RABBITHOLE - ART GALLERY

Thurs, March 5th: Reveal: 24 Portraits of 24 Strangers in 24 Hours

rabbitholeprojects — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 17:15:48 +0000

Rabbithole is proud to present:

Reveal: 24 Portraits of 24 Strangers in 24 Hours

By Photographer Alan Winslow

Shooting performance:
Thursday, March 5th 7PM
open to the public.

Opening reception:
Friday, March 6th 6 to 9PM

Description:

Communities are made of people with commonalities but each individual has their own story. As a photographer, I often meet strangers and am tasked with making a photograph that reveals something about them. In this exercise I'll be pushing my own limits and challenging myself to make 24 portraits of 24 strangers in 24 hours. The strangers are connected through their participation in this project, and I'll be collaborating with each of them to make a portrait that reflects some of their individual truths or stories. As the 24 hours progress, I'll be printing the portraits and hanging them in the gallery, creating over the process a cohesive community of photographs.

Artist Statement:

My work revolves around the exploration of subculture and community. I alternately immerse myself within real subcultures and communities and document them, and construct fictional ones by making images in disparate situations and bringing them together to form a contrived community. I’m interested in the sense of inclusion and support that community members provide one another, and how the struggles, needs, and desires within these communities adhere them together. For me, photography is the perfect medium to explore these themes, because the still-framing and capturing of a moment in photographs mirrors the way communities and subcultures tend to self-isolate.
www.alanwinslow.com
www.geographyofyouth.org

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#art #gallery #brooklyn #nyc #dumbo #performance

Thursday June 19th: BinAural/Visual

rabbitholeprojects — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 15:26:29 +0000

Rabbitholeprojects is proud to present: BinAural/Visual

Thursday, June 19 2014

730pm-1030pm
$5 suggested donation

Bubblyfish presents::

| moori |
http://www.bubblyfish.com/moori/

Moori allows audience members to participate in an interactive performance. Using their own mobile devices, the audience shares their thoughts via text message and multi-touch input. This user-generated data is uploaded through local wi-fi and used to generate live algorithmic audio and visuals, as well as manipulate the performer’s works. The result is a collaboration between performer and audience; a real-time audio-visual composition and a dramatic narrative..

Moori is an ongoing development project. It was exhibited at NamJunePaik (NJP) Art Center in Korea as an interactive installation and presented at ACM Creativty & Cognition 2011

Moori is an interactive performance combining audience-participatory narrative and audio-visuals. Moori allows users to build real-time collaborative storytelling through exchanging messages. Dynamic narrative is established through open dialogue among participants and through questions and answers posed by audience and the system.

Bubblyfish is Haeyoung Kim. Based in NYC, she has worked as a sound designer,audio engineer, and interactive artist. Her work has been presented in various museums, clubs, festivals, and galleries including The American Museum of the Moving Image, PS1, Mutek, File Festival, Lincoln Center Walter Reed theater, and Kunsthalle Wien. http://www.bubblyfish.com/AboutMe.html

This performance will be augmented with content and support by musician Alex Kiefer. http://exilefaker.info/

Presented by

I/O - Chip Music NYC
iochipmusic.com

I/O Chip Music’s sister show, BinAural/Visual is a showcase of mixed media art and music. The aim is to provide a space and audience for artistic and experimental endeavors of mixed media artists, chip musicians and visual artists.

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Friday October 18th: "FUTURE FORMER SELF" Music by CHAPPO & Monogold Art by Elena Stonaker & Benjamin Clarke

rabbitholeprojects — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 16:17:12 +0000

Rabbithole is proud to present FUTURE FORMER SELF

Music by CHAPPO and Monogold
Art by Elena Stonaker and Benjamin Clarke

Curated by: Caitlin McGarry and Nyahzul

Friday October 18th
7-11PM
$10.00

Sponsored by
Brooklyn Brewery http://brooklynbrewery.com/
Espritu Lauro Mezcal tasting 7:30 to 8:30PM http://www.espiritulauro.com.mx/

MUSIC

CHAPPO
http://www.chappomusic.com/main/

Chappo is announcing the completion of their new album Future Former Self with a collaborative multimedia art event. Come celebrate with the band as they lead you into a new musical world where vibrant dreams become increasingly warped, your sense of time stretches and your perception of reality unravels.

MONOGOLD
http://monogold.bandcamp.com/album/the-softest-glow

Monogold is a three piece hailing from Brooklyn, NY. Their DIY approach has enabled them to record, produce, and self release their own unique sound from their personal studio. Their 2009 EP, "We Animals," and their first full-lenght album, 2011's "The Softest Glow," continue to recive rave reviews from blogs and magazines throughout the US and abroad.
In November 2011 the band performed at the press release for Google Music in Los Angeles, performing with such artists as Busta Rhymes, Maroon 5, and Drake. They also went to Cannes in 2012 to play along side Friendly Fires and Crystal Castles on the PAntiero FEstival. At home on New York, they have played with Bear HAnds, Kyp Malone (TV On the Radio), Hot Hot Heat, ... And You will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Hooray For Earth, YACHT, and in late 2012 joined CHAPPO on a successful Midwest tour.

