SCHEMA PROJECTS: Peregrinations, Constellations
TSA: Generative Processes
TRANSMITTER: 6x6
With the latest installment of Bushwick's Beat Nite just a few days away (Friday, March 6) here is a preview of 3 exhibits in the area.
SCHEMA PROJECTS: Peregrinations, Constellations
through March 29 92 St. Nicholas Ave (L train to DeKalb)
This splendid group exhibit, ably curated by Jeanne Heifetz, features works on paper by 13 artists who engage in repeated mark-making-- the marks are drawn, painted, stitched, torn, stamped or typed. The resulting drawings are a reflection of extended conversations between the marks and the mark-makers. Ranging in scale from intimate to wall-size, they merit close looking to take in the richness of the surfaces and density of the marks. Whether executed through an intuitive process or one that is directed, whether the work begins with a desire for control or is a surrender to the unknown, each of these drawings offers a mesmerizing aggregation of a sequence of moments. Images courtesy of Schema Projects.
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| SHARYN O'MARA Untitled 6518, 2015 Ink on vellum 9.75" x 8.25" |
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| COLLEEN HO Tributary, 2014 ripped paper drawing 22 x 30" |
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| EMILY BARLETTA Untitled (Big Mountain), 2011 thread and paper 18 x 24" |
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| PAULA OVERBAY Buzz, 2012 acrylic on paper 18 x 25" |
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| CLINT FULKERSON Accretion Disc 16, 2015 graphite, ink, and acrylic on paper on wood panel 9 x 9" |
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| MIA ROSENTHAL Francoluigi’s Square Tomato Pie Slice #1, 2014 Ink on paper 7.75" X 7.75" |
The exhibit includes works by: Emily Barletta, Janice Casell, Clint Fulkerson, Colleen Ho, Sarah Morejohn, Sharyn O'Mara, Paula Overbay, Jessica Rosner, Mia Rosenthal, Karen Schiff, Drew Shiflett, Allyson Strafella, Robert Walden
TSA: Generative Processes | Alex Paik & Debra Ramsay
through March 29 1329 Willoughby Avenue #2A (L train to Jefferson)
Alex Paik & Debra Ramsay each work within the constraints of a personal and highly systematic practice. And both find that those very constraints free them to manipulate and reconfigure elements of their choosing.
DEBRA RAMSAY began her project, Landscape as Time, during a residency in upstate NY. She walked the same trail in the woods through the seasons, photographically documenting the colors at specific spots along the trail as well as recording the length of the day. Ramsay then selected data from the photographs and mixed colors using a computer application. Although relying on a rigorous, yet in many ways arbitrary system, Ramsay's decisions about how to convey this accumulated data gave rise to a body of work that is inviting, light-filled and evocative.
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| DEBRA RAMSAY detail: Color changes in the forest, during one year, at the same location, 2015 acrylic on Juan silk 6 " x 12'9" |
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| DEBRA RAMSAY Color changes in the forest, during one year, at the same location, 2015 acrylic on Juan silk 6 " x 12' 9" |
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| DEBRA RAMSAY top: The days grow longer in the spring, 2014 bottom: The days grow shorter in the fall, 2014 acrylic on Dura-Lar each 20 x 61" |
ALEX PAIK cites his study of classical music as in influence in how he develops his work. Much in the way a composer takes a musical motif and "it is repeated, turned upside-down, transposed, and folded upon itself," Paik selects a geometric unit and then manipulates it through repetition, changes in color and orientation, and gradually shapes the elements into a larger whole.
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| ALEX PAIK V (Greens), 2014 gouache, colored pencil, paper 26 x 16 x 3" |
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| ALEX PAIK Modular Wall Installation: Hexagon (Cube) gouache, colored pencil, paper, nails dimensions variable |
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TRANSMITTER: 6 x 6
through March 29 1329 Willoughby Avenue #2A (L train to Jefferson)
6x6 features the work of 6 artists, each chosen by a different member of the Transmitter curatorial collective in an arbitrary but systematic manner. While the curatorial conceit may not lend itself to obvious conversations between these artists, there is however, plenty to see. Images courtesy of Transmitter.
JEFF FELD is represented with a group of small (8x10") mixed media wall pieces as well as a larger sculpture. The work has formal elements as well as a sense of play.
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| JEFF FELD Untitled, 2012 mixed media on paper 8 x 10" |
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| JEFF FELD Untitled, 2012 mixed media on paper 8 x 10" |
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| JEFF FELD The intention is pure and so on, 2009 - 2012 38 x 44 x 30" |
SANDRA ONO offers two intensely tactile sculptures-- the draped forms of the wall piece (foil and glue) have an organic quality, while the floor piece has a dense and tarry presence.
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| SANDRA ONO Untitled (1405), 2014 Foil and glue 14 x 13 x 2" |
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| SANDRA ONO Untitled (1403), 2014 30 x 30 x 7 |
A first look at LYNN SULLIVAN's sculptures suggest ancient creatures, but the titles (Wrapped Ships) reflect both their starting point and the transformation that has taken place.
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| LYNN SULLIVAN Wrapped Ships (3), 2013 plaster, paper pulp, ship models, cement blocks 34 x 14 x 11" |
