Alicia DeBrincat has established a new online magazine: ARTFILE Magazine, “an online forum to discuss and document the production of culture.”
Check out the magazine to read conversations with artists, gallery owners, and collaborative teams. http://www.artfilemagazine.com/
Awesome work, Alicia!
James Vanderberg will be a part of an upcoming exhibition curated by the Openings Collective, a collective that engages visual artists of all disciplines who are interested in exploring the dynamic between creativity and transcendence. First Person Plural is the first exhibition by the collective showing work entirely by its members.
First Person Plural at St. Francis College’s Callahan Center Gallery
Exhibition Opening: Friday, June 7, 2013, 5-8pm
Exhibition Dates: June 2 - June 30, 2013
St. Francis College, ground floor
180 Remsen Street,
Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201
In order to make it easier to find information on the amazing shows that happen in our exhibition space, I have created a new dedicated website just for the “project space.” I don’t call our lovely lofty space a gallery, because such a collaborative, fluid space can’t be described so easily. Check out the new website: http://www.fowlerprojectspace.org/
The classic Collective website will start to focus more on our studio artists so everyone can keep up with the amazingly talented group of artists that call Fowler their (studio) home.
Molly Lowe, Cycle, video still
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, MAY 10th FROM 6-9PMPerhaps the most distinguishing trait that separates human from animal is the compulsion to express the soul within, and to give it form. Could this be the reason art exists? The six artists included in What Possessed You deal with the mysterious, amorphous, and untouchable powers felt within us. Each are offering a contemporary response to ritualistic traditions from places and subject matter as far afield as Trinidad and Tobago, the Appalachian Mountains, Middle America, the Southern Bible Belt, and mythology.
Jonathan Durham uses his work to explore subjects of faith, violence, doubt, humor and the body as a sculptural application. For What Possessed You, Durham presents Pentecostal church footage of various incredible feats of faith, all of which he has edited into a trance-like loop.
With a simultaneously pointed and absurdist tone, Ben Fain’s work confronts culture head on. Using parade floats, film, and sculpture he examines the complications, prohibitions, and institutional contradictions operating within social spaces and contexts. His new work using logos from huge corporations like Starbucks and Whole Foods keenly bridges resistance and submission to the brand. He re-imagines the polished multi-national logos as home-made, even primitive symbols. In doing so, Fain is investigating the modern act of high-end consumption as a way to fulfill social, political and philanthropic desires.
Gigi Gatewood is a searcher, an open eye. Her interest in religion, science and magic leads her to explore the “space that exists somewhere between reality and the imaginary.” This pursuit most recently brought her on a Fulbright Grant to explore the multiple religions and uniquely mixed culture found on the Islands of Trinidad and Tobago. What Possessed You marks the first presentation of her work from that trip.
Using a natural palette, raw materials and intuitive formalism, JR Larson’s work has an intense energy and presence. Larson uses many materials that exist within our own bodies, and so an encounter with his work can elicit a physical response, a recognition.
Through sculpture, installation, costume, performance and video, Molly Lowe reveals uncanny relationships between everyday objects, organic materials, and interiors both in and outside the body. Lowe’s work Cycle, presented here, uses deconstructed narratives and a strong aesthetic sense of light and color, to produce evocative imagery of a myth-like, paganesque allegory.
For George Terry, an artistic pursuit is no different than a holy endeavor. For him, “studio practice” has become an adult metonym for what “play” was as a child. It is this aspect of play that keeps his practice vital. He feels that it’s important to open up his brain and just let things fall out.
Please join us for the opening reception of What Possessed You, Friday, May 10th from 6-9pm. The reception will be taking place during a special Gallery Night event in Greenpoint. For more information on this event, go here: greenpointgalleries.org
What Possessed You is on view from May 10th to June 7th, 2013. The exhibition is on view by appointment. Contact us here to make an appointment: info@fowlerprojectspace.org
Fowler studio artist and Director of the Fowler Advisory Board, Alicia DeBrincat, is part of an exhibition opening tonight at Calico. Calico is located down the hall from the Fowler space in the Greenpoint Terminal Building at 67 West Street. For more info: colorcorrupted.tumblr.com
1. Color Corrupted at Calico
Exhibition Opening: Fri., March 15 from 7-9pm
Exhibition Dates: March 15-April 5, 2013
Calico Brooklyn
67 West Street, #206
Brooklyn, NY 11222
Synthetic Duplication by Alicia DeBrincat
Fowler studio artist, Elana Adler, will be a part of a group exhibition at Booklyn Art Gallery. This is a cool space located very close to the Fowler building in Greenpoint! More details here: booklyn.org/events/to-preserve-protect/
1. To Preserve and Protect at Booklyn
Exhibition Opening: Sat., March 16 from 7-10pm
Exhibition Dates: March 16 - April 27, 2013
Booklyn Artists Alliance
37 Greenpoint Ave., 4th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11222
Fowler studio artist, Tommy Kwak, will be included in two upcoming group exhibitions. Preview more of his work here: tommykwak.com
1. Brooklyn Prints at St. Joseph’s College Alumni Gallery
Curated by Maribeth Flynn.
Exhibition Opening: Wed. March 13 from 5:30-8pm
Exhibition Dates: March 12 - May 1, 2013
Gallery Hours: Wed, 5-7 pm and Sat, 12-3 pm
Alumni Room Gallery, Tuohy Hall
245 Clinton Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11205
2. Red Show at Village @ Gureje. Website
Exhibition Opening: 6-9pm Saturday, March 16th
Exhibition Closing: 6-8pm Thursday, April 11
Village @ Gureje
886 Pacific Ave (btwn Washington and Underhill)
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Fowler Arts Collective and Calico Gallery are seeking interns to assist with our Winter/Spring gallery programming. Candidates should have flexibility in their schedule and be available at least 1-2 days a week including some weekend nights for exhibition openings.
The job will include duties such as gallery prep, assisting artists with the installation of their exhibitions, publicity and online listings, event prep, and some gallery sitting. This is a great opportunity to experience the day-to-day running of young, artist-run alternative galleries.
Both spaces are located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn down the hall from each other in the historic Greenpoint Terminal Building on the East River waterfront. Fowler Arts is a studio and gallery collective focused on producing contemporary exhibitions that are artist-directed (http://www.fowlerartsbrooklyn.org). Calico is a small gallery newly established in Sept. 2012 (http://www.calicobrooklyn.com).
The position is unpaid, but we will be happy to provide detailed recommendations and/or provide paperwork for school credit at the end of a successful term.
Please email a resume and cover letter to Lia Post at fowlerartsbrooklyn@gmail.com
