UPROOTED: GROUP DRAWING SHOW - BROOKLYN

Uprooted: Group Drawing Show
July 9 – August 24, 2009
Public Reception: July 10th, 6 – 9 PM

Featuring: Sasha Blanton, Kevin Bourgeois, Abby Hertz, Eric Johnston, Melissa Murray, Joseph Smolinski, and Homer Yost.

Brooklyn, New York, Ch’i Contemporary Fine Art is excited to present Uprooted: Group Drawing Show, an exhibition addressing the current cultural climate through issues such as technology’s response to nature and the repercussions of unconscious human action. Join us on Friday, July 10th from 6 – 9 PM for a public reception with the artists at the gallery’s Williamsburg location of 293 Grand Street between Roebling and Havemeyer.

The public is invited to attend this event and visit the gallery during regular hours: Wed – Sun 11 AM – 7 PM, and Mon. 9 AM – 5 PM. For more information contact the gallery at 718.218.8939.

Sasha Blanton’s battleships situated nowhere symbolize the future of North American culture with regards to our global position. As stated by the artist, “we are rusting out, left to crumble – we are sinking.”

Whereas Kevin Bourgeois’s surrealistic pop inspired graphite drawings address the human conditions of truth, beauty and love in our consumer driven society.

Abby Hertz’s stylized drawings based on female genitalia are a contemporary take on feminism. In “Covered” the sinuous vaginal lines evoke the tendrils of arboreal landscapes, buried beneath the soil - she uncovers their potency.

In addition, Melissa Murray’s drawings of animals in incongruous settings represent the detachment humans have from our primal origins. In her own words, “these creatures represent purity, and personify my dreams and fears for our collective future.”

For Eric Johnston ghost stories mingle with memories of the Texas marshland where he grew up and morph themselves into visionary designs. In “A People’s Power Plant” Johnston transforms an archetypal Baltimore dwelling and attaches to it multiple solar panels creating an imaginary structure and the possibilities of hybridization.

Joseph Smolinksi’s graphite drawings examine the interaction between one of the oldest
living organisms on earth and its current nemesis cellular towers. In the vast landscapes of this country where are confronted with the irreverence commercial society has for the integral process of life and death.

Lastly, Homer Yost's triptych drawings in graphite and conte address issues of homelessness in our country - the very uprooting of a person leaving them adrift.

Heure de début :	10 juillet 2009 à 11:00
Heure de fin :	24 août 2009 à 17:00
Lieu :	Ch'i Contemporary Fine Art
Adresse :	293 Grand St.

Téléphone :	7182188939
Courriel :	info@chicontemporaryfineart.com

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CHRYSALLIS STAGE - BROOKLYN

Brooklyn, New York, Ch'i Contemporary Fine Art is excited to present Chrysalis Stage, installation and sculpture by Joe Mangrum, the artist's second solo show at the gallery. Join us on Thursday, June 11th from 6 – 9 PM for the opening reception at the gallery's Williamsburg location of 293 Grand Street between Roebling and Havemeyer. The evening will feature an artist talk and musical performance by voice, tap and jazz ensemble TrioNada as part of the Northside Music and Art Festival (June 11 – 14). We will also be open additional hours on June 12th as part of the Williamsburg Gallery Association Second Friday event. The public is invited to attend these events and visit the gallery during regular hours: Wed - Sun 11 AM - 7 PM, and Mon. 9 AM - 5 PM. For more information contact the gallery at 718.218.8939.

Artist Statement: My greatest desire is to reveal a deeper truth by exploring the visual experience. For many years, I have been moved by the spherical Mandala as a universal scientific and metaphysical form. Its shape echoes manifestations in our own cells, unfolding flowers or patterns in the deepest reaches of space. I am interested in naturally formed phenomena devoid of artificial boundaries and their contrast to structures like a pyramid or grid. Our lives are inherently connected to the whole of its people, its natural wonder, spirit and momentum. By magnifying the outlook of a flourishing sustainability with impending disaster, I aspire to better understand the consequences we face in our experience of modern life.