ARTISTS

ELENA STONAKER
http://www.elenastonaker.com/

Elena Stonaker is a textile artist and painter living in Los Angeles. Her work involves creating ceremonial images, objects and wearable art. Instagram: elenastonaker

BENJAMIN CLARKE
http://fearache.tumblr.com/

Benjamin Clarke is a story teller.
His drawings and paintings have an undeniable narrative quality. Also, his unique color palette and beautifully bizarre cast of characters simply grab your attention.
Benjamin graduated from Pratt Institute in 2009. He has shown his work at a variety of established galleries in the NYC and beyond, including group shows at Manhattan’s Secret Project Robot & Last Rites Gallery, White Walls Gallery in San Francisco & Brooklyn’s Ad Hoc Art.
The Tenderloin Television (TLtv) series is a psychedelic interpretation of own his heaven and hell on earth.
Clarke’s work will definitely put a somewhat disturbed smile on your face as you attempt to figure out just what these strange yet beautiful stories are really trying to reveal.

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Thurs August 1st: Artists Nancy Susan Woods and Shannon Finnegan. "Pleasure Victim"

rabbitholeprojects — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 19:14:28 +0000

Rabbithole is proud to present Pleasure Victim, a two person exhibition of the artists Nancy Susan Woods and Shannon Finnegan.

Curated by Lisa di Donato

THURS AUGUST 1st Opening Reception 6-10PM

Exhibit runs through August 24th

Pleasure Victim investigates the psychological negotiations we make with ourselves and with society, the goal being to achieve an improved physical or emotional state. The drawings and photographic portraits generated by Woods and Finnegan’s respective processes are imprints of actions that embody the escapist impulses we experience in our routine existence, and the inherent guilt felt when we fail to create value in our lives.

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Thurs June 6th: Reflections and Recollections: A Group Exhibition

rabbitholeprojects — Tue, 28 May 2013 20:30:26 +0000

Rabbitholeprojects is proud to present:
Reflections and Recollections: A Group Exhibition

Featuring:
Matthew Brennan, Michael Davis, Morgan Freeman, Joe Heaps Nelson, Will Hutnick, Travis Lindquist, Lazarus Nazario and Lori Nelson.

Curated by Nyahzul

THURS June 6th Opening Reception 6-10PM

Exhibit runs through June 30th

Matthew Brennan
http://www.toolboxbrennan.com/

Michael Davis
http://www.michaeljohndavis.net/

Joe Heaps Nelson
http://joeheaps.tumblr.com/

Will Hutnick
http://www.willhutnick.com/

Travis Lindquist
http://www.TravisLindquist.blogspot.com/

Lazarus Nazario
http://www.lazarusnazario.com/

Lori Nelson
http://www.lorinelson.com/

Visual Installation by:

MORGAN FREEMAN
http://Bluecrash.com/
vimeo.com/bluecrash/sleep

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Thu May 2nd: DIEGO MEJIA "Five Nights With Sandy"

rabbitholeprojects — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:39:29 +0000

RABBITHOLE PROJECTS is proud to present

"FIVE NIGHTS WITH SANDY"

An Exhibition by DIEGO MEJIA

Curated by Nyahzul

THURS May 2nd Opening Reception 6-10PM

Artist Diego Mejia was born in 1976 in Queens, New York. He and some friends from school started doing graffiti when he was young giving birth to his love of art. As a child, he was constantly doodling on paper, fabrics and walls. At age 15, he moved to Colombia, South America to live with his grandmother. While there, he developed an appreciation for nature, landscapes and the bright colors he observed in the mountains, trees and animal life. For him it was like being five years old again, reviving his love for the spontaneous painting of his graffiti roots, improvising with wild lines and experimenting with colors and figures on paper, wood, and canvas. He eventually went on to study visual arts at the University Jorge Tadeo Lozano in Bogota, Colombia, studying with several Colombian maestros all the while learning and searching for more color and letting his flow of lines become more secure and free.

Today Mejia is best known for his spontaneous abstract / surrealist improv paintings. His work has been in several group shows in Colombia, Connecticut and New York.

