FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com MAY 8, 2014 • The Queens Courier 41 WE DNESDAY, MAY 14 EXHIBITIONS happening throughout festival see (date) for details at: (14th): Open Door, Dorian Café, Modern Spaces, Testaccio’s, Douglas Elliman, Ten10 Studios, Riverview Restaurant, TFCornerstone, Manducatis Rustica, Evandro Tech, PaintCan Studios, The Local LIC, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, ArtistRun Gallery; (15th): Falchi Building, SquareWines & Spirits, InSite Design Studio, Local Project, , The Big Secret, The Little Secret, Z Hotel; (16th): Gotham, MFTA, Aurora Gallery, Dougherty Gallery, Space Gallery, NY Minded; (17th): Reis Studios, Studio 34; (18th): Kid’s Postcard Competition. 5-25 46th Ave LIC Flea WHITEWASH Curated by Marie Cecile-Flageul. May 14-18 // 12-6pm. A unique exhibition featuring 9 Graffiti Artists and 2 photographers who have created art that explores their strong reactions to 5 Pointz being whitewashed overnight. Jeffrey Leder Gallery, 21-37 45th Rd, 917.767.1734 • jeffreyledergallery.com ARTISTRUN GALLERY May 14-18 // 12-7pm The ArtistRun gallery is an artist owned and run gallery in Long Island City. ArtistRun was founded with the belief that the partnership between the artist and the art lover is an essential relationship. We have displays of contemporary art works including: mixed media, paintings, ceramics. In addition to the gallery, we have a studio for artists to work. ArtistRun Gallery, 36-31 22nd St., • 718.806.1136 • artistrungallery.com Jim Campbell: Rhythms of Perception March 21–June 15 Educator-led public tours of the exhibition are held every Saturday and Sunday through June 15 at 1:30 and 3:00 p.m. Jim Campbell: Rhythms of Perception is the first solo museum exhibition in New York of the San Francisco-based artist Jim Campbell (b.1956), who is best known for his evocative low resolution works. This career-spanning exhibition features over 20 works, ranging from early experimental film, interactive works, and low-resolution videos to largescale installations. An innovator in the use of technology, Campbell integrates and manipulates computers and custom electronics into visually arresting artworks. Museum of the Moving Image 36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria NY 11106 • movingimage.us VERNON BLVD NABE NIGHT Start your walk on 50th Ave near Vernon, with (appropriately) A.R.T. @Open Door, then head next door to Dorian Café on the corner of Vernon and 50th for some “salt” photos. Heading north on Vernon, Modern Spaces will be hosting large paintings, and nearby are photos at Testaccio’s. Across the street you will find panoramic images in Douglas Elliman Realty, and around the corner on 47th Rd, the Jesse Winter Retrospective is on view at the cute Ten10 Studios carriage house. Neon lights the next stop, giving you an opportunity to peek into one of the many residences along Vernon 47th Ave. Further up the Blvd, pop into Matted LIC, then cross over for a slice and old-world charm at Manducatis Rustica while you drink in art. Taking a walk towards the river, get an amazing view from the 8th floor of the brand new TFCornerstone apartments, where there are 5 solo shows in gallery-like apartments overlooking Manhattan. Head back to Vernon Blvd via 5-25 46th Ave for The Crew’s Opening, then back on Vernon, where Evandro Tech Motors once again has cleared out their vintage cars to show the vintage car photos and other amazing works of LIC’s living legend, Tony Vaccaro. While there, experience a glimpse and taste of Peru. On your way to the Open’s Opening Party at The Local on 44th Ave, finish your Vernon Blvd Nabe Night crawl at PaintCan Studios on 10th St, to see a few of the many members of LICArtists who will be showing in alternative places throughout LIC. A.R.T. (American Road Tar and other Discoveries) May 14-18 // Noon-2am • Reception May 14 // 5-7 Chuck Baker, photographer. It is a photographer’s job to be an observer – to see the unseen, to notice the un-noticed, to document, to record, to make visual sense of the world around us. These are simple compositions. Beauty found in the obscure – the byproduct of keeping one’s eyes open and carrying an I-Phone. Thank You