Recent 20x200 edition-maker Scott Listfield, whose work will appear in a group show later this month at Jen Bekman Gallery, is included in icons + altars, a group benefit show opening TONIGHT (Friday) at the New Art Center in Newton, MA.

icons + altars features work by 106 regional artists who have created work specially for this exhibition + sale to benefit the New Art Center. Artists respond to the themes of "icons" + "altars" in many media including painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, ceramics, + sculpture.

Scott's painting, 7 Eleven (above), is instantly recognizable for its irreverent humor and juxtaposition of the surreal and banal. The painting, along with the other 105 pieces in the show, will be sold using a ticket system for $250 a piece. The money raised will benefit The Center's public arts education programs.

If you can't make it out to the opening tomorrow night, or to the show which runs through December 13th, you can still check out a selection of work from the show online.

Prints of Scott's edition Waiting Dangerously in Rio, are available from 20x200 in all sizes!

icons + altars
New Art Center
61 Washington Park, Newtonville , MA

On View: November 13 - December 13, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, November 13, 6-8pm

Untitled by Jason Polan

Jason Polan, artist and illustrator extraordinaire with eight (yes, 8!) editions on 20x200 has a show opening at Lump Gallery/Projects in North Carolina this Friday, November 6th.

Jason writes,

Please Trust Me is an exhibition of all different things. The source material ranges from comic book panels, to pages from LIFE Magazine, to notes found on the street. There are particular shapes, lines, letters and texts that I like and want to show to you.

Please Trust Me
Opening reception: Friday, November 6th, 7–10 p.m.
Lump Gallery/Projects
505 S. Blount Street
Raleigh, NC 27601

The exhibition will be accompanied by the release of a new book and will remain on view through November 28, 2009.

Can't make it? Don't worry! Jason's prints of birds, people, hands, insects, sea creatures, dinosaurs, and rocks are all waiting for you at 20x200!

Untitled by Kurt Tong

New work from a series titled In Case it Rains in Heaven by two-time 20x200 edition-maker and 2009 First Edition Hot Shot Kurt Tong opens next Thursday at Fotofest in Houston. The group exhibition International Discoveries II features 18 images and a video by Kurt and will be the first public showing of these works documenting folded paper funerary gifts from China, such as the paper roller skates above. The series was also recently awarded second runner-up honors in the editorial category of the Photography.Book.Now competition (where another one of his series, People's Park took the grand prize). Of In Case it Rains in Heaven, Kurt writes,

Traditionally, many Chinese believe that when a person dies, he leaves with no earthly possessions and it's up to their descendants to provide for them in their afterlife until reincarnation.

In the last 50 years, more and more elaborate items are made out of paper as offerings for the dead. Cars, servants and houses were common sights at funerals. As consumer culture takes over China, Joss products have become more and more outrageous. While this practice is officially banned in China, it has always been tolerated.

If you're in Houston, don't miss the chance to check out work by Kurt and the other five international artists who are "being featured by FotoFest as outstanding ‘discoveries’ in the world of contemporary photography."

International Discoveries II
Fotofest
November 5–December 19, 2009
Houston, Texas
1113 Vine Street, Houston, Texas, USA

For more information, see the press release (pdf) and check out Kurt's work online.

Kurt's 20x200 editions, RAF Vulcan XL-361 and Gosling Lake, are both available in all sizes from 20x200.

Ciao collectors! Images and words have a symbiotic relationship which Ms. Jen Bekman intimately understands. Her visual and poetic memory is keen as she entwines the two on her blog, Personism. The above image by Penelope Umbrico, Suns from Flickr, reminded Jen of a poem by Mark Strand:

Luminism

And though it was brief, and slight, and nothing
To have been held onto so long, I remember it,
As if it had come from within, one of the scenes
The mind sets for itself, night after night, only
To part from, quickly and without warning. Sunlight
Flooded the valley floor and blazed on the town’s
Westward facing windows. The streets shimmered like rivers,
And trees, bushes, and clouds were caught in the spill,
And nothing was spared, not the couch we sat on,
Nor the rugs, nor our friends, staring off into space.
Everything drowned in the golden fire. Then Philip
Put down his glass and said: “This hand is just one
In an infinite series of hands. Imagine.”
And that was it. The evening dimmed and darkened
Until the western rim of the sky took on
The purple look of a bruise, and everyone stood
And said what a great sunset it had been. This was a while ago,
And it was remarkable, but something else happened then—
A cry, almost beyond our hearing, rose and rose,
As if across time, to touch us as nothing else would,
And so lightly we might live out our lives and not know.
I had no idea what it meant until now.

