Alumni News

David Fratkin (workshop ’97, board member) has co-curated a show at Watson MacRae Gallery in Sanibel, FL , opening Tuesday, March 13th

 Long time Triangle supporter Poogy Bjerklie has a piece in the show as well as Fratkin himself.

In addition to the opening night event from 5-7pm the gallery is hosting a talk with the artists on Wednesday, March 14 at 11 am.

For more information click here.

Curator, Wayne Northcross, wrote a great article for Hyperallergic about Marsha Pels’ (workshop ’86, board member) recent show Detroit Redux at Schroeder, Romero and Shredder in Chelsea

Detroit is a myth. In a twisted, ironic way, the city has become an art-world Shangri-La, a place where artists are discovering — thanks in part to insanely low rents — creative possibilities to remake and reform a large geographic area with public art projects, interventions and community building. Detroit has become a rich backdrop for contemporary art.

The experience of a native Detroiter can be at odds with the image of the city projected by both news and visual media. Growing up in Detroit during the 1980s, I had to confront the obvious decline: abandoned buildings, decrepit grand hotels, a downtown that became a ghost town. When I go home I feel the reality of my surroundings as one would a severed limb, as a phantom pain. Or I dream the reality out of existence, perhaps like a Weimar-era Berliner on yet another nostalgic trip. I bounce between despair for what was and amazement at what could be.

[S0] who would want to visit or live in Detroit? Sculptor Marsha Pels, for one. And her experience, based on what I have read about her sojourn, really sucked…

Click here to read the full article.

In addition to participating in our current exhibition Here Today; Here Tomorrow at 111 Front Street Galleries, artist Dana Levy has a solo show on view and two upcoming screenings of her video work

Her solo exhibition The Fountain, which opened March 1 at Braverman Gallery – Bakery in Tel Aviv , Israel is on view until April 19.

“The mood Dana created in the space is one of being in a temporary secular temple: light boxes reflecting the light of precious stones hang on the walls on both sides. In between them, the video The Fountain is positioned in the center as if to mark the location of the Alter”

Click here for more details.

Upcoming screenings include:

Land of Promise: Curator: Hagit Peleg Rotem
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
March 22nd 10 pm & March 23rd 1pm

Promisedland: Un Calidoscopio Visual
La Caixa Foundation Spain

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March 10 – June 24 at Mostyn Gallery in the UK

Mali Morris is an abstract painter who is especially interested in colour and the way it creates light and space. This exhibition is a selection of her smaller works on canvas (in Gallery 5) and on paper (in Gallery 6), with one large painting North & South, on loan from the collection of The Royal Academy of Arts, London. The exhibition presents a long overdue opportunity in Wales to assess her masterly painting and the complex relationship of process, light, space and form it embodies.

For more information click here.

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“American Dream” at Gallery Project in Ann Arbor, MI, through March 4

“American Dream” is a multimedia exhibit in which over 29 local, regional, and national artists explore how hopeful narratives of the American experience are changing.

For more information click here.

“Brooklyn Utopias: Park Space, Play Space” at the Old Stone House in Washington Park, Brooklyn, April 5 – June 24

Artists are invited to consider the history, politics, and planning surrounding public parks and recreation spaces. Participating artists will critically respond to past and present notions of “utopian” park design and use; and/or propose their own visions for ideal public spaces.

For more information click here.

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Please join us this Thursday at 111 Front Street Galleries, Suite 222 for an exhibition of works created by Dana Levy (resident ’10) and Karlis Rekevics (workshop ’98, resident ’04) during, or as a result of, our inaugural resident artist exchange with the city of Le Havre.

Le Havre/New York: Criss Cross Views was formed in partnership with the Institut Français in 2011 in recognition of the cultural, architectural and aesthetic similarities between the two cities. Two artists from each city were selected through a collaborative nomination and jury process then sent to live and work abroad for three months. Artists from both countries were asked to respond to the particular geography, history and culture of their host city through their work.

Essential to the perception of Le Havre by both Levy and Rekevics was an interest in the pre- and post- World War II landscape and how it was shaped by the devastating Allied Force bombings on September 5th and 6th of 1944. During the bombings, the entire city and its rich architectural history dating back to the early 16th century was virtually decimated killing over 5,000 people and reducing more than 12,000 buildings to rubble. After the war the city was rebuilt in the Modernist style through the nearly singular vision of the architect Auguste Perret. The only surviving element of the original city plan was the grid upon which the city was organized.

It is from this perspective that our artists approached present day Le Havre as a vanishing point for their creative explorations.

The opening on March 1 coincides with DUMBO First Thursdays. Check out all the interesting activities happening around our neighborhood by clicking here.

We will also be holding a talk with the artists on Wednesday, March 28th, 7-9pm.

Both events are located at 111 Front St., Suite 222, Brooklyn, NY 11201.

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Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann

February 29th- March 24th
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 1st
AIR Gallery
111 Front Street #228
Brooklyn, NY
6-9pm
*Artist talk at 6pm

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