Mr. Jobs! cbakerinteriorphotos.com Open Door Restaurant, 10-09 50th Ave • 718.361.8589 opendoorrestaurant.com OLD SCHOOL SALTS: Black & White Film Photographs by Greg M. Stowell May 14-18 // Reception May 14 // 6:30 - 8 (50% off beer and wine) The title refers to the silver salt process in gelatin silver print making, the shakers on tables in “old school” city diners and of course, the telling of tall tales by seafaring “old salts” gathering at pubs. frankfrdgallery.net/ Dorian Café, 10-01 50th Ave • 718.937.1120 OUTSIDE, LOOKING IN: Times Square & Beyond Paintings by ELINORE SCHNURR May 14-18 // TIME TBD Reception May 14 // 5-7 My paintings have always involved people in urban spaces, but in different ways. I wander the city sometimes, searching out the scene or event that will capture my imagination, with the intent to put it into my own visual language. When I find something, I try to capture it with a sketch, or by using my camera as a sketchbook, and making a note to return another day with my pochade box or easel. Most of my paintings are of New York City and its incredible diversity. elinoreschnurr.com Modern Spaces, 47-42 Vernon Blvd • 718.784.1110 • modernspacesnyc.com HILMA KRLA May 14-18 // 12-11pm Reception May 14 // 7pm While traveling through the streets of New York, photographer Hilma Krla was captivated by the evidence of human needs affecting everyday life. From people to rubble, these photographs reveal a certain irony often underlying everyday encounters in the Big Apple. Testaccio Restaurant, 47-30 Vernon Blvd • 718.937.2900 • testacciony.com IN & OUT OF TIME: 360° Panoramic Images May 14-16 // 9am-6pm by appt. Reception May 14 // 5:30-8pm Rafael Octavio Gonzalez’s work allows us to look at everyday places in extraordinary ways by playing with space and time and bringing 360° views into one plane. The Long Island City-bred artist illuminates intimate details of our world in panorama through multiple images, vibrant colors, exposures, and composites. The images magnify life in a way that creates intimacy in its rich detail and luminous surrealism. These fairytale-like works capture the beautiful innocence of looking at something for the first time. Produced by Zoescope Studio. rafaelogonzalez.com Douglas Elliman Real Estate, 47-37 Vernon Blvd • 917.386.6164 • elliman.com JESSE WINTER: RETROSPECTIVE LIC 2009-2014 May 14-18 // Please see website for details Reception May 14 // 6-8pm PhotoMerge (CompositeLandscape), Ltrain, Homegrown Portraits, Disconnected, Sketches from Spain, Edible Arts. [email protected] TEN10 Studios, 10-10 47th Rd • 917.449.9539 • ten10studios.com ART IN RESIDENCE Reception May 14 // 6-8pmMay 17-18 // 12-5pm Exterior neon by Kenny Greenberg and i nterior corridor artwork by Beth Williams Garrett, William Garrett and special “house guests” TBA. wplusg.blogspot.com, wplusg.blogspot.com, neonshop.com Garrett residence, 47-08 Vernon Blvd JK SUNDQUIST@MattedLIC May 14-18 // (runs thru July 12) Reception May 14 // 6-9pm JK Sundquist reignites the Long Island City representational art scene. His continued inspired vision of finely wrought architectural images compel a new appreciation of a timeless New York City landscape. Matted LIC Gallery, 46-36 Vernon Blvd • 718.786.8660 • mattedlic.com PAUL OTTO KRAMM May 14-31 // Tues-Sun 8am-11pm Reception May 14 // 6:30-8pm Paul Otto Kramm was an essential part of our community here in Queens; his passing is more of a loss than many of us know. He was a resident of Queens for more than 45 years, and in that time contributed works that can only be described as masterpieces. The greatness of Paul’s work wasn’t appreciated while he lived, but this exhibition aims to change that. It is time for us to give him his due, and the easiest way we can do that is simply by looking. After all, he left us so much to see. ITALIAN WATERS Prints by Mary Teresa Giancoli. crismaimaging.com/WhatWeDo.html Manducatis Rustica, 46-33 Vernon Blvd • 917.991.1145 • manducatisrustica.com 5 SOLOS @ TFCornerstone May 14-18 // 8am-8pm (until Aug 31) Reception May 14 // 5:30-8pm The LIC Arts Open was generously offered 4 adjacent bare studio apartments to showcase 5 local artists for 3 months in the brand-new TFCornerstone