Penelope will be showing new work a group exhibition, Between Spaces, opening at P.S.1 this Sunday, November 1st.

From the press release:

Adopting the role of alchemist, the artists in Between Spaces reform and shift the aesthetic and cultural connotations of their materials. Notions of presence and absence are highlighted, evoking the space in between.

Between Spaces will remain on view through April 5, 2010.

Between Spaces
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
22-25 Jackson Ave | Long Island City, NY

Pick up Penelope's prints, including one to benefit Aperture on 20x200.
See more of Penelope's work on her site.
Follow Jen's poetic Paired series on Personism.

Lisa Congdon, 20x200 edition-maker and co-owner of Rare Device, one of our very favorite San Francisco stores, will be exhibiting her work in the gallery area of the shop. Lisa and Amy Ruppel will share the space, paying homage to the "cloven hoofed, horned, furry" animals of the family Bovidae.

Both Amy and Lisa have chosen five different Bovids to articulate in their own styles, including the Yak, Duiker, Bongo and Chamois. Not to be limited to the 2-D, the installation will also include horns, antlers and a fake fur chandelier.

GENTLY BY THE HORNS: NEW WORK BY AMY RUPPEL AND LISA CONGDON
Opening: Friday, November 6, 2009 7–9 p.m.t
Rare Device
1845 Market Street
San Francisco

Uman by Hosang Park

Howon by Hosang Park

Good Thursday to you, collectors! It's Sara today, with a reprise of editions from 2008 Second Edition Hot Shot and JBG artist, Hosang Park. Jen first introduced you to Howon and Uman back in March, just before Hosang was named an Ultra and slated for a solo show. And now, Hosang's United States debut solo exhibition, A Square, is currently on view at the gallery. The show opened a few short weeks ago and will be closing in just a couple more, on Saturday, November 7th, so if you haven't seen it yet, hurry in!

If you're not a New Yorker, I'll forgive you for not dropping by the gallery but I'd urge you even more to take a closer peek at Hosang's prints—the detail in them is spectacular! One of the greatest hurdles we face at 20x200 is making sure that the artwork translates as well on screen as it does in print. We do our very best but really, it's hard. You're in luck with these editions though; Jeffrey Teuton, the associate director of the gallery, put together a Flickr set of details of all the photographs that are currently on view in A Square for your close-viewing pleasure.

Jeffrey, who is wearing a bow-tie today and feeling jazzy (the rest of the JBP crew is wearing coats inside and feeling cold; the heat is off on this forty-degree day and the super is, ironically, out sick) graciously chimed in with a few words about the prints:

There are so many intricacies and details to be discovered. In Uman, there are paths that have been created by those trying to move quickly and directly through the park. There is no evidence of time to follow the meandering paths; instead, the most straight and direct routes are carved into the ground creating a geometry all their own.

Denying the paved invitation to take a detour, the patrons of Uman have stubbornly refused to let contrived design interfere with their busy lives, much like the NYC citizens with offices around Federal Plaza rebelled against Richard Serra's Tilted Arc, ultimately ruling for its undoing. How we navigate public spaces, it turns out, is a very personal matter.

Sometimes, disuse of parks is the greatest evidence of our tastes and desires. Jeffrey continues on about Howon:

Howon seems to be one of the oldest of all the parks. The bright colors are starting to fade and small signs of neglect creep in. The cracked, uneven ball court, the build up of leaves and fading veneers reflect the forthcoming fates of each of the more polished and newly finished parks: unvisited and unattended.

There is certainly more to these photographs than meets the on-screen eye; we're just skimming the surface! Nicola Twilley went a little further with her examination, Park's Parks over on BLDGBLOG and there is also more about Hosang in this Q & A on the Hey, Hot Shot! blog.

What isn't revealed in that bite-sized interview is that Hosang shares our love for NYC and giant-sized hamburgers, particularly those served, where else, but in a park. If you're also a fan of public spaces, architecture and design, you can meet us at the gallery, next Tuesday, October 20th at 6:00 p.m. for the City Walks Architecture Tour with Alissa Walker. You'll be able to see Hosang's show, get your dose of architecture and indulge in one of our other favorite foods—gelato. Come one, come all!

