"Revelatory Tension: New Assertions on Divine Form" Exhibition
BRIC
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Revelatory Tension: New Assertions on Divine Form is a proposition for a theological aesthetic in contemporary art. The exhibition highlights the work of six artists who work with a variety of media to abstract the ideology of devotion that often accompanies religious practice. Exhibiting artists — all based in Brooklyn — include Derrick Adams, Lindsay Benedict, Russell Frederick, Jason Irwin, Shane Aslan Selzer, and Jeff Sims. Their work is an exploration into the spatial, lingual, formal, and material qualities that signify a contemplation of the divine. Through their work, the gallery is emphasized as a site of creative reverence.
Revelatory Tension: New Assertions on Divine Form is the second edition of BRIC Contemporary Art’s annual guest-curated exhibition drawn from our Artist Registry, one of the city’s most comprehensive resources on Brooklyn-affiliated visual artists. BRIC’s “From the Registry” exhibitions provide a means of recognizing promising artists and of presenting a fresh look at emerging trends in the visual arts. The BRIC Contemporary Artist Registry is open to anyone who lives, works, or was born in Brooklyn.
Kalia Brooks is a New York based curator and writer. She is currently a Student in Aesthetics and Art Theory with the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (idsva). Brooks received her M.A. in Curatorial Practice from the California College of the Arts in 2006, and was a Helena Rubinstein Fellow in Critical Studies at the Whitney Independent Study Program 2007/2008.
[Image: Jason Irwin "Ionic Facade (BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY)" (2009) Printed vinyl on building facade]
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Schedule
from November 05, 2009 to December 18, 2009
Opening Reception on 2009-11-04 from 19:00 to 21:00