I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be participating in a group show in Brooklyn which opens November 9th. “The Circle Show” will feature work that is entirely circular!
I created some circular pieces back in 2014 for a group endeavor I participated in on Governor’s Island, and I was just thinking earlier this year how interesting it would be to create some more paintings on circular supports. Coincidentally (are there really any coincidences in the universe?), shortly thereafter, my friend Jonathan Blum approached me about his idea for a Circle Show.
“Dharmadhatu 1″, mixed media on canvas, 20” diameter, 2018
So it is happening! It will be at Shapeshifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Place, Brooklyn, New York. The show opens thisFriday, November 9, 6:30pmto 12 midnightand the artwork will be up through January 11.
I hope to see you there! You can read more about the pieces I will have in the show on my Patreon page. And, by the way, my Patreon experiment is just a little over one year old now. Have you visited? Stop by, say hi, and earn how you can support living artists on Patreon!
Hello everyone! I had not planned to show any work during this year’s Gowanus Open Studios (happening this weekend, October 20-22), but a last minute opportunity presented itself.
So — my piece, “View from beneath the surface #1” will be included in the show. The event, a silent auction, happens Saturday night, October 21 from 5-9 at 313 Butler Gallery, at 313 Butler Street in Brooklyn, New York. The art remains up through November 13.
“View from beneath the surface 1,” oil on canvas, 12″ diameter, 2014.
The full event description can be found on Facebook, here.
So join me in celebrating the arts and artists of Gowanus and take home a piece of original artwork from a local artist! I’m donating my painting Lifeworld 10 (2013):
“Lifeworld 10,” oil on canvas, 20×20″, 2013
Need I say that this is a rare and amazing opportunity to obtain one of my Lifeworld paintings at an amazing price?
By buying a ticket to the ArtWorks event you are buying a chance to “win” this fabulous painting along with 74 other great works made by artists working in Gowanus. Plus you’ll support the critical mission of Arts Gowanus to promote, support and advocate for local artists and a sustainable arts community in the Gowanus neighborhood. Here’s a link to some of the other artworks available.
In case the art isn’t appealing enough, don’t miss the food, drink and revelry.
Tickets are on sale now, $250 single, $300 for couple, which entitles you to one original work of art… Click here to buy tickets!
Gowanus Open Studios is mere days away (you’re coming, right? – Saturday, Oct. 16 and Sunday, Oct. 17, 12-6pm — details here)! Looking back, I’m amazed to see that this year’s tour will be the NINTH that I have participated in. Yes, that’s a “9”!
So, in celebration of this big number 9, I thought I’d offer to you a little photo-retrospective of my past nine years in Gowanus.
It all started in in 2007, when I begin renting studio space in a cool place then known as “Brooklyn Artists Gym“.
Lifeform (polyptych), acrylic on canvas, 2003-2007.
That year I was bound and determined to complete an ambitious polyptych I had conceived and started way back in 2003.
In 2008, I continued the general theme with a new polyptych:
Me with new work at AGAST 2008. Damn, I look young in this photo!
By the way, back then, the studio tour was known as A.G.A.S.T., which means … what the hell did it mean? Anyway, fun times and boy do I look young in this photograph!
2009 began a shift in my work toward single-canvas pieces, and the beginnings of an evolution in style:
AGAST in 2009. Individual canvases and lots of small work.
During 2007-2009, I worked and displayed in BAG’s communal space.
Starting in 2010, I began working in the semi-private studio space you’ll find me in this year:
The studio tour set-up in 2010 — my very own permanent (semi-private) space!
At some point along the way, Brooklyn Artists Gym became Brooklyn Art Space, and A.G.A.S.T. became Gowanus Open Studios. Exactly when, I’m not remembering — the years are starting to run together. Here’s 2011:
Gowanus Open Studios in 2011. That year saw the start of the “Manomayakaya” series.
2012
Open studios in 2012: Reach triptych, Manomayakaya #2, Lifeworlds 1-4 and lots of other good stuff.
2013
Open Studios in 2013.
