Brooklyn Art Project

KET Interview by URB

The Video Taping of Alan Ket :: How a graffiti vet beat the system that almost beat him
By Michael Vazquez Photography by KET

Doing What I Love - Kim McCarthy

Kim McCarthy a.k.a. SOULE is one of the most prolific member artist on Brooklyn Art Project.  She is based in Seattle, WA and has exhibited her work at the early age of 16.  This past year, this artist executed 14 paintings in one day.  Originally her canvas were facades of buildings on the streets of Spokane and Seattle, her medium ranged from stencils, wheat pastes, stickers and spray paint.  She currently focuses her hand to create work on stretched canvas and wood panels, as well as legal walls.   She has an affinity for photography and paper cutouts.  This dual process enables her to design her stencils.  SOULE's "skillz are mad transferrable", from designing apparel, buttons/pins, shoes, skateboards to home decor.  She is indeed doing what she loves.

SOULE is praised for her stencil work, and she applies the medium or the process itself to all her oeuvres.  The series that she has worked on include famous people and friend portrait stencils spray painted on canvas and wood panels; porcelain white characters adorned in black and white stripes that are watercolors on clayboards; skull and skeleton stencils with army green, rich coppers, and reds; and Japanese inspired characters spay painted with bright colors.

Kim "SOULE" McCarthy completed her Fine Art and Design in Spokane, WA and Printmaking in Astoria, OR.  Due to her renegade self-promotion, four galleries represent her work in the United States and one in the United Kingdom.  She has recently exhibited her pieces as a solo exhibit at Doc's Lounge, Behrd Studios, and Squid and Ink.  Her most recent group show was at Twilight Gallery, with member artist Brad Strain and Justin Hillgrove.  Her work is also featured in the book called, "Stencil Nation" that will be released on June 2008.  Fearless self-promotion is paying off, she is an inspiration to us all.

For more information on Kim's work please visit her member site, http://www.brooklynartproject.com/profile/Soule5675, or her main website, soule5675.mosaicglobe.com/

Posted by Joyce Manalo, Brooklyn Art Project Blog Editor and founder of ArtForward.

BEHIND THE SEEN IN BUSHWICK

Behind the Seen
a group exhibition curated by Michael De Feo
at AD HOC ART
December 13th, 2007 through January 20th, 2008
Opening Reception: December 13th, 7pm-9pm

A collection of artists and artist collectives, all who highly regard the street as their canvas fiercely decontextualized on the basis of medium.

FROM AD HOC ART:

Assembling a group of well known street artists from around the world, De Feo invited the participants to showcase work they're not typically recognized for. Behind the Seen includes personal projects, works in different mediums or styles and pieces not necessarily intended for view on the streets. The mediums include paintings, drawings, photographs and sculptures by over 30 artists from around the world.

Street artists develop a level of notoriety for their originality, talent and frequency of a style or visual vocabulary.    Like most successful artists, they don't limit their creative endeavors to what they're known for.

Behind the Seen goes beyond the familiar to build upon what we already know... providing connections, challenges and insights to other facets of the artist’s oeuvre.

Participating artists include:

Aiko, Blek le Rat, Caleb Neelon, Dan Witz, Don Leicht, Elbow Toe, ELC, Ellis G., Eltono, Flying Fortress, G, Ian Stevenson, Jace, Jean Faucheur, jm rizzi, John Fekner, Judith Supine, Keith Haring, Lady Pink, L'Atlas, Lee Quiñones, Leon Reid, Lister, Mark Jenkins, Martha Cooper, Maya Hayuk, Michael De Feo, Momo, Nuria, Peripheral MediaProjets, Richard Hambleton, Ripo, Ron English, Shepard Fairey, She Kills He, Skewville, Swoon, Thundercut, Tofer

AD HOC Art
49 Bogart Street
Buzzer 22, Unit 1G
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Tel: 718.366.2466
Fax: 866.599.7270
Website:  http://adhocart.org
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Posted by Joyce Manalo, Brooklyn Art Project Blog Editor and founder of ArtForward. 

