This looks like fun: Deborah Kass To Unveil First Monumental Sculpture in Brooklyn Bridge Park

Two Trees Management Company Presents:

Deborah Kass

OY/YO

November 2015 – August 2016 – Main Street Lawn

Deborah Kass To Unveil First Monumental Sculpture in Brooklyn Bridge Park

BROOKLYN, NY -- Two Trees Management Company is pleased to announce OY/YO, Deborah Kass’ first monumental sculpture in Brooklyn Bridge Park’s newly-renovated Main Street lawn this November. Commissioned by Two Trees and presented in partnership with Brooklyn Bridge Park, the sculpture will be on view through August 2016 and coincides with No Kidding, an exhibition of new works by Deborah Kass opening at Paul Kasmin Gallery, December 9, 2015 – January 23, 2016.

Walking the line between respectful homage and brazen appropriation, Brooklyn-based artist Deborah Kass mimics and reworks the signature styles of iconic 20th century male artists —including Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, Ed Ruscha, and Robert Indiana – often with a feminist twist. OY/YO is sourced from urban and Brooklyn slang, the statement “I am” in Spanish, and the popular Yiddish expression, as a riff on Ruscha’s iconic word paintings. 

OY/YO has been a significant and reoccurring motif in Kass’ work since its first appearance in 2011, taking form in paintings, prints, and tabletop sculptures. For the Two Trees Public Art commission in Brooklyn Bridge Park, a monumental scaled OY/YO will be presented in yellow painted aluminum measuring 8 x 17 x 5 ft.

“Just in time for the holidays, three of New York City’s greatest communities come together in peace, love, and OY,” said Deborah Kass.

Set alongside the iconic bridges of Brooklyn’s waterfront and visible to viewers from Manhattan, Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Main Street lawn is an apt location for a monumental installation of OY/YO. Similar to the City of New York’s “Leaving Brooklyn: Oy Vey!” sign at the Williamsburg Bridge and the “Leaving Brooklyn: Fuhgeddaboudit” sign on the BQE, OY/YO references Brooklyn’s ethnic communities with whimsy and warmth. 

“Two Trees is thrilled to bring the extraordinary Deborah Kass’ OY/YO to DUMBO for residents and visitors here and across the river to enjoy,” said Lisa Kim, Two Trees Management’s Cultural Affairs Director. “Art can be found throughout the neighborhood - from gallery exhibits to murals, and OY/YO will be a stunning addition to the waterfront.“ For more information about DUMBO’s art scene, visit artindumbo.com.

“We are thrilled to welcome OY/YO to the newest section of Brooklyn Bridge Park,” said Regina Myer, Brooklyn Bridge Park President. “Not only will this installation enhance the park experience but it will also be a wonderful addition to DUMBO’s vibrant art scene. We know that park visitors will enjoy it for the months ahead.”

Paul Kasmin Gallery Exhibition

Deborah Kass: No Kidding at 515 W 27th Street in Chelsea, December 9, 2015 – January 23, 2016

Mounted on fields of primarily black and blue, Deborah Kass’ new mixed-media paintings incorporate neon lights for the first time, limiting her signature palette, to spell out puns and phrases bearing pop cultural references that provide a somber meditation on the troubling present, and uncertain future. 

An extension of her “feel good paintings for feel bad times,” Kass’ most recent body of work sets a darker, tougher tone as she reflects on contemporary issues such as global warming, institutional racism, police brutality, gun violence, and attacks on women’s health, through the lens of minimalism and grief. Kass’ paintings often borrow their titles from song lyrics, such as, Just A Shot Away, 2014, which takes its name from the Rolling Stones’ 1969 song - “Gimme Shelter,” that was written in response to the violence of that time. Consistently laden with ambiguity, this work, along with others in the series, references a range of current social, political, and environmental tipping points. 

About the Artist

Deborah Kass employs the visual motifs of post-war paintings to explore the intersection of politics, popular culture, art history and personal identity. Her celebrated series, The Warhol Project, from the early 1990’s refocused Andy Warhol’s eye for celebrity portraiture. Her work incorporates lyrics from Broadway musicals, movie quotations into canonical formats like Frank Stella’s concentric squares, Ellsworth Kelly’s rainbow spectrum and Andy Warhol’s camouflage patterns.

Kass’ work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Jewish Museum and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The New Orleans Museum of Art, and the National Portrait Gallery, among others.

