II. Serge Attukwei Clottey, The Night Before, 2016 [plastics, wire and oil paint; 41 × 26 in, 104.1 × 66 cm]
III. Serge Attukwei Clottey, Outdooring day, 2016, [plastics, wire and oil paint; 22 × 22 in, 55.9 × 55.9 cm]
Sunday, June 25, 2017
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré & Serge Attukwei Clottey @ Burning in Water [NYC/USA]
I. Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Untitled (La Sémantique des Races), 2000 [ballpoint and colored pencils on cardstock; 7 1/2 × 6 in, 19.1 × 15.2 cm]
II. Serge Attukwei Clottey, The Night Before, 2016 [plastics, wire and oil paint; 41 × 26 in, 104.1 × 66 cm]
III. Serge Attukwei Clottey, Outdooring day, 2016, [plastics, wire and oil paint; 22 × 22 in, 55.9 × 55.9 cm]
II. Serge Attukwei Clottey, The Night Before, 2016 [plastics, wire and oil paint; 41 × 26 in, 104.1 × 66 cm]
III. Serge Attukwei Clottey, Outdooring day, 2016, [plastics, wire and oil paint; 22 × 22 in, 55.9 × 55.9 cm]
'Thin Places' @ Smart Objects Landers [LANDERS/USA]
I. Alberto Cuadros, No Dialogue ever, except beep-beep, 2017 [gouache and paper on canvas; 9 x 12 inches]
II. Keely Nelson-Rivers, If You Know, You Know, 2016 [acrylic and pastel on canvas; 10 x 8 inches]
III. Tania J. Alvarez, The Book, 2016 [acrylic on fabric paper; 5 x 7 inches]
IV. Cheyenne Julien, Upon Awakening, 2017 [oil on canvas; 60 x 52 inches]
V. Tania J. Alvarez, Godliness is Cleanliness, 2016 [acrylic, marker, plastic; 4 x 10 inches]
VI. Paul Rouphail, Landscape with a Tree on Fire, 2017 [acrylic on linen; 32 x 46]
VII. Brandon Drew Holmes, Dove + Jasmine: If Aliens visit me while I’m in the desert, Ima tell em about white people, 2017 [ink, graphite on paper; 8.5 x 11 inches]
VIII. Winslow Laroche, I Do My Own Stunts, 2017 [digital print, plastic sleeve, desert rock; 8.5 x 11 inches]
IX. Brandon Drew Holmes, La Porscha: The Green Book was a travel manual to help aid Black ppl to travel safely Across North America, 2017, Ink, graphite on paper, 8.5 x 11 inches; Dove + Jasmine: If Aliens visit me while I’m in the desert, Ima tell em about white people, 2017 [ink, graphite on paper; 8.5 x 11 inches]
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II. Keely Nelson-Rivers, If You Know, You Know, 2016 [acrylic and pastel on canvas; 10 x 8 inches]
III. Tania J. Alvarez, The Book, 2016 [acrylic on fabric paper; 5 x 7 inches]
IV. Cheyenne Julien, Upon Awakening, 2017 [oil on canvas; 60 x 52 inches]
V. Tania J. Alvarez, Godliness is Cleanliness, 2016 [acrylic, marker, plastic; 4 x 10 inches]
VI. Paul Rouphail, Landscape with a Tree on Fire, 2017 [acrylic on linen; 32 x 46]
VII. Brandon Drew Holmes, Dove + Jasmine: If Aliens visit me while I’m in the desert, Ima tell em about white people, 2017 [ink, graphite on paper; 8.5 x 11 inches]
VIII. Winslow Laroche, I Do My Own Stunts, 2017 [digital print, plastic sleeve, desert rock; 8.5 x 11 inches]
IX. Brandon Drew Holmes, La Porscha: The Green Book was a travel manual to help aid Black ppl to travel safely Across North America, 2017, Ink, graphite on paper, 8.5 x 11 inches; Dove + Jasmine: If Aliens visit me while I’m in the desert, Ima tell em about white people, 2017 [ink, graphite on paper; 8.5 x 11 inches]
LINK
Sunday, June 18, 2017
Friday, June 16, 2017
'DOE Closing Party / BBQ' @ Freeman Gallery [NYC/USA]
Join American Medium and Freeman Gallery in celebrating the closing of D.O.E., an exhibition of works by Kevin Evans and Cheyenne Julien.
DJ sets by:
Antwan Duncan
Gemini Holiday
Parker Bright
$5 at the door
LINK
DJ sets by:
Antwan Duncan
Gemini Holiday
Parker Bright
$5 at the door
LINK
'EMOtional' @ Human Resources [LOS ANGELES/USA]
EMOtional
stand-up by,
MICAHjames
songs by
SARAHgail
TYLERholmes
EDDINGTONagain
hosted along with
a recital by,
BDH
HUMANresources
JUNE 18th
7PMsharp
$5
Heehee haha boohoo giggle giggle gaggle gaggle LOL OH LORD WHY US WHY US GD OMFG LMFAO OOOOO00000ooooh WEE Oh Me! Ha! HA! Bwahahaha...