apartment building along the East River. ORESTES GONZALEZ LIC Artists & Artifacts A synopsis of the 2012 LIC ARTIST series of local artists in their studio settings, plus a series of iconic objects and scenes I shot around NEW YORK City between 2011 and 2014. My photos are not solely representational, but symbolic of spirit and emotion. Trying to show the zeitgeist of our place and time is what I try to convey in my photographs. Orestes Gonzalez is a photographer, architect, curator and writer. His photography column in the LIC COURIER, «ORESTES› LIC›, brings you an image of our community in all its evolving formations, every month. orestesgonzalezphoto.com DONNA LEVINSTONE CITY AS LANDSCAPE Since I moved my studio to Long Island City, I have become more aware of how buildings may be construed the same way as my mountainscapes and tree lined horizons. Mountains fade into the distant mist in a landscape; buildings fade into the distant mist in a cityscape. LIC offers spectacular skies, as it is not yet overdeveloped. For this exhibit, I have tried to capture the beauty of these skies in both black and white and color pastel. Clouds offer a “24-hour art gallery” in Long Island City, and there is never a shortage of interesting shapes dotting the horizon. donnalevinstone. com SHARON FLORIN – NEW YORK MOMENTS As a painter of the urban landscape, I strive to capture the texture, detail and light of the city. My work documents what is so familiar that you can walk by without noticing it, and yet tomorrow it may be gone. sjfnewyork.blogspot.com PAULA ELLIOTT – SETTINGS My paintings are best described as abstractions, but invariably refer to aspects of the external world. I treat my acrylics like watercolor to attain a potency of color and to create a fluid and transparent environment, underpinning images, which are both abstract and associative. paulaelliott.net TOSHIAKO NOBA My work is inspired by things that show the passage of time and their histories with external stimulus such as layers in canyons accumulated and exposed over many years, weathered abandoned buildings, repasted and faded advertisement posters on city walls, a squashed can in a road, layers of paint peeling off of a wall, and so on. These visual encounters influence my aesthetic sense and concepts in my work. Clay that has formed over time in a stratum of the earth and then was dug up to become a glazed art piece in a kiln bears conceptual resemblance to the aforementioned. toshiakinoda.com TFCornerstone, 46-10 Center St, 8th FL • 718.606.9440 • tfc.com HOLOCENTER POP UP EXHIBIT May 17-18// 12-6pm Reception May 14// 5:30-8:00pm The Holocenter has four main objectives: production, exhibition, research and education. Holocenter staff work closely with artists to develop their concepts and provide access to a number of holography studios. 5-25 46th Ave • holocenter.org THE CREW May 17-18 // 12-6pm Reception May 14 // 5:30-8:00pm This project is presenting artists who have one big thing in common: they all work in the Matthew Barney Studio. With this group exhibition, they are presenting themselves to the community as individual artists, but also as a collective. They are showing sculptures, drawings and installations. Their art practice is a reflection of everyday life within imaginative aspects. It is a statement, critique and observation on social structures and today’s environment. Authors will intervene in exhibits with live action, so in that way, this show will have a form of interactive happenings with the audience. Marko Markovic, Tyler McPhee, Nicholas Broujos, Kevin Lips; Kanoa Baysa; Andre Ponticello. David Jackson Smith, Keith Riley, Adam Cowll, Jade Archuleta Gans, Matt Ryle 5-25 46th Ave THE GOLDEN AGE OF FORMULA ONE: THROUGH TONY’S LENS May 14 – 31 // 12-6pm Reception May 14 // 8 pm Tony Vaccaro is a photography legend and a pride and joy of Queens. He has been working in photography since he served in the army in 1944, and we are privileged to be hosting an exhibition displaying some of his amazing work, the Golden Age of Formula One, spanning the 1950’s, in conjunction with some of the amazing things Tony has seen through his lens over the years. His work is introspective and beautiful, and