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Curated by: Courtney Childress
Artists: Natalie Baxter | Todd Bienvenu | Poppy Delta Dawn | Kady Grant
Michael Hambouz | Roxanne Jackson | Rebecca Morgan | Deja Patterson
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featuring digital prints from artists Leah Dixon and member Michael Hambouz
Apparitions at Paradice Palase
PARADICE PALASE is pleased to present Apparitions, the 3rd Annual Members Exhibition for the platform. The exhibition includes paintings, sculptures, mixed media works, video, photography, prints, glass and works on paper by 27 artists from our members network with works ranging in size from 3”x4” to 13”x19”.
When considering this year’s selections, spiritual forms, ghostly bodies, and abstract mirages began to emerge, quite fitting for such a mysterious time of year. October is not only the host month to our beloved holiday Halloween, but it also represents a stark transitional period. A sense of nostalgia, longing, and loss oftentimes mark this season but it is also a collective feeling as we trudge towards the end of another year in a global pandemic.
During this time many of us have distanced ourselves from loved ones while some of us have been practically fused together due to chronic close proximity. The sensation of either too much distance or too much closeness creates a sort of “out body experience” for our daily existence. This comes paired with the reliance upon witchcraft within our digital devices to keep us connected yet paradoxically also separated. Artists around the world, whether intentionally or not, have been internalizing this continued “temporary” understanding of reality and are responding within their work.
For some, the lack of physical presence is remedied through material objects and depictions of likenesses. In Apparitions, several artists utilize the sentimental value of textiles to access the deeply personal or to make reference to cherished people and places (Jesssica Soininen-Eddis, Tricia Townes, Mike McGuire, and Lauren Packard). In contrast, a feeling of tender otherness is portrayed through the use of taxidermy (Kelly Boehmer), mutations of the organic (Seren Morey), or recycled junk mail that was personally addressed (Jaynie Crimmins). These particular artists take us beyond the sentimental and to a place of absurd melancholy with works like Boehmer’s “Butterflies in My Stomach”, a vibrant pink child-like plush wall sculpture filled with insect wings.
As we navigate this murky present we find ourselves in, we’ve used devices like cameras to capture hard evidence of our existence. Yet literal ghostly bodies emerge from the photography of Julie K. Gray and duo Isla P. Gordon and Ashley Kaye. Photography itself takes us into a complex place where past and present overlap, where visible truth is debatable. Phantom-like figures appear in place of physical forms in a print of digital renderings by Laurie Berenhaus, a painting depicting domestic labor by Angela Miskis, and a painting of afterimages in a Filipino brown out by Maria Stabio. Abstract and figurative drawings, paintings, and works on paper are created by marks guided by invisible hands, and bring us a sense of the ethereal through careful
study of color, light and shadow (Gary Cruz, Lucha Rodriguez, Jacki Davis, Kylin O’Brien, Sunny Buick, David McDonough).
Sculptural works in the exhibition bring us toward reality remarkably stopped in its tracks: seemingly organic material and objects defy decomposition (Grayson Cassels & Carrie R) and movement of water is frozen in time (Anais Ôst & Alison Kudlow). This leads us to the unknown territory that quietly guides our world unseen - sacred geometry interlinked to something beyond ourselves (Valeria Haedo & Michael Hambouz), and mystic rituals and characters moving us along undetected (joshuagabriel, Judi Keeshan, and Deborah Yasinsky).
As a group, the artists in Apparitions are navigating a deeply transitional and unclear moment in time as we struggle to emerge from unprecedented crises. Their work collectively speaks on an overcast future shadowed by doubt, dread, and exhaustion. Yet within their works there is a sense of something there that is not yet seen - that there is trust whatever it is we need right now will appear. That at least we are here and we are present now.
“We are but a moment’s sunlight fading in the grass.” - Youngbloods
Artists:
Laurie Berenhaus, Kelly Boehmer, Sunny Buick, Grayson Cassels, Jaynie Crimmins, Gary Cruz, Jacki Davis, Isla P. Gordon & Ashley Kaye, Julie Gray, Valeria Haedo, Micahel Hambouz, Judi Keeshan, Alison Kudlow, David McDonough, Mike McGuire, Angela Miskis, Seren Morey, Kylin O’Brien, Anais Öst, lauren packard, carrie R, Lucha Rodriguez, Jessica Soininen-Eddis, Maria Stabio, joshuagabriel, Tricia Townes, and Deborah Yasinsky.
Apparitions is on view at the gallery October 4 - 27, 2021. The gallery is located at 1260 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY. Hours are Saturdays 1-5pm and by appointment. The reception will be Saturday October 23, 12-6pm alongside our Oasis Studios Open Studios event. For more information and to RSVP please visit www/.paradicepalase.com/. To browse all available works, visit our Artfare page.
E-Motionø Support Group
E-Motionø Support Group is a collection of animations to help you feel better, specially curated as an antidote to these exceptionally strange days. This virtual compilation celebrates the dynamic nature of video art and its unique ability to help people feel comforted, human, touched, and alive until we can go back to IRL again; movement as medicine on our digital screens. The exhibition features the distinctive voices of thirty-nine artists, their videos will be revealed in daily doses from May 11 through June 19, then live as a collection on www.artofthis.world through Summer 2020.
ARTISTS: Abbey Golden, Ali Miller, Amanda Nedham, Amber Tutwiler, Andy Harman, Benjamin Cabral, Bobby Anspach, Brendan Sullivan, WANG Chen, Claudia Bitran, Clayton Skidmore, Dane Manary, David B. Smith, Eliot Greenwald, Eric Yahnker, Federico Solmi, Gracelee Lawrence, HyeGyeong Choi, JD Raenbeau, Jenn Berger, Jeremy Olson, Kristina Schmidt, Kyle Hittmeier, Laura O'Connor, Maja Djordjevic, Margot Bird, Marianna Peragallo, Matt Bollinger, Melanie Delach, Mellissa Brown, Michael Hambouz, Rebecca Morgan, Robin F. Williams, Rollin Leonard, Rose Nestler, Shayna Strype, Virginia Lee Montgomery, Xiangning Em Wang
Food Bank For New York City: Emergency Benefit Auction 2020
In this “new normal” of social distancing, shuttered businesses, lost wages, and closed schools thousands of more New Yorkers are facing food insecurity. 100% of the proceeds of this emergency benefit auction, organized by artist Doron Langberg and facilitated by Yossi Milo Gallery, will support Food Bank For New York City, the city’s leading hunger-relief organization.
Founded in 1983, the mission of Food Bank For New York City is to end hunger by organizing food, information and support for community survival and dignity. At least 1.4 million New Yorkers rely on its services, with a network of approximately 1,200 emergency and community food providers. Food Bank For New York City provides emergency meals, fresh produce, and household supplies for low-income New Yorkers, families with school-aged children, seniors at high-risk of infection, and healthcare workers.
With work by almost 100 of today’s most exciting artists, this auction brings together a wide range of practices, backgrounds, and experiences. The incredible response from artists across all walks of life reflects a call for unity and collective transformative action.
GIFC at The Hole
Got It For Cheap (GIFC) is a traveling art show curated by artists Charlie Roberts and Chris Rexroad. The goal of GIFC is to make buying original art accessible to all people and to give young artists a platform to both sell their work and be exposed to a worldwide audience. With each drawing priced at €30 or €100, GIFC allows the average person to participate in the contemporary art market—a mission that I can totally get behind! I created a new series of drawings/paintings based on recent 3-dimensional works specifically for this year’s event. Grab ‘em while you can.
