Art Happenings: NYC Thursday May 5, 2011

I was SO excited to get this email and I wanted to share it with all of you, especially those of you in the NYC area!
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Hello!

We are excited to reach the final stage of our project called Looking for a Home, which is a lounge area created solely with furniture found in garbage on the streets of New York collected over a period of one month.
Please join us for the Reception and Artists' talk which will include also other projects of the EXPRESS +LOCAL: NYC Aesthetic

This Thursday, May 5 from 5 – 8pm at the Queens College Art Center, CUNY

Looking forward to see you !

Kristyna and Marek Milde

www.mildeart.com

Address:
Queens College Art Center
Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library, Level Six
Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY 11367-1597

Our installation is on the 3rd floor (ground floor), right behind the main entrance and the gallery is on the 6th Floor

CLICK HERE for DIRECTIONS

LOOKING FOR A HOME

Kristyna and Marek Milde

Looking for a Home is an installation concerning the themes of consumerism and the culture of disposal. The public space is populated with furniture and domestic objects dumped on the streets of the New York metropolitan area, which the artists found during their one month residency. The objects are cleaned, repaired and categorized; the progress is monitored and documented. The resulting piece is fully equipped living environment, which the public is encouraged to use as a private working area.

The objects, which assumingly have been replaced by new commodities, are, in Looking for a Home, kept relevant by the artists’ discovery. This site-specific environment reflects the state of abundance and rejection and recalls environmental awareness in the realm of domesticity. While the sale of anonymously mass-produced household objects is encouraged by the supportive framework of fictional stories around the objects and designers, Looking for a Home focuses on the stories of the objects’ lives and their use, adding an enriching personal layer of a real story connected to specific people and their environment.

Part of the EXPRESS +LOCAL: NYC Aesthetic

By bringing New York-area artists to the Queens College Art Center in Flushing for a month long residency, EXPRESS+LOCAL: NYC AESTHETICS explores the possible effect of locale on their works. Artists (Ellis Avery, Becky Franco, Carl Gambrell, Naomi Grossman, Erin Hanke, Rob Kimmel, Howard Lerner, Kristyna Milde + Marek Milde, Tommy Mintz, April Nett, Antonia Perez, Anne Sherwood Pundyk, Derek Vadala + Jon Wohl) from diverse disciplines and divided into three groups, will share gallery space for one month at a time (Jan. 28-Feb. 28; March 1-31; and April 1-29). The public will have the opportunity to view the works-in-progress and talk with all the participants during an Open Studio one night each month and at varied times during their residency. A free culminating exhibition (May 5-June 30) will showcase pieces created during their time in Queens and feature artists’ talks with the curator, Tara Mathison.

Depending on their chosen residency, the visual artists, writers, musicians, and curators will work separately or together within the gallery space to respond to the idea of place. EXPRESS+LOCAL aims to offer insight into the varied studio practices documenting their creative response to New York and specifically, the borough of Queens. While some of the artists are very familiar with Queens and Queens College, others have had no direct experience before the residency; EXPRESS+LOCAL may lead each artist to forge a new sense of place.
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If you aren't in the area or cannot attend, you should still check out their website here! You will be glad you did!

Art Happenings: NYC: Friday April 15th, 2011

Friday, April 15th, head over to Brick in Tribeca for The Renaissance Art Showcase!

To see the full image, click here.

Artists for April 15th event
Hannah Barbakoff
Clay Calvert
David DeSimone
Teny Eurdekian
Andrew Kalantarov
Diggy Lloyd
Annika Moller
Elizabeth Nistico
Danielle Pottberg
Nicole Rutsch
Blair Spieler
Jack Walsh
John Wright

Art Happenings: NYC: Friday

OH NO!!! A pipe burst at Brick, and so this event is POSTPONED until next Friday, April 8th.

Tomorrow, April 1st, head over to Brick in Tribeca for The Renaissance Art Showcase!

The Renaissance NYC hosted its opening night of Fridays at Brick on Friday, March 25 introducing series of art showcases accompanied by special musical performances each week in TriBeCa, New York. The weekly Friday events in April will include an art showcase with up-and-coming artists followed by live musical performances.

Artists & Styles: painters, mixed media artists, photographers, musicians and beyond.

