suzuki, Tora Lopez, Eileen Quinlan.


By subway
Take the A/C Train to High Street (first stop in Brooklyn).
Exit at the Cadman Plaza West stairwell towards the rear of the train.
Cross Cadman Plaza Park to Cadman Plaza East.
Left on Cadman Plaza East, which turns into Washington Street and continue walking under the Brooklyn Bridge overpass, towards the river.
Right on Front Street.
Left onto Jay Street.

Take F Train to York Street (first stop in Brooklyn).
Make right out of station onto Jay Street.

Travels Through Paradise - Nirvana by model trains

Curator Cynthia Hathaway, former artistic director of the FunLab Master’s course at the Design Academy Eindhoven, is fascinated by miniature landscapes and their devotees. As a visitor you can take a trip in the train that visually leads you through the landscape.

55 Creative people from various disciplines participated and each developed 1 meter for of this huge model train track. The journey can be followed from the trains' perspective by way of a small camera that is mounted on the locomotive. The video feed is then projected on the wall next to the track.

Among the participants are: : Ted Noten, Albert Scholtheis, Claudy Jongstra, Hans Burtner, Liesbeth Fit, Bob de Mon, Bart Reuser, Melle Smets, Anna Maria Cornelia de Gersem, Gerrit van der Meij, Ed Annink, Eefje Halters, Nicolette Brunklaus en Daniel van der Veer.

Organised by guest-curator Cynthia Hathaway. Hathaway (Newmarket, Canada) works as designer, curator and educator. She previously was creative director of Masters course 'FunLab' in Eindoven and owner, Hathaway Designs.

Platform 21
Platform 21 is an international meeting place where professionals, amateurs, producers, critics and the public meet and inspire eachother.

Opening: zaterdag 21 april, 16.00 – 19.00 uur

Hours: Woensdag – zondag, 12.00 – 19.00 uur
Free.
Prinses Irenestraat 19, Amsterdam.

Clarence Morgan, Nancy Blum & Brian Dettmer at Romo Gallery

Romo gallery presents the works of Nancy Blum, Brian Dettmer and Clarence Morgan. This group show presents three unique investigations on the theme of duality. Morgan’s use of alternating organic shapes suggest an organized complexity and when combined with the chaotic repetitious sketching quality found in the background of his paintings we are presented with his duality: organization vs. chaos. In a more detailed and obsessive vain, Blum creates an environment where many dualities are repeated continuously across her paintings of intricately crafted patterns creating serene environments that make the viewer want to escape to her paradise. Her duality: natural vs. unnatural. Dettmer engages in this dialogue through his carefully constructed flower arrangements made from altered and transformed film from gangster movies. He presents his duality in and through is work: technology vs. tradition. Juxtaposing, duplicating, layering and repeating all find their way into the works of Morgan, Blum and Dettmer contributing to this advantageous presentation of dualities.

Blum has featured in solo exhibitions at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Steinhardt Conservatory Gallery in New York, Kiang Gallery in Georgia, Pentimenti Gallery in Pennsylvania, Esther Claypool Gallery in Washington, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in Arizona and Circa Gallery in Minnesota. She earned her BA from the University of Michigan and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. Blum currently lives and works in New York.


Dettmer has featured in solo exhibitions at Art & Idea in New York and Mexico City, Aron Packer Gallery in Illinois and Harper College in Illinois. His work has been shown at Scope Miami and London, Bridge Art Fair in London and MACO in Mexico City. He earned his BA from Columbia College and currently lives and works in Atlanta.


Morgan has exhibited at Reeves Contemporary in New York, Sonnenschein Gallery in Illinois, Thomas Barry Fine Arts in Minnesota, Harwood Museum of Art in New Mexico, Kidder Smith Gallery in Massachusetts and Katherine E. Nash Gallery in Minnesota. He received his MFA in Painting from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Design and currently lives and works in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Picture This: New Ideas on Photography

Cranbrook Academy of Art candidates for Masters of
Fine Art (MFA) will show innovative new works in the
exhibition [i]Picture This: New Ideas on Photography[/i] at
the Museum of New Art, Detroit / Pontiac Michigan from
9 March through 14 April 2007.

