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mardi 23 juin 2009

YOUR PORTRAITS IN OIL - NEW YORK

Benefit for Smack Mellon at Michael Steinberg Fine Art

YOUR PORTRAIT IN OILS
or acrylic, or your spouse, partner, mother, father, brother, sister, pet or any other.

On June 25th, from 6pm-midnight, Michael Steinberg Fine Art will be transformed into a portrait studio. For one night only, commission an outstanding emerging artist to immortalize you or anyone else of your choosing. Eight contemporary artists, all graduates of noted MFA programs, will paint the subject of your choice from life.

Each painting will measure 16 x 12 inches.
Each sitting will last about 30 minutes, and by the end of the evening your painting will be packed and ready to go.

Each commission will cost $250 plus sales tax.
20% of the proceeds will be donated to Smack Mellon, an organization "supporting artists in the creation and exhibition of ambitious projects."

Artists will include Kristopher Benedict, David Goodman, Julian Kreimer, Andy Lane, Amy Lincoln, Rebecca Litt, Jason Mones and Helena Wurzel.

This event was conceived and curated by Mary Jones and produced by Michael Steinberg Fine Art.

vendredi 12 juin 2009

BEAUTY UNDERFOOT - BROOKLYN

Yumi Janairo Roth, Pallet::Paleta (Made in the Philippines), 2005

SMACK MELLON
presents

Beauty Underfoot
curated by Jeanne Gerrity

Adriana Farmiga
Petrova Giberson
Isola and Norzi
Fawad Khan
Gareth Long
Alison Owen
Mike Quinn
Yumi Janairo Roth
Jen Schwarting
Secret School and the K.I.D.S.
Charwei Tsai

Exhibition dates: June 20 - August 2
Artists' reception: Saturday, June 20, 5-8pm

Apropos of Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage once remarked, "Beauty is now underfoot wherever we take the trouble to look." His comment suggests not merely that the commonplace can be transformed into art, but that this art has the potential for beauty. The artists in this exhibition take the banalities of life and transform them into poetic statements. The source material for these striking works, ranging from the dust on the floor of the gallery to text from a local newspapers, are rendered virtually unrecognizable by the artists' aesthetic commitment.

The artists in Beauty Underfoot synthesize every moment of our daily experience, creating a sense of the sublime that paradoxically hovers between an extreme connection and a highly removed detachment from its derivation. Each work exists as a testament to their ability to mutate the quotidian into the lyrical. However, Beauty Underfoot goes even further, challenging the viewers to move beyond the aesthetic object, reviewing and confronting its source. When examined more closely, the works refer to mundaneness, hardship, and even injustice without any didacticism. The artists do not shy away from reality, but nor do they allow it to eclipse their creativity. The works in the exhibition ultimately transcend the ordinary, transforming it into the extraordinary.

vendredi 22 mai 2009

ART READY - BROOKLYN

Art Ready: Selected Work from the Artist Mentorship Program

May 21 - May 24, 2009

Alejandra Araujo, Marcelo Barrera, Lily Bratton, Amanda Coutain, Jessy Diaz, Brittany DiBenedetto, Anita Guo, Alisha Kelleher, Victoria Myrthil, Trang Nguyen, Evelyn Stephens-Tse, Amanda White, Anna Zanes

Smack Mellon is pleased to announce the opening of Art Ready: Selected Work from the Artist Mentorship Program. The exhibition presents the work of thirteen students who participated in the 2008-2009 session of Art Ready, Smack Mellon's arts mentorship program for motivated high school students interested in possibly pursuing a career in the visual arts. Working with professional painters, architects, installation artists, jewelry makers, video artists, and photographers, the student artists in this show created an impressive range of work in a variety of media. The art on view includes a diverse group of works, including colorful collages using unconventional materials such as teabags and burnt paper, both black and white photographs and digital color shots, large-scale figurative charcoals, still life pencil drawings, video pieces shot and edited by students with the help of their mentors, and an architectural scale model of a building. Two of the students have also created beautiful handcrafted necklaces based on their own unique designs.

Art Ready is a mentorship program designed to give students the opportunity to experience firsthand what it is like to be a professional working in a visual arts discipline. Students are exposed to a wide variety of artists and arts professionals, participate in internships, and visit museums and galleries.

Art Ready is made possible with funds from Independence Community Foundation, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, The Pinkerton Foundation and the William Talbot Hillman Foundation.

Space for Smack Mellon's programs is generously provided by the Walentas Family and Two Trees Management.

Smack Mellon Gallery
92 Plymouth Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Office & Gallery
phone: 718.834.8761
fax: 718.834.5233

Smack Mellon Mailing Address
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Brooklyn, NY 11201

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Brooklyn, NY 11201

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