through it we can see life, love, and human nature. Evandro Tech Motors 10-01 45th Ave (entrance on Vernon Blvd) • 718.389.0430 evandrotechmotors.com/ PERU ART SHOW May 14-18 // 12-6pm Reception May 14 // 8pm PERU ART SHOW is proud to exhibit the artwork of Peruvian artists Jose Luis Carranza, Toto Fernandez Ampuero, Flavia Melendez & Jairo Robinson, four leading artists of their generation, sponsored by the Peruvian Business Council, the International Economic Alliance and PromPeru. The opening reception will include Peruvian music, dance, food and drinks. Evandro Tech Motors 10-01 45th Ave (entrance on Vernon Blvd) • 718.389.0430 evandrotechmotors.com/ LICARTISTS, INC @PaintCan Reception May 14 // May 14-18 // 12-6pm Not only will many artist studios be open for Open Studios, the hallways of PaintCan Studios will be transformed into a pop-up studio for some of the LICArtist members whose studios are not suitable for public visits. PaintCan Studios, 10-10 10th St [email protected] THE OPEN’S OPENING @ The Local May 14 // 7-10pm Our Opening Party kicks off on Wednesday evening with music, drinks, and food. Vince Johnson & Friends playing the blues, Luba Lukova’s dynamic artwork setting the scene, Jason Lalor rapping, Allison Jones Dance + A // V club dancing, a keg of craft beer from LIC nano-brewers Rockaway Brewery Co, Manducatis Rustica feeding the body, plus ……….. Not to be missed!! Catch a pre-party special showing of “Best of QWFF 2014” screening at 6:30. NIGHT OF BLUES: VINCE JOHNSON & FRIENDS Vince Johnson, one of the greatest harmonica players working today, will take us on a blues journey at the opening party of the festival. With his gritty vocal style and entrancing harp playing, this Long Island City/Memphis based musician combines the raw drive of the South-Side Chicago blues with the warm, rhythmic textures of Memphis soul music and blends them into a unique blues explosion. facebook.com/ VinceJohnsonPlantationAllstars DRAMA ON PAPER: Posters for the Stage Luba Lukova May 14-18 // 8am-12am Internationally renowned, Long Island Citybased Luba Lukova creates some of the most iconic posters of our time. Her mastery of turning a few lines into the complex and sublime will be shown in a compelling collection of theatre inspired posters. Lukova’s award winning work is exhibited around the globe and is currently on view at MoMA, New York. “One of the 15 most important women in design …” Huffington Post 2014. facebook.com/luba.lukova.studio JASON LALOR Multimedia Rap Performance A multimedia rap performance that utilizes projected visuals, controlled by the volume of the performer’s voice, to tell a story about how hip hop (specifically rap) can empower individuals. ALLISON JONES DANCE + A // V CLUB present excerpts from their works ab initio (2012) and dyad (2013). These primarily contemporary dance pieces utilize projection, live sound and paper installation, creating a unique world for performers and audience to live in. Concepts and phrasework from these past works, previously performed on theater stages, will be reimagined for a gallery environment. THE LOCAL 13-02 44th Ave • 347.738.5251 • thelocalnyc.com THURSDAY, MAY 15 EXHIBITIONS happening throughout festival see Wednesday for list COURT SQ NABE NIGHT Get an early start to catch all of the fabulous openings! The Falchi Building, behind La Guardia College, would be a great place to start your art crawl. Only 2 blocks from the 7 train’s 33rd St station, or a 10 min walk from Court Sq, there are 3 large group shows of exciting work, as well as checking out the new “Chelsea Market” of LIC! On your way back to Court Sq, educate your wine pallet see what LICArtists have done to the storage spaces, then educate your wine palate as you take in the multi-media event at SquareWine & Spirits. At the Citigroup Building, LICArtist members are at it again, with works filling the hallway showcases. Cross 23rd St to the historic block of 45th Ave, where InSite Design Studio hosts a colorful, powerful photography show not to be missed! Take a left down 44th Rd to the newly relocated Local Project and their special exhibition of Queens artists. Back up on 23rd St, you can’t miss the huge paintings at The Big Secret