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The RAW Guide 2010 has all the member galleries of the WGA laid out with maps & photos of each gallery so that you can find your way whatever your destination!
THE NORTHSIDE FESTIVAL (June 24-June 27)
We’ve teamed up with the Williamsburg Gallery Association to bring some high art and high culture to the Northside Festival. All participating galleries will be open late into the night and will have an agenda of special Northside excusive events. There will be parties, performances, and even silk screening demos. Check out the schedule here.
HERE IS A LIST OF PARTICIPATING GALLERIES:
SLATE GALLERY
136 Wythe Avenue Brooklyn New York 11211
between N8 and N9
EVENT DATES:
June 25th 8pm ARTIST TALK @ SLATE GALLERY FEATURING ERIKA RANEE
Slate Gallery hours during Northside Festival:
Friday June 25 1-9, Saturday 1-6, Sunday1-6pm
EVENT DESCRIPTION & DETAILS
Artist Talk: Erika Ranee 8pm
Exhibition of paintings by Erika Ranee ” Sweet Talk”
In SWEET TALK Erika Ranee explores the powers of seduction and beauty, and the many errant paths one can choose, often leading to the ultimate loss of moral integrity. A solo show of mixed media collaged paintings
PANDEMIC GALLERY
37 Broadway btwn Wythe & Kent
Brooklyn, NY 11211
EVENT DATES:
06 / 26 /2010 to 06 / 27 / 2010
EVENT DESCRIPTION & DETAILS
Pandemic gallery will be having a live silk screening event alongside our current “SHOCK THERAPY” exhibition, On Sat. June 26th 1-8pm, and Sunday June 27th 12-6pm. Also on display “Conehead Hoodies” by Phil. From June 24th -27th
More info below:
“SHOCK THERAPY and LIVE PRINTING” (June 26th & 27th)
Feel free to bring whatever you would like to have screened! No item (unless ridiculously shaped or jagged) is inappropriate!
Artist that will be printing include : Deeker, Darkcloud, Matt Siren, Keely, UR New York, Celso, Royce Bannon, Overkill studios. and more TBA
“Conehead Hoodies” (June 24th – 27th)
A collection of urban wear inspired sculpture and apparel, focussing on the street wear phenomenon that is the “conehead hoodie.”
“SHOCK THERAPY” (June 19th – July 16th)
featuring work by: Thomas Buildmore, Enamel Kingdom, Morgan Thomas and Kenji Nakayama
“Shock therapy is an attempt to regain control. while everything may seem to be spiraling towards disaster, there are methods to shock it all back in place. Over the years the term has been used to describe methods of medical, financial, and economic rebound, as well as psychological molding. As we see it, Shock Therapy through art is a way to Instill upon others an instant sense of our passion and our desire to create. But also a way to overcome any subconscious hang-ups, to let go and be released from mental confines. A way to control the chaos, while still pushing the envelope. Shocking ourselves and the viewers straight and askew in tandem with a visual onslaught, so that they may see as we do the perplex, all encompassing world we live in.”
links to participating artists:
www.overkillstudio.com
http://legendsofstyle.net/?q=enamel-kingdom
http://kngee.blogspot.com/
EYELEVEL BQE
364 leonard street
brooklyn, ny 11211
EVENT DATES:
06 / 27 /2010 to from 12pm – 8pm
EVENT DESCRIPTION & DETAILS
Eyelevel and Outlier will both be hosting a daytime reception for Liubo Borissov’s Crowdsource,
and the welcoming of a special garment by Outlier Tailored Performance to be released in June.
CROWDSOURCE
A solo show with Liubo Borissov
Our lives are constantly watched by machines. Sometimes we take part in this show willingly, sometimes there is a human face on the other end, but more often than not we perform solely for the entertainment of databases voyeuristically collecting bits of our souls. This is the medium from which the works presented in Crowdsource are made — the electronic trails left by unsuspecting participants.
About Liubo
Liubo Borissov a multimedia artist that lives and work in New York. In his works, he explores the interface between art, science and technology. Liubo is an associate professor at Pratt Institute’s Department of Digital Arts. He received baccalaureate degrees in Mathematics and Physics from Caltech and a doctorate in Physics from Columbia, where he also studied electro-acoustic music at the Columbia University Computer Music Center. He holds a masters in Interactive Telecommunications from NYU’s Tisch School, where he was a Global Vilar Fellow in the performing arts. He has taught at Harvestworks, Parsons School of Design and the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
MUSIC PERFORMANCES by:
There is an early performance in the works with
Live Footage
http://www.livefootagebrooklyn.com/?page_id=640
Live footage is a Brooklyn based electronic duo consisting of Topu Lyo and Mike Thies. Topu plays cello incorporating the use of live loops and a bunch of electronics with no pre-recorded samples of any kind. Mike plays drums and keyboards often looping as well. They have been playing together for about 3 years now, but only since November 2008 has Live Footage actually become a band. The name derives from the numerous suggestions that their sound is “cinematic”, and the lively use of their feet for effects pedals.