2014
Lifeworlds and Paysage planétaire (Colden) on display during GOS 2014.Le Poulpe (the Octopus) escaped from the Gowanus Swim Society exhibition on Governor’s Island and resurfaced during GOS 2014.
So there you have it! I hope you’ll come out for this year’s Gowanus Open Studios! This weekend, October 17-18, in Gowanus, Brooklyn!
Wow, it’s already mid-September and Gowanus Open Studios is just around the corner, happening on October 16-18! What makes this year’s Open Studios even more fabulous is an exhibition of art, video and performance at Halyards Bar on the weekend of the tour. Our neighborhood artists’ collective, Gowanus Swim Society has put out a call for submissions.
Here are the details:
Emerging and mid-career video and performance artists are invited to submit their work for consideration in our October 17th exhibition and showcase, Telestrations, presented in partnership with Arts Gowanus and Gowanus Open Studios. We are looking for work that broadly addresses the themes of translation, communication and play. What does it mean to be misinterpreted? Misconstrued? Can it ever be a good or funny thing? All submissions will be considered by our Guest Curator Alex Sloane of MoMA PS1.
About Gowanus Swim Society: Established in January 2014, Gowanus Swim Society is a collective, guild, skillshare, crit group and social club. Comprised of a ten Gowanus based artists who meet regularly and provide a forum for sharing information and artist resources we have exhibited together throughout New York City. For the first time ever, we are presenting the general public with an opportunity to join us.
About Gowanus Open Studios: Now in its 19th year, Gowanus Open Studios is an annual open studio event in which over 300 artists open their studios to the general public for the third weekend in October. Artist studios and other sites will be open from noon-6pm both Saturday and Sunday. Evening events are scheduled Friday through Sunday. Gowanus Open Studios 2015: October 17-18th About the Curator: Alex Sloane is a Curatorial Assistant at MoMA PS1, NY where she focuses on the Sunday Sessions performance series, a weekly presentation of performance, moving images, dance, music, and discursive programs that embrace live arts as an integral aspect of contemporary practice. In addition to Sunday Sessions she assisted most recently in the organization of the exhibitions like Anne Imhof: Deal (2015) Retrospective by Xavier Le Roy (2014) among others. Prior to joining PS1 in 2011, she was co-founder of the Lower East Side artist-run project space 1:1. She received her BFA from Parsons The New School for Design in 2011.
If you are an artist working performance and/or video, please check out our Call for Art!
Lifeworld 28, oil on canvas, 20×20″, 2014 (detail)
What: Dirty Little Drawings is an exhibit and sale of erotic art featuring the male form. Each piece is on sale for $60. You can build or start your art collection while supporting living artists in New York and the Leslie-Loman Museum.
Where: Leslie-Loman Museum Project Space, 127B Prince Street, between Wooster and West Broadway, basement level (Soho, New York City, Prince Street stop on the R-train)
When: The opening reception is this Friday, March 27, from 6 to 8. A big turnout is expected. If you’re like me and not super-fond of crowds, you might like to come Saturday or Sunday. The show/sale will be open from noon to 6 on both Saturday, March 28 and Sunday, March 29.
Brooklyn Art Space‘s Annual Winter Member Salon was held at Trestle Gallery (Gowanus, Brooklyn) this past Friday night and was a big success! There was quite a turnout for such a frigid night, and several works of art were sold! I’ve uploaded some photos of the show to my flickr account.
A big crowd on Friday night at Trestle Gallery
My piece “Lifeworld 31” was in the show. Everything looked great!
“Lifeworld 31” in the Winter Member Salon show, Friday, February 13, 2015
The Brooklyn Art Space Winter Member Salon happens this Friday, February 13 from 7 to 9pm at Trestle Gallery’s 168 7th Street location in Gowanus, Brooklyn. (See the Trestle website for directions.)
My painting “Lifeworld 31,” completed in December, 2014, will be included in the show and I’ll be there in person to answer any questions about the painting. Since my studio is right next door, I can also show what else I’ve been up to.
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