Williamsburg Every 2:nd Friday

It’s that time again! The next Williamsburg Every 2:ND will be on Friday, June 14. If you would like for your event to be included in the AKArt email blast, WE2 facebook updates and every2nd.org listing, please email all of the following information to info@akart.com by Wednesday,  June 5:

Greenpoint Galleries

THE ONE WELL
165 Greenpoint Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11222
Hours: Wednesday – Sunday, 12-8pm
“Portals: A series” by HollyBear
Mixed media works embodying everything Spring stands for. Cause it’s happening. Finally.

Open Friday May 10- June 9, 2013.
Opening Reception Friday, May 10, 7-10pm

East Williamsburg Galleries

STUDIO 10
56 Bogart, Brooklyn, NY 11206
Hours: Thursday – Sunday, 1-6pm; or by appointment
Matt Friedman: The Devil Tricked Me
Studio10 is pleased to present The Devil Tricked Me, an exhibition of work by Matt Freedman opening on Friday, May 10. The exhibition is organized around the recent publication of Relatively Indolent but Relentless, a graphic journal Freedman wrote last Autumn. In July 2012 Freedman learned that he had Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, a rare and slow growing cancer. Treatment entailed thirty-five days of radiation and weekly doses of chemotherapy over seven weeks. Just before treatment, a friend gave Matt a blank notebook and suggested he should fill it up. Matt completed the therapy and the notebook as well. He said, “It seemed like it would in the end give me the last laugh over my cancer treatment.” All thirteen works take as their subject bad luck. A significant component of the show is the notion of disability. This idea is communicated by hand written signs of explanation, which function as the conceptual framework for the exhibition. Freedman’s sign details the reasons for the restrictions he placed upon himself for the creation of the work: each work consists of totally “de-skilled” labor .
Opening Reception Friday, May 10, 7-9pm

Williamsburg Galleries

BROOKLYN OENOLOGY WINERY TASTING ROOM & GALLERY SPACE
109 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Hours: Friday, 2pm-12am; Saturday, 12pm-12am; Sunday, 12-10pm; Monday, 4-10pm;

COTTON CANDY MACHINE
235 South 1st Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 12-8pm
Daniel Danger
Join us for the opening reception of Daniel Danger’s second show at Cotton Candy Machine. The show will feature a selection of originals, drawings, new prints and fun merchandise.
Open May 10- June 9, 2013.
Opening  Reception Friday, May 10

DEVOTION GALLERY
54 Maujer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206
Hours: Saturday & Sunday, 1-5pm
Deborah Yoon
Deborah Yoon is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist, who considers both New York and San Francisco home. She works primarily with ink, sumi-e, paint, and has experimented with steel metalwork. Movement, nature, and the ephemeral are themes that are often woven throughout her intricate, manically detailed art work. Deborah has received a bachelor’s of Fine Arts and Art History at New York University, however most of her education is continuously derived from family (nucleus + extended) and travel.  Open until May 27, 2013.
Open late on Friday, May 10

FRONT ROOM GALLERY
147 Roebling Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Hours: Friday – Sunday, 1-6pm, and by appointment
Ross Racine: “Left at Crystal Brook Boulevard”
A solo exhibition of new works on paper by Ross Racine.  Imagined as models for planned communities, as much as aerial views of fictional suburbs, Racine examines the relationship between design and actual living experiences.  These highly detailed, realistic depictions, subvert the apparent rationality of urban design, exposing conflicts that lurk beneath the surface.  Expounding upon the suburban example, the works in this exhibition are a consideration of aspects of design, the city and society as a whole.
May 10- June 9, 2013.
Opening Reception with the artist, May 10, 7-10pm
Front Room is also be participating at cutlog Art Fair!

PARKER’S BOX

REVERSE
28 Frost Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Hours: Wednesday – Friday, 1-7pm; Saturday, 7-10pm; Sunday, 2-6pm
Armory Weekend Hours: Wednesday – Friday, 1-7pm; Saturday, 7-10pm; Sunday, 2-6pm
Uncharted Waters; REVERSE 2013
Uncharted Waters: REVERSE 2013 is the inaugural exhibition of work by members of the REVERSE Artist Community, a  group of artists who feature regularly in its exhibitions and programming. Participating artists include: CHi KA, Melissa F. Clarke, Brandon Friend & Jason Douglas Griffin, Daria Irincheeva and Alex Yudzon. Uncharted Waters: REVERSE 2013 presents work in a variety of media, including installations by Melissa F. Clarke and Daria Irincheeva, two-dimensional works on paper by Alex Yuzdon and collaborative duo Brandon Friend & Jason Douglas Griffin, and video projection by Chi KA. While formally different, these works demonstrate a shared interest in investigating unfamiliar topographies and the creative challenges of visualizing places that have yet to be discovered.  Through the appropriation of old maps and travel images or the translation of cartographic postulations into three-dimensional spaces, the works presented in REVERSE 2013 explore novel ways of traversing the boundaries of our everyday environments. Open April 12-May 12, 2013.