The Year of 1000 Drawings

If the first 1000 are the hardest, then BrooklynArtProject.com member 0H10M1ke should have it pretty easy for a while. He recently completed 1000 drawings in 365 days, most of which will be on display as projected images accompanied by an installation of hundreds of originals in collage form at Artland starting on December 14th from 5-9pm. The show continues through January 10th.

Artland // 609 Grand St at L0r1mer // W1ll1amsburg, Br00klyn.

DIRECTIONS: L Train to Lorimer. Exit Lorimer St. Walk south 5 blocks. Turn left on Grand. 609 Grand... or just follow the matchbooks...

You can check out more of 0H10M1ke's illustrations at www.flickr.com/photos/art0h10m1ke      

Flying South - Miami Aqua Hotel (4 of 4)

2007 holds the count for 22 satellite art fairs that are taking place in addition to Art Basel Miami Beach.  Sensory overload is a luxury.  Art fairs certainly provides an insight to trends in painting, drawing, installation, sculpture, installation, photography, video and performance.  In addition to trends in mediums, it also allows you to see art from a multitude of cities around the world.  An absolute treat!

Some of the trends in medium were intricate ink and graphite drawings, flashe paint, animation, collage, cutouts.  In terms of sculpture, porcelain, taxidermy, felt and found objects.  Some booths were also dedicated to a single artist.  This year, the galleries really stepped up and presented very well curated open cubes.

Aqua Art Miami - Hotel is located at 1530 Collins Avenue.  (Aqua Art Miami - Wynwood inaugural is located at 42 NE 25th Street-not covered below)  Here are a couple of highlights:

Alexander Heaton @ Lounge/Monika Bobinska
"Rifflesee", Oil on linen, 64" x 56"

Charles Kraaft @ Roq La Rue
"Assasin's Kit Series" (Smith & Wesson and Switchblade), 2007, Delft hand-painted porcelain, life sized, comes in black velvet lined case

Travis Louie @ Roq La Rue
"Walter and Larry", Acrylic on board, 8" x10"

Jason d'Aquino @ Roq La Rue
"Phineas Gage", 2007, Graphite on matchbook, 3" x 1"

Micaela O'Herlihy @ Hotcakes
Various works of wallnut ink on wooden logs, 7" x 5"

Meredith Dittmar @ Hotcakes Gallery
"Let it through ", 2007, Polymer Clay, plexiglas & laminate, 16.5" x 10"

Michael Caines @ Katharine Mulherin
"El Dorado (ravens/bunny/cowboy)", 2007, Ink and gouache on paper, 22" x 30"

Chris Knight @ Katharine Mulherin
"When a mother wants a daughter but gets a son", 2007, Oil on prepared paper, 7" x 5"

Christy Langer @ Katharine Mulherin
"Double Bunny", 2007, Resin, fibreglass, oil paint, 3" x 9" x 2.5", Edition of 3

Laura Ball @ Morgan Lehman
"The Circumnavigating Chariot Caravan", 2007, Oil on canvas 40" x 30"

William Powhida @ Platform Gallery
"James Drawing: Goals", 2006, Graphite and goauche on paper, 22" x 15" (not exhibited)

Debbie Lawsen @ Nettie Horn
"Oasis", carpet, 62" x 85" x 15"

Kate Street @ Nettie Horn
"Ring Piece" (From Little Death Series), 21" diameter x 4" deep

Elaine Bradford @ Art Palace
"Mongolian Knotted Deer", 2007, Taxidermy Mongolian deer and crochet(not exhibited)

Jonathan Marshall @ Art Palace
The Book of Lenny, 2007, DVD, 7 mins

Máximo González @ Haydee Rovirosa
Multiple paper cutout on walls with various world currency that are out of circulation

Posted by Joyce Manalo, Brooklyn Art Project Blog Editor and founder of ArtForward.  Please contact me, if you would like to receive ArtFWD-Quarterly Newsletter (December 2007-Miami Satellite Fair in Depth)

Flying South - Miami PULSE (2 of 4)

2007 holds the count for 22 satellite art fairs that are taking place in addition to Art Basel Miami Beach.  Sensory overload is a luxury.  Art fairs certainly provides an insight to trends in painting, drawing, installation, sculpture, installation, photography, video and performance.  In addition to trends in mediums, it also allows you to see art from a multitude of cities around the world.  An absolute treat! 