Recent group shows include “Eye Pop: The Celebrity Gaze” at the National Portrait Gallery, “Come Together Sandy,” Industry City, Brooklyn, 2013, “I, You, We” at the Whitney Museum of American art, 2013, and “Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012. 

Recent solo exhibitions include “feel good paintings for feel bad times,” “MORE feel good paintings for feel bad times” and “My Elvis+” at Paul Kasmin Gallery. In 2012, The Andy Warhol Museum presented “Deborah Kass: Before and Happily Ever After, a Mid-Career Retrospective.” Her historical series from 1998 “America’s Most Wanted” had its first ever viewing in New York at Sargent’s Daughters in May 2015. Paul Kasmin Gallery will present a new body of work “Deborah Kass: No Kidding” in December 2015.

In 2014, Kass was inducted into the New York Foundation for the Arts’ Hall of Fame. She is a member of the Board of the Andy Warhol Foundation and is Senior Critic of the Yale University MFA Painting Program.

About Two Trees Public Art

Two Trees seeks to enliven public space in the communities where we live and work. Through the installation of diverse public artworks, Two Trees celebrates creativity, invests in art as a civic resource, and brings contemporary art to a wide audience.

About Two Trees

Since its founding in 1968, Two Trees Management Company, a New York-based real estate development firm, has owned, managed and developed a portfolio worth more than $3 billion in real estate, including more than 6,000 apartments and over 3 million square feet of office and retail space. Two Trees currently owns more than 4 million square feet of commercial, industrial, and residential real estate throughout the United States with the majority of its properties located in New York City and employs 175 people to develop and manage its properties.

About Brooklyn Bridge Park

Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation, known as Brooklyn Bridge Park (BBP), is the not-for-profit entity responsible for the planning, construction, maintenance and operation of Brooklyn Bridge Park, an 85-acre sustainable waterfront park spanning 1.3 miles along Brooklyn’s East River shoreline. As steward of the park, BBP has transformed this previously deteriorated stretch of waterfront into a world-class park where the public can gather, play, relax and enjoy sweeping views of New York Harbor. The self-sustaining park was designed by the award-winning firm of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc. and features expansive lawns, rolling hills, waterfront promenades, innovative playgrounds, a greenway, sports facilities and the popular Jane’s Carousel. BBP serves thousands of people on any given seasonal day, who come to picnic, walk their dog, play soccer, jog, bike or roller skate. Brooklyn Bridge Park is a signature public investment for the 21st Century and will be an enduring legacy for the communities, elected officials and public servants who made it happen.

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Elmhurst Art Museum:No Place Like House exhibition and Chicago Architecture Biennial Nov 7th

 

(L to R) Mejay Gula, Julia Sedlock, Amanda Williams

Elmhurst Art Museum presents

House Practices: Discussion with Architects Mejay Gula,

Julia Sedlock & Amanda Williams, Saturday, November 7

In conjunction with Museum’s current No Place Like House exhibition

and Chicago Architecture Biennial 

October 23, 2015 (Elmhurst, IL)— In conjunction with its current architecture exhibitions, No Place Like House and Lessons from Modernism: Environmental Design Strategies in Architecture 1925-1970, Elmhurst Art Museum proudly hosts the panel discussion House Practices featuring architects Amanda Williams, Julia Sedlock & Mejay Gula Saturday, November 7, from 2-4pm. The discussion, conceived of and moderated by architect and School of the Art Institute Lecturer Andrew Santa Lucia, will examine the dynamic, “house-based” practices of these female architects as they have lived and worked in Chicago.

Amanda Williams’ ongoing Color(Ed) Theory Interventions on Chicago’s South Side investigates cultural associations of colors (such as Harold’s Chicken Shack Red and Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Orange) and their homogenous application to soon-to-be-demolished houses in Englewood. Julia Sedlock’s notions of Smallness have framed her practice to deliver playfully unexpected results within domesticity using shapes and disciplinary histories interchangeably. As the former lead designer for Theaster Gates Studio and Rebuild Foundation, Mejay Gula’s practice focused on the creative reuse of existing materials and vacant buildings to revitalize under-served pockets of South Side of Chicago.