And my last note: If you're a photographer looking for the best way to gain exposure, support and recognition for your work, then apply to Hey, Hot Shot! You can upload your photos from the comfort of your own home. Youngna gave you the deets yesterday; I just want to make sure you don't leave till tomorrow what you can do today! Time is running out. The competition closes next Friday, October 23rd at 8:00 p.m. EDT.

Swingset, 2008 by Clare Grill

We are pleased to share that 20x200 edition-maker Clare Grill will exhibit work in Relocation, a group show curated by Los Angeles-based painter Aaron Smith at Sloan Fine Art. The opening reception will be held tomorrow evening, October 14 from 6–8 p.m.

Relocation features seven artists' interpretations of traditional landscape vernacular and in addition to Clare will includes the work of Erik Benson, Thomas C. Card, David Jien, Ryan Mrozowski, Marion Peck and Jean-Pierre Roy. The exhibition is on view through November 7, 2009 and the gallery is open Wed–Sunday, noon–6 p.m.

SLOAN FINE ART
Relocation
128 Rivington Street (@ Norfolk)
New York, NY 10002
212.477.1140

Clare's 20x200 editions, Cake and Assignment, are also still available if you'd like to be an collector of the fine paintings of Ms. Grill!

Wish You Well by Gary Petersen

Later this week, edition-maker Gary Petersen will open his studio to the public for three days (Thursday–Saturday) as part of the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts' Open Studios event. From the invite:

Open Studios is an annual event of the EFA Studio Program that provides an opportunity for curators, collectors, dealers, artists, and art lovers to see nearly 70 artists working in Midtown Manhattan in their studio environment.

There will be lots to see, but don't miss the chance to swing by Gary's studio (#403) and see what he's up to.

Squeeze by Gary Petersen

Gary's abstract geometric 20x200 edition Squeeze, (shown above), is still available in all sizes and you can see more of his work online.

Open Studios 2009
The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts
October 15–17, 2009
323 W. 39th St.
New York, NY

Opening Reception: Thursday Oct. 15, 6-10pm
Open Studios: Friday, Oct. 16, 6-9pm
Open Studios: Saturday, Oct. 17, 1-5pm

[See the map for directions.]

Welwitschia Mirabilis #0707-6724 (2,000 years old; Namib Naukluft Desert, Namibia) by Rachel Sussman

Photographer Rachel Sussman is hosting a fundraiser this Tuesday night, September 29th, from 6:00 to 11:00 p.m. at Galapagos in Brooklyn to support her project, The Oldest Living Things in the World. The monies raised will go to subsidize her intended visit to Antarctica where she will, of course, seek to document more old things. I'm told that there will be free Grimaldi's Pizza in addition to the music and live performances.

From the press release:

Join us for an evening of art and entertainment benefiting The Oldest Living Things in the World project. Internationally acclaimed artist Rachel Sussman has been researching, working with biologists, and traveling all over the world to find and photograph continuously living organisms 2,000 years old and older. Sussman, who is fiscally sponsored by the Brooklyn Arts Council, is endeavoring to raise funds for an expedition to the Antarctic Peninsula to photograph 5,000-year-old moss this winter.

Tickets for the benefit can be purchased here. Because Rachel loves 20x200, she has created a discount code for us to get $15 tickets—simply enter 20x200 during checkout or mention 20x200 at the door.

For a full evening of photo-goodness, join team JBP first at White Rabbit at 6:00 p.m. for the Hey, Hot Shot! Confab + Print Trade, then scoot on down to DUMBO to show your love for Rachel and OLTW!

To view Rachel's The Oldest Living Things in The World project visit her website and her blog.

Rachel's 20x200 edition, Towards Christiana (Copenhagen), has only one remaining, so hurry up!

While most of our 20x200 artists call the United States home, a few of our artists live in distant lands, only heading to our familiar shores for short trips. New York is lucky to have 20x200 artist and Hot Shot Donald Weber in town this weekend for his solo show, Russian Archive, at the Alice Austen House on Staten Island.

The exhibition includes the Canadian-born, Ukraine-based artist's most recent documentation of post-Soviet daily life. To catch Donald before he leaves this fair city, you are invited to the opening tomorrow, Saturday, September 26th from 4-6 PM; drinks will be provided by The Bubble Lounge.

Russian Archive
Alice Austen House
2 Hylan Boulevard
Staten Island, NY
find directions here!

Unfortunately, Donald won't be in town for very long and leaves even before our Hey, Hot Shot! Confab + Print Trade next Tuesday. But, he did send over a new image for us to share during the event. Be sure to RSVP to rsvp@heyhotshot.com to make sure you don't miss out!