Some of the trends in medium were intricate ink and graphite drawings, flashe paint, animation, collage, cutouts.  In terms of sculpture, porcelain, taxidermy, felt and found objects.  Some booths were also dedicated to a single artist.  This year, the galleries really stepped up and presented very well curated open cubes.

PULSE is located at 2136 NW 1st Avenue.  Here are a couple of highlights:


David Herbert @ Postmasters Gallery
"Beautiful Superman" , 2007, Mixed media sculpture, wood, styrofoam, fabric, plexiglas, paint, 144" x 30" x 14"

Kristin Lucas @ Postmasters Gallery
"Breakout", 2007, Digital print on backlit film, lightbox, 36" x 36"

   
John Rappleye @ Jeff Bailey Gallery
"Guardian", 2007, Cast vitreous china, ed. 9, 17.75" x 20" x 12"
Ma Jun @ Galerie Michael Schultz
"TV", 2007, Acrylic on wood, dimensions unavailable (transported in 3 pieces)
Edwina White @ Kinz, Tillou + Feigen
"Marie, Antoinette", 2007, Pencil, ink, gouache and collage on paper 11" x 15" (9 pieces exhibited)

Royal Art Lodge @ Perugi Artecontemporanea Gallery
Mixed media on wood

Erik Sandberg @ Conner Contemporary
"Courage", 2006, Oil on panel, 84" x 36" (not exhibited)

ASGAR/GABRIEL @ Galerie Ernst Hilger/ Hilger contemporary
"Blue Yonder"+ "Marble Heart", 2007, Oil on canvas, 87" x 52"

David Hevel @ Heather Marx Gallery
"Chinese Babies are Very Popular…Amongst Celebrities, that is", 2007, Deer taxidermy form & mixed media, 55" x 65" x 28" (not shown)

Posted by Joyce Manalo, Brooklyn Art Project Blog Editor and founder of ArtForward.  Please contact me, if you would like to receive ArtFWD-Quarterly Newsletter (December 2007-Miami Satellite Fair in Depth)

Flying South - Miami NADA (1 of 4)

2007 holds the count for 22 satellite art fairs that are taking place addition to Art Basel Miami Beach.  Sensory overload is a luxury.  Art fairs certainly provides an insight to trends in painting, drawing, installation, sculpture, installation, photography, video and performance.  In addition to trends in mediums, it also allows you to see art from a multitude of cities around the world.  An absolute treat! 

Some of the trends in medium were intricate ink and graphite drawings, flashe paint, animation, collage, cutouts.  In terms of sculpture, porcelain, taxidermy, felt and found objects.  Some booths were also dedicated to a single artist.  This year, the galleries really stepped up and presented very well curated open cubes.

New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) was located at the Ice Palace, 1400 North Miami Avenue.  Here are a couple of highlights:

James Benjamin Franklin @ Clementine Gallery
"No Laughing Matter", 2007, Flashe, resin on canvas, 14" x 11"

Kamrooz Aram @ Oliver Kamm 5BE Gallery
From series Revolutionary Dreams, Ink and graphite on paper, 15 1/4" x 13" inches (not exhibited)

Helen Verhoeven @ Wallspace
"The Walking", 2007, Oil on canvas, 72" x 110"

Ben Peterson @ Ratio 3
"Work From Home", 2007, Ink and graphite on paper, 48" x 83" (shown above)
"Timezone", 2007, Ink and graphite on paper, 53" x 96" (exhibited work in booth)

Jen Ray @ Galerie Jan Wentrup
Untitled (Women with Flags), 2007, Ink and watercolor on paper, 47 1/4" x 62"