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Thu Apr 4th: PAOLA NUÑEZ SOLORIO "Serenade For New York"

rabbitholeprojects — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:12:06 +0000

RABBITHOLE PROJECTS & MANO A MANO
Mexican Culture Without Borders are proud to present

"SERENADE FOR NEW YORK" An exhibition by PAOLA NUÑEZ SOLORIO

Curated by Nyahzul

THURS April 4th Opening Reception 6-10PM

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES BY

Mariachi Tapatío de Álvaro Paulino
Mariachi Real de México de Ramón Ponce

Paola Núñez Solorio is one of the most dynamic visual artists working today. Immigration, tradition and solitude are some of her recurring themes. Núñez Solorio has the exceptional ability to capture candid moments and expressions that translate these intense emotions through her images.

Paola Núñez Solorio graduated from the International Center of Photography in 2010. Since 2005 she has been widely exhibited in the United States and Mexico. She has been the recipient of several international photography awards, such as 2nd Prize at the Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Silver Medal at the Prix de la Photographie Paris 2011, finalist at Exposure, finalist at Havana Times, and finalist at the National Geographic-PDN World in Focus Contest. Her work has been published in the New York Times, Cuartoscuro, PDN, Popular Mechanics, Havana Times, and One Life Photo Book, as well as in web portals worldwide.

ABOUT THIS EXHIBITION

Mariachi is a fundamental element of traditional Mexican culture, a vehicle for the transmission of heritage and history from one generation to another. This project aims to share, preserve, and honor Mexican culture and the people invested in keeping their traditions alive. No culture can subsist without people passing on their legacy to younger generations, a tall order for immigrants in particular.

Support for the exhibition Serenade for New York is provided, in part by, Cantina Royal, Colgate, Genesis Beverage Brands, Rabbithole Projects, and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

For more information:

Paola Núñez Solorio

Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders

New York Times

New York Times Slide Show

NBC Latino

Yahoo Noticias

COSMOPOLITAN

Cuarto Oscuro

El imparcial

EL porvenir

Proyecto 40

Mexico Migrante

Caracteres.mx

Picasaweb

Monterrey Times

Portal Tempus

Noticias primero

The Mexican Culture Institute of New York

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FRI 28 SEP: Boris Brenman "FACE/OFF"

rabbitholeprojects — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:56:39 +0000

Hail Kim!, 2012, Oil on canvas, 48” x 60” inches

BORIS BRENMAN
FACE/OFF

SEPTEMBER 28-30, 2012

Opening Reception:

Friday, 28th September, 6-10PM

NEW YORK – Boris Brenman's solo exhibition, FACE/OFF opens at Rabbithole Projects in Brooklyn on September 28, 2012 as part of the Dumbo Arts Festival. Brenman’s enigmatic but powerful paintings merge fictional narratives and the possibility of an alternate universe with a brazen honesty in portraiture.

The works in FACE/OFF reveal a satirical, no-holds-barred approach, whether it is a humorous glorification of Russian President Vladimir Putin as the savior of Moscow or an emotional portrait of a tattooed woman leering at the viewer. Therefore, the works reflect the artist's personal angst and struggle in comprehending the nature of man. This is apparent in Hail Kim!, a large portrait of the North Korean head of state, Kim Jong-un. Here, Kim's visage is transformed into a target alluding to the Western propagandist portrayals of the leader as being threatening to his citizens and democratic progress. In contrast, the green background represents prosperity and a fresh start in Korean culture. Yet, Kim's portrayal remains sinister as the look in his eyes and the lack of a neck signify distrust from outside world and echoes his father's policy of isolation.

Hail Kim! like the rest of it's companions is a veracious and ambiguous synthesis of ideas that intertwines past, present, and future as well as fact and fiction. The works grows like an organism evolving from an awareness of its environment to an exploration of all that is psychological, personal, iconic, historical, and eternal.

Boris Brenman is a visual artist who creates paintings, sculptures, and photographs that depict fictional narratives. In the process of painting, alternate universes emerge from the work similar to the concepts in works of Trenton Doyle Hancock or Junot Diaz where characters have both supernatural and human powers. Brenman’s work has been featured in several group exhibitions around Pittsburgh and New York since 2008. In addition, he has paintings that are in private collections throughout the United States. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon University in May 2011 and is currently working as an artist in New York.

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THU JUL 05th: IVANIA GUERRERO "Bearing Witness"

rabbitholeprojects — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:50:18 +0000

IVANIA GUERRERO
BEARING WITNESS

JULY 5TH - 31ST 2012

OPENING RECEPTION:

THU JULY 5th 2012, 7:00 - 10:00 pm

Rabbithole Gallery is pleased to present BEARING WITNESS, an exhibition by artist Ivania Guerrero.

ARTIST. SCULPTOR. Ivania Guerrero was born in Nicaragua in 1978. At the age of five she, along with her mother and siblings, migrated through the dangerous Mexican-US border to Miami. Her work is inspired by childhood fears of war from a 1979 Nicaraguan uprising that forced her father to flee from political persecution and live in exile in the U.S. As a survivor of war, she ties in similar narratives from the Holocaust into her work.