Picture this: New ideas on photography from Cranbrook Academy of Art

Museum of New Art(MONA), Detroit
Pontiac Michigan
3.9.7 through 4.14.7
3.9.7 Opening reception with the artists 6p-8p
4.7.7 Group gallery talk and closing reception 3p-6p

Pontiac gallery hours
Thursday, Friday, Saturday weekly
12noon-6p
note: artists will host gallery hours daily

Presented by
Artcore and the Museum of New Art(MONA), Detroit

Museum of New Art(MONA), Detroit
Pontiac Michigan
7 North Saginaw Street
Pontiac, Michigan 48342
248.210.7560
[url]http://www.detroitmona.com[/url]

Soo Sunny Park (Sculpture ' 00) in Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts at American Academy

Eighty-six paintings, photographs, sculptures, installations, and works on paper by 34 contemporary artists will be on view at the galleries of the American Academy of Arts and Letters on historic Audubon Terrace (Broadway between 155 and 156 Streets) from Thursday, March 8 through Sunday, April 1, 2007. Exhibiting artists were chosen from a pool of more than 150 artists nominated by the 250 members of the Academy, America’s most prestigious society of architects, artists, writers, and composers.

http://www.artsandletters.org/index.php?page=exhibitions

The Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts will feature many new works on view for the first time in New York, including paintings by Warren Isensee and Dana Schutz, sculptures by Charlotte Becket and William Ryman, and installations by Sarah Oppenheimer, Soo Sunny Park, and Andy Yoder.

Exhibition artists: Painters and Graphic Artists: Clytie Alexander, Robert Bordo, Sally Hazelet Drummond, Manny Farber, Mark Ferguson, Jackie Gendel, Juan Gomez, Julian Hatton, Frances Hynes, Warren Isensee, Christine Lafuente, Mel Leipzig, Stephen Mueller, Emily Nelligan, Ann Pibal, David Salle, Dana Schutz, Susan Shatter, Cynthia Westwood, and Alexi Worth. Installation and mixed-media artists: Sarah Oppenheimer, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Soo Sunny Park, Andy Yoder, and Emna Zghal. Photographers: Saul Leiter and Sally Mann. Sculptors: Charlotte Becket, Lawrence Fane, Joe Fig, Bryan Hunt, Grace Knowlton, Cordy Ryman, and William Ryman.

Ryan Hobbs 2d '03 - Southern Polaroid Supremacy

Solo Exhibition featuring the photography of Ryan Hobbs at the Marshall Seifert Gallery, New Zealand. Show preview: 530pm Friday 23 February.

THE 63RD SCRIPPS COLLEGE CERAMIC ANNUAL 2007 - Curated by Tony Hepburn

(Excerpt form article at:) http://www.scrippscol.edu/dept/gallery/calendar/annual.html

Claremont, CA (December, 2006) - The Scripps College Ceramic Annual - the longest running exhibition of contemporary ceramics in the United States - opens for the 63rd year on Saturday, January 20, 2007 at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery on the Scripps College campus.

Since its inception, the Ceramic Annual has been an artist’s choice exhibition, turning the tables and giving a practicing ceramic artist the opportunity to curate an exhibition. This year, the guest curator is Tony Hepburn, Head of Ceramics at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, MI. Participating artists include Marek Cecula, Robert Dawson, Shannon Goff, Hella Jongerius, Paul Kotula, Geert Lap, Steven Mankouche and Abigail Murray, Jim Shrosbree, Christie Wright [Cer. '00], and designer Barbara Schmidt from KAHLA Porcelain USA.

Order the catalog:http://www.scrippscollege.edu/dept/gallery/publications/63annual.html