Joe Mangrum’s installations have been shared with national and international audiences. In 2008 Joe was invited to create site-specific installations for the All Points West and Mile High Music Festivals in the US. He was also selected for an International Juried Show at Viridian Artists, Inc. curated by Elisabeth Sussman of the Whitney Museum. Also while completing a residency in China, Joe created a living sculpture using air-plants titled “Retail Transmutation” at the exhibited at the Sunshine Museum in Beijing. Past accolades include the 2003 Lorenzo de Medici Award in “New Media” at the Florence Biennale for his striking piece “Fragile”. An alumnus of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Joe began his training as a painter and while traveling abroad moved toward installations of found objects. He continues to explore mediums and materials in his work.

WIlliamsburg Gallery Association, L Magazine and Northside Music and Arts Festival : The WGA is pleased to announce their groundbreaking partnership with the Northside Festival, June 11 - 14, 2009. This watershed event is the first of its kind, exposing the simmering hotbed of artistic and musical talent that Williamsburg has to offer. During the festival, the WGA will host live music and performances in the galleries, Williamsburg Every 2nd Friday extended gallery hours with an after-party at My Moon, and special summer programming on Bedford Avenue in association with Williamsburg Walks. The WGA brings the dynamic art and music of Williamsburg together in an unparalleded celebration of Brooklyn’s thriving art scene.

Ch'i Contemporary Fine Art, established in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 1999 and directed by Tracy Causey-Jeffery is committed to exhibiting vibrant contemporary art by living artists: both mid-career and emerging. Ch'i hosts 11-15 exhibitions annually with their artists coming from across America, Asia, Europe and South America.

In addition to its own exhibitions, Ch'i participates annually in at least 3 international fairs and events. In 2008, Chi participated in the annual Asian Contemporary Arts Week (NYC), the Bridge Art Fairs in New York City and Miami and the inaugural Art Asia Fair in Miami. Additionally, Ch'i and its artists have been published in Artforum, ArtNews, Block Magazine, Brooklyn Rail, Korea Times, LA Times, New York Sun, New York Times, NY Arts Magazine and The Village Voice among others. Gallery artists are included in the permanent collections of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, The Houston Museum, the Kimbell Museum, the Klutznick National Jewish Museum,The Museum of the City of New York, MoMA, and the Whitney Museum.
Ch'i director, Tracy Causey-Jeffery received her masters in art history from the University of London after interning at Sotheby's auction house in New York City. Prior to opening Ch'i, she owned and operated The Finer Side Galleries in Maryland and Washington, D.C. for 7 years.

Heure de début :	11 juin 2009 à 23:00
Heure de fin :	6 juillet 2009 à 17:00
Lieu :	Ch'i Contemporary Fine Art
Adresse :	293 Grand St.
Ville :	Brooklyn, NY
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Téléphone :	7182188939
Courriel :	info@chicontemporaryfineart.com

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HEE SOOK KIM - BROOKLYN

Hee Sook Kim has created a new series of large scale mixed media paintings based on her own encounters with the writings of medieval nun, Hildegard von Bingen who wrote on both physical and spiritual healing.
In Addition, Ch'i is pleased to also host Hee Sook Kim and Christopher Stultis' collaborative installation, "Encounters" featuring Hee Sook's video and paintings and Christopher's poetry.

Heure de début :	9 mai 2009 à 11:00
Heure de fin :	8 juin 2009 à 17:00
Lieu :	Ch'i Contemporary Fine Art
Adresse :	293 Grand St.
Ville :	Brooklyn, NY
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Téléphone :	7182188939
Courriel :	info@chicontemporaryfineart.com

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SY GRESSER - BROOKLYN

Brooklyn, New York, Ch’i Contemporary Fine Art is pleased to announce two solo shows at the gallery in April, Divine Yearning, carved wood sculptures by Sy Gresser. Join us on Thursday, April 16th from 6 – 9 PM for a public reception featuring a wine tasting, a reading by Harriet zinnes and music by the Tim Collins Group- all at the gallery’s Williamsburg location of 293 Grand Street between Roebling and Havemeyer. This will be Sy Gresser’s fourth solo show at the gallery. The public is invited to attend this event and visit the gallery during regular hours: Wed – Sun 11 AM – 7 PM, and Mon. 9 AM – 5 PM. For more information contact the gallery at 718.218.8939.