“Andrew Santa Lucia’s year-long exploration of Mies van der Rohe’s McCormick House at Elmhurst Art Museum resulted in two major exhibitions that highlight the difference between house and home. Wishing to expand this discussion across approaches and gender, we invited these three women to present their innovative architectural projects and current thinking about the meanings and implications of house and home today,” said Staci Boris, Elmhurst Art Museum Chief Curator & Director of Public Programs.

This conversation is held in tandem with the first Midwest appearance of Lessons from Modernism - an acclaimed exhibition organized by The Cooper Union in New York that examines 25 modern building projects through the lens of sustainability—on display at Elmhurst Art Museum through November 29, 2015 and coinciding with the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial. The first architecture exhibition presented by the Museum, Lessons from Modernism offers a new context for the Museum’s McCormick House, designed by Mies van der Rohe in 1952, and includes Santa Lucia’s related exhibition, the No Place like Houseintervention. This site-specific installation, guided by “Miesian Mysticism,” a fictional religion uncovered by Santa Lucia, features a series of altars that utilize both the living room space and the newly opened west wing, to transport viewers into a temple of images, objects and offerings.

The House Practices discussion is free to Elmhurst Art Museum members, and free to the public with admission to the Museum. For more information on House Practices or Elmhurst Art Museum membership, please visit elmhurstartmuseum.org.

Bios

Amanda Williams is an artist, architect, educator, activist and cultivator of an art form that combines spatial sensibilities with love of color. She studied architecture at Cornell University and practiced in that field for a number of years in the Oakland Bay Area before turning her full attention to visual art. Color is a central preoccupation in her work, with her palette deriving largely from the urban landscapes she traversed as a child in Chicago’s Auburn Gresham neighborhood. She has exhibited and lectured throughout the U.S., including: Studio Museum in Harlem; Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco; and the University of Michigan. She is the recipient of many awards including, most recently, a 3Arts Award, a Joyce Foundation scholarship, the Eidlitz Travel Fellowship to Ethiopia, the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation’s Heroes & Hearts Public Art Commission, and the Empress Award. Williams is a current participant in the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial. She is Adjunct Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology where she teaches Design and Color Theory. 

Julia Sedlock is a trained architect, writer, and founding partner of Cosmo Design Factory, an upstate NY design practice in the midst of building its first two houses. Through a combination of commissioned projects and independent research, their work explores ways that architectural form playfully engages with the world to promote social and cultural interaction. In addition to their house projects, Cosmo Design Factory recently completed temporary installations for arts organizations in New York City and the Hudson Valley. Sedlock has an M. Arch and M.A. in Design Criticism from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and has work published in PLAT Journal, MAS Context, Soiled and Conditions Magazine.

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Your invited Nov. 9th to the Fine Art Magazine 40th Anniversary Party, Honoring Heroes of Creativity

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Broadway Parks, Mark Borghi Gallery, Oct. 28th- Nov. 17th

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YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO OCTOBER 24TH-NOVEMBER 10TH OPENING 4P-7P

YOUNGWORLD 6121 CASMERE/DETROIT/USA DETROIT JEN WANG YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO OCTOBER 24TH-NOVEMBER 10TH OPENING 4P-7P Sean:  Hey Gerry, in the 1960’s there was a young man that graduated from the University of Michigan, did some brilliant work in mathematics, specifically bounded harmonic functions. Then he went on to Berkeley, was an assistant professor; showed amazing potential. Then he moved to Montana and he blew the competition away. Gerry: Yeah, so who was he? Sean:  Ted Kaczynski Good Will Hunting, 1997, Gus Van Sant Ted Kaczynski is alternately referred to as a serial killer and a terrorist. His demand to publish his manifesto in the Washington Post and New York Times to avoid “further violence” was met and considered to be “making the right choice between bad options." His brother, reading the manifesto at the suggestion of his wife, contacted the FBI after recognizing his tone and use of the phrase, “You can’t have your cake and eat it too.”    “With the wholly uncritical treatment — nay, giddy embrace — of high technology, even to such excrescences as machine "emotions" which you develop and promote, Psychology Today has at least made it publicly plain what's intended for social life. Your dehumanizing work is a prime contribution to high tech's accelerating motion toward an ever more artificial, de-individuated, empty landscape. I believe I am not alone in the opinion that vermin such as you will one day be considered among the worst criminals this century has produced.” (Signed) In Revulsion, John Zerzan Kaczynski was accepted to Harvard at 16, received his PhD in mathematics from the University of Michigan and became an assistant professor at University of California Berkely in 1967, resigning after two years.  “The antitechnology Luddite movement will grow increasingly vocal and possibly resort to violence as these people become enraged over the emergence of new technologies that threaten traditional attitudes regarding the nature of human life (radical life extension, genetic engineering, cybernetics) and the supremacy of mankind (artificial intelligence). Though the Luddites might, at best, succeed in delaying the Singularity, the march of technology is irresistible and they will inevitably fail in keeping the world frozen at a fixed level of development.”  Ray Kurzweil predicting singularity in 2040. Kaczynski currenty resides at the “Supermax” prison in Florence, Colorado with Zacarias Moussaoui, Terry Nichols, Robert Hanssen, and Larry Hoover. He lives in isolation 23.5 hours a day. “If the system succeeds in acquiring sufficient control over human behavior quickly enough, it will probably survive. Otherwise it will break down. We think the issue will most likely be resolved within the next several decades, say 40 to 100 years.”   Ted Kaczynski #fineartmagazine

