Month: January 2013

Artist Profile: Elizabeth Jordan

Artist 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 ideas, memories and […]

Passage: The Memory Palace by Hugh Crawford

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 […]

Exhibit: “Others” at Loft 594

“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 […]

Exhibit: No Blue Skies by Eric LoPresti at Kunsthalle Galapagos

February 7 – March 10, 2013
Opening Thursday, February 7, 6-9pm
Afternoon Reception Sunday, February 17, 2-5pm
Image by Eric LoPresti, Spectral Dust Cloud/No Blue Skies, Oil and India ink on linen, 54″x 42″, 2013

Kunsthalle Galapagos proudly opens No Blue Skies, a solo exhibition of new work […]

Artist Profile: Carol Salmanson


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.  […]

440 Gallery Presents Another Landscape Show, curated by Peter Gynd

Another 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 […]

“Sean Hemmerle: Rust Belt” at Front Room Gallery

“Sean Hemmerle: Rust Belt”

February 15-March 10, 2013
Opening Reception Friday, February, 15th 7-9pm

Front Room Gallery 147 Roebling Street, Brooklyn, NY
Hours: Friday-Sunday 1-6pm (and by appointment)

In Sean Hemmerle’s poignant photographs of theaters, banks, factories, and dilapidated houses in the “Rust Belt” the architecture becomes symbolic of […]

Collectively Assembled: 28 Visits, One Show

Collectively Assembled: 28 Visits, One Show
January 26 – March 16, 2013
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 26, 5-7pm

Arts@Renaissance is located at 2 Kingsland Ave (@ Maspeth Ave) Garden Level, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211

Gallery Hours: Thursday and Saturday, 12 – 6 pm
Programming will extend thru February, every […]

Figures by Heather Kelly at Dizzys

Figures work by artist Heather Kelly

Dizzys, 230 5th Avenue, Brooklyn
November 3, 2012 – May 5, 2013

Composed predominantly of portraits, Heather’s work shows individuals in various states of emotional exposure. At times benign and at others aggressive, these moments provide a glimpse into some small facet of the depicted figure’s internal […]