Sy Gresser has been sculpting in stone and wood for over 50 years. He believes that art celebrates human existence on a spiritual level and transcends the ideas of religion- any religion as well as the ideas of race. Of his work he is fond of saying, " when I look at a stone if I capture some human warmth and sense of meaning, I feel I have been successful. That is all I ask..." Sy started with a summer carving class at George Washington University and studied further at the Institute of Contemporary Fine Art in Washington, D.C. where he met his mentor, Bill Taylor. Over the years, Mr. Gresser has completed a number of carving residencies at such renowned locations as the Sculpture Studio in Washington, D.C., Yale University, Wesley Theological Seminary, and Mt. Rushmore National Memorial. His sculptures have been exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions throughout the US, Belgium, England and Mexico as well as in the American Embassies in Abu Dhabi, the Fiji Islands, France, India, Madagascar, Nigeria and Switzerland. He exhibits exclusively with Ch'i Contemporary Fine Art in New York. Currently, Mr. Gresser's studio and home is located in Silver Springs, Maryland.

Date :	jeudi 16 avril 2009
Heure :	18:00 - 21:00
Lieu :	Ch'i Contemporary Fine Art
Adresse :	293 Grand St. ( Between Havemeyer & Roebling Sts.)
Ville :	Brooklyn, NY
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Téléphone :	7182188939
Adresse électronique :	info@chicontemporaryfineart.com

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ALICE & HARRIET ZINNES - BROOKLYN

Brooklyn, New York, APril 1, 2009: Ch’i Contemporary Fine Art is pleased to announce two solo shows at the gallery in April, Druid Dreams of the Danaka: Paintings and Drawings by Alice Zinnes. Join us on Thursday, April 16th from 6 – 9 PM for a public reception with the artist at the gallery’s Williamsburg location of 293 Grand Street between Roebling and Havemeyer. Alice will speak about her work at 7pm followed by a reading from Harriet Zinnes new book, Light Light or the Curvatures of the Earth" which features one of Alice's paintings as the cover art. At 8 pm, the Tim Collins Band will be performing. This will beAlice Zinnes’ debut exhibition at Ch’i. The public is invited to attend this event and visit the gallery during regular hours: Wed – Sun 11 AM – 7 PM, and Mon. 9 AM – 5 PM. Also don't forget to join us for the Williamsburg 2nd Friday preview on April 10th from 6 -9pm. For more information contact the gallery at 718.218.8939.

Alice Zinnes’ oil paintings, large charcoal drawings and intimate watercolors contain the spirit of the storyteller in the guise of the abstract adventurer. Provoked to visual explosions by the great Indian epic, The Ramayana, and by Celtic mythologies, they are not illustrations or literal translations, but instead are transformations from myths to mysterious worlds where the boundaries between underworld and waking earth are traversable, terror coexists with joy, and loss must always yield to renewal. Alice Zinnes has been exhibiting her work for over 30 years, including a 25-year retrospective at The Art Center at Queens College. In addition to six solo shows in New York City, Zinnes has also had one person shows at Dartmouth and Swarthmore Colleges. She has been reviewed in the New York Times, New York Newsday, New York Arts Magazine, Art New England, and the Queens Tribune; as well as interviewed on the NPR-affiliated radio station WJFF. Zinnes work is in many public and private collections: in New York City it is at the First Albany Corporation, Frederick Harris, Inc, Alliance Capital, Kaye Insurance, Inc.; in New Jersey it is at Schein Pharmaceuticals; and in Philadelphia it is in the collection of Wolf Block & Solis-Cohen. Alice Zinnes received her BA from Swarthmore College, a Certificate of Merit from the New York Studio School, her MFA from Queens College, CUNY, and attended the Skowhegan School on a full merit scholarship.

Date :	jeudi 16 avril 2009
Heure :	18:00 - 21:00
Lieu :	Ch'i Contemporary Fine Art
Adresse :	293 Grand St. ( Between Havemeyer & Roebling Sts.
Ville :	Brooklyn, NY
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Téléphone :	7182188939
Adresse électronique :	tracy@chicontemporaryfineart.com

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