January, 2013

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Artist Profile: Barbara Rachko

image-7557I am drawn to Mexican and Guatemalan cultural objects—masks, carved wooden animals, papier mâché figures, and toys.  On trips to southern Mexico and Guatemala I frequent local mask shops, markets, and bazaars searching for the figures that will later populate my photographs.  How, why, when, and where these objects come ...

Artist Profile: Jane Dell

image-7643 1.Black Pearls, 32'x22', mixed media on Mylar, 2012 2. Urban Sisters, 12'x12', mixed media on Mylar, 2012 3. There Must Be More To Love, 28'x34', mixed media on Mylar, 2012 4. Fish Kiss, 40'x32', mixed media on Mylar, 2012 5. Early Spring, 48'x38', acrylic/mixed media on canvas Jane R. Dell www.janedell.com 2013 Metaphorical Expressions My current series ...

Artist Profile: Elizabeth Jordan

image-7601Artist Statement My studio is a place of expression, solitude, emotion, playfulness, tedium, escape from reality, light-heartedness, devotion and obsession. It is a haven where I can leave life and the world behind. My work is the expression of a conversation I have with myself, where a long thread of thoughts connect ...

Passage: The Memory Palace by Hugh Crawford

image-7637 Passage: The Memory Palace by Hugh Crawford December 13, 2012 - February 28, 2013 Central Library, Grand Lobby A site-specific photographic mural that addresses issues of transition and change both at Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) and the borough of Brooklyn. The mural combines items from BPL's collections, ephemera, and other mementos from the ...

Exhibit: “Others” at Loft 594

image-7622 'Others' Loft 594, 594 Bushwick Ave February 15 – March 1, 2013 Opening Reception Friday February 15, 6-8pm Afterparty: 8-10pm Fondue and Flannels! Music and ambient performance: Ryder & Hazel Live silk screening Panel Discussion facilitated by Lindsey Wolkowicz: Sunday February 17, 7 pm All events (except opening reception) $5-10 sliding scale donation “The appearance of the other in ...

Artist Profile: Carol Salmanson

image-7568 Hercules Lite 'Hercules Lite' replicated the form of architect Marcel Breuer's massive support column at Lehman College Art Gallery in a transparent, fluorescent-edged green plexiglass.  It used light and suspension to contrast with Breuer's sense of weight, simultaneously calling attention to his achievement and entering into a dialog with it.  It ...

Exhibit: Julian Schnabel at Oko

image-7586 Four Works, Four Years, Eight Weeks: Julian Schnabel at Oko Julian Schabel 1978 - 1981 Oko 220 East 10th Street February 5 - March 30, 2012 Oko presents Julian Schnabel 1978-81, a pointed study of Schnabel’s early work via a rotating exhibition of four emblematic paintings made in a period of explosive change for both ...

440 Gallery Presents Another Landscape Show, curated by Peter Gynd

image-7581Another Landscape Show, curated by Peter Gynd February 21 to March 31, 2013 Opening Reception: Thursday, February 21, 6:00-9:00 PM Artist Talk: Sunday, March 17, 4:40 PM Presenting new works by Jennifer Williams and Jason Varone, Another Landscape Show features work operating outside the canon of the traditional landscape. Working with imagery and media ...