Confirmed performances by:
PARTY OF VIRGINS
Lead singer Vera of Party Of Virgins was a music prodigy in piano & composition from age 3-6. Then gave up music till early 20’s. Now she’s picking it back up on guitar & voice inducing her love of art school, books & special quests into her music.
CAMEL ART SPACE
722 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
camelartspace@gmail.com
EVENT DATES:
06/04/2010 – 06/27/2010
EVENT DESCRIPTION & DETAILS
Presents:
• Drawing of the Year •
June 4 – June 27, 2010
Weekends only: 12 – 6 pm or by appointment
Opening reception: June 4th, 6pm – 10pm
Music: Squirrel Biscuit
Location: 722 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11237
Directions: L – train to Graham Avenue [map]
• Drawing of the Year • is an exhibition comprised of works on paper by all the artists that have shown at Camel over the past year; a year in review if you will. The works in show are ‘drawing/printmaking/photography’ related, but this theme has also been interpreted more loosely, taken more liberal towards whatever means lied within the artist’s methodology. Simultaneously will this be a celebratory event to toast to the anniversary of Camel Art Space.
Participating Artists include: Sarah McDougald Kohn • Ben Needham • Sam Martineau • Chris McGee • Tiana Peterson
• Lance Lankford • Peter Lapsley • Matthew Murphy • Nick van Woert • Hilary Doyle • Maria Kondratiev • Julie Torres • Elisa Velazquez • Chris Martin • Maria Walker • Christine Rogers • Nora Griffin • Rachel Salamone • Carl Gunhouse • Thom Marquet • Lauren Portada • Catherine Stack • Jeremy Roby • Chris Burnside • Nathan Gelgud • Alisa Ochoa • James Woodward • Enrico Gomez • Colm Feehan • Chris Rawson • Jessica Smith • Reid Hitt • Fred Spadafora • Connie Golden • Jeff Burdian • Helena Wurzel • Yuliya Lalina • Erin Shafkind • Brian Buckley • Millie Falcaro • Bryan Graf • Julia Colavita • Adam Taye • Jessica Witkin
Camel Art Space is an Artist operated exhibition Space with a focus on current issues in art within a not for profit work frame, is an affiliate member of Williamsburg Gallery Association and is participating in 2:nd Friday Art Walk.
CAUSEY CONTEMPORARY
EVENT DATES:
6 / 18 /10 to 7 / 12 /10
EVENT DESCRIPTION & DETAILS
Astridland Fashion Show – June 25th 6-8pm
Causey Contemporary will be hosting a special event in conjunction with Astrid Brucker of Astridland fashions on
June 25 from 6-8pm. After receiving acclaim dressing some of our most influential international celebrities & starlets
including Eva Mendes, Lauren Hutton, Faye Dunaway, Bebe Neuwirth, and Scarlett Johansson incorporating elegance, class,
and originality, Astrid Brucker started designing her own line of unique and immensely popular dresses and accessories
which include fabulous handbags, terrific scarves, and stunning jewelr
Astridland is an eclectic cultural and social mix influenced by different time periods as the epitome of modern chic. The
clothes are perfect for every day or elegant evening wear. The collection’s inspiration seamlessly blends the edginess
and energy of New York City with steadfast manufacturing traditions and a stylish modern twist.
In addition Causey Contemporary will be featuring two solo debut exhibitions:
Frozen and Filtered featuring Sonjie Feliciano Solomon’s organza sculptures and paintings as well as Phantasm featuring
Amanda Dow Thompson’s graphite and charcoal drawings.
The public is invited to attend this event and visit the gallery during regular hours, Wed – Frit 11 am – 6 pm, Sat & Sun 12 – 6 pm and Mon 9 am to 5 pm.
Frozen and Filtered | Sonjie Feliciano Solomon
“Frozen and Filtered” will feature Ms. Feliciano Solomon’s ethereal organza sculptures, mirrored wall pieces, and enamel paintings. The
organza constructions, which are the centerpiece of the exhibition, integrate mathematical principles and artistic insight. These delicate
wonders, designed to collapse into small packages, create an atmosphere of calm and tranquility by capturing and diffusing light, and
appear to defy gravity. All of her work is inspired by natural elements and fleeting events, such as sunlight breaking through clouds, fog
rolling over hills and reflections on water, but fabricated using man-made materials and computer-aided design. Sonjie isolates and
simulates natural phenomena and recreates the universal feeling of wonder on a very basic level.