THE BOILER
191 North 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Hours: Thursday – Sunday 12-6pm, and by appointment
seven @ SEVEN 2
Expanding its model of a collaborative platform for presenting and experiencing contemporary art, SEVEN will hold its second New York area exhibition in Williamsburg, Brooklyn at The Boiler, opening May 10, 2013. Launched in 2010 by seven galleries from New York and London, SEVEN is a unique initiative committed to presenting artworks on their own terms and providing an intimate, personal way to engage the viewer. Since its inception, SEVEN has evolved by inviting new galleries and guests in both independent and institutional locations. SEVEN was recently invited to exhibit within the Dallas Contemporary Art Museum. Participating galleries in seven @ SEVEN 2 are Feature Inc., BravinLee programs, Pierogi, Postmasters, P•P•O•W, Momenta Art, and Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, five of which are original participants.
Opening Reception Friday, May 10, 6-9pm

VENTANA244

109 GALLERY
109 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Hours: Thursday – Sunday, 12-7pm; Monday, 7-10 or by appointment
I am sitting in a room different from the one you are in now
I am sitting in a room different from the one you are in now opened on Friday, March 22. Today, we are pleased to announce I am a festival, a series of performances centered around the exhibition, commencing this afternoon. Throughout the show’s run, we will host a total of seven different performances, each on a unique day of the week. All of the performances will relate in some way to the exhibition itself, as well as to the specific day of the week on which the performance is to occur. These are scheduled every other day this week, as well as every other day leading up to the closing, on Friday, April 12th, which will feature a special performance of Lucier’s seminal work “I am sitting in a room,” from which the exhibition derives its title. Take a look at the schedule below, and choose which performances are best for you. All are free and open to the public, with a suggested donation for the performers. Open March 22-April 12, 2013.
Closing Performance Friday, April 12, 7-10pm

BROOKLYN OENOLOGY WINERY TASTING ROOM & GALLERY SPACE
109 Wythe Ave at N 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY
Hours: Friday, 2pm-12am; Saturday, 12pm-12am; Sunday, 12-10pm; Monday, 4-10pm; Tuesday & Wednesday, 2-10pm; Thursday, 2-11pm
Paintings and Work On Paper
In her work, Sonomi Kobayashi strives to express the relationship between humanity, nature, earth and the universe. More personally, her creative process is a meditative and reflective of a moment in time. It also tells her a great deal about herself and the world around her. Viewers often find universality in Kobayashi’s paintings, which depict shapes and symbols found in nature. The use of round and circular forms represents the cycle of life and their common occurrence in the universe. The majority of Kobayashi’s work is oil on unprimed canvas. By mixing the paint with poppy or stand oil and mineral spirits, she creates a multitude of layers, representing metaphorical links to the past, present and future. Kobayashi’s work on paper is painted without layers using Japanese pigment and traditional Japanese writing ink, called Sumi, as well as pencils. By dropping and blowing the ink very carefully, she creates the expressive beauty of life full of accidents and chances. The varied colors, fine lines and organic shapes in Kobayashi’s art reflect her sensibilities and emotions. These feelings are often uncertain and intimidated by the challenges the future may bring, but ultimately inspired and hopeful. Open April 5-May 20, 2013.
Reception April 12, 7-11pm

CAUSEY CONTEMPORARY
This month, Causey Contemporary is hosting a satellite exhibition at the following location:
Warren Lewis Sotheby’s International Realty
299 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Hours: Wednesday – Saturday, 11am-7pm; Sunday, 12-6pm; Monday, 9-6pm
Nuances
A group exhibition featuring works by Elise Freda, Kathy Goodell, Melissa Murray and Carri Scoczek. Hosted by Causey Contemporary and Warren Lewis Sotheby’s Realty. Open through May 3, 2013.
Although this location will not be open late for April’s Williamsburg Every 2:ND Friday, please visit during normal business hours.

COTTON CANDY MACHINE
235 South 1st Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 12-8pm
Number of the Beast
Join us for the opening reception of Buff Monster’s second and L’Amour’s first show at Cotton Candy Machine. The show will feature original paintings, drawings, inkings, new prints and fun merchandise. Open April12-May 5, 2013.
Opening Reception Friday, April 12, 7-11pm

EIGHT OF SWORDS GALLERY
115 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY 11249
Hours: Wednesday – Monday, 12-8pm
Chordata
The Eight of Swords gallery in Williamsburg Brooklyn presents a two person exhibit entitled Chordata featuring new paintings by Zoe Bean and Sweety. Chordata is the latin word used to name the phylum of animals that includes all vertebrates. In their paintings Bean and Sweety examine the relationship between the parts that make up these animals and their juxtaposition with natural and man-made environments. Open April 12-May 9, 2013.
Opening Reception Friday, April 12, 7-10pm

PARKER’S BOX
193 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY
Hours: Thursday – Sunday, 1-7pm
Reaching 100 (and the end of an era)
Reaching 100 (and the end of an era) is a celebration of the one hundredth and final Parker’s Box exhibition at this location. Parker’s Box intends to re-emerge with a new model at a new location in due course. The exhibition will present works by gallery artists and special guests from the gallery’s 13 year history on Grand Street. Open April 12-May 5, 2013.
Opening Reception Friday, April 12, 6-9pm

