The Bricoleurs
Presented by BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn
Curated by: Christian Fuller & Risa Shoup
Opening Reception January 25th 2012
7:00 pm-9:00 pm
Free Admission
Each year, BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn presents an exhibition exclusively drawn from its Artist Registry, an online resource containing over 15,000 image files and 1,000 active users. The 2012 exhibition The Bricoleurs will present the work of artists who explore the medium of collage and assemblage, and examine expanding the canon of these processes. These artists embrace the practice of bricolage – constructing new forms and imagery – and pull together styles and materials that might otherwise appear disparate and unattractive save for the artist’s ability to combine them into one cogent, integral whole. Artists include: Andrea Burgay, Max Greis, MaryKate Maher, Joseph Gillette, Cooper Holoweski, Alana Fitzgerald, Christian Maychack, Danielle Durchslag, Man Bartlett, and Troy Michie.
Founded in 1983, the BRIC Contemporary Artist Registry is Brooklyn’s oldest visual artist registry, and one of its largest; it includes the portfolios of visual artists who were born in, live in, work in, or have a studio in the borough of Brooklyn, curators, and art professionals. The Registry is open to all Brooklyn-affiliated artists and is free to join and use.
PUBLIC POROGRAM: Bricolage LIVE
Saturday, March 3rd, 8-10pm
Cooper Holoweski will perform a live score to his animation piece, Nebuchanezzer’s Dream with the accompaniment of his brother Doc Holoweski, and Joseph Gillette performing his ongoing “Neo Media So-Real-ism” project, This event is free to the public; light refreshments will be served.
Figured
January 26th- March 3, 2012
Presented by BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn
Curated by: Kris Nuzzi,
2012 recipient of the Lori Ledis Emerging Curatorial Fellowship
Opening Reception January 25th 2012
7:00 pm-9:00 pm
Free Admission
The exhibition Figured explores how artists undertake representation of the figure without using a physical form. Deliberately moving beyond the meaning of direct portraiture, the exhibition focuses on unconventional interpretations to reveal the artist’s intention beyond what meets the eye. Using words, possessions, names, and symbolic shapes, the artists of Figuredboth capture the essence of the individual they represent and leave the viewer wanting more. Artists include: Julia Chiang, Petros Chrisostomou, Leigh E. Davis, Leor Grady, Regi Müller, and Eric Rhein.
Twice annually, BRIC’s Contemporary Art exhibition program dedicates its Project Room at BRIC Rotunda Gallery to presenting exhibitions developed under the auspices of the Loris Ledis Emerging Curator Program. The Lori Ledis Emerging Curator Program was established through the donations of family, friends, and professional associates in the memory of Lori Ledis, a pioneering Brooklyn art dealer and music producer.
This program supports the realization and vision of two emerging curators who are chosen through a competitive selection process and named a Lori Ledis Emerging Curatorial Fellow. The Program funds thematic group exhibitions of contemporary art focusing on Brooklyn artists.
PUBLIC PROGRAM: Embody
Friday, February 10, 7-9pm
A night of performance art where visitors can be probed and examined by BabySkinGlove in her Klone Klink, view Figured artist Leigh Davis’ Residence projection and with your participation, watch VV as the sculptural Ghanaian forms before your eyes.
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