{"id":1130,"date":"2022-04-09T13:07:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T17:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2022-04-09T13:08:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T17:08:50","slug":"an-exhibition-and-other-spring-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2022\/04\/an-exhibition-and-other-spring-news\/","title":{"rendered":"An Exhibition, and Other Spring News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Good afternoon friends, Spring is popping here in Brooklyn and there’s lots going on! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Dharmadhatu 3″ oil on panel, 18” diameter, 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Opening this weekend! Brooklyn Utopias: Along the Canal<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

I’m pleased to be included in this multi-site exhibition organized by ArtsGowanus<\/a> and the Old Stone House & Washington Park<\/a> (OSH). Opening April 9th and 10th, the exhibition features over 200 artists considering what a \u201cUtopia\u201d (or ideal place) would look like for the communities of the neighborhoods bordering the Gowanus Canal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brooklyn Utopias: Along the Canal<\/em><\/strong> consists of an indoor exhibition at The Old Stone House (OSH) and two public outdoor art exhibitions of artwork printed on banners hung on the fences surrounding <\/a>J.J. Byrne Playgroun<\/a>d<\/a> and <\/a>Coffey Park<\/a> featuring a diverse group of local artists.  Opening events on April 9, 12-5pm at Coffey Park and April 10, 12-5pm at J.J. Byrne Playground\/Old Stone House will include outdoor bazaars with art and performances by local artists, with a gallery opening at the Old Stone House from 4-6pm on April 10. All exhibitions will be on view from April 10-June 26.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My piece “Dharmadhatu 3<\/strong>” (pictured above) will be among those reproduced on banners adorning J.J. Byrne Playground<\/strong> in Park Slope at 3rd Street between 5th and 4th Avenues. Dharmadhatu<\/em> is a Sanskrit word that means \u201crealm of absolute reality.\u201d My utopian dream is that the absolute reality of Gowanus is as a place where sky, earth, water and all living things can co-exist in harmonious balance, like this sphere dancing on the horizon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Dharmadhatu 3” is also for sale on Artsy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other news<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Lately I’ve been doing to retooling of my social media presence. This has resulted in some broken links, which I think should be all fixed now. My twitter page, formerly ZephyrusNYC, is now JohnAzelvandre<\/a><\/strong>, and similarly my Instagram<\/strong> has also been re-christened johnazelvandre<\/a><\/strong>. I’ve been leaning heavily into the Instagram of late, and right now it is the best way to stay current on my artistic endeavors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These current endeavors consist primarily in settling in at Trestle Art Space<\/a> on 18th Street in Brooklyn, where I am preparing several canvases for upcoming works in oil and also doing a deep-dive into learning techniques of Japanese moku hanga<\/em> – woodblock printmaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Good afternoon friends, Spring is popping here in Brooklyn and there’s lots going on! Opening this weekend! Brooklyn Utopias: Along the Canal I’m pleased to be included in this multi-site exhibition organized by ArtsGowanus and the Old Stone House & Washington Park (OSH). Opening April 9th and 10th, the exhibition features over 200 artists considering […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Opening this weekend! 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