In.
Phantasm/ Amanda Dow Thomspon
Phantasm Amanda Dow Thompson continues to explore the relationship between reality and illusion. Playing with the
contradictory themes of identity, individuality and conformance, the drawings reference transient, translucent marks first made by solid
objects. Glimpses that flicker, spin and dissolve, whisper or shriek according to light, time and the viewer’s perspective. There is a sense of
metamorphosis; as pieces which start as replication, spare and unadorned, begin to flesh out in layer, abundance and color. With
obsessive repetition, and as the lines between positive and negative blur, drawings take on personalities of their own and are yet tied to
their original form. The pieces, hung together, begin to tell a story; each image a phase in the journey of the whole. The subject matter
appears to disintegrate, char, melt, freeze, or decay. But as the work struggles through the elements, it emerges, fresh, vibrant and
melodious, and one is reminded not only of vulnerability but also of resilience. The images breathe, sing and soar in a celebration of our
capacity for resourcefulness, for reinvention and for reviviscence.
For More information contact Causey Contemporary at 718 218 8939
PARKER’S BOX
193 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
EVENT DATES:
June 4 – June 27, 2010
EVENT DESCRIPTION & DETAILS
Rob List Performances
JUNE 4 -27, 2010
Rob List with Melissa Cisneros, Diego Gil, Constance Neuenschwander, Olivia Reschovsky, Tjebbe Roelofs,
and David Weber-Krebs
Parker’s Box is delighted to announce a collaborative, interactive, performance project by Amsterdam-based artist, Rob List.
Rob List’s performance work has enjoyed a constant international presence since the early nineteen-eighties despite the fact that his practice has remained particularly difficult to categorize.
The work has often been seen as both primitive and minimal, in that in most of List’s works he actively seeks to avoid the “representation of human experience”, wanting instead to create a “source of it”. With this stated intention, while technically his pieces involve elements or suggestions of minimalist theater, dance and mime, his energy is primarily invested in a reflection on the relationship between forms and the space they inhabit. In this way, Rob List’s performances seek to engage the spectator in a direct experience of the space they are sharing with the performer(s), free of representation or narrative, and concentrating simply on stimulating our awareness of physical presence and the fact that “the world exists because of our perception.”
THU/SUN JUNE 24-27:
ON THE BALCONY 1-4PM
NATURA MORTA 4 and 6PM
ENGRAVE 11PM
Ten Years Hunting – [Part Three]: The Trophy Room
JUNE 4 -27, 2010 in the Showroom
Celebrating our tenth anniversary, Parker’s Box presents the final exhibition of the three part series Ten Years Hunting.
Even before passing through the highly unpredictable mill of transformation that is the contemporary artist’s mind, the hunting trophy is one of the most eccentric of artifacts. In its simplest and most traditional incarnation, the head of a wild animal killed by a hunter, is stuffed and mounted on a shield as a celebration of the hunter’s prowess. On the one hand this age-old tradition, recording an activity with an “aesthetically” presented fragment of itself, could be seen to be close to certain conceptual art practices. On the other hand, preserving bits of dead animals, generally with their eyes fixed wide open in a parody of life, might seem to many to be quite a gruesome, even twisted activity that has little place in today’s supposedly eco-friendly context. This dichotomy made it seem to be of particular interest as a theme to throw out for artists to gnaw on. At the same time, it somehow also seemed to correspond to the attempts made by Parker’s Box since opening in the late Spring of 2000, to hunt down and exhibit challenging and inventive art-work that would hopefully surprise, delight and stimulate the spectator.
For more information visit www.parkersbox.com.
FIGUREWORKS
EVENT DATES:
6 / 27 / 10 to 6 / 27 / 10
4PM
EVENT DESCRIPTION & DETAILS
Special Event: 6/27/10 – Sunday, 4PM – Bedford Avenue. Figureworks will host Opera on Tap
Opera on Tap will be performing at 4PM on Bedford Avenue with Figureworks artist Meridith McNeal’s “Les Contes d’Hoffman” sheet music dress.
Founded in 2005 Opera on Tap performs as many as 6 times every month to large audiences at various alternative venues for classical music and is a national organization with Chapters in New Orleans, Chicago, Atlanta, and Ann Arbor.