The purpose of our endeavor is to promote the next generation of artists within a culture of sharing, growing and exploring. We are creating a place-a forum-where ideas can be shared, works discussed and progress can be made.

Please join us beginning with the art showcase at 7:30pm until 10:00pm for an evening with friends, drinks, hors d'oeuvres and a musical performance.

Thank you to all of our supporters who have shown their support for our new venture as The Renaissance journey continues. We look forward to seeing you on Fridays at Brick NYC.

Artists for April 1 event
-Neil Enggist (featured)
-Annika Moller
-Teny Eurdekian
-Elizabeth Nistico
-Clay Calvert
-David DeSimone
-Jack Walsh
-Diggy Lloyd
-Nicole Rutsch
-Hannah Barbakoff
-Danielle Pottberg
-Andrew Kalantarov

Musical Performances
April 1 – Brother Han

Here are photos from the March 25th event as seen in PAPERMAG.

Art Happenings: NYC: Thursday!

Two openings tonight, not to be missed! First, head up to Queens, Queens College Art Center. 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Flushing, NY 11367 for a peek inside Looking for Home.

From MildeArt.com:
Looking for a Home is a work -in- progress installation which concerns the themes of consumerism and the culture of disposal, recalling environmental awareness in the realm of domesticity. For one month this installation will monitor and examine the rejection of household objects, which are often thrown away while still in usable condition.

This space is being populated with found furniture and domestic objects dumped on the streets of the New York metropolitan area. It will grow out of sidewalk finds that the artists make during their residency. The objects are cleaned, repaired and categorized; the progress is monitored and then documented. The resulting piece will be a fully or partially equipped living environment, depending on the luck of the findings.

The objects, which assumingly have been replaced by new commodities are, in Looking for a Home, kept relevant by the artists’ discovery. This site-specific environment reflects the state of abundance and rejection in the item‘s found location. While the sale of anonymously mass-produced household objects is encouraged by the supportive framework of fictional stories around the objects and designers, Looking for a Home focuses on the stories of the objects’ lives and their use, adding an enriching personal layer of a real story connected to specific people and their environment.

The public is encouraged to use this space as a working area, and to share thoughts/comments on the items. Since Looking for a Home is a work in progress, please follow its development on site and online here.

Open Studio at Queens College Art Center, Thursday March 24, 5-8PM of Marek and Kristyna Milde's installation project, Looking for Home.

Then head on down to the Lower East Side for Silent Noise Art Opening and Auction at Gallery Bar, 120 Orchard St. NY, NY.

Silent Noise is a silent art auction and party curated by Alexandria LaPorte and Chris Barreto, featuring the work of 25 emerging New York City artists. SilentNoise is a mixed medium show including photography, sculpture, illustration, painting, and mixed media.

Thursday, March, 24th at Gallery Bar, bidding from 6:30-10pm. All opening bids $50 or less.

At the SilentNoiseNYC Tumblr page you can preview the work that will be up for auction tonight.

Art Happenings: NYC: Hermann Nitsch

Here are some snapshots from the live action painting at the Mike Weiss Gallery from Tuesday.

Hermann Nitsch and his assistants are continuing the painting today until 6PM and the paintings will be shown Friday at the opening reception. I am anxious to see how they change from where they were last night when I left!

It was wonderful to see Hermann Nitsch in person. I can only describe him as an absolute character! Watching the assistants dip their hands into the paint and spread the paint over the canvasses was awesome! It looked so satisfying and peaceful and almost like spreading copious amounts of lotion or vaseline over a smooth babies body.

Opening Reception Friday February 19th at Mike Weiss Gallery.

Art Happenings: NYC: Tuesday!

Hello you New Yorkers! This week Hermann Nitsch will be executing his first live action painting within the United States, "60. Painting Action/ / 60. Malaktion" at Mike Weiss Gallery. Don't worry, for those of you who are squeamish, this painting will be done using paint only (or so I am told).

The event take places at the Mike Weiss Gallery Tuesday February 15, 10:00 AM through 6:00 PM and admission is open.

This is a rare chance to get to witness his live action painting firsthand. The pieces will also be displayed at the Mike Weiss Gallery February 19th through March 19th.