Attention Film Buffs: FIRST NORDIC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 10/22/15,NYC,NY. On Saturday October 31, 2015, & Sunday November 1, 2015

FIRST NORDIC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL TO PREMIERE  AT THE SCANDINAVIA HOUSE NEW YORK CITY

10/22/15,NYC,NY. On Saturday October 31, 2015, & Sunday November 1, 2015 The first ever Nordic International Film Festivalwill screen over 23 films over the two day run. Admission is absolutely free.

On the evening of Sunday November 1st, at 8:30PM there will be a GALA RED CARPET  hosted by Jacob A. Ware of Boardwalk Empire, highlights from the festival, Q & A with the film makers and the Award Ceremony.

List of Actors in the Official Selections: Lindsy Fonseca ~ Kick-Ass Eric Roberts ~ The Dark Knight Christian McKay ~ Me and Orson Welles Simon Callow  ~ Shakespeare in Love Bruce Greenwood ~ Star Trek Elia Purnell ~ Never Let Me Go Torkel Petersson ~ Kopps Eva Westering ~ HippHipp Charlotte Munick ~ Ana Pihl Morgan Alling ~ Arn Laura Bach ~ Those Who Kill www.nordicfilmfest.org Victor Borge Hall Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue New York City #fineartmagazine

Attention Artists: Apply to Exhibit at RIAF 2016.

Apply to Exhibit at RIAF 2016. Limited availability, Applications are curated.  9-10 September 2016 at de Laurenskerk   Apply to Exhibit EarlyBird Offer: Free Extra Promotions 80,000+ fans on social media worth £ 75 GBP. Use promo code:  "RIAFEARLY16" before 1st November 2015. "I sold 4 paintings! Thank you GAA for your brilliant organisation" - Chiara "Thanks GAA for the Rotterdam Int'l Art Fair. I sold 4 pieces..." - William Ashlock "I feel happy because I sold 2 of my works and got 2 more orders after..." - Yun Xie  Read over 300 success stories here. www.artfairrotterdam.com

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Art on Paper returns to Manhattan's Lower East Side in March 2016, building on the success of the fair's inaugural 2015 edition. The first Art on Paper New York welcomed 20,000 visitors to Pier 36 over the fair's four buzzing days. Participating galleries saw strong sales to important collections as the public urgently engaged with the curated exhibitions. The fair's medium-driven focus lent itself to significant projects - unique moments that set Art on Paper apart and established a new and important destination for the arts in New York City. Working in concert with Beneficiary Partner Brooklyn Museum, Creative Director Sasha Wolf, and sponsor The Wall Street Journal, Art on Paper's second edition will feature special projects that push the boundaries of its celebrated medium.  Visitors to Art on Paper New York will be met with a powerful installation of Klein Sun Gallery artist Li Hongbo's paper sculptures. Recently exhibited at the SCAD Museum of Art as part of Irons for the Ages, Flowers for the Day, the work is composed of tools of war made from brightly colored honeycombed paper reshaped into delicate abstract forms. Art on Paper looks forward to a second year of artistic exploration, featuring a robust program of installations and an expanded exhibitor list of modern and contemporary galleries from around the world. For more information about Art on Paper New York and to apply please visit thepaperfair.com/ny  #fineartmagazine

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OK For you Mythology mavens: Narcissus Now Festival Reimagining the Myth through Artists' Eyes till Oct 12th