Two of Donald's editions—Forest. Exclusion Zone, Chernobyl and Dinner. Village of Zorin, Exclusion Zone, Chernobyl—are also still available on 20x200.

Limited-edition food journal by Mark Menjivar & Kate Bingaman-Burt

At 20x200, we love it when we see brilliant artists connecting and collaborating. So, when we got word that for the past few weeks artists Mark Menjivar and Kate Bingaman-Burt have been working together creating a limited-edition food journal to raise money for Janus Youth, an organization in North Portland that creates community gardens with at-risk youth, naturally, we were psyched. The journals can be purchased at Ampersand for $12 or on the blog via Paypal for $13.50; all proceeds will be donated to Janus Youth.

Anesthesiologist | Ft. Worth , TX | 3-Person Household | Youngest son works on lobster boat in Alaska | Day after Thanksgiving, 2007 by Mark Menjivar

This project coincides with Mark's new show, You Are What You Eat, a series of portraits made by examining the interiors of refrigerators, now open at Ampersand in Portland, OR. The photos document three years spent traveling across the US exploring issues of hunger and Mark hopes they will spark a dialogue on human consumption as well as showcase the personality of each individual whose refrigerator he has photographed.

"A refrigerator is both a private and a shared space. One person likened the question, "May I photograph the interior of your fridge?" to asking someone to pose nude for the camera...My hope is that we will think deeply about how we care. How we care for our bodies. How we care for others. And how we care for the land."

Keep your eyes out (and mouths open) for upcoming editions by Mark on 20x200 in the very near future. Several editions by Kate are also still available including: Drawings From July 2009, I Bought All of These, and the very last remaining print from the edition Plattsmouth, Nebraska, Carts #1.

You Are What You Eat
Ampersand
On view through October 25, 2009
2916 NE Alberta Street
Portland, Oregon

Laser Dance Wars by Megan Whitmarsh

Hej collectors! 20x200 artist Megan Whitmarsh recently opened a solo show, Yeti Crystal Rainbow, at Krets Gallery in Malmo, Sweden. Megan is showing new embroidered pieces, soft sculpture and a site-specific wall drawing featuring her unpredictably mischievous Yeti.

From the press release (for our Swedish speaking friends):

Los Angeles-baserade konstnären Megan Whitmarsh arbetar med en rad olika analoga medier för att skapa en optimistisk bild av framtiden inspirerad av Star Wars och trasiga robotar. Hennes verk inkluderar såväl teckningar och animationer som broderier och mjuka skulpturer. Lekfulla färgexplotioner samsas med Darth Vader-figurer, boombox-försedda Yetis, kristaller och bling-bling.

The show will remain on view through October 11th, 2009.

Krets
Kristianstadsgatan 16
214 23 Malmö | Sweden

Megan also has two 20x200 edition prints available for you: Trash Mountain and Color Work Station.

See more of Megan's work on her site.

Within by Gary Petersen

20x200 painter Gary Petersen will have work in an upcoming group show, Color-Time-Space, which opens on Thursday, September 10th and Friday, September 11th. Confused? Well, the exhibition will be held in two galleries, Lohin-Geduld and Janet Kurnatowski. Two galleries means two openings! See details for both below.

Lohin-Geduld Gallery
531 West 25th Street
212-675-2656
Reception: September 10, 5-7pm

Janet Kurnatowski Gallery
205 Norman Ave
Brooklyn, NY
718-383-9380
Reception: September 11, 7-9pm

Gary's 20x200 edition print, Squeeze, is amazingly still available in all three print sizes.

Victor's Table, 2008 by Michelle Arcila

Pull out your calendars and circle Wednesday, September 9th Thursday, September 10th, for on this day from 6–8 p.m. Jen Bekman Gallery will open the Hey, Hot Shot! 2009 First Edition Group Exhibition!

You'll see photographs from:

Michelle Arcila
Daniel Cheek
Mike Sinclair
Parsley Steinweiss
and Kurt Tong

See you there!

Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring Street
(between Elizabeth + Bowery)
New York, New York 10012

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday - Saturday | Noon - 6pm
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 10th, 6pm - 8pm
On View: September 10 through September 19, 2009

Illustration for The New York Times by Jason Polan

I will never tire of singing the praises of Jason Polan. In addition to being terrifically talented, prolific, and sweet, Jason has been generous enough to visit the school I teach at and draw with my 4-year-olds. Given all of the above, it is really no surprise that his talent is winning him acclaim outside of the city. Jason's work is part of a group show, Art-Read, on view at East Hampton's Glenn Horowitz Bookseller. The exhibition was recently reviewed in The East Hampton Star.

