FIRED UP, MELTED DOWN

Fired Up, Melted Down
Exhibition Curated by Regina Parkinson
Featuring the work of Natalie Baxter and Devra Freelander

Fired Up, Melted Down is an exhibition examining the current temperament of American politics, specifically addressing the issues of gun violence and climate change. Devra Freelander and Natalie Baxter are both emerging female artists based in Brooklyn. Although they address vastly different subjects matters, they both use non-traditional sculptural methods and create work that functions as an access point to important topics in our world today.

BITTER CANDY at Vermont Studio Center Gallery II

Bitter Candy
Curated by Shiva Aliabadi

Gallery II, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
July 26th - August 20th, 2017

Soft opening: Wednesday, August 2nd, 7p to 9p
Official Opening Reception: Saturday, August 12th, 7p to 9p

Artists:
Ayoung Yu
Brittany M. Powell
Yoshie Sakai
Steven Wolkoff
Tessie Salcido Whitmore
Casey Kauffmann
Natalie Baxter
Zac Roach
Maria Fernanda Nuñez
Shiva Aliabadi
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The exhibition and its title, Bitter Candy, deal with work that presents a very bright, dynamic surface impression-- that seemingly appears fun or colorful and playful-- but is really imbued with deeper commentary on our society, psychology, relationships, and such. Each artist in this show comes from a unique perspective that addresses this complexity of the playful revealing deeper, heavier realities, ideas, or notions. As the title reveals, while candy is by definition and production sweet, a bitter candy surprises-- with an unexpected reality, pushing the taster out of her/his expectations.

BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS

Curated by Aicha Woods and Dave Coon, “Broad Stripes and Bright Stars” is a new exhibition coming to The Ely Center of Contemporary Art, 51 Trumbull Street, New Haven, CT. It presents 60+ years of artists who have creatively responded to the American Flag. The exhibition highlights both the indelible graphic power of the American Flag and its symbolic use in engagement, resistance and resilience. 

Local, acclaimed national and international artists, such as Cey Adams and Helen Zughaib will present artwork. Community engagement events throughout the exhibition will include a short podcast series, performances, youth and veteran engagement and the “Flag Swag” pop-up shop featuring an array of limited edition flag themed multiples by artists. 

The show charts the waves of American Flags in protest and in celebration, as well as the pendulum of First Amendment rulings. A quote from the 1974 U.S. Supreme Court case Spencer vs Washington, is the essence of the exhibition; “It might be said that we all draw something from our national symbol, for it is capable of conveying simultaneously a spectrum of meanings”. 

A list of participating artists include; Francisco ‘Chico’ Aragao, Tom Strong, Christine Tinsley, Cey Adams, Merritt Johnson, Alteronce Gumby, Lisa Kereszi, Marion Belanger, Annie Thornton, Stephen Shore, John T. Hill, Natalie Baxter, DAZE, Jane Fine, Lex Brown, Michael St. John, Destiny Palmer, Sister Corita Kent, Jay Critchley, Marc Morrel, Sket One, Mauricio Cortes Ortega, Laura Genes, Esperanza Mayobre, Moussa Gueye, Susan Clinard, Azzah Sultan, Ruben Marroquin, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, The Citizen Project, Robert Longo, James Esber, Caitlin Cherry, Erika Ranee, Natalie Ball, Helen Zughaib, Stanwyck Cromwell, Dooley-O, Josh Griffin, Wayne Koestenbaum, Bean Gilsdorf, Zeph Farmby, Insook Hwang, Noe Jimenez, Phil Knoll, Sue Muskat, Robert D’Allesandro, Tizzy Mills, Paolo Arao, Chen Reichert, Phil Lique, Laura Marsh, Aude Jomini, Gabriella Svenningsen, Karin Schaefer, Jim Martin, Walker Evans, Robert D'Alessandro, Jeff Mueller, Norman Ives, Just Seeds Collective, Jesse Albrecht, Eli Wright, John O’Donnell, Bill Becket, Sven Martson, Carol Diehl, Mark Olshansky, Vandana Jain, Laurel Porcari, Leslie Carmin, The New Haven Museum, Chris Crawford, Price Harrison, Martha Lewis, and Mark Williams. 

