ELI RIDGWAY - SPOKE - SMAART - 63 BLUXOME

PHOTOBOOTH - 2ND FLOOR PROJECTS

07.06.13



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Eli Ridgway Gallery: Summer Show; Open Fields - Mark Benson (in the hallway); Andrew McClintock - Salt Water Battery (in the project space).

Artists of Summer Show: Mauricio Ancalmo, castaneda/reiman, Travis Collinson, Chris Duncan, Wolfgang Ganter, Rebecca Goldfarb, Cassandra C. Jones, Sean McFarland, James Sterling Pitt, Matthew Palladino, Brion Nuda Rosch, Jeffrey Simmons, Zachary Royer Scholz, Lindsey White.

Comment by AB: In the main upstairs & downstairs galleries, peruse a creditable cull of select works by gallery artists. In the entrance hallway, Mark Benson inconveniences plants while in the project space, Andrew McClintock melds art with science to charge up his art. Good art; stop on by.

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Spoke Art Gallery: Paintures - Ron Ulicny.

Comment by AB: The title of Ron Ulicny's show refers to his presenting sculpture as painting. All works are comprised of atypical materials used in unconventional ways. Options include a contemporary rendition of Warhol's 200 Soup Cans except with Progresso soups instead of Campbell's (the same flavors in the same positions as the original), a perfectly bent and shaped chicken wire wall piece (high degree of difficulty), puzzle piece and playing card collages, and a grid work consisting of identical jars filled with white string. Worth a visit.

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SMAart Gallery & Studio: Deep in the Shed/ AStudio Sojourn.

Artists: Steven Allen, Jenn Brazelton, Monique Castiaux, Natasha Dikareva, Alex Hackworth, Bryan Higgins, Lori Koening, John Richard Lloyd, Nikki Lau, Maggie Malloy, Oli Quezada, Bar Schacterman, Tiffany Schmierer.

Comment by AB: A surprisingly gratifying group show of studio ceramics. I wasn't aware of this place until tonight-- a gallery up front with studios in the back, but am delighted to know it now.

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63 Bluxome Street Gallery: Hands & Pants.

Artists: Ashley Hinceman, Jared Roses, Jon Blythe, Adam 5100, Gaily Ezer, Henry Boyle, Joseph Murdach, Sophie Leininger, Lucien Shapiro, Santos Shelton, Kristi Holohan, David Polka, Mario Navasero, Ryan McJunkin, Joanne Ludwig, Lauren Napolitano, Tallulah Terryll, Ari Schindler, Linda Braz, Rafael Tapia, Emily Coker, Deth P. Sun, Gregory Jacobsen, Nathaniel Parsons, Kerri Lee Johnson, Derek Weisberg, Ronny Jones, Micke Tong, Mia Chistopher, Marcos Lafarga, Erik Otto, Jake Watling, Ryan De La Hoz, Sacha Eckes, Martha Sue Harris, Teppei Ando, Pete Glover, Michele Theberge, Matt Decker, Dave Higgins, Morten Hemmingsen Sørup, Maya Kabat, Tigre Bailando, Gwen Thompson, Tara Foley, Justin Lovato, Jon Carling, Justin Angelos, Michael Mellon, Robert Hardgrave, Erik Parra, Althea James, Brian Caraway, Erik Friedman, Alison OK Frost, Billy Sprague, Rick Beaupre, Aaron Petersen, Scott Greenwalt, Mary Mortimer, James Kaufmann, Max Kauffman, David Fullarton, Andrew James Jones, Daryll Peirce, Madeline Tonzi, Dan Nelson, Samantha Lautman, Alison Tharp, Alex Rosmarin, Mary Kalin-Casey.

Comment by AB: In this collaborative extravaganza, John Casey does ink drawings of hands and pants in various configurations, gives one each to dozens of other artists to complete, and voila... a show! All pieces measure 8 by 10 inches; priced $150 each. Such a deal.

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Photobooth: Female Fighter Project - Shawn Tamaribuchi.

Comment by AB: In an ongoing endeavor, Shawn Tamaribuchi photographs top female fighters from around the world. An informative look both at the discipline and those who have mastered it.

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[ 2nd Floor Projects ]: There is No Away - Veronica De Jesus & Minnette Lehmann.

Comment by AB: Veronica De Jesus exhibits 224 text-rich portraits of well-known artists, actors, musicians and other creatives who passed away between 2004 and 2013. I'm willing to bet that this exercise was one of the great educational experiences of her life. Minnette Lehmann shows several very early color digital prints (circa 1990) that she's had stored in the dark for years. And she'd better keep storing them that way; fade-proof inks had not been invented yet.

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