MARCIA KURE
Born Kano, Nigeria.
2004 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME.
1987-94 University of Nigeria, Nsukka (B.A. Painting, 1994.)
AMELIE CHABANNES explores the notion of identity, its various derivations and representations within philosophy, psychology and biometry. Her proteiform body of work lies on a contrasted dialog between the ever-changing psychological identity and the rigid boundaries of physical identification. Chabannes opposes the State’s monopoly over the right to define identity against the extreme complexity of defining ourselves as individuals. In her recent projects, Chabannes brought the psychological exploration of the individual into an in dissociable relation with Archeological Procedures. Her installations stand as sites, her sculptures are submitted to raw and meticulous excavations which debris and features are remains and evidence of our particularity.
Amelie Chabannes was born in Paris, France. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
ERIK BENSON was born in Detroit, MI and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He received a BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. Benson had a previous solo exhibition at Brooklyn’s Roebling Hall gallery. He is a former NYFA fellowship recipient and has an upcoming residency scheduled for 2011 at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. His paintings have been praised by The New York Times, The New Yorker, ArtNews, Art Review and the Los Angeles Times.
LESLIE HEWITT'S practice responds to an introspective questioning: how can a photograph made in restrained studio conditions with the permutation of limited elements reflect something larger than what is actually pictured? This perspective is amplified, for example by the presence of a worn and occasionally turned copy of the Politics of Protest, 1969, a report researched and compiled by the United States Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence, that serves along side other non-descript books to form the structural foundation in each photographed arrangement. Additionally, imagining how such textual references in her compositions stand in relation to the civil resistance movements witnessed earlier this year in North Africa and continued into the Middle East are part of the contemplative undertone of this work.
XAVIERA SIMMONS initially trained as a photographer, and has since expanded her art practice to include video, installation, performance and music based works. Simmons studied at Bard College (BFA, 2004) and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
PEPE MAR is a cognoscente of materiality at the forefront of social fluency and personal obsession. Mar's vibrant colors and experiential process recalls the history of assemblage and painting.
The subjects of KRISTEN MORAN'S figurative paintings are taken from a vast collection of references that range from literary, cultural to art historical. The abstract figures are caught in motion, captured from various perspectives into a unified space.
With a keen sense of humor RUBY SKY STILER transforms familiar sculptural materials into sculptures and collages that speak to the classical age.
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COLLECTOR CIRCLE FALL EVENT
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 2011 @ 2PM
209 West 38th Street
5th Floor
Please join us to celebrate the fall season with new artwork by:
- Pepe Mar
- Kristin Moran
- Ruby Sky Stiler
- Xaviera Simmons