A look at the visual trends in Revelatory Tension

The subtitle of the Revelatory Tension show is “New Assertions on Divine Form.” Curator Kalia Brooks writes that the “work [in the exhibition] is an exploration into the spatial, lingual, formal, and material qualities that signify a contemplation of the divine.” What might those formal qualities be that suggest divinity? Below are some visual trends [...]

Revelatory Tension – Final Week!

Check out some images from our current exhibition about aesthetics. It ends next Friday!
Revelatory Tension: New Assertions on Divine Form

Updates on the artists from Revelatory Tension

Catch the artists from Revelatory Tension in their next shows.
A collaborative, multimedia dance performance featuring the work of Lindsay Benedict and three other artists will show at Dixon Place NYC next Tuesday night (December 15) at 8 pm. Click here for tickets.
Shane Aslan Selzer is currently participating in 1969 at P.S. 1, on view through [...]

Revelatory Tension Artist Derick Adams Inspires Family Day Program

Last Saturday, BRIC artist educator extraordinaire Angela Earley led a kid-friendly art-making workshop inspired by Derick Adams’ mixed media pieces currently on view in the Revelatory Tension exhibition.
It seems especially apt that Adams’ collages served as the kids’ inspiration because much of Adams’ work references childhood experience and “edutainment” for young people.

Seminar with Jackie Battenfield, Founder of Rotunda Gallery

Jackie Battenfield, founder and first director of the Rotunda Gallery from 1981-89 (now the contemporary art space of BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn), led a seminar here last Wednesday inspired by her new book, The Artist’s Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love. In her guidebook, Jackie shares her decades of [...]

Revelatory Tension Opening Night

This Wednesday was our opening night reception for Revelatory Tension: New Assertions on Divine Form curated by Kalia Brooks. We had excellent turnout–nearly 250 people came, including Brooks and the six artists in the show, Derrick Adams, Lindsay Benedict, Russell Frederick, Jason Irwin, Shane Aslan Selzer, and Jeff Sims.
Check out these pictures from the party! [...]

Revelatory Tension: New Assertions on Divine Form

Everyone at BRIC Rotunda Gallery has been busy installing our next show Revelatory Tension curated by Kalia Brooks. The show will include work from Derrick Adams, Lindsay Benedict, Russell Frederick, Jason Irwin, Shane Selzer, and Jeff Sims in a variety of mediums. We are very excited about the opening of this show on Wednesday, November [...]

Brooklyn Art:Work 2009 Gala an Enormous Success

Our 2009 gala was a huge success and brought in upwards of $160,000 for BRIC Contemporary Art’s exhibition and education programs! This figure, which exceeds our goal, is especially inspiring given the economic recession.
The evening began with a cocktail hour on the rooftop terrace of our venue, Stage 6 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Steiner [...]

Gearing up for the 2009 Brooklyn Art: Work Gala

We are gearing up for our 2009 Brooklyn Art: Work Gala! The Gala will be held on Tuesday, October 20th at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and will include a cocktail reception, dinner and live auction of works by our sixteen artist-honorees, each of whom exemplifies Brooklyn’s status as a global art capital. Proceeds from the [...]

Status Report Opening Night

Please check out images of the opening of our current show  Status Report featuring works from artists Margarita Cabrera, Vicky Funari and Sergio de la Torre, Christina Fernandes, Coco Fusco, Erika Harrsch, Pedro Lasch, Delilah Montoya, and Dulce Pinzon. We were happy to have DJ Papichulo at the opening as well. The show will remain [...]