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Mano/Mundo/Corazón: Artists Interpret La Lotería
September 9 – December 10, 2010

Opening Reception
Thursday, September 9, 2010
6-9PM

A curated selection of films, photographs, installations and paintings featuring work by Jim Finn, Maximo Gonzalez, Jill Hartley, Luis Delgado, Adolfo Patiño and others.
Newly commissioned works on paper, each based on a Lotería card. Participating artists include Maria Gaspar, Daniel Guzman, Gabriela Alva Cal y Mayor, Fred Stonehouse, Marilyn Propp, Mauricio Limon, Michael Pajon, Miguel Cortez, Javier Carmona, Michael Scoggins, Humberto Duque, Alexis MacKenzie and more.

This exhibition is organized with the help and support of the Illinois Arts Council, National Museum of Mexican Art, Mexican Consulate in Chicago, Poetry Magazine, and Anchor Graphics, Critical Encounters and Latino Cultural Affairs at Columbia College Chicago. Presented in association with Chicago Artists Month.

and my card is: EL CANTARITO

Domestic City: Methodology and Intuition
Kidd Yellin
133 Imlay Street, 917-860-1147
Brooklyn Misc.
May 21 – June 19, 2010
Opening: Friday, May 21, 6 – 9 PM

Domestic City: Methodology and Intuition
Kidd Yellin
133 Imlay Street, 917-860-1147
Brooklyn Misc.
May 21 – June 19, 2010
Open

Kidd Yellin is pleased to present Domestic City: Methodology and Intuition, a group show organized by Nichole van Beek and Vince Contarino.

The generation of architecture indicates a creative, yet logical working process that leads to a functional structure. The development of an interior s

pace into a home, however, is a messier, more haphazard accumulation of intuitive decisions. Each work chosen for Domestic City reflects a point on the continuum between architecture and domestic interior. Some clearly fall on either end of the spectrum and other work collapses the apparent dichotomy.

In Nils Folke Anderson’s construction titled Six Empties, steel beams delineate the edges of a multi-dimensional architectural space. As the viewer circles the piece, the open structure transforms into a layered mass of geometric solids and back again; corners and planes shift into focus and then are lost in a tangle of lines that erodes assumptions about the cleanliness of geometric abstraction.

In the same way, the choice of color in Gary Peterson’s paintings breaks down expectations of a rigid, analytical methodology in hard-edged painting. Although the two Peterson paintings in the show, Smashed and Together, are similar, a quick comparison reveals idiosyncratic differences arrived at through a personal, intuitive logic.

Through this intuitive process Gina Beavers builds lush, decorative structures in her prints. In Untitled Jewelry, black, lace-like forms roll over the paper in layers, creating a loose, asymmetrical pattern. Glamorously gaudy painted gems hang in the center of the composition. This piece celebrates Rococo-like ornamentation that can often be found in jewelry, clothing and home decorations.

Each of the 21 artists in Domestic City contributes a unique voice to the discussion of architecture and domestic interiors, complementing each other through a plurality of working methods. Gavin Anderson’s painting references private space and sexuality; Inna Babaeva’s piece colonizes living space with Target-red balls on wheels; Erik Benson’s painting speaks about failed utopia; Joseph Burwell’s drawing calls up actual and imagined architectural histories; Rob Carter’s photograph and animation describe a world inhabited solely by flora; Chris Gentile’s photograph blurs the line between utilitarian construction and home decoration; Everest Hall’s painting is a constructed ruse with a pink flare; An Hoang’s paintings are a combination of experienced and psychological space; Todd Knopke’s quilt depicts an after-party crash; Lauren Luloff’s painting on bed sheets twists and turns away from the static frame; Kora Manheimer’s photos of garage sales offer a meta-experience of picking through images of people picking through things; Esperanza Mayobre’s laser cut drawing indicates the insecure fate of the future; Gabriela Alva Cal y Mayor’s sculpture fabricates an abandoned construction; Alisa Ochoa’s ceramic bones present a surreal homage to a Flintsone-esque past; Yadir Quintana’s silver floor piece records the presence of a domestic partner; Miyoung Sohn’s tin egg draws a connection between food and procreation; William Stone’s clock reminds us of the inability to capture time; and Justin Valdes’s drawings ask the viewer to negotiate a relationship to memory and everyday objects.

