Brennan & Griffin - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Brennan & Griffin. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Sacha Ingber “The Word-Killer”
Brennan & Griffin presents The Word-Killer, an exhibition by Sacha Ingber. Challenging notions of depth, perception, and materiality, Ingber creates playful models of domestic and architectural...More »
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Soshiro Matsubara “Haus der Matsubara”
Brennan & Griffin presents Soshiro Matsubara’s “Haus der Matsubara,” a curated presentation of objects from the artist’s personal collection of artworks acquired from antique shops, second hand stores,...More »
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Philip Hinge “Cat Scratch Fever”
at Step Sister “Cat scratch fever can happen when a person receives a bite, scratch, or lick from a cat that is infected with the bacteria Bartonella Henselae. The infection does not usually cause severe...More »
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E’Wao Kagoshima Exhibition
Brennan & Griffin presents a solo exhibition by E’Wao Kagoshima. On view will be a selection of twelve diptych paintings Kagoshima created during the early to mid 90’s. These historical works,...More »
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Naotaka Hiro “Subterranean & Wanderer”
Brennan & Griffin presents Subterranean & Wanderer, an exhibition of new works by Naotaka Hiro. For the past decade, Hiro has used his own body as a point of departure in sculpture, video,...More »
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“Billions and Billions Served” Exhibition
Curated by Jason Meadows & Kathryn Brennan with work by Mitchell Algus, Guy Goodwin, Sacha Ingber, E’Wao Kagoshima, Pooneh Maghazehe, Jason Meadows, Shari Mendelson, Jon Pylypchuk, Henry Taylor, Eric...More »
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Victoria Roth Exhibition
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Kristen Sanders “Early Bodies”
“The hand posed, pressed against the wall, grasps nothing. It is no longer a prehensile hand, but is offered like the form of an impossible or abandoned grasp. A grasp that could as well let go. The grasp...More »
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Graham Durward Exhibition
at Step Sister Step Sister presents an exhibition of new paintings by New York based artist Graham Durward. Durward’s works feature groups of beach goers, referencing the “bathers” trope found across...More »
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Adriane Connerton & Stefan Hoza Exhibition
at Step Sister Step Sister presents a two person exhibition of new works by Adriane Connerton and Stefan Hoza. Connerton’s paintings of posing figures wearing moisturizing face masks and tanning examine...More »
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Pooneh Maghazehe “2for1”
Nobody wants to miss out on a good deal. Discounts work because of FOMO. The thrill of it is planted in the quick-stop spirited reshuffling of standard unit pricing. In a 2for1 deal, pay whatever it...More »
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Heather Guertin “Two Thousand Eighteen”
Brennan & Griffin presents Two Thousand Eighteen, an exhibition of new paintings by Heather Guertin. Two Thousand Eighteen, when written out - is an abstraction of time. Much like Frank O’Hara’s...More »
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Barb Smith “Gravity Forgiveness”
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JP Munro “Blasted Rockface”
Brennan & Griffin presents Blasted Rockface, an exhibition of new paintings by LA based artist JP Munro. Referencing the dynamited sloped highway paths in the mountains of north Los Angeles, the...More »
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Tomer Aluf, Sacha Ingber & Jennifer Sullivan Exhibition
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“Step Sister” Exhibition
Lower Level Gallery Naotaka Hiro was born in Osaka, Japan in 1972, Hiro relocated to Los Angeles in the late 90’s to attend UCLA and CalArts. Recent notable exhibitions include: Made in LA 2018, Hammer...More »
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Anna Schachinger “Holderinnen”
The image was made just before women were burning and boats were sent from here to here without good intentions. It seems like the feline is about to die, but it’s a circle. Brennan & Griffin is...More »
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Kristin Calabrese “Message To The World”
Brennan & Griffin presents Message to the World, an exhibition of new paintings by Los Angeles based artist Kristin Calabrese. The five works on view are still life paintings of crumpled and stained...More »
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“Carry The Bend” Exhibition
Brennan & Griffin presents Carry the Bend, an exhibition of drawings and paintings from 1965 - 2018. With an emphasis on the lineage of gesture within the realm of abstract painting, the exhibition...More »
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Akira Ikezoe “Coconut Heads”
Brennan & Griffin presents Coconut Heads, the gallery’s first solo exhibition with Akira Ikezoe. Born and raised in rural Kochi, Japan, Ikezoe currently resides in New York City. His paintings...More »
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COBRA “Freeze NY”
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Arthur Ou “A Day of Times”
When we think about the future of the world, we always have in mind its being at the place where it would be if it continued to move as we see it moving now. We do not realize that it moves not in a straight...More »
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Naotaka Hiro “Gibbous”