Gallery behind the loading dock of the LIC Art Center, and ZOMBIES at The Little Secret Gallery entrance on 23rd. From there, you can grab a drink and view more art down towards the river at the Z Hotel, or sit with a beer and watch the best of the Queens World Film Festival in The Local. Check out the art talks at Reis Studios and Jeffrey Leder Gallery. THROUGH OUR EYES Curated by Tiffany S. Pierce May 14-18 // 9am-6pm Reception May 15 // 5-7pm The Art Table Studio, a mobile community arts education studio, is proud to sponsor the “Through Our Eyes” Art Exhibition & Fundraiser in the historic Falchi Building. The studio supports artists who are leaving their creative footprint within the community. Exhibiting artists include: A. Williams, A. Matsuoka, A. Klein, C. Jackson, D. Boroumand, D. Scott, D. Fischer, G. Jones, G. Gagucas, H. Crawford, J. Mins, J. Vega, J. Zisel, J. Rubio, M. Liu, & S. Trammel. The Art Table Studio is collaborating with Photo Voice, an international organization based in London, which is committed to promoting and supporting the use of participatory photography as a tool for social change in Costa Rica. Falchi Building , 31-00 47th Ave. • 443.695.1418 (Tiffany) • thearttablestudio.com LICARTISTS, INC @Falchi May 14-18 // 9am-6pm Reception May 15// 5-7PM Works by Member Artists of LICArtists, Inc Falchi Building, 31-00 47th Ave. • [email protected] • falchibuilding.com IN MY BOROUGH May 14-18 // 9am-6pm Reception May 15 // 5-7pm Local Project is happy to present 8 different installations by artists living in NYC. All of the artists showing are presenting site-specific projects around the idea of collaboration in different settings, such as a public vitrine. From April 17 through June 17th, these collaborations will evolve and flux according to the artist interactions, coexisting in a 10’ x4’ glass vitrine. Some of these vitrines will incorporate performance, working hours, talks, walks, and inviting the public from all 5 boroughs to participate, add, observe, criticize, document, interact. Collaborators: Rego Park Green Alliance; Etty Yaniv, Chaw ei Thein and Fanny Allié; Priscilla P. Stadler and Richard Alomar; Rachel Kremidas, Paul Lambermont and Mayuko Fujino; Kate Sharkey and Jordan Baber; Mary Giancoli and Jorge Ivan Posada; Matti Havens, Leili Huzaibah, Shawn Chua, Ayana Evans, Whitney Hunter, Tomaz Capobianco and Joanna Fittipaldi; Vanessa Rueda and Daniel Arenas. Falchi Building, 31-00 47th Ave. • falchibuilding.com • localproject.org SQUAREWINE & SPIRITS May 16-18 // 12-9pm Reception May 15 // 6:30-9:30pm A multi-media event highlighting five local talents. SquareWine is featuring industrial home decor, sculpture, photography and painting. SquareWine & Spirits 24-20 Jackson Ave • 718.707.9911 • SquareWine.com LICARTISTS, INC. SHOWCASES May 14-18 / 7am-7pm Reception: May 15 // 5-7pm Showcasing artwork by members of LICArtists, Inc. Six showcases throughout the main floor Hall Gallery. Citigroup Building 1 Court Square • [email protected] • 718.793.0214 LOCUS FOCUS: 3 PHOTOGRAPHERS May 14-18 //12-5pm Reception May 15 // 5:30-8pm The word “locus” is Latin for a place where something happens or is found. In his color photographs of New York City, Robert Lobe finds beauty, meaning and mystery in street level details to which people typically pay little attention. In his series, “Surfaces”, Logan Lockett captures grimy but colorful public surfaces to emphasize how these soiled, quotidian subjects can be simultaneously “unwashed” and “vibrantly beautiful”. Adele Shtern opens to the revelation of seeing the familiar in new ways. Painterly and abstract aspects of the environment catch her eye in diverse loci. robertlobephoto.com, loganlockett.com, adeleshtern.weebly.com InSite Design Studio, 21-54 45 Ave • 718.472.1400 insitedesignstudio.com THE LOCAL PROJECT SHOW May 14-18 // 11-7pm Reception May 15 // 7-on Artists from Queens. Local Project, 11-27 44th Rd • 646.298.0969 • localproject.org OCCUPIED and FLESH TOTES Large Paintings by Stef Duffy May 14-18 // 12-6pm Reception May 15 // 5:30-7:30pm The Big Secret Gallery hosts Stef’s large canvas of OCCUPIED (75”x93”), and a sneak peek at his new series, “FLESH TOTES” (48”X60”), which you can