June 11 – August 1, 2010
Current Exhibition at Figureworks
“Influences”
Randall Harris is the founder and director of Figureworks. He opened the gallery in 2000 with a solo exhibition of his works on paper and has rarely exhibited in the gallery since then. This exhibition pays homage to a few who continue to influence Harris’ personal direction and style. Drawings from Figureworks 20th century collection are displayed with Harris’ figure studies, which were created in Figureworks weekly life drawing group.
Artists include:
Randall Harris (b.1960)
with
Leonard Baskin (1922 – 2000)
William Gropper (1897 – 1977)
Joseph Hirsch (1910 – 1981)
Morris Kantor (1896 – 1974)
Rico LeBrun (1900 – 1964)
Ruben Nakien (1897 – 1986)
George Tooker (b.1920)
Figureworks is located at 168 N. 6th St., Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211, one block from the Bedford Avenue “L” train. The gallery is open to the public Friday, Saturday, Sunday from 1-6 PM and is dedicated to exhibiting contemporary and 20th century fine art of the human form.For more information please call 718-486-7021 or visit us online at www.figureworks.com
LIKE THE SPICE GALLERY
224 Roebling Street Brooklyn, NY, 11211
www.likethespice.com
EVENT DATES:
June 25: Artist’s Dinner 8-10 PM:– Dinner with artists: Figures Ates
June 26: Special Musical Performances: 8–10 PM
June 27: Performance Artist Kristin Muir: 5 PM
Hours during Northside Fesitval : Regular Gallery Hours (12-7pm) plus extended hours for performances.
EVENT DESCRIPTION & DETAILS
Here at the Like the Spice Gallery we are super excited about all the great upcoming events we are hosting for the Northside Festival.
On Friday the 25th from 8 to 10pm we are pleased to be having a dinner from our monthly dinner series to celebrate the opening Marked:A Show of Figure. Come meet artists Jenny Morgan, Reuben Negron, and Chino Amobi and hear them talk about their work and Enjoy a summer evening over dinner and fine art – RSPV to the Figure Ates dinner required.
Continue the weekend of art, festivities, music, and film with Like the Spice on Saturday. Come see the Dan Peck Trio, Grasshopper, and Drunk Decade perform 8- 10 PM.
On Sunday we look forward to a great closing performance by performance artist Krista Muir at 5 pm.
During the day on Saturday and Sunday we will be open regular hours (12-7) and extended hours for performances.
The Dan Peck Trio is comprised of Dan Peck (tuba, compositions), Tom Blancarte (double-bass), and Brian Osborne (percussion). Formed in 2008, the group focuses on improvisation and Dan’s compositions. The trio functions as a tuba-fronted ensemble, but there is equal emphasis on a blending together of the bass instruments, creating an atmosphere of dark frequencies. The sound of the Trio spans from landscapes of near-silence to massive and apocalyptic sound sculptures. Dan’s through-composed pieces for the group exploit the lowest possible sounds and harmonies on their instruments, and are heavily inspired by Doom metal.
Grasshopper is Jesse DeRosa and Josh Millrod’s behemoth answer to “jazz infused” experimental electronic music. Using trumpets, EVI, and a modest amount of electronics the duo warp classical and traditional instrument sound sources into otherworldly drones and peaking waves of pulsating electric mire. Grasshopper has shared stages with the likes of Graveyards, John Wiese, Noveller, Ducktails, Nonhorse, Ghost Moth, John Fell Ryan, Grey Skull, Theo Angell and Telecult Powers among others. The two have performed in classical ensembles across the U.S. as well as in Canada, Western Europe, Scandinavia, and Africa
While not obliging their duties with Sharks With Wings, running labels, doing radio, touring and releasing collections of found answering machine tapes, Marc Zajack & Michael Barker also perform as Drunk Decade. Using homemade / modified electronics and effects pedals, a circuit bent drum machine, a Monome controller, tapes, guitars and voice to create hyperkinetic ADHD infused music.
Krista Muir’s music is inspired by faraway places and people. Picking and strumming her baritone ukulele, Muir reflects the rich tradition of folk artists such as Joni Mitchell and Bobbie Gentry while being inspired by Greek Rembetika and French Chanson styles.
5/23- 6/6 Member Highlights!
Friday May 28th,
Parkers Box
Ten Years Hunting[The Trophy Room]
Peter Paul Rubens, Tiger Hunt, c. 1616, courtesy of Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes, France; photo: Adélaïde Beaudouin
Opening Reception: Friday, May 28, 6-9pm
Celebrating their tenth anniversary, Parker’s Box is delighted to announce the final exhibition of the three part series Ten Years Hunting.