Brennan & Griffin presents Gibbous, a solo exhibition of new works by Naotaka Hiro. This is the artist’s forth exhibition at the gallery. Over the last decade, Hiro has used his own body as a point...More »
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“The World Without Us” Exhibition
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John Williams “Overheads”
Brennan & Griffin presents Overheads, an exhibition of new sculpture by John Williams. This work explores the possibilities of animating space through the interplay between light, material and form....More »
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Guy Goodwin “Grotto Relief”
Interview with Guy Goodwin and David Reed on the occasion of Guy Goodwin: Grotto Relief David Reed: When I was here last week I kept thinking about a statement of yours from a previous show. You should...More »
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Soshiro Matsubara “Sleeves of Desire II”
Brennan & Griffin presents an exhibition by Soshiro Matsubara entitled “Sleeves of Desire II.” This exhibition is a follow up to Matsubara’s 2016 show “Sleeves of Desire” presented at XYZ Collective...More »
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Peter Acheson “Paintings”
Brennan & Griffin presents Peter Acheson: Paintings , an exhibition of mixed media paintings spanning the years 2012-2016. An early member of the Williamsburg art scene of the 1980’s, Acheson relocated...More »
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Victoria Roth “Off the Banks”
Brennan & Griffin presents “Off the Banks,” an exhibition of new paintings and drawings by Brooklyn based artist Victoria Roth. The works in the exhibition use Marsden Hartley’s stormy and majestic...More »
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“Mortal Sequence” Exhibition
Curated by Heather Guertin Brennan and Griffin presents Mortal Sequence, an exhibition curated by New York based artist, Heather Guertin with work by Whitney Claflin, Rebecca Gilbert, Steffani Jemison,...More »
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Johannes Bendzulla “You’re Fired”
Brennan & Griffin presents “You’re Fired,” an exhibition of new works by Dusseldorf based artist Johannes Bendzulla. For his second exhibition at the gallery, Bendzulla has crafted a series of works...More »
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Heather Guertin “Worm Turns Atmosphere”
Brennan & Griffin presents Worm Turns Atmosphere, Heather Guertin’s second solo exhibition with the gallery and her first at the gallery’s new location, 122 Norfolk Street. For this exhibition,...More »
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“106 Green Presents” Exhibition
This eclectic group of artists represents diverse interests and a wide range of styles and personal affinities. There are however unexpected conceptual and visual threads that connect one artist to another...More »
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“It/Ego” Exhibition
Brennan & Griffin presents It/Ego, a group sculpture exhibition at both gallery locations. This exhibition explores the intersection between unrestricted instinct and the will to rationalize and...More »
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Naotaka Hirom ”Big Question”
Brennan & Griffin presents Big Question, an exhibition of new work by Naotaka Hiro. This exhibition will inaugurate the gallery’s new location at 122 Norfolk St, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan....More »
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Jeni Spota C. “Dicey Fabulous Carnival”
Brennan & Griffin presents Dicey Fabulous Carnival, an exhibition of new paintings by Jeni Spota C. The architecture of Simone Martini’s Maestà of 1315, the elaborate metalwork and enamels from...More »
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Guy Goodwin, Heather Guertin, Naotaka Hiro, Dave McDermott, Jason Meadows Exhibition
Brennan & Griffin presents a group exhibition with works by Guy Goodwin, Heather Guertin, Naotaka Hiro, Dave McDermott and Jason Meadows. Guy Goodwin (b. 1940) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York....More »
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“Keith Boadwee 1989-2000” Exhibition
Brennan & Griffin presents Keith Boadwee: 1989-2000. Boadwee’s practice combines the mediums of painting, photography, performance and collaboration. Boadwee’s early photographic work is a result...More »
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“Coal For Wine” Exhibition
Brennan & Griffin presents Coal For Wine, an exhibition curated by Nicholas Irzyk. The goods itemized in the exhibition’s title are compressions of time and locale. Used metabolically, they rely...More »
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Arthur Ou Exhibition
Brennan & Griffin presents an exhibition of new work by Arthur Ou. Over the course of the past year, Ou has produced a series of fourteen portraits of photographers absorbed in the act of reading Ludwig...More »
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John Williams Exhibition
Brennan & Griffin presents an exhibition of new works by John Williams. For the past several years, John Williams has consolidated his investigations into sculpture, photography, and performance into...More »
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“Half Empty” Exhibition
Brennan & Griffin presents Half Empty an exhibition of works by Dan Finsel, Naotaka Hiro, and Mateo Tannatt. Each artist in the exhibition shares a common sensibility in their approach to art making....More »
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XYZcollective “Man & Play”
