“JARO 5: Ivan Gaete and Graciela Cassel” Exhibition
Rooster Gallery
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“I am a passenger
And I ride and I ride
I ride through the city’s backside
I see the stars come out of the sky
Yeah, they’re bright in a hollow sky
You know it looks so good tonight
I am a passenger
I stay under glass
I look through my window so bright
I see the stars come out tonight
I see the bright and hollow sky
Over the city’s ripped-back sky
And everything looks good tonight
Singin’ la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la
Get into the car
We’ll be the passenger
We’ll ride through the city tonight
See the city’s ripped backsides
We’ll see the bright and hollow sky
We’ll see the stars that shine so bright
The sky was made for us tonight
Oh, the passenger
How-how he rides
Oh, the passenger
He rides and he rides
He looks through his window
What does he see?
He sees the silent hollow sky
He sees the stars come out tonight
He sees the city’s ripped backsides
He sees the winding ocean drive
And everything was made for you and me
All of it was made for you and me
‘Cause it just belongs to you and me
So let’s take a ride and see what’s mine
Singin’ la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la
Oh, the passenger
He rides and he rides
He sees things from under glass
He looks through his window’s eye
He sees the things he knows are his
He sees the bright and hollow sky
He sees the city asleep at night
He sees the stars are out tonight
And all of it is yours and mine
And all of it is yours and mine
Oh, let’s ride and ride and ride and ride
Singin’ la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la
Singin’ la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la”
— “The Passenger” by Iggy Pop & Ricky Gardiner, 1977
Ivan Gaete (b. Santiago, Chile) is a multidisciplinary New York-based artist. His drawings, paper constructions, photographs, videos and installations are multi-layered surveys that deploy architecture and sewing practices to expose the structures that define form and permeate meaning. Often monochromatic, geometric and ethereal, his works connect mapping, cosmology and metaphysics. He is a recipient of a 2016 BRIO award from the Bronx Council on the Arts and a 2016 Create Change Fellow at the Laundromat Project. He is currently a resident at Residency Unlimited and at Artists Alliance / LES Studio Program. Earlier this year he completed the AIM program at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. Past residencies include Expressiones Cultural Center (New London, CT) and Ace Hotel (NYC). This summer he will be an artist in residence at Wassaic Project. His work has been exhibited at NurtureArt, Kentler Drawing Center, Manhattan Graphics, Bronx Art Space, Bronx River Art Center, The Clemente and several other spaces throughout the city. He is a BX200 featured artist.
Graciela Cassel (b. Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a New York-based multimedia artist who works on video installations and sculpture, exploring concepts of subjectivity, change, and border politics. Cassel holds a MA in Studio Art and a MFA in Fine Arts School of Visual Arts, New York. Recent exhibitions include Arte x Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2014); Artist Book, Sculpture Garden, LIC, New York (2014); Speed, North Carolina Museum, North Carolina (2013) Islandia, Dutch Kills Gallery, New York (2009). In 2015, “In the Sky” received the New York Filmmakers Palm award in the Spring season screening at Anthology Film Archives; in 2016 “Rivers” received a grant by NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Greater New York Arts Development Fund; the same year “Accelerate” received the Spring Palm Awards 2016 given by New Film Makers in Anthology film Archives. Cassel’s residency is supported by a grant from Monica Vila – Organization, Clinica sobre Jouissance-Seminario Lacaniano and the 2016 Queens Arts Fund New Works Grant Community funded by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Greater New York Arts Development Fund.
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Schedule
from June 09, 2016 to June 29, 2016
Opening Reception on 2016-06-09 from 18:00 to 20:00