We laugh to keep from cryin and we cryin cause we can't keep from dyin and we laugh from all our tryin even though the tears they a keep on lyin cause you see our smiles and think we buyin into your bullshit.
*laughs out loud while dying on the inside*
Last night to experience EJ Hill's installation "A Subsequent Offering"
LINK
stand-up by,
MICAHjames
songs by
SARAHgail
TYLERholmes
EDDINGTONagain
hosted along with
a recital by,
BDH
HUMANresources
JUNE 18th
7PMsharp
$5
Heehee haha boohoo giggle giggle gaggle gaggle LOL OH LORD WHY US WHY US GD OMFG LMFAO OOOOO00000ooooh WEE Oh Me! Ha! HA! Bwahahaha...
We laugh to keep from cryin and we cryin cause we can't keep from dyin and we laugh from all our tryin even though the tears they a keep on lyin cause you see our smiles and think we buyin into your bullshit.
*laughs out loud while dying on the inside*
Last night to experience EJ Hill's installation "A Subsequent Offering"
LINK
Picture Newspaper Photo-Bookmaking Workshop @ The Camera Club of New York [NYC/USA]
Facilitated by Marcelo Gabriel Yáñez of Picture Newspaper
Assisted by Devin N. Morris
Workshop 1: 2-3pm
Workshop 2: 4-5pm
In this workshop we will be making small zines with anonymous vernacular images picked from a bin. The images will be repurposed, manipulated, and placed under new context. The point is to think of the image in terms of its movement and the way sequencing and chance shift meaning beyond its original towards a new. Looking and working with found images is an exercise into our own desires and imagination when interpreting a photograph. Transcending time and space, the anonymous photograph provides a portal into past and future lives and narratives — a glimpse into spaces and gestures personal, intimate, and performative in a way where the photographic is inseparable from the social.
Marcelo Gabriel Yáñez is a rising senior at New York University. His Research focuses on archives, ephemerality, photograhy, and mysticism.
Newspaper was started in 1969 by Steve Lawrence, and it ran for nine issues till 1971. With prototypes developing around 1968, it was a small press publication that spotlighted work by figures of the Downtown NY scene. A pivotal publication for the time, Newspaper was a product of the conceptual art movement and an emphasis on media systems and subversion. In 1970 it was part of the Information show at MoMA -- widely acknowledged as the first large survey on conceptual art. Over the years and after the AIDS crisis, Newspaper was lost and Steve Lawrence's work faded into obscurity. Not much information on Newspaper exists, and as an art historian I'm currently working to contextualize the publication in history under the advisement of Shelley Rice at New York University.
LINK
Assisted by Devin N. Morris
Workshop 1: 2-3pm
Workshop 2: 4-5pm
In this workshop we will be making small zines with anonymous vernacular images picked from a bin. The images will be repurposed, manipulated, and placed under new context. The point is to think of the image in terms of its movement and the way sequencing and chance shift meaning beyond its original towards a new. Looking and working with found images is an exercise into our own desires and imagination when interpreting a photograph. Transcending time and space, the anonymous photograph provides a portal into past and future lives and narratives — a glimpse into spaces and gestures personal, intimate, and performative in a way where the photographic is inseparable from the social.
Marcelo Gabriel Yáñez is a rising senior at New York University. His Research focuses on archives, ephemerality, photograhy, and mysticism.
Newspaper was started in 1969 by Steve Lawrence, and it ran for nine issues till 1971. With prototypes developing around 1968, it was a small press publication that spotlighted work by figures of the Downtown NY scene. A pivotal publication for the time, Newspaper was a product of the conceptual art movement and an emphasis on media systems and subversion. In 1970 it was part of the Information show at MoMA -- widely acknowledged as the first large survey on conceptual art. Over the years and after the AIDS crisis, Newspaper was lost and Steve Lawrence's work faded into obscurity. Not much information on Newspaper exists, and as an art historian I'm currently working to contextualize the publication in history under the advisement of Shelley Rice at New York University.
LINK
'Some Other Ship' @ De Construkt [NYC/USA]
An art experience brought to you by black folks, featuring black folks, celebrating black folks. Celebrate Juneteenth (a couple days early) with us.]
SOME OTHER SHIP
_____________________________________
*S.O.S*
This is a 'stress call!
*S.O.S.*
I repeat ; this is a stress call!
*S.O.S.*
Y'all I NEED to stress this!
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
*S.O.S!* Call your grandmother!
*S.O.S!* Call your mother!
*S.O.S!* Call your brother!
*S.O.S!* Call your lover!