Kota Ezawa @ Murray Guy
"Dead Troops", 2007, C-Print of paper cutout, 20" x 40"

Daphne Fitzpatrick & Adam Cvijanovic @ Bellwether
Fitzpatrick - Untitled, 2007, Wood, glass, installation
Cvijanovic - "Garden State", 2007, Flashe on tyvek

Matthew Day Jackson @ Ballroom Marfa
Installation based on an Albert Bierstadt western scene

Ivan Witenstein @ Derek Eller Gallery
Blakexploitation (#26), 2007, Watercolor and graphite on paper, 30" x 22" (28 pieces arranged 4 x 7, sold separately)

Posted by Joyce Manalo, Brooklyn Art Project Blog Editor and founder of ArtForward.  Please contact me, if you would like to receive ArtFWD-Quarterly Newsletter (December 2007-Miami Satellite Fair in Depth)

 

brooklyn superhero dna

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New work by Art by DNA, a talented member team based in NYC comprised of international artists Aaron Almendral and Mariano Delgado. Definitely recommend a visit to their site.

Lights, Camera, Auction!

Here it is, yet another art auction that is poised to achieve record breaking prices and notoriety.  Who's in the spotlight, who's the next rising star?  The works of blue-chip emerging artists and mid-career artists are acutely curated in the space of Milk Studios Gallery and at Phillips de Pury's gallery on the third floor.   The showcase itself is not to be missed, but the question is, what is it really all worth?

Phillips de Pury has 82 lots up for sale in Part I:  Contemporary Art Auction.  The likes of ANSELM REYLE, JULES DE BALINCOURT, MARK GROTJAHN, ZENG FANZHI, MARIKO MORI, UGO RONDINONE and ANDY WARHOL grace the auction.  The prices may be a bit too steep for some, but it is a treat to see these works in person before they go into private collections.  Get an insight on what the private collectors and institutions are aesthetically inclined on acquiring.  It is highly encouraged that auction attendees, artists and art enthusiasts stop-by to the gallery to preview works up close and to "loupe" the pieces, prior to picking up their paddles.

Part I:      Contemporary Art Auction
Date:       Thursday, November 15, 2007
Time:       7pm-9pm

Part II:     Contemporary Art Auction
Date:       Friday, November 16, 2007
Time:      10am-12pm

Address:   450 West 15th Street (b. 9th and 10th Avenue)
Metro:      A,C,E,L at 14th Street
Phone:      (212)940-1200

Please contact Phillips de Pury directly for tickets to the evening auction.

Special preview organized by ArtForward will include introduction to a Contemporary Art Auction Specialist and highlights of the collection on Sunday, November 11, 2007, to RSVP and for more details visit www.art-forward.com/artstroll.  LIST CLOSED.

Posted by Joyce Manalo // New York City based Brooklyn Art Project Blog Editor and Founder of ArtForward

Image courtesy: Phillips de Pury

Brooklyn Museum Goes Web 2.0 // a tweet for artists everywhere

In a 560,000-square-foot,  Beaux-Arts building, the Brooklyn  Museum is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the country. It's  also one of the most web 2.0.

With a new css website,  blog, and active profiles across MySpace, Facebook, Flickr , YouTube, and Twitter, this world famous  institution is plugged into all the right spaces.

Led by their fearless web  2.0 hero, Shelley Bernstein, the museum has found innovative new ways to  interface with emerging artists and visitors with viewpoints.

In October for example, the museum launched a ”Visitor Video Competition” where visitors were  invited to film a one minute video showing how the museum experience looked  through their eyes, all of which can be watched below from the Museum's You Tube page.
Winners were announced on November 3rd and include: Mr. Cool, the Art Thief, and Off the Wall.
      

Submissions were judged  by an impressive panel including Christina  Norman, President of MTV Music Television; Danny Simmons of the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation; and Patrick Amsellem,  Associate Curator of Photography at the Brooklyn Museum.  First, second, and third-prize winners will share a visit to William Wegman's studio to meet the  artist and his canine muses. Thanks to the wonders of a web 2.0 world, a simple visit to the museum could transform into an emerging artists big break.

