Alice Adams, Sharon Brant, Susan Bonfils, James O. Clark,
Mathew Deleget, Gail Gregg, Lynne Harlow, Phillis Ideal,
Marthe Keller, Stephen Maine, Nancy Manter, Rossana Martinez,
Creighton Michael, Ray Oglesby, John Phillips, Lucio Pozzi,
Leo Rabkin, James Seawright, Edward Shalala, Clover Vail,
Rob Van Erve, and Don Voisine
Works on view cover a range of mediums
including painting, video, installation, and sculpture.
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Sunday, October 7th, 3pm. A panel discussion, "Material Matter: The Currency of Abstraction"
moderated by Kat Griefen with panelists Lynne Harlow,
Rossana Martinez, Stephen Maine and Robert Morgan.
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PRESS RELEASE
MATERIAL MATTER
Curated by Kat Griefen
September 8–October 8, 2007
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 8, 6–8 PM
Sideshow Gallery
319 Bedford Ave. Brooklyn, NY
718 486-8180
sideshowgallery@earthlink.net
www.sideshowgallery.com
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Sideshow Gallery is pleased to present Material Matter an exhibition curated by Kat Griefen, director of A.I.R. Gallery, from the American Abstract Artists membership. The 22 artists in the exhibition are Alice Adams, Sharon Brant, Susan Bonfils, James O. Clark, Matthew Deleget, Gail Gregg, Lynne Harlow, Phillis Ideal, Marthe Keller, Stephen Maine, Nancy Manter, Rossana Martinez, Creighton Michael, Ray Oglesby, John Phillips, Lucio Pozzi, Leo Rabkin, James Seawright, Edward Shalala, Clover Vail, Rob van Erve, and Don Voisine. Works on view cover a range of mediums including painting, video, installation, and sculpture.
American Abstract Artists has played a pivotal role in the evolution of abstraction in America since its inception in 1936. The artists in Material Matter affirm the group’s openness to difference, both in form and theory, and its non-party line approach. Here, the organization’s legacy is manifested in the artists’ use of unlikely materials or use of traditional materials in unlikely ways. In itself, each work holds a multiplicity of meanings. Some challenge an aspect of American culture that privileges the answer over the question. Some choose the means over the ends. Each work is literally or figuratively open ended, subscribing only to its internal logic and suggesting one important aspect of abstraction's currency — its potential to counter-balance the dogmatic.
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Events at Sideshow in conjunction with the exhibition are free and open to the public:
Sept. 14 & 15, 7:30 pm — Rob List presents a silent highly reductive abstract performance piece, “Folly No. 1”.
Sept. 22, 7:30 pm — “A Shiny Night for Sleep: An Evening of Abstract Video Art" curated Kat Griefen and Meredith Drum with work by Thomas Dexter, Zach Layton, Lucio Pozzi and LoVid. Videos by Megan Biddle, Margarida Garcia and Sabrina Gschwandtner will be shown and will be on view for the duration of the exhibition.
Oct. 7, 3 pm - A panel discussion, “Material Matter: The Currency of Abstraction” moderated by Kat Griefen with panelists Lynne Harlow, Rossana Martinez, Stephen Maine and Robert C. Morgan.
This exhibition is sponsored by The Golden Rule Foundation.
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Sideshow Gallery is open Friday through Monday from 12:00 am to 6:00 pm
and by appointment. The gallery is located at 319 Bedford Ave. Brooklyn, NY.
For more information please contact Kat Griefen at kgriefen@airgallery.org