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
There's something happening & y'all are captaining!
Peep the tide, ride the wave and help us hold down the helm!
Y'all, we're not wrecked, stranded or wretched anymore; this is
SOME OTHER SHIP and we know how to navigate it!
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
So thank your heroes & leave your enemies stranded & abandon:
(S.O.S.)
We have no time for B.S. on deck!
This is SOME OTHER SHIP!
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
So scream! Land ahead!
Scream to a New World!
To our Holy-day!
Our Hanukkah; Our independence!
Our FUCK A 40 acres; I'm TAKIN' 400!
*1 FOR EACH YEAR*
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
All praises due to our masses, our captains, our northern stars and life savers!
*(S.O.S.)* - y'all always been on some other ship
So crew; set your fiscal sails in motion, steer that flesh machine and check your spiritual compass!
Get ready & come sail away with us on...
S.OME O.THER S.HIP!
_____________________________________
Offerings from:
Elise Dorsey
GypjaQ
Justin Allen
Kara Young
EZRAKH
Temi Olutunmbi
Chazz Giovanni*
Yucking Awesome
Valentin Lamar
BRGZR
Ken Doll
Eric Wonder
Myles Loftin
K La Soul
Grant Strudwick
Cor Ece
Suggested donation at the door. BYOB + Cash Bar. Rooftop Access. RESPECT the space.
F train @ Smith St./9th Avenue (message us if you need any directions)
LINK
SOME OTHER SHIP
_____________________________________
*S.O.S*
This is a 'stress call!
*S.O.S.*
I repeat ; this is a stress call!
*S.O.S.*
Y'all I NEED to stress this!
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
*S.O.S!* Call your grandmother!
*S.O.S!* Call your mother!
*S.O.S!* Call your brother!
*S.O.S!* Call your lover!
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
There's something happening & y'all are captaining!
Peep the tide, ride the wave and help us hold down the helm!
Y'all, we're not wrecked, stranded or wretched anymore; this is
SOME OTHER SHIP and we know how to navigate it!
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
So thank your heroes & leave your enemies stranded & abandon:
(S.O.S.)
We have no time for B.S. on deck!
This is SOME OTHER SHIP!
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
So scream! Land ahead!
Scream to a New World!
To our Holy-day!
Our Hanukkah; Our independence!
Our FUCK A 40 acres; I'm TAKIN' 400!
*1 FOR EACH YEAR*
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
All praises due to our masses, our captains, our northern stars and life savers!
*(S.O.S.)* - y'all always been on some other ship
So crew; set your fiscal sails in motion, steer that flesh machine and check your spiritual compass!
Get ready & come sail away with us on...
S.OME O.THER S.HIP!
_____________________________________
Offerings from:
Elise Dorsey
GypjaQ
Justin Allen
Kara Young
EZRAKH
Temi Olutunmbi
Chazz Giovanni*
Yucking Awesome
Valentin Lamar
BRGZR
Ken Doll
Eric Wonder
Myles Loftin
K La Soul
Grant Strudwick
Cor Ece
Suggested donation at the door. BYOB + Cash Bar. Rooftop Access. RESPECT the space.
F train @ Smith St./9th Avenue (message us if you need any directions)
LINK
Friday, June 2, 2017
Sunday, May 28, 2017
Friday, May 26, 2017
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
'AGAINST THE SUPREMACY OF THOUGHT' by manuel arturo abreu [ARTICLE]
1. REANALYZING THE THOUGHT FETISH
By means of ‘lack of reason’—with religion, language, appearance, and other aspects serving as a litmus—the animalization of Black and brown people has been a critical tool of domination, invented to justify the white conquest, genocide, slavery, and other violence that engendered the contemporary.
What does it mean, then, that art today prizes thinking and the aesthetics of thought such as criticality, divestment from the sensory, and a demeanor of philosophical objectivity? The white West used these very criteria to dehumanize the global south and facilitate Euro expansion; in a specifically aesthetic context, modernism itself was premised on the spoils of imperial conquest.
Despite clarion calls of posthumanism, it is possible to excavate an exclusionary humanism in the fetishism for ‘objective philosophical thought’ in contemporary art which preserves the modernist dynamic of treating Black and brown people and aesthetics as raw material. We can recalibrate our definitions of art from the contemplation and production of the beautifully useless and self-referential. A continued utilitarian project of the violent subsumption of non-white aesthetics is possible through reading Allan Kaprow’s concept of post-art in the context of the Middle Passage and its afterlife.
MORE @ LINK
Friday, February 10, 2017
Nairy Baghramian
[Flat Spine, 2016, Lacquered wood, resin; Portrait (The Concept_Artist Smoking Head, Stand-In), 2016 (in the background), 9 baryte b/w prints, 1 C-print (framed)]
LINK
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Friday, February 3, 2017
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