We caught up with Shelley to learn more about the recent competition, the museum’s foray into web 2.0 fray, and find out how emerging artists can get more involved with the museum.

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BROOKLYN ART PROJECT (BAP): What gave you the idea to let  visitors record their own "cinematic explorations" of the Museum?

BROOKLYN MUSEUM (BM): With all of our profiles on Web 2.0  sites (Flickr, MySpace, YouTube, blip.tv, Twitter), we try and tailor the  content to each particular community. We started to talk about how to really engage the YouTube audience and decided that we wouldn't necessarily push our own content, but ask for it instead.  That equation seemed more natural in the YouTube community. Our Public Information department had been working with Max and Bryant at Pratt to pull together their video and it  provided a good launching point for our contest.  I love the fact that the videos in the competition have garnered more views than our own content,  which really speaks to our original idea of asking for content from our community of visitors.
       

BAP: What surprised you most about the  submissions?

BM: Many staffers  are watching the videos as they come in and the one thing everyone keeps remarking about is the wide range.  All of them are so different in tone and theme - directors got really creative and the content has been surprising.  The results are as diverse, goofy and exciting as Target First Saturday itself, so they reflect the event in a unique way.  It's always interesting to see things you deal with every day in a new light.  This is similar to all the photos we see in our Flickr group - I often  see things that I wouldn't expect.  In terms of my own dailyexperience of working here, it keeps things fresh.
          

BAP: It's pretty forward  thinking of the museum to be embracing web 2.0 technology in this way, are there more "visitor-content" projects  in the works?

BM: Our mission is community-oriented and so Web 2.0 is a natural extension of what do all the time.  Visitor content has its roots in the galleries...going back to our "Community Voice" labels next to  objects that featured quotes from visitors next.  I think the technology is enabling us to incorporate our visitors' voices more easily and we think about this constantly.  In one ongoing and recent example, we are replacing the paper comment books in the galleries to electronic versions. 

The e-versions allow visitor comments to be displayed directly on the web for all to see, in addition to the galleries. They also help us internally  because the comments are easier for us to view, think about and respond to if necessary. In terms of  upcoming projects, we've got a few things we are thinking about and testing but nothing concrete  just yet.  The results were so great from the Video Competition we are thinking about doing that on an annual basis.

BAP: The museum's blog and podcasts are  really well done, can you tell our members a bit more about them?

BM: Thanks so much!  In our podcasts we try and stick to  the original idea of a podcast - spontaneous and not so polished.  We really want to get content out there, so we try not to go too crazy over the editing and the sound quality.  We just overhauled  the blog  back in June after some inspiration from other bloggers. The idea now is to try and provide a really open, behind-the-scenes look at the museum. Authors are easily identified, so readers know exactly who's posting, and we are covering a wide variety of perspectives.  To stay true to the idea of blogging, the content is direct from author to reader.  We have a set of guidelines for our bloggers, but otherwise the content is directly published.

If you have a feed reader,  you can subscribe to our RSS feeds.  On any page of our website, a visitor can click the RSS symbol in the address bar and see all the content that can be subscribed to (including the blogs, the podcasts, events, Target First Saturday schedule info, etc.). For some reason, the RSS in the address bar does not show up in IE, so if you are using that browser look for the RSS symbol on our blog or podcast pages in the Community area of our site.

BAP: How can local emerging artists get  more involved with the museum?

BM: This is a really great question and  one that the Museum is addressing in our current strategic planning meetings.  While the staff and the Board of Trustees are still in discussions about this, the Museum is thinking about ways to connect with the amazing community of artists who are living and working in Brooklyn Also of note,  we have some history here too - we had a series of exhibitions in the past called Working in Brooklyn, and more recently, Open House, which might be of interest.

Explore more at brooklynmuseum.org or visit any of the Brooklyn Museum community links below:

• Video Competition
• Comment
• Blogs
• Photos
• Videos
• Podcasts
• RSS Feeds
• Network