May 28 – 30, 2010
And through June 27, 2010 in the Showroom
Pierogi
Sarah Walker
Edge of Everywhere
28 May – 27 June, 2010
Opening: Friday, 28 May. 7-9pm
Step Well, 2010, Acrylic on Panel, 26 x 28 inches
Pierogi is pleased to present an exhibition of recent paintings by Sarah Walker. In this new series, Walker continues to develop her highly active and dense surfaces, this time primarily on panel rather than paper. Structures found within technology, the sciences, nature and architecture provide the internal organization and logic for her paintings, which work to visually organize information.
Momenta Art
Conrad Ventur
Screen Tests Revisited
May 28th through June 28, 2010
Reception: Friday, May 28th, 7-9 pm
Gallery hours: Friday through Monday, 12-6
Like The Spice
4th Anniversary Weekend June 5th – June 6th, 2010
Guess Who's Turning Four??? June 5th, 8pm - 10pm: 4th Anniversary Party June 6th, 1pm - 6pm: 4th Anniversary Hangover Brunch
We’ve variagated and synasthized. We’ve forced the issue and put it there. We’ve faded, crystalized, abraised, and even gotten dirty. So it doesn’t matter to us if you were there at the beginning or if you just found us yesterday, you’re still part of the reason that Like the Spice has made it all the way to the grand old age of four. How could we have a birthday party without you?
3/15-3/21 Member Highlights!
Causey Contemporary
Wall Flowers, Grand Opening of new gallery space March 19th at 92 Wythe Ave. Sculptures by Norman Mooney, March 18 – April 14.
Opening: Friday March 19, 6-9 pm.
Wall Flowers marks Norman Mooney’s first adventures in color sculpture having previously worked only in grays, blacks and whites. Wallflower no. 1 measuring six feet in diameter is an explosion of pollen yellows. The piece consists of over 500 aluminum castings all projecting outward four feet off the wall. Another larger wall flower in crimson resin having a diameter of 6-7 feet will also be a part of the exhibition. While both sculptures quite literally reference the stamin of flowers, they also hint at the large scale of cosmic stars exploding into space or the microscopic growth of atomic particles.
In addition to the wall flowers, Mooney’s exhibition will include the three final windseeds from a group of six he has executed. The first three such sculptures are in the permanent collection of Richard and Helen DeVos in Michigan, founders of Amway International. While like the wall flowers executed in cast aluminum, these white eight foot diameter sculptures seem light enough to move in a breeze and have been liked to dandelion seeds among other natural objects.
In both styles of sculpture, Mooney is inspired by his larger experience of the natural world and his attempt to understand the joy, wonder and beauty one experiences when feeling the first rays of the sun on your face in the morning, the explosion of color bursting from a flower or the etherealness of seeds floating on the wind. Formally, Mooney hopes to challenge the viewer to evaluate their place in the natural world and to engage them in a larger intuited reality.
Like the Spice Gallery
www.likethespice.com
Saturday, March 20th: Monthly Dinner Series: The Worlds We Ate 8:00pm RSVP Required! Click here to RSVP!
You mean the world to us. So let us treat you right! Join us on Saturday, March 20th for The Worlds We Ate, a meal that orbits our latest group show, The World We Live In, The Worlds We Create.
Our dinners always offer you a night that’s positively soaked in art, as well as food. As you dine you’ll enjoy a discussion with some of the artists behind the the show. Some old favorites, some exciting newcomers, but plenty of great conversation. Think of it as a chance to get to know them all a little better.
Served family style in the gallery itself, our dinner series is designed to let you enjoy a scrumptious meal while having a thoughtful conversation with strangers. Let yourself be inspired together by the beautiful work covering our walls. Just $45 per person covers dinner, drinks and entertainment. Dinner is served at 8:00pm.
Reservations Required!
Make your reservations before Thursday, March 18th.
Use the Paypal link above and reserve your space, or contact us
at 718.388.5388 or via our email address info@likethespice.com
Reservations required!
AND IN THE PRESS LATELY:
WhiteWall Magazine:
Brooklyn Night: Unidentified Living Objects
Armory Arts Week will host a night in Brooklyn tomorrow, Saturday, March 6. All Williamsburg Gallery Association galleries will be open after hours – from 6PM to 11PM. One of those galleries will be Parker’s Box, with a new show entitled “Unidentified Living Objects” that we are sure will be worth the quick trip on the L. The exhibition is curated by Hélianthe Bourdeaux-Maurin and features artists Pierre Ardouvin, Edith Dekyndt, and Gereon Lepper. The three works selected tap into the idea that after spending some time with certain art pieces, they can begin to take on a life and mind of their own. We spoke with Bourdeaux-Maurin about the inspiration for “Unidentified Living Objects” and the Williamsburg gallery community.