Praise was directed at Jason, whose work is used on the cover of the exhibit’s forthcoming catalog and on the invitation card for the show. Jason's text from the card reads like a manifesto:

Artists’ books are like any other medium, a means of conveying art ideas from the artist to the viewer/reader. Unlike most other mediums they are available to all at a low cost. They do not need a special place to be seen. They are not valuable except for the ideas they contain. They contain the material in a sequence which is determined by the artist. (The reader/viewer can read the material in any order but the artist presents it as s/he thinks it should be). Art shows come and go but books stay around for years. They are works themselves, not reproductions of works. Books are the best medium for many artists working today.

Sounds similar to our humble mission: to keep art accessible for all.

Art-Read will continue through September 20th.
Glenn Horowitz Bookseller
87 Newtown Lane
East Hampton, NY

Jason's illustration, above, appeared in The New York Times Op-Art, Thirsting for Fountains.

Color Work Station by Megan Whitmarsh
Choose your print size here

Ciao San Francisco collectors! This one is for you!
Megan Whitmarsh has said that she likes art that is "generous in spirit and amateurish, art that inspires rather than intimidates". This definition could easily be applied to her own unique approach to art making. Miss Whitmarsh will be exhibiting her "generous in spirit" work at Michael Rosenthal Gallery's Annual Biennial next month alongside artists that share Whitmarsh's whimsicality. Bruce Nauman, Cindy Sherman, and James Rosenquist are just a few of the celebrated artists that Whitmarsh will be sharing the stage with.

The show will have an opening reception Saturday, August 1st from 4-9pm.

Annual Biennial
Michael Rosenthal Gallery
365 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA

Megan also has a new book, Yeti Logic available at Spoonbill & Sugartown, or online here.

Megan's two 20x200 edition prints, Trash Mountain and Color Work Station, (featured above) are available to you in all three edition sizes.

Image from Curtis Mann's Modifications series

20x200 photographer Curtis Mann has work up in a small group exhibition in Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Photography. The show, MP3II, is the second series of exhibitions from the Midwest Photographers Project, a "a rotating collection of portfolios by both prominent and emerging photographers from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin".

Mann is exhibiting work from his Modifications series. When asked how he'd like the work to be perceived, he comments:

“I want them to move through the pieces slowly, maybe on different levels. Minimalism from a distance, some odd color on closer inspection, different textures—‘what’s going on here, painting or photography?’ Then they see the more subtle handmade marks, wrinkles, relief of the varnish resist, then details of the original appropriated photograph, then start over with, ‘What is going on here?’ in a larger sense.”

MP3 II: CURTIS MANN, JOHN OPERA, STACIA YEAPANIS
July 17 - September 13, 2009
Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago

Also of note--Mann recently digitized and converted his new work, After the dust when you come over the hill, on his site allowing you to zoom in and inspect the work. It's definitely worth taking a look.

Mann's edition print, Tree Tops, from the series Somewhere in Israel, has only two prints remaining!

Built up, 2008 by Jaclyn Mednicov

Hello LA collectors! This one is for you! Jaclyn Mednicov currently has work up in a two person exhibition at JK Gallery. The work will remain on view through August 29th, with a closing reception on August 21st. If you're in LA, do stop by! And, if you're in NYC tonight, don't miss the Summer Reading opening at Jen Bekman Gallery!

JACLYN MEDNICOV AND ELIZABETH GAHAN
JK Gallery
2632 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
July 11 - August 29, 2009

Jaclyn has two 20x200 edition prints still available Stacked Upon, and Flood.

Untitled by Brian Ulrich

The summer is looking excellent for 20x200 photographer and recent Guggenheim Fellowship winner, Brian Ulrich. Brian recently showed at the The Cleveland Museum of Art and Julie Saul Gallery, and as I type Brian has simultaneous shows of images from his Copia series on view. A solo show, Retail and Dark Stores, at CEPA Gallery in Buffalo, and a group exhibition, Glitz & Grime: Photographs of Times Square, at Yancey Richardson.

Brian will also be in the JBG Summer Show, Summer Reading, opening next Wednesday.

