Boombox, watercolor ink paper, 18×12
z denz 07 50%, spraypaint, paint markers, wood
Untitled, watercolor ink paper, 11×14
Artist’s Website
http://www.mileswickham.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mileswickham/
Miles Wickham
Luis Blackaller and Andy Cavatorta
“Honey I Shrunk Red Hook” at Lucky Gallery is a collaboration between Luis Blackaller and Andy Cavatorta, who aim to start a creative discussion about Red Hook, the inhabitants and folklore. The mission of this project is to bring together a diverse mix of members of the Red Hook community to use art and gallery space as communication devices. Blackaller and Cavatorta will create a cardboard model of the streets surrounding Lucky Gallery, and build a collection of photorealistic dolls representing Red Hook dwellers.
“Red Hook has an air of mystery that I can’t find anywhere else in New York,” explains Blackaller. “It feels somewhat uncharted, perhaps separated as it is from the New York comprehensive subway network. When thinking about making art for Red Hook, I immediately feel like using this art as an excuse to get closer to the people in it, and learn about the place from them hopefully helping them learn from each other in the process.”
The closing reception on Saturday, August 29, will feature a short film projected outside the gallery featuring highlights from the opening, the exhibition and interviews. The photorealistic dolls of Red Hook inhabitants will be given to their rightful owners and there will be live music from local musicians. Food and drink will be provided.
August 8th to August 30th, Lucky Gallery
Closing reception on Saturday, August 29, from 6-10 PM
Luis Blackaller is an artist from Mexico city with an interest in culture, technology and media. He graduated with honors as a Mathematician in the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He has worked as a Designer, Art Director and Motion Graphics Artist in the Mexican film industry for 10 years. He recently graduated with a Master of Science Degree at the MIT Media Lab under the mentorship of John Maeda, where he explored online creative social systems and their relationship with artistic expression and communication.
Andy Cavatorta can’t stop making things: robots, bikes, art, music, software and films. Sometimes the robots make more music, the software makes more art and the bikes shoot movies. He is currently developing musical robots and large-scale performances and installation with Ensemble Robot. Cavatorta is currently a graduate student at the MIT Media Lab.
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Wedding, acrylic on canvas, 18×18″
Sid, acrylic on canvas, 16×8″
McCarren Park, acrylic on canvas, 18×18″
Dawn, casein and acrylic on canvas, 8×10″
Artist Biography
I paint because I feel I must urgently create a record. I am cataloging the significant people and scenes in my life. I am consumed by the idea that I have a limited time to express myself, or that I will not remember things the way they are now.
The subjects of my current work are the people in my community. I live in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and my friends and neighbors are glamorous, interesting and engaging. There is palpable electricity in my world and I want to capture it indelibly.
I paint on canvas using acrylics, casein, mica and gold leaf. I am fascinated with the way the Baroque painters captured extreme contrasts between light and dark using golds and blacks. I am working toward this goal with modern neon, pearl, metallic and mica colors.
I am self taught.
Website
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Ralph Maratta
The Fowlers Trap Tangled with the Rabbit Holes
The Shortest Distance Between Two Kindred Souls Is Love
Wormholes in a Tree
Artist Statement
Big Dreams focuses around the idea that humankind shares a sort of imagery bank; elementary ideas from the beginning of time or archetypes as described by Carl Jung. With that said, the concept of elementary ideas or archetypes does not belong solely to modern psychology or modern anything actually. Primitive cultures too recognized and drew upon imagery that commonly resonated with their society. In this project I am looking for big ideas reflected in the natural and modern landscape.
Website
http://www.ralphmaratta.com/live/
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Rebecca Schiffman
“Jiva” 2007, Watercolor on paper, 9″ x 12″
“Water #1″ 2006, Watercolor on paper, 15″ x 8″
“Framed Feet” 2006, Watercolor on paper
Bio
I graduated from Cooper Union in 2004, moved back uptown to my parents house and started a zine/blog about The Upper East Side called The UES Journal. I have worked part-time at Guild & Greyshkul Gallery on and off for the last five years.
Since 2000 I have been making chainmaille jewelry and recently launched a jewelry line called IMK. I also now maintain a blog about pigeons called The It-Pigeon, and a blog about Vanity Plates.
In 2008 I recorded my second album To Be Good for a Day with Mike Musmanno in DUMBO, Brooklyn. It will be available on iTunes January 28, 2009.
Music
This song is “Untitled,” from Rebecca Schiffman’s sophomore album “To Be Good for a Day.”
Website
http://www.rebeccaschiffman.com/
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