For more information about “Broad Stripes and Bright Stars” and the Ely Center of Contemporary Arts, contact the center at info@elycenter.org or visit online at http://elycenter.org/

PARTICULAR PROCESS at LORIMOTO GALLERY

Particular Process
March 18th - April 16th
Opening Reception
Saturday March 18th 6-9pm

Natalie Baxter
Eddie Chu
Nicole Czapinski
Matt Miller
Alex Paik
Jen Shepard

Lorimoto Gallery
1623 Hancock St. 
Ridgewood, NY 11385
Sat & Sun 1-6pm

Particular Process

Lorimoto- through this group exhibition of artists Natalie Baxter, Eddie Chu, Nicole Czapinski, Matt Miller, Alex Paik and Jen Shepard; seeks to explore the artist's relationship with process and the role it plays on the visual outcome of their works. The artists included in the show have over time developed specific & distinct methods of approaching their art practice. Often their methodology includes a repetitive element that is easily recognized across the scope of their work... Paik's dozens of modular wall units created to develop into ever changing site specific installations, Czapinski's thread stitches and Chu's multiple layer upon layer technique of paint application etc...
When process is of particular importance it seems so too, that is material as well as implementation. Like a recipe each artist has developed either consciously or unconsciously (through material, practice and approach) their own steps of production carried out in the creation of their work. The artist included here share an interest in color, technique and process.

Apple Pie: An American Art Show

Goodyear Arts in Charlotte, NC

Apple Pie: An American Art show is a curated visual art exhibition addressing the intersectional identities of American artists and how they relate to, synthesize, or explore what America is and/or represents.. 

🍎Alexandra Loesser🍎Allison Maria Rodriguez🍎Amy Bagwell🍎Amy Herman🍎April Marten🍎Ben Verner🍎Blaine Hurdle🍎Bradley Tucker🍎Cait Davis🍎Char Stiles🍎Chris Watts🍎Cris Durocher🍎DJ Fannie Mae🍎Dammit Wesley🍎Emily B Jones🍎Fredrick Brannock🍎HNin Nie🍎Hannah Barnhardt🍎Hannah Shaban🍎Jake Francek🍎Janina Anderson🍎Jeffrey Zie🍎Jennifer Weigel🍎Joann Galarza Vega🍎Kayla Cho🍎LaDara McKinnon🍎Larry Caveney🍎Lydia See🍎Margaret Strickland🍎Matt Steele🍎Mike Gentry🍎Morgan Benshoff🍎Natalie Baxter🍎Nicholas Arehart🍎Pamela C. Winegard🍎Raymond Grubb🍎Rebecca Munce🍎Reuben Bloom🍎Sara Woodmansee🍎Sarah Slusarick🍎Sarah Terry Argabrite🍎Skye Asta Devine Schirmer🍎Sloane Siobhan🍎Suje Garcia🍎Susan Jedrzejewski🍎TRE(Trap) Davis🍎Victoria Byers🍎

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WEAPON OF CHOICE

The Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
860 11th Avenue
New York, NY 10019

May 5th, 2017-July 21st, 2017

Opening Reception:
May 5th, 2017 from 5:30-8:00pm

Violence - and the threat of it- is a pre-political manner of communication and control. Since the beginning of time, man has depended on weapons to impose hierarchy of some kind in his surroundings and society (and fundamentally to undermine equality).

From the axe over 1.5 million years ago to today's killer drones, mankind's use of weapons has been varied and incredibly inventive. Weapons have changed history and helped in the rise and fall of civilizations. For example, gunpowder, a Chinese invention, led to the development of cannons and guns—revolutionizing warfare in the Middle Ages and beyond. In the last century aerial weapons and the atomic bomb altered the course of the second world war and of the globe’s history; shifting the way battles are fought and won, and leading to the unmanned aerial vehicles used nowadays. 

Weapons are not limited to inflicting bodily harm, they are also used to obtain power, eliminate adversaries and control opponents. Religion, for example can be considered one of the oldest weapons of mass destruction in human history. Words and insults, economic sanctions, embargos have all been acknowledged and used as weapons as well. The artists featured in Weapon of Choice have generated a wide-ranging body of work that ponder about different types of arms; what they represent and how they affect the way we interact with our opponents and alter our lives. Using a variety of media and approaches these artists consider the role of weapons in areas as diverse as domestic violence, politics, video-games, fashion and warfare.

As long as weapons continues to function as a symbol and a status of power and oppression—a dual role it is not likely to shed in the near future—artists are sure to reflect on their impact, conveying messages that may help gauge a variety of social responses to the use, abuse, and proliferation of arms worldwide.

Weapon of Choice will feature works by Shay Arick, Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck in collaboration with Media Farzin, Natalie Baxter, Detext, Harun Farocki, Patrick Hamilton, Jessica Kairé, Gonçalo Mabunda, Priscilla Monge, Edwin Sanchez and Roberto Visani. 

Curated by Isabela Villanueva

For more information please contact:
gallery@jjay.cuny.edu
212-237-1439
www.shivagallery.org
Gallery Hours: 1- 5 PM, M – F

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