Brennan & Griffin presents Man & Play an exhibition organized by the Tokyo-based XYZcollective: Hello every one. My name is COBRA. Im singing everynight. When I will be in NY. Please...More »
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Heather Guertin “Development”
The word development can be used in different contexts while maintaining the same meaning. For this exhibition, developing countries, housing developments, and character development are addressed through...More »
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“If you throw a spider out the window, does it break?” Exhibition
Brennan & Griffin presents the summer exhibition, ʻIf you throw a spider out the window, does it break?ʼ curated by Adrianne Rubenstein. In her book ʻHow Should a Person Be?ʼ, Sheila Heti contemplates...More »
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Guy Goodwin “Works On Paper”
Brennan & Griffin presents Guy Goodwin: Works on Paper. This exhibition has been designed as a companion to Goodwin’s exhibition of new paintings that were previously on view at the gallery. Throughout...More »
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Guy Goodwin “New Paintings”
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Dave McDermott “Goethe’s Girlfriend”
Dave McDermott <XXXXXXXXX@gmail.com> to Kathryn, James Hey, So the title of the show is a reference to a footnoted passage from Goethe’s autobiography (From My Life: Poetry and Truth, 1811-1830)....More »
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Johannes Bendzulla “All Information Is Subject To Change”
Brennan & Griffin presents “All Information Is Subject To Change” an exhibition of new work by Dusseldorf-based artist Johannes Bendzulla. For the exhibition, Bendzulla has generated a series of...More »
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“Page 179, Artforum, September 2013.” Exhibition
Brennan & Griffin presents the group exhibition “Page 179, Artforum, September 2013.” The gallery took out a full-page advertisement in the September issue of Artforum Magazine which framed a blank...More »
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Kristin Calabrese “How Do I Transform This Negative Into A Positive?”
Brennan & Griffin presents How Do I Transform This Negative Into A Positive? an exhibition of new works by Kristin Calabrese. In this body of work, the artist investigates the language and imagery...More »
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Naotaka Hiro “Pit & Log”
Brennan & Griffin presents Pit & Log an exhibition of new works by Naotaka Hiro. Throughout Hiro’s practice, the artist’s body has served as the foundation for his exploration of the unknown....More »
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“Days” Exhibition
An empty space sets a thing off. Elevates it. Lends it pristineness. Fine. A peak is an occasion for contemplation. But most days are spent at lower altitudes, with one’s face pressed to the grain. The...More »
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Arthur Ou Exhibition
Brennan and Griffin presents our first solo exhibition with Arthur Ou. Ou’s work is rooted in photography, although he has explored notions of the photographic through other mediums, such as sculpture....More »
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Jeni Spota "I Am Not A Magician"
In one indelible scene from Pasolini's Il Decameron (1971), which has provided Jeni Spota a broad framework for her paintings since 2006, Giotto (played by Pasolini) awakens from a vision in which the...More »
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Cal Crawford "Pistol pond poison"
"A confused and muddled onslaught of cramped words, muffled groans, and hostile images. He said he would spare me direct violence by instead slipping his tongue around my ear, letting a small semblance...More »
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Mary Weatherford "Manhattan"
Brennan & Griffin announces Manhattan, an exhibition of new paintings by Mary Weatherford. Weatherford's work for nearly a decade has been an ongoing exploration of specific California landscapes...More »
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Michele O'Marah "Videos 1997 - 2002"
Brennan & Griffin presents Michele O'Marah: Videos 1997 - 2002 an exhibition of the artist's first three video pieces: For Those About To Rock (1997), White Diamonds/Agent Orange (2001), and Valley...More »
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Paul Cherwick "Splinter Group"
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Guy Goodwin "Recent Works"
Guy Goodwin began painting in New York in 1965. He was involved with a group of courageous, experimental downtown New York painters, who defiantly pushed and extended the boundaries of painting which...More »
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Naotaka Hiro "Unknown: Video Works (2006 - 2011)"
Brennan & Griffin presents Unknown: Video Works (2006 - 2011), a weeklong screening surveying the films by Los Angeles based artist Naotaka Hiro. Using the artist's body as a point of departure,...More »
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Danica Phelps "The Cost of Love"
Brennan & Griffin presents “The Cost of love”, an exhibition of new work by Danica Phelps. For more than a decade, Phelps has been chronicling her own life through a series of charts and drawings...More »
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Jonathan Butt, Cal Crawford, and Jeni Spota Exhibition
Brennan & Griffin presents an exhibition of new works by Jonathan Butt, Cal Crawford, and Jeni Spota. Jonathan Butt's sculptures are composed of disparate geometries that jostle to occupy the same...More »
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Katie Grinnan Exhibition
Accordion Thoughts and Everyday SuperpositionMore »