Ivania Guerrero's work consists of ceramic and mixed media 'babies' that manifest from fear and violence but are created with tenderness, delicacy and innocence. Through an active process of making, she strives to create the perfect 'baby' while grappling with the distressing relationships of fear, trauma, love and intimacy. Varying in height, texture, and character these sculptures represent remnants of empty shells that once contained the bodies of children and are reminiscent of the loss of childhood innocence and the hopelessness that inevitably follows when children bear witness to violence and abuse during war. She will also be showing drawings that not only relate to war but also give viewers the impression that they have been there and have bore witness to these moments.

GELLA ZEFIRA, CURATOR

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Thu JUN 07th: Inner Distance Salon Show

rabbitholeprojects — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:53:12 +0000

(Above: The Painter by Catalina Toro)

INNER DISTANCE salon show:

Mira Alibek

Phil Buchanan

Elisa Dallas

Angelo Franco

Cristina Garcia

Camilo Hernandez

Raymond Klecker

Paola Nunez

Camilo Pinto

Johannah O'Donnell

Pam Treadwell

and

Catalina Toro

curated by Nyahzul

OPENING RECEPTION:

THU JUNE 7th 2012, 7:00 - 10:00 pm

with DJ Earthian

djearthian.com

Rabbithole Gallery is pleased to present, Inner Distance Salon Show: Paint

with twelve artists from Brooklyn New York, Bogota, Colombia and Orlando, Florida.

Mira Alibek, Phil Buchanan, Elisa Dallas, Angelo Franco, Cristina Garcia, Camilo Hernandez, Raymond Klecker, Paola Nunez, Camilo Pinto, Johannah O'Donnell, Pam Treadwell and Catalina Toro.

In our day and age of constant, continuous, and instantaneous connectivity via our technological communications we think we are closer to one another yet in reality, we are much further apart. We share, we like, we tweet, and we comment but how often do we debate at length on literature, wax exhaustively regarding brushstroke techniques, or lose our minds in a lengthy impromptu musical solo performance? We connect but its as fleeting as a rock skipping across the smooth surface of a silent river. We are so very far away from the intimate and intense days of salon show when peers, colleagues, and friends exposed their art and their ideas to a group of individuals collected for the singular connection of fostering, critiquing, and protecting the cultural production of the day. In the spirit of returning to the intention of historical salons and academies and returning to a more natural state of discourse and hopefully a more natural state of ourselves.

Camilo Hernandez

www.camilohernandezamaya.com

Mira Alibek

http://miraalibek.com

Johannah O'Donnell

http://johannahodonnell.com

Camilo Pinto

http://www.flickr.com/photos/camiloart

Phil Buchanan

http://mister-phil.com

Raymond Klecker

http://www.raymondklecker.com

Paola Nuñez

http://www.paolanunez.net

Catalina Toro

catalinatoro-art.com

Pam Treadwell

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1095016051912.2015588.11219020...

Elisa Dallas

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.215943061805089.48683.10000168...

Cristina Garcia

cristinagarciatattoos.com

For additional information, please contact:
NYAHZUL, CURATOR
nyahzul@gmail.com
www.rabbitholeprojects.com

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RABBITHOLE - ART GALLERY

Thurs, March 5th: Reveal: 24 Portraits of 24 Strangers in 24 Hours

Thursday June 19th: BinAural/Visual

Friday October 18th: "FUTURE FORMER SELF" Music by CHAPPO & Monogold Art by Elena Stonaker & Benjamin Clarke

Thurs August 1st: Artists Nancy Susan Woods and Shannon Finnegan. "Pleasure Victim"

Thurs June 6th: Reflections and Recollections: A Group Exhibition

Thu May 2nd: DIEGO MEJIA "Five Nights With Sandy"

"FIVE NIGHTS WITH SANDY"

An Exhibition by DIEGO MEJIA

Thu Apr 4th: PAOLA NUÑEZ SOLORIO "Serenade For New York"

"SERENADE FOR NEW YORK" An exhibition by PAOLA NUÑEZ SOLORIO

Mariachi Tapatío de Álvaro PaulinoMariachi Real de México de Ramón Ponce

FRI 28 SEP: Boris Brenman "FACE/OFF"

BORIS BRENMANFACE/OFF

THU JUL 05th: IVANIA GUERRERO "Bearing Witness"

IVANIA GUERREROBEARING WITNESS

Thu JUN 07th: Inner Distance Salon Show

INNER DISTANCE salon show:

Mariachi Tapatío de Álvaro Paulino
Mariachi Real de México de Ramón Ponce

BORIS BRENMAN
FACE/OFF

IVANIA GUERRERO
BEARING WITNESS