"Beyond Warhol in the 21st Century: A Post-Pop MetaRomantic Retrofit" Exhibition
Trestle Gallery (at Brooklyn Art Space)
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BAG announces the upcoming show Beyond Warhol in the 21st Century: A Post-Pop MetaRomantic Retrofit. From the event's organizers:
Fresh from a successful opening in Chicago, The 23RD Atmosphere Group is proud to announce that its inaugural show, "Beyond Warhol in the 21st Century: A Post-Pop MetaRomantic Retrofit" will be on exhibit at the Brooklyn Art Gym Gallery June 11-28, 2010. Opening night reception will be Friday, June 11 from 6-10 pm. The Gallery is open Mon-Fri, 12-5:30 and Sat, 12-4:30.
The "Beyond Warhol..." show features four contemporary artists who interact with the works and legacy of Andy Warhol. Rather than the simple, shorehugging reiteration of the pop style and aesthetic in the fashion of a Jeff Koons, these four artists filter Andy Warhol through their own MetaRomantic prism in a strong, provocative and highly subjective manner. They seek to advance the artist's personal vision, not to negate it. Exploration, both internal and of the world at large, is their chief goal, whether it is reexamining old truths or retrofitting a synthesis of prior methods, styles and ethea with a new vocabulary.
Mel Smothers, from Brooklyn, carries on a painterly dialogue with Warhol in his series "Dear Andy: Postcards from Montauk." Warhol once said he wanted "to be a machine" and Pindar Van Arman, a Baltimore artist, accommodates him with his artificially intelligent painting robot named Dahupi. Cleveland photographer Peggy Roberts is showing her series of storefront photos that knowingly reference Warhol's days as a window display designer. In his Warhol Rag Series, Robert Furman, a Chicago sculptor, explores the interplay between video and sculpture where both relate to a common theme. He adopts some of the style of Warhol but adds his own expressionist substance by delving below the pop icons to detrivialize the subject matter-Marilyn Monroe, for example in Warhol Rag 1.
Until the Group's website is up and running, the show catalog, with essay by Robert Henry Mutterson II, can be viewed in its entirety at robertfurman.com. and is available at Lulu.com.
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Schedule
from June 11, 2010 to June 28, 2010
Opening Reception on 2010-06-11 from 18:00 to 22:00
Artist(s)
Mel Smothers, Pindar Van Arman, Peggy Roberts, Robert Furman