A chill Every Second Friday in Williamsburg, come walk with us!
This friday many of our galleries are still recovering from the madness of the Armory show. Still we open with excitement and many events all over the burg, showing you the art behind the art! Take a little walk with us, event to event, as we start at the Bedford L and lead you through the posted happenings of the night. Make sure though you stop at you favorite galleries , since we will all be open until 9! Start your walk south on Bedford street, make a right onto Metropolitan, and a left onto Wythe. Head south till you reach Broadway and make a right. Pandemic Gallery is one block down between Wythe and Kent! 
Pandemic Gallery located at 37 Broadway will open “STOKENPHOBIA” tonight from 7-11pm, featuring Drawings By: GOREB and Hand-Painted signs by Abe. Lincoln Jr., Armer, Avoid, Becki Fuller, Buildmore, Cahbasm, Celso, Chris RWK, Chris Campisi, Darkcloud, Deuce7, Dickchicken, Dirty Deeks, Droid, Enamel Kingdom, Egg Yolk, Faro, Infinity, Keely, LA2, Luna Park, Matt Bixby, Matt Siren, Mikey40, Moody, Morgan Thomas, Nate Hall, NohjColey, Paper Monster, Plasma slugs, Royce Bannon, Sadue, Shai Dahan, Stikman, Skewville, Ski, Swampy, Tony Bones, Veng RWK, Wolf Tits, Wrona, UFO, 2esae, and more.
Lets leave Pandemic and get back onto Broadway heading away from the water. Make a left onto Driggs, walk under the Williamsburg bridge and make a right onto s3rd street. Make one more left onto Roebling Street, and between S3rd & S2nd will be Like the Spice Gallery , 224 Roebling Street.
The World We Live In, The Worlds We Create at LIke the Spice Gallery opens tonight March 12th and runs through
April 4th 2010. Tonights event is 6:30pm – 10:00pm, their Monthly Dinner Series: The Worlds We Ate is on Saturday March 20th 8:00pm – 10pm RSVP Required! Click here to RSVP! The World We Live In, The Worlds We Create, is a sculptural experience and group exhibition curated by Marisa Sage and featuring the work of Langdon Graves, Misako Inaoka, Patrick Jacobs, Matthew Northridge, Diana Puntar, R. Justin Stewart, and Jessica Stoller.
Walk carefully out of LIke the Spice, as not to knock over a sculpture, and head north on Roebling back to Metropolitan Ave where you will make a right and head east. Camel Art Space is a few blocks down!
Opening tonight at Camel is Lonely Fire a group exhibition of new work by visual artists Chris Burnside, Tania Cross, Nathan Gelgud, Sam Martineau, Ben Needham, Alisa Ochoa, Adam Taye, James Woodward, Enrico Gomez, a.o.
The exhibition borrows its name from the epic Miles Davis track from the -Bitches Brew Sessions-, recorded between 1969-1970, and will explore the concepts of the deification of the modern male athlete, spirituality, local tradition and the road to victory.
Well there ends the guided tour. Hopefully you will checked out our other WGA galleries and affilitae members on the way. We will see you next month on Every Second Friday!
Also, Saturday our long time friend and partner WAGMAG is having their annual benifit! Please support them, you will get a great piece of art out of it!
5TH ANNUAL WAGMAG BENEFIT RAFFLE 2010
Advanced Viewing Thursday March 4th from 6-8pm during the DUMBO First Thursday event.
March 5-7, from 1-6pm; March 12, from 1-6pm and March 13, from 1-4pm
Reception and Raffle of work March 13th, from 6-8pm
Where 81 Front Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn.
Advanced raffle tickets – $175
Tickets purchased after March 10th – $200
Admission to reception without a raffle ticket is $10
Each raffle ticket guarantees an artwork. Artwork will be selected on the benefit evening by a raffle-style drawing.
All proceeds will go towards the operation and production of WAGMAG. Your donation helps us continue and we appreciate your support!
CLICK HERE to preview the work available (opens a new window)
Tickets can be purchased using PayPal:
Tickets purchased online will be held at the gallery until the evening of the benefit.
Armory Arts Week Williamsburg Night, March 6th 2010!