see more of in his studio in the LIC Art Center during Open Studios, #208. Keywords for OCCUPY: starch, occupation, cash, zipper, finance, quietus, lifestyle, pedigree, damage, insider Keywords for FLESH TOTES: fashion, commerce, flesh, Michelangelo, St Francis, Sistine, models, souls, damnation, commerce, flesh, bags, Apparel, vanity, contradiction, absurdity. stefduffy.com The Big Secret, 44-02 23rd St. • 718.392.0722 • secrettheatre.com ZOMBIES Junenoire Mitchell and Nadia Saburov May 14-18 // 12-6pm Reception May 15 // 5:30-7:30pm ZOMBIES! Do you want to see zombies? WE HAVE ZOMBIES!!! See unsuspecting, real people transformed into the undead. ZOMBIES! studio7nyc. com The Little Secret, 44-02 23rd St • 718.392.0722 • secrettheatre.com UNTITLED Opening Reception - May 15 // 6pm May 14-18 // 12-6pm A group exhibition of artists from the Reis Studios building in LIC. Reis Studios is a finished workspace for artists featuring over 10 private studios, an art gallery space, an experimental gallery, a dirty room, and a small communal coffee area filled with a collection of art and culture books. There are over 180 artists working as painters, sculptors, photographers, graphic designers, installation artists, video artists, and many more creative people of other disciplines. The Experimental Space at Reis Studios 43-01 22nd St, 3rd FL • 718.784.5577 • artpluslic.com Z HOTEL GALLERY EXHIBITION Michael Huhn May 16-18 // 11am Reception May 15 // 6-9pm The Z Hotel Subterranean Art Gallery presents “LIC revisited”, a photo exhibition and book signing of new black and white images from Long Island City resident Artist Michael Huhn, who found his inspiration by turning his camera lens away from the picturesque Manhattan skyline to create and capture stark black and white imagery that explores the Long Island City industrial landscape. Z Hotel Subterranean Art Gallery, 11-01 43rd Ave 212.444.2048 (Michael) • zhotelny.com • michaelhuhnart.com PORTRAITURE – THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY! Betsy Ashton – Art Talk May 15 // 6:30-8pm Portrait artist Betsy Ashton talks (with humor) about working with famous, prestigious, and just plain busy people! The Experimental Space at Reis Studios 43-01 22nd St, 3rd FL • 718.784.5577 • reisstudios.com • artpluslic.com QUEENS WORLD FILM FESTIVAL May 15 // 7pm We will screen Queens World Film Festival 2014 Best of the Fest Films. (Designated Screening) THE LOCAL, 13-02 44th Ave • 347.738.5251 • thelocalny.com JEFFREY LEDER GALLERY TALK - THE WALLS May 15 // 8-10pm Various 5 Pointz artists will briefly discuss their start in the aerosol art world through graffiti. The focus of the panel will be: walls and the scales of the body of work, the rewards of doing public art, the impact their art can have or had on a street and block, the evolution of their individual styles, and the challenges of moving to canvases. Jeffrey Leder Gallery 21-37 45th Rd • 917.767.1734 • jeffreyledergallery.com FRIDAY, MAY 16 EXHIBITIONS happening throughout festival see Wednesday for list QUEENS PLAZA NABE NIGHT The artist community is expanding all around Queens Plaza! The Last Big Hoorah at The Gotham Center includes 3 distinct exhibitions filling the immense space: the LIC Arts Open signature show, “Go.Figure.”; BrickHouse Ceramic’s “Lateral Itineraries in Clay”; and the 100 or so panels donated by artists for the “10squared Silent Auction“. If you head up along Northern Blvd, Material for the Arts will highlight their Spring Artist in Residence, COFFEED hosts Pop Culture Pop Up Art & Shop, and Aurora Gallery presents a group show in their beautiful gallery/event space. Heading north on 27th St from Queens Plaza, the lovely Resobox hosts a solo and interactive show. Crescent Grill’s Dougherty Gallery presents 2 solo shows, and local artist Castelan has not only curated a socially engaged show, he has personally engaged with Space Gallery by creating a site-specific mural within it! Nearby, check out the photography show at the new gastropub Dutch Kills Centraal, or relax to the sounds of contemporary Brazilian Music at Beija Flor. Heading towards the river, see conceptual works by a Korean
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