New York 2010 IMPULSE Presentations
Fukuhara Hiroshige, presented by Ai Kowada Gallery,Tokyo; Farsad Labbauf presented by Amstel Gallery, Amsterdam; Gabriela Alva Cal y Mayor, presented by Antena Estudio, Mexico City; Brion Nuda Rosch, presented by Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco; Roberto Mollá, presented by Christina Ray, New York; Michael Lash, presented by Lyons Wier Gallery, New York; Frederik Norén, presented by Mirai Projects, Stockholm; Shin Duk Kang, presented by Galerie PICI, Seoul; Johanna Unzueta, presented by RJ Fine Arts ,Stamford, CT; Sopheap Pich, presented by Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York; Megan Whitmarsh, presented by Michael Rosenthal, San Francisco; Laurent Craste, presented by Galerie SAS, Montreal; and Steven Day, presented by VINYL Contemporary, Brooklyn. New York 2009 PULSE Prize winner, Eric Beltz, will design the PULSE New York 2010 tote bag. Beltz will also have his recent work displayed in Morgan Lehman’s booth at the Fair.

¡Felicidades a los artistas seleccionados!

Adela Goldbard
Adrián Guerrero
Alberto Ibáñez Cerda
Alejandro Pintado
Ana Belén Paizanni Vázquez
Anni Garza
Antonia Fritche
Antonio Ernesto O’Connell Pérez Rubio
Belsai Maza Mora
Benjamin Torres Contreras
Carlos Alberto Segovia Alanis
Cassandra Gallotti
Daniel Alcalá
Elisa Gutiérrez Eriksen
Fernando Carabajal
Gabriela Alva Cal y Mayor
Gustavo Gómez Brechtel
Gustavo Villegas
Hazael González Castillo
Heriberto Quesnel
Hernain Bravo
Iris Esther García Navarro
Jason Michael Hackenwerth
Jeannette Betancourt
José Enrique Pórras Gómez
Juan González Lugo
Juan Eric Morales Martínez
Julieta Aguinaco
Karla Zúñiga Chávez
Laura Gabriela Villalobos Balboa
Lorena Moreno Vera
Luis Manuel Quintino Cíntora
Luis Rodrigo Farías
Manuel Cerda Cabrera
Marcela Armas
Mauricio Colin Castillo
Miguel Ángel Madrigal
Miguel Monroy
Miho Hagino
Mónica Dower
Mónica Espinosa
Morelos León Celis
Omar Arcega Morales
Omar Rodríguez Graham
Patrick Pettersson
Ricardo Atl Laguna
Ricardo Caballero
Ricardo Harispuru
Rocío Montoya
Vanessa Rivero

*selección fue hecha en base a la convocatoria lanzada por CUADRO / Guía & Salón de Artistas Emergentes, en donde recibimos un total de 480 propuestas.

http://www.cpluv.com/leairbag

I haven’t figured it out, or exactly which sociological drive is making an explosion of tattooed skin all over town.
But would love to make a tattoo party w/this. Perhaps for my birthday celebration

Abelino sent me pictures from the exhibit “Espada de dos Filos”

I know the dates seem wrong, right? I wish I could have been able to be there.

Found this while looking for Tax Docs:
Tropicalia 06’, Bronx Museum.
pictures taken for some publication, I was a gallery facilitator, one of the funnest volunteer jobs I have done; talking to the parrots, hear songs on a loop from the Exhibition in Cuba, visitors constantly thinking I was one of the artists, pshh if only.

I remember most of it, I really liked witnessing the visitor’s experiences, how reluctant they were to try the colored water, how the kids wanted to stay the longest time in the sand, how difficult it was to have them take their shoes off, but Pape’s work was by far the most fun to have them experience, a lot of giggling included.
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wearing parangole

A little note for the New Museum, made from the latest letter I got where they request former Members to renew. By which they also take the opportunity to invite me to the "Younger than Jesus" opening, all access granted after mailing my renewal application.

Which I can’t,
it is just that;
it doesn’t seem to be working.

looks good under this particular context and together with other people’s work
http://ffffound.com/home/embrella/found/