ArtForward

Groundbreak
November 19, 2011 – March 18, 2012
Works by Abe Lincoln Jr., Jon Burgerman, & Ellis Gallagher
Curated by Joyce Manalo & Keith Schweitzer
In collaboration ArtForward & MaNY Project
Presented by FABnyc’s ArtUp Program

Supported by AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
Opening sponsored by Oaxaca Taqueria

Artist Reception
Saturday, November 19 @ 2PM
Oaxaca Taqueria (at the end of Extra Place)
Artist Alley @ Extra Place
Enter mid-block on East 1st Street (b. Bowery & 2nd Avenue)
Metro: F, M to 2nd Avenue

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Fourth Arts Block (FABnyc) will present Groundbreak, the inaugural exhibit in a rotating public art program for Artist Alley @ Extra Place. This exhibit is the latest in a series of temporary art installations in atypical locations in the East Village/Lower East Side through FABnyc’s ArtUp program. Artist Alley @ Extra Place is tucked behind the former CBGB’s and surrounded by several galleries, including La MaMa E.T.C.’s La Galleria, Fuse Gallery, The Hole, and The Proposition to name a few. FABnyc recognizes Extra Place as a cultural marker in New York City’s Punk and No Wave scene and its potential as fertile ground for a new generation of creative exchange. Abe Lincoln Jr., Jon Burgerman, and Ellis Gallagher are New York based artists who will reclaim the concrete sidewalk as their blank canvas.

Copyright © 2011-2012 Sirikul Pattachote.

WTC
Works by Brian Rose
September 28, 2011 – January 27, 2012 

ArtUp Scaffolding Bridge
70 E. 4th Street Cultural Center
b/w Bowery and 2nd Avenue
New York, NY 10003

Concurrent Exhibition and Reception
Wednesday, September 28 / 7:00-9:00PM
FAB Café
75 E. 4th Street
In front of scaffolding bridge

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Fourth Arts Block (FAB) will present WTC by Brian Rose, the latest in ArtUp, FAB’s rotating public art program. Fourth Arts Block (FABnyc) will present WTC by Brian
Rose, the latest in ArtUp, FABnyc’s rotating public art program. The exhibit will display a panoramic montage of extreme close up details of the World Trade Center’s architectural façade, evoking memories of a simpler, more innocent pre-9/11 moment. The composition will be mounted 14 feet above the sidewalk, on the ArtUp scaffolding
bridge at the 70 East 4th Street Cultural Center.

The colossal Twin Towers, constructed of steel, glass and cement and standing at heights of 1,368 and 1,362 feet, dominated the skyline and the New York imagination for several decades before disappearing in a matter of hours. Brian Rose captures the full evolution of this transformation over the years, with photos that range from the
buildings’ construction and architectural majesty, to their iconic legacy through memorials, graffiti and tattoos. For the artist, the 10th anniversary of 9/11 is a time to celebrate and remember the Twin Towers’ glory, and his photographs portray them and the city they graced, with dignity, understanding, and resolution.

Image: Brian Rose, WTC (detail), 2011, vinyl, 48 x 288 inches

ArtForward and PANTHEON NYC creates a private online exhibition platform that allows its audience to view artworks after its close on May 1, 2011.

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Please contact inquiry@pantheonnyc.com to gain access or to arrange a private viewing.

Unravel
Works by Tiziana Agnello
June 30 - September 20, 2011

ArtUp Scaffolding Bridge
70 E. 4th Street Cultural Center
b/w Bowery and 2nd Avenue
New York, NY 10003

Concurrent Exhibition and Reception
Thursday, June 30 / 7-9PM
FAB Café
75 E. 4th Street
In front of scaffolding bridge

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Fourth Arts Block (FAB) will present Unravel by Tiziana Agnello, the latest in ArtUp, FAB’s rotating public art program. The exhibit will display a geometric mixed media work that is inspired by Mayan textiles of Guatemala. The composition will be mounted 14 feet above the sidewalk, on the ArtUp scaffolding bridge at the 70 East 4th Street Cultural Center.

In 2010, the artist removed herself from the chaos of New York City and traveled to Guatemala to pursue serenity in nature and to reunite mind, body, and spirit. Unravel, 2011 is a contemplative work that is created with a purposeful restorative approach. These panels simultaneously capture and convey an energy that is reminiscent of the esoteric healing powers of Atitlan Lake. Agnello’s close observation of the landscape includes her recollection of a nightly plethora of fireflies. She represents them with white nails and a formation of strings that dictate patterns of their movement in the night sky. The composition of strings on top of the abstract backdrop is strongly influenced by her tactile experience with Guatemalan textile. She encourages herself and her audience to unravel their desires and aversions of the urban macrocosm.

Agnello’s concurrent exhibition consists of relief Tyvek sculptures, that delicately present light refractions, rock faces, layers of sediment and anatomy of wood that Agnello was graced with at Atitlan Lake. This will take place at the café and will close on July 31, 2011.

Image: Tiziana Agnello, Unravel (detail and process), 2011, house paint and acrylic, nails, yarn on board, 48 x 288 inches

Studio Visit: Mark Thomas Gibson
Date: May 6, 2011 / Evening
Locale: East Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Image: Mark Thomas Gibson, Early Prospect, 2010, Acrylic, ink, graphite on canvas, 72 x 96 inches

Mark Thomas Gibson’s work is an oscillation of memory, time and space that is exemplified by forms from the natural world; caves, mountains, waves and trees. The blackest black is attained with uncompromising layers of sumi ink, matte medium and interspersed yellows, violets, greens, blues, reds and browns. Gibson’s composition of line and form move the eye above, below and into the canvas to depict a non-stationary perspective that exacerbates the ambiguity of orientation. The interplay of his abstraction and figuration becomes the battle for the equanimity of the composition, where change is ever present and reluctantly accepted.