PRESENT COMPANY
101 North 13th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Hours: Friday – Sunday, 12-6pm
Fountain of Youth (Brooklyn)
Present Company is pleased to announce Fountain of Youth (Brooklyn), a solo exhibition by Tony Labat. A seminal figure in performance, video and conceptual art in California, Cuban-born artist Tony Labat has spent the past 30 years pulling the rug from conventional modes of visual reception, viewer participation and institutional definition. Labat’s mordant wit and provocative gestures have often flourished at the intersection of controversy, debate and legality. Open March 22- April 28, 2013.
Opening Reception Friday, April 12, 6-11pm

 

REVERSE
28 Frost Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Hours: Wednesday – Friday, 1-7pm; Saturday, 7-10pm; Sunday, 2-6pm
Armory Weekend Hours: Wednesday – Friday, 1-7pm; Saturday, 7-10pm; Sunday, 2-6pm
Uncharted Waters; REVERSE 2013
Uncharted Waters: REVERSE 2013 is the inaugural exhibition of work by members of the REVERSE Artist Community, a  group of artists who feature regularly in its exhibitions and programming. Participating artists include: CHi KA, Melissa F. Clarke, Brandon Friend & Jason Douglas Griffin, Daria Irincheeva and Alex Yudzon. Uncharted Waters: REVERSE 2013 presents work in a variety of media, including installations by Melissa F. Clarke and Daria Irincheeva, two-dimensional works on paper by Alex Yuzdon and collaborative duo Brandon Friend & Jason Douglas Griffin, and video projection by Chi KA. While formally different, these works demonstrate a shared interest in investigating unfamiliar topographies and the creative challenges of visualizing places that have yet to be discovered.  Through the appropriation of old maps and travel images or the translation of cartographic postulations into three-dimensional spaces, the works presented in REVERSE 2013 explore novel ways of traversing the boundaries of our everyday environments. Open April12-May 12, 2013.
Open Late Friday, April 12

 

SKINK INK GALLERY
177 North 10th Street, Room G, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Hours: Thursday – Sunday, 11am-6pm
Hal Hartley: Still Lives
Still Lives an exhibition of film stills from the movies of Hal Hartley. Open march 9-April 29, 2013.
Open Late Friday, April 12

 

STUDIO 10
56 Bogart Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206
Hours: Thursday – Sunday, 1-6pm, and by appointment
18 Drawings and 1 Painting
Studio10 presents Paul Pagk’s recent work. This solo exhibition comprises eighteen works on paper and one large oil painting.  The works on paper are made through a particular three step process. This begins with Pagk’s preparation of the paper’s surface with an oil and rabbit skin based gesso. For Pagk, the gesso becomes the primary matrix upon which color is painted. Lines are marked into the oil paint using a pencil or a silver crayon to excavate to through to the layer of gesso. Flecks of dried gesso float like burr at the edges of the engraved line raised by the pencil point. With this system Pagk created the exhibited series -Search for Mengfu-. Each work was executed on Pagk’s studio floor where he usually draws and the series concluded when the last sheet of prepared Gesso paper was used. Open April 12-May 5, 2013.
Open Late Friday, April 12

VENTANA244
244 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Hours: Thursday – Friday, 5-7pm; Saturday & Sunday, 12-6pm
BANNED IN D.C.
Ventana 244 is pleased to present BANNED IN D.C., organized by Mark Dagley. This exhibition includes the work of twenty-two artists whose connections with the Washinton D.C./Baltimore art scene are multifaceted. While the majority of artists included are alive and practicing, in several instances the work presented is historic. Forgotten artists are revisited as if anew, their legacies intact and awaiting us. Many in this small but concise exhibition grew up in the D.C./Baltimore area, walked the same streets and viewed the same works at The Philips Collection, The National Gallery, The Hirshhorn and Corcoran Museums. Many have taught their profession there, a few still do. It is not surprising that most of these artists began their careers exhibiting in the galleries that once existed along P street and in the surrounding Dupont Circle neighborhood. Open April 12-May 24, 2013.
Opening Reception Friday, April 12, 7-10pm

 

WAH CENTER
135 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Hours: Friday – Monday, 1-6pm
Atmospheric Pressure: A Young Artists Collection
The pressures of the world are all around us – from the external forces we experience day to day to the personal stresses we place upon ourselves. Growing up, figuring out life and how to make a living are pressures that we may all encounter as time goes by. However, pressure can also be present in our lives in a more delicate sense. The pressure of the paintbrush on canvas, the pressure of the sculptor’s hand, the pressure on a camera’s button. All of these forces are actually one of the first steps to creation. Curated by Brittany Natale, Atmospheric Pressure: A Young Artists Collection, an exhibition of all types of art, explores and expresses how even just a tiny amount of pressure can birth creativity and produce quite wonderful things. It also acts as a vehicle to remind us that all pressure is not bad. Open April 12-May 5, 2013.
Opening Reception April 12, 6-8pm

 

 

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