It is finally upon us. Armory Arts Week is so close, and with the Armory show in Manhattan we in Brooklyn cannot wait to host the myriad spectacular events on Saturday, March 6th from 6-10pm. That’s right Ladies and Gentlemen, another wonderful Armory Arts Week Brooklyn Night! An evening when the Brooklyn art scene dons its best hat to ensure a mesmerizing experience in homage of this great event. Don’t get us wrong, Brooklyn always puts its best face forward, but Armory is an excuse to get fancy and really party. Read further for details of the special events in Brooklyn hosted by participating WGA member galleries and associates. Pick out some fancy duds, mark your iCal, and save the date for an extra-attractive someone for one of this year’s most pressing social engagements.
Like the Spice will host an interactive installation from artist Nora Herting:Free Sitting. Nora will set up a portable photo studio outside, and anyone who wishes to sit for her—and be both captivated and captured by her camera technique—may do so.
‘Just Words’ at ART 101, will exhibit new work by Peter Scibetta along with a special live performance by Koning’s Blauw. Baby Copperhead will take time out from his February residency at Pete’s Candy Store to bring his banjo picking. Music will be interspersed throughout the evening and, of course there will be refreshments.
Slate Gallery presents Miriam Cabessa’s ‘79,’ her new series of gold paintings that explore the symbolic and formal properties of gold—a material that connotes security, greed and aesthetic pleasure. The closure reception begins at 6pm, with an Artist Talk at 8pm, and a Gold Party at 9pm.
Capricious Space will host Emmeline de Mooiij’s ‘Muddy’ launch from 7-10pm, as well as the artist’s site-specific installation pieces with photography, collage and screen-printing.
Eyelevel BQE and Mexico City’s Antena Estudio present ‘Let Me Introduce You,’ the work of Antena’s founders Andres Basurto and Laura Ortiz from 7-10pm.
If you are looking for a good puzzle, from 7-9pm, Momenta Art will open ‘The Arbitrariness of Signs,’ a group exhibition of small and large works—paintings, sculptures, drawings, collages and other things, that pay homage to a moment in painting’s history when realism gave way to abstraction. The show will function as an experiment in content production, and is intended to be read as a word puzzle.
Parker’s Box presents ‘Unidentified Living Objects’ from 6-11pm, a show designed to question the soul behind a painting and other inanimate objects, and how they have a personality all of their own. A trip down a road that runs deep… an absolute must if you’ve been looking to indulge your intellect.
Later on at Pierogi’s project space The Boiler, Brian Conley will perform live with his work ‘Miniature War In Iraq… and no Afghanistan’ from 9-11pm. The installation itself presents the original game-table as it stood after the final Las Vegas game. The diorama will be rebuilt, and members of the East Coast Historical Gaming Miniatures Society will begin a new game.
Pandemic Gallery will host the closure party from 6-10pm for ‘Unweaving the Rainbow,’ with new works from Adam Payne and David Pappaceno. These two artists are well-known for conceptual works and finely detailed paintings.
Front Room Gallery is pleased to present, “Space of Mind, works on paper” a three artist exhibition of the medium, including works by Thomas Broadbent, Emily Roz and Patricia Smith.
Williamsburg Armory Event: Saturday, March 6th, 7-midnight
After the galleries close and the performances are over and the art is sold there’s only one place to go, the Armory/Williamsburg Gallery Association official After Party and RAW Mag Launch party at the Hope Lounge, 10 Hope Street (just around the corner from the Roebling Tea Room). Great drink specials ($5 Absolute Drinks $4 Beer Pints $3 Bottles), great DJs and great company. Find out what you missed, compare what you liked and what you hated and most of all – get a copy of the WGA RAW Guide – THE definitive guide to the Galleries and Art spaces in WIlliamsburg in 2010. The RAW Mag has photos and descriptions of the galleries as well as maps that show you how to find every single hot spot in the ‘Burg.
See you there: 10 Hope Street, 1 block from Metropolitan and Roebling, 10:30 til whenever
So grab a hot-off-the-press RAW guide, the definitive WGA handbook to Williamsburg’s art scene, and join us on Saturday March 6th for amazing exhibitions, performances, and more!
Please write to msagewga@gmail.com if you have any questions or comments.
This 2nd Friday shapes up to be a blast in Williamsburg!
THE BOILER, 7-10
SECRET PROJECT ROBOT, 9pm
–WILLIAMSBURG EVERY SECOND FRIDAY–, 7-9
ALICE CHILTON GRACE GALLERY, 7-9
CINDERS, 7-10
CAMEL ART SPACE, 6-9
PIEROGI, 7-9
LIKE THE SPICE, 6:30-9:00
CAUSEY CONTEMPORARY, 6-9 pm
Figureworks Gallery:
This Friday evening join figureworks for a glass of wine as Meridith and I celebrate
Williamsburg Every 2nd when all Williamsburg galleries extend hours until 9pm
Meridith McNeal
In the Footsteps of the Starry Messenger
January 8 – February 21, 2010
Includes over 40 nib pen and ink drawings painted in watercolor, ranging from 7 inches to 7 feet, and is inspired by a seminal scientific event that changed the course of history.