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23rd HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS DINNER HONORING EMILY BLUNT, KILLER FILMS, ALBERT MAYSLES, AND OUTGOING HIFF CHAIRMAN, STUART MATCH SUNA

23^rd HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL AWARDS DINNER

HONORING EMILY BLUNT,

KILLER FILMS, ALBERT MAYSLES, AND

OUTGOING HIFF CHAIRMAN, STUART MATCH SUNA

— The Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) announced today an inaugural Awards Dinner celebrating internationally-acclaimed actress Emily Blunt, iconic independent film production company Killer Films (celebrating its 20th anniversary), legendary documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles (receiving a posthumous tribute), and longtime HIFF board chairman Stuart Match Suna, to take place in East Hampton on Sunday, October 11, 2015. The Dinner, which will take place during the 23rd annual Hamptons International Film Festival (October 8–12, 2015), will benefit the Festival’s year-round programming initiatives, the annual Screenwriters’ Lab, and the longtime summer initiatives; SummerDocs and the Student Filmmaking Workshops.

As part of the Awards Dinner, Emily Blunt will be presented with the Variety Creative Impact in Acting Award.  Blunt has been to the festival previously in 2005 when she was recognized as one of HIFF’s Rising Stars [now Ten Actors to Watch] program in 2005 in conjunction with her performance in GIDEON’S DAUGHTER, for which she won a Golden Globe. One of the most gifted actresses of her generation, Blunt’s versatility as a performer can be witnessed in films such as THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, THE YOUNG VICTORIA, EDGE OF TOMORROW, INTO THE WOODS, and the upcoming release SICARIO, in which she stars as an FBI agent enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico. The Lionsgate film also stars Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin.

Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, who founded the New York-based production company Killer Films in 1995, will be honored with the HIFF Industry Award for 20 years of innovative, risk-taking movies and for consistently championing unique voices in independent cinema. Killer Films has produced several of the most acclaimed American independent films over the past two decades, including CAROL, STILL ALICE, which made its US Premiere at last year’s Closing Night of HIFF with Julianne Moore in attendance, FAR FROM HEAVEN, BOYS DON’T CRY, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, HAPPINESS, and KIDS. 

Legendary documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles will receive a posthumous tribute. Maysles passed away in March 2015, leaving a rich cinematic legacy, including GREY GARDENS, GIMME SHELTER, SALESMAN, and IRIS, which won HIFF’s Audience Award last year for Documentary.

HIFF founding board member, Stuart Match Suna, will be honored for his 18 years as Board Chairman. After this year’s festival, Suna will step into the Chair Emeritus role, handing the Chairman reins over to longtime board members Randy Mastro and Alec Baldwin. Under Suna’s leadership, the Festival expanded into Southampton, Montauk, Sag Harbor, and Westhampton, and evolved into a year-round cultural organization dedicated to championing film culture. Alec Baldwin will present the award to Suna.

“The Hamptons International Film Festival was founded to celebrate independent voices in cinema, and it is in that spirit that we choose to fete this extraordinary group of individuals, each of whom has made a remarkable impact on independent film culture,” said Executive Director Anne Chaisson.  “Also, it is with great admiration that we celebrate our outgoing chairman Stuart Match Suna.  His vision and support over the past 18 years has led HIFF to where it is today.”

For ticketing and additional information, please visit hamptonsfilmfest.org.

The 23rd Annual Hamptons International Film Festival, which will be held over. Columbus Day Weekend, October 8^th – 12^th, 2015, greatly appreciates the support from corporate sponsors, including Delta Air Lines, Altour International, The Wall Street Journal, and WNBC New York. Box office will open on September 26th in NYC, East Hampton and Southampton.

ABOUT THE HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) is a year-round 501(c)3 non-profit organization with events, screenings, film workshops, comprehensive summer programs and an annual film festival each October. The Festival is the premiere film event on New York State's east end, and is an intimate showcase of some of the year's best offerings in contemporary cinema from around the world. With cash and in-kind prizes handed out totaling more than $165,000, HIFF continues to attract some of the best films of the year. Selections from all of our programs continue to play an important role during awards season. 2014 marked the 6th time in the last 7 years that a film at the Festival has become the eventual Best Picture winner at the Oscars, making HIFF the only Festival on the East Coast with such a distinction.
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