Summer Reading
Group Exhibition
July 15th - August 22nd, 2009
Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring Street | New York

Retail and Dark Stores : Brian Ulrich
June 27 - August 22, 2009
CEPA Gallery
617 Main Street | Buffalo | New York

Glitz & Grime: Photographs of Times Square
July 9 - August 28, 2009
YANCEY RICHARDSON GALLERY
535 West 22nd Street | 3rd floor | New York

Brian's website.
Brian's blog blog.

Away we go, 2009 by Jonathan Allen

Ciao collectors! 20x200 artist Jonathan Allen has a solo show of new collages, Terminal Daydream, opening this Saturday at GONORTH Gallery in Beacon, New York.

From the press release:

Jonathan Allen’s collages and paintings combine pop imagery, abstraction and propaganda to reflect the contradictions of our current cultural and political climate. His various media—oil/acrylic, pen and ink, pencil, and newspaper and magazine cuttings—sometimes coalesce in formal harmony, though more often they serve to diagram the breakdowns triggered by irreconcilable clashes in perspective.

Read the full release, and see more of Jonathan's cheery collages here.

Jonathan Allen
Terminal Daydream
July 11 - July 26
GONORTH Gallery | 469 Main Street | Beacon, NY

Jonathan's site
Jonathan's edition print: Torn

Mixed Greens, the New York based gallery dedicated to emerging artists is turning 10 this weekend! To celebrate the past decade of existence they are pulling together a stellar show of artists, including some great 20x200 and Jen Bekman Gallery artists. Ann Tarantino, Chris Ballantyne, and Coke O'Neal of 20x200 fame will be included as well as Holly Lynton from JBG. To find out more, see the official announcement on Mixed Greens.

In addition to putting on this extensive show, Mixed Greens is going ahead full force in their celebrations and having an all day opening! It will start at noon on Thursday, July 9th and go on until closing at 6PM. Make sure you get in on the festivities! An added bonus for the first 100 people who arrive at 4 PM is free ice cream from the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck. Art and ice cream? My two favorite things!

Remember, starting this month Mixed Greens will be sending out announcements exclusively via email, so make sure you are on the list.

Image by Hot Shot Rachel Hulin

Hot Shots, Rachel Hulin and Willamain Somma, are members of LUCI, a new curatorial collective. LUCI will have their curatorial debut with a satellite show, (super)natural, this week as part of the New York Photo Festival in Brooklyn. A reception for the artists will be held this Thursday, May 14, from 5:30 - 7 pm, at the Tobacco Warehouse.

From the press release:

(super)natural is a group show featuring artists whose work engages with and reimagines the idea of nature and natural phenomena. From large format landscape photography to site-specific installation, the work on view gives visible form to the trace of something just beyond - pointing to an excess of visual language and yet an ultimate failure to convey a precise meaning. The awesome and terrifying aspect of the sublime explains the darkness that pervades the show, evident in the depths of Victoria Sambunaris' cave; the threat of storm beneath Christopher Lamarca's rainbow; Theresa Ganz's delicately encroaching vines suddenly strangling. Chasing after the elusive spirit of the landscape, these images explore the expanse of history and possibility beneath a deceptively mundane surface.

(super)natural : May 14th-16th, 10 am to 7 pm
Curated by LUCI
Satellite Show @ The Tobacco Warehouse
Directions: The Tobacco Warehouse is on the corner of Water + Dock streets in Dumbo, F train to Jay st

More info? Click here.

Embers of the Maritime by Greg Lindquist

Brooklyn-based painter, Greg Lindquist, who released a 20x200 double edition of pieces Embers of the Marine and Industry of Decay, Decay of Industry in late February, opens a solo show titled Brooklyn Industry at the BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building on Wednesday, March 11th. The show combines several new works created for BAM in addition to a selection of paintings previously exhibited in a solo show, Remembrance of Things Past.

From the press release:

Within his haunting urban landscapes, the dilapidated manufacturing plants and warehouses, abandoned docks, and new construction sites, all the more frequently seen along the waterfront, are quietly silhouetted against hazy, silvery skies.

It is here that these become symbolic spaces that simultaneously capture the possibilities and probabilities of Brooklyn’s future as well as its lingering, often romanticized past, converging themes and images of destruction and renewal, rapid redevelopment and inevitable decay.

The exhibition will be on view through April 26.

Opening Reception: Wed, March 11th, 6-8pm
Natman Room
BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building

Greg Linquist's website
Buy Embers of the Maritime and Decay of Industry, Industry of Decay at 20x200.