“New Visions: Crown Heights Artists” Exhibition

FiveMyles

poster for “New Visions: Crown Heights Artists” Exhibition

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Old and new Crown Heights artists exhibit together, forming a new community in this changing neighborhood.

ARTIST:

Lourdes Bernard: My goal is that each work should be intense in its presence, and through its narrative content and construction, aggressively attract the viewer. Whether working with oil paint, collage or dry media, drawing is the foundation of my work . I rely on a range of materials to create the skin of the piece, giving it a physicality that tells the story.

Fran Kornfeld: To paraphrase a quote by the painter, Vincent van Gogh: “subject matter is the nail upon which I hang my cloak.” Artistic inspiration can arise from almost any aspect of life; a beautiful sunset, a stirring biblical or mythical story, or a walk through a garden. When viewed through the eyes of an artist, simple observations are transformed via personal experience and deep-seeded feeling into works of art that in turn, have the power to move, or even inspire anyone who views them. Nature and the world of natural phenomena form the hook upon which I hang my coat.

Oasa DuVerney: “If we want to answer correctly, we have to fall back on the idea of collective catharsis. In every society, in every collectivity, exists -must exist- a channel, an outlet through which the forces accumulated in the form of aggression can be released. This is the purpose of games in children’s institutions, of psychodramas in group therapy, and in a more general way, of illustrated magazines for children—each type of society, of course, requiring its own specific kind of catharsis. The Tarzan stories, the sagas of twelve year- old explorers, the adventures of Mickey Mouse, and all those “comic books” serve actually as a release for collective aggression.” Frantz Fanon

Carl E. Hazlewood: “He simply orchestrates forms and shapes that a piece of thread draped over a steel pin already possesses and manifests, the inherent line in a string, the shape embodied in a folded sheet of vellum or cotton; in effect, the essence of things as they are and as they reveal themselves as long as we are willing, patient, attentive and humble enough to notice and engage,” says curator Olu Oguibe.

Musa Hixson: The current state of the environment has remained a frequent theme throughout my work. At times this interest is more apparent and at others it is more subdued. I incorporate wood, rope, steal, barb-wire and hundreds of other elements together to not only capture and combine their energies but also to remind the viewer of the beauty or the importance of the discarded object. As an artist, it is my mission to have the viewer create a greater understanding or appreciation of the elements of the past and present in order to create a balanced future.

Naomi Reis: My work investigates the artificial space created by the intersection of architecture and natural environments, and the parallel spaces that exist outside the realm of everyday life. My works are are templates, or three-dimensional metaphors, rather than real, lived-in spaces. Empty and uninhabited, these neutral spaces allow the mind to occupy and wander around in them; a third space that floats between reality and the imagination.

Naomi Safran-Hon: Cement: on the surface, the material alludes to construction but, transformed in my studio, it reflects the ways in which my life has been shaped by political reality. Construction of identity interlaces with construction of landscape. I use cement as paint where not only the borders of my region are explored, but also ideas about painting and the limits of this medium. I am interested in pushing the boundaries of the material, challenging both ideas about art and ideas about politics. With these visual works I seek to offer the insulated viewer in a white cube a bridge to the political world outside.

Amanda Turner Pohan: As human beings, we are only able to create from that which is already within us. The networks and systems that inform our biological being mirror those existing outside of our skin, and are part of a single environment. The computer acts as my lens through which to observe and digitally record natural and digital phenomena for the purpose of transformation, converting a solid to a sound to taste to form to image to word to wavelength to dissolve back into the ether once again.

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Schedule

from September 06, 2014 to September 05, 2014

Opening Reception on 2014-09-07 from 17:00 to 19:00

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