Camel Art Space presents:
- Distimacy -
February 12th – 28th 2010
Weekends only: 12 – 6 pm or by appointment
Opening reception: February 12th, 6 – 9 pm
Music by: Squirrel Biscuit (Candace Miller of Fall of Another Year)
Location: 722 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11237
Directions: L – train to Graham Avenue [map]
Distance and intimacy offer a range of perspectives toward viewing a work of art. Many times proposed intimacy can invite an uncomfortable response of distance from one party or another not wanting the responsibility intimacy needs. The works in this exhibition on one level or another engages distance and intimacy, while occasionally embodying both. In all of these works distance is what we have when we come to the work, intimacy is what we give to it by participating in it and internalizing it. All of this takes place in space, through the eyes, and in the mind.
The artists in this show deploy their visions within this field and bring to it a range of ideas about perception, meaning, content and form. This diversity is intended as is a challenge to a superficial grouping of appearances. ~M.M.
Artists: Matthew Murphy, Catherine Stack, Corrine Kamiya, Tim Bearse, Jeremy Roby,
Curated by: Matthew Murphy, Catherine Stack
Like the Spice Gallery Presents:
Jason Bryant and David Mramor
featuring new work and new performance art!
Come join us on February 12th for this fantastic 2nd Friday event. Really, we’ll have everything. Upstairs you’ll be enjoying the work of Bennett Morris, the artist behind our current show, Climate Untamed. Take moment to mingle and check out the mix of painting, sculpture and photography that each of Bennett’s pieces has to offer.
Then it’s a short walk downstairs to see the new work of Jason Bryant. We’ve given you a taste of the new piece above, but we’re keeping the whole thing a secret you’ll have to discover in person. You’ll also get a chance to say hi to Jason in person, and maybe ask a few questions about his piece. And… dare we say it? Well, no, we don’t dare. We can’t commit to it just yet, but maybe, just maybe, we’ll have an extra surprise waiting for you as well…
But don’t think that’s all you’ll be getting. Upstairs, you’ll be able to enjoy perfomance art from Enid Allen, the alter-ego of artist David Mramor. Enid’s joined us once before (click here to check out our blog post about it) and it really brought the house down. If you were a fan of David’s recent show, you’ve got to be here.
Causey Contemporary presents:
All After All Before, Paintings by Magnolia Laurie. Feb 11th – March 15th.
Opening: Friday February 12, 6-9 pm.
Pierogi Presents:
Opening Friday, 12 February (7-9P)
KIM JONES Venice High
Opening Friday, 12 February (7-10P) at The Boiler | BRIAN CONLEY
Miniature War in Iraq…and now Afghanistan
Tonight!! 1/8/10 2nd Friday in Williamsburg
Williamsburg tonight!
1.8.10
the williamsburg gallery association presents…
every 2nd friday
galleries open late, 6-9 pm
check listings for special events
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CINDERS, 7-10
FRONT ROOM, 7-9
FIGUREWORKS, 6-9
CAMEL ART SPACE, 6-9
JACK THE PELICAN
PARKERS BOX, 6-9
PIEROGI, 7-9
LIKE THE SPICE, 6:30-10
CAUSEY CONTEMPORARY
–WILLIAMSBURG EVERY SECOND FRIDAY–, 7-9
ARTBREAK GALLERY, 6-10
FLEETWING GALLERY, 6-9
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“In Williamsburg” at Fleetwing Gallery
curated by Joel Adas with dj set by Patron
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williamsburg + bushwick
11.13.09
the williamsburg gallery association presents…
every 2nd friday
galleries open late, 6-9 pm
check listings for special events
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participating galleries:
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art 101
artbreak
capricious space
causey contemporary (formerly ch’I contemporary fine art)
figureworks
fleetwing
front room
gitana rosa
jack the pelican presents
like the spice
momenta
nurtureart
parker’s box
pierogi
slate gallery
the boiler
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participating affiliates
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camel art space
charlie horse
eyelevel bqe
lumenhouse
space on dobbin
spread art
WGA members featured in New York Magazine
Williamsburg galleries Camel Art Space, Capricious Space, Eyelevel BQE, Horse Trader and The Boiler were highlighted in an Oct. 4 article in New York Magazine, which profiled 25 galleries city-wide that have opened in the last 2 years.
See Here Now. Three art-rich neighborhoods, 25 galleries. By Rachel Wolff.