SOLO and GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 October 6-October 29
BILL DURGIN Figure As Ground
Station Independent Projects, New York
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2017 February
5-February 26
THICKET
Station Independent Projects, New York
Peter Bonner, Dianne Bowen, Claire Corey
Roya Farassat, Kylie Heidenheimer
Seren Morey, Sophie Plimpton, Richard Rivera, Becky Yazdan, Raphael Zollinger
In the middle of the journey of our life / I found myself astray in a dark wood / where the straight road had been lost sight of. / How hard it is to say what it was like / in the thick of thickets, in a wood so dense and gnarled / the very thought of it renews my panic. / It is bitter almost as death itself is bitter. / But to rehearse the good it also brought me / I will speak about the other things I saw there. --The Inferno by Dante Aligheri
Uncertainty is the measure of engagement that people who grapple with the struggles of life undergo. The feeling of being trapped in difficulties, our strength lessened by limits imposed. Yet uncertainty can also make us question what matters, and those questions emerge as expressions of identity. These expressions are a chance to be daring. So Dante is daring when he enters Hell to search for his beloved Beatrice.
Uncertainty is the measure of engagement that people who grapple with the struggles of life undergo. The feeling of being trapped in difficulties, our strength lessened by limits imposed. Yet uncertainty can also make us question what matters, and those questions emerge as expressions of identity. These expressions are a chance to be daring. So Dante is daring when he enters Hell to search for his beloved Beatrice.
The forest symbolizes innocence, a primeval space hidden from the peering eyes of civilized authority. It has also been the stage of rituals by Druidic priests, early celtic religions that preceded Christianity by a millennium. Man did not come down from the mountains but out of the forests, and in a thicket we have mysterious exceptions to the cleared lands that became farms, towns, and cities. The aesthetic of thickness or lushness originates out of an experience, less and less common, of nature in excess. These days, as reality TV interacts with the journalistic genre of wilderness, with sociologically diverse communities that are consistent to wildlife communities, and with the subsequent international crisis of climate change, the theme of nature as a direct model for artistic expression has become widespread.
THICKET engages with visual complexity and obscurity as an expression of a connection with the primeval depths of origin. I have been thinking about where we come from, as individuals, as a species, and mythically. We are constantly emerging from the darkness of identity. It explores abstract or ambiguous space as traditionally defined by late Modern Abstraction from Kandinsky to Pollock. This is typically characterized by the use of either expressive marking or layers of opacity, creating either a dense or diffuse palimpsest of detail and meaning. At some point it also departs from the painterly into mixed media assemblage, sculpture, and digital media, expanding upon the reception of denseness while at the same time accruing its cultural value.
THICKET engages with visual complexity and obscurity as an expression of a connection with the primeval depths of origin. I have been thinking about where we come from, as individuals, as a species, and mythically. We are constantly emerging from the darkness of identity. It explores abstract or ambiguous space as traditionally defined by late Modern Abstraction from Kandinsky to Pollock. This is typically characterized by the use of either expressive marking or layers of opacity, creating either a dense or diffuse palimpsest of detail and meaning. At some point it also departs from the painterly into mixed media assemblage, sculpture, and digital media, expanding upon the reception of denseness while at the same time accruing its cultural value.
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| Peter Bonner |
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| Dianne Bowen |
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| Claire Corey |
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| Roya Farassat |
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| Kylie Heidenheimer |
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| Seren Morey |
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| Sophie Plimpton |
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| Richard Rivera |
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| Becky Yazdan |
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| Raphael Zollinger |
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2016 May 11-June 5
PHOTO-FINISH
Station Independent Projects, New York
Kristin Anderson, Christine Callahan
Bill Durgin, Holly Lynton
Photographs tell the truth. That
has always been their role, and their burden at times when art needed them to
do otherwise. In order to tell a story the photograph often has to diverge from
its prosaic role as the purveyor of straightforward meaning. What we view in a
photograph may often seem to present a situation or scene in which we could
easily place ourselves, yet their very details—facts to an untrained eye—are
chosen because they fulfill an aesthetic idea that is not stated. As the artistic
practice of photography has evolved, with technological advancements filtering
into the presentational mode of exhibitions, it has become more common to read
the topical fabric of the picture as a poetically driven moment captured first
by the camera itself, second by its author’s creative pruning, and finally by the
responsive intelligence of the viewer.
The artists in PHOTO-FINISH each
have reasons or objectives that mold the sense of purpose inherent to their
work. Their oeuvres are not limited to a single message, but to the texture of
meaning fulfilled by the veracity of their indivdual visions. Kristin Anderson
documents the hidden realm of appearances by which tourists seeking to
obsessively document relics or sites in the Holy Land are reduced to a single
motive: devotion. Christine Callahan mines the lost register of emotional
reflection in her series “Edge of Happiness” in which chance encounters with
spaces and perspectives open up the potential for discovery so that form, light,
and connection to place can bring knowledge and joy simultaneously. Bill Durgin
explores the loaded genre of the human nude in set pieces that explode
perception, heightening sensuality while complicating the voyeuristic aspects
so that beauty becomes part of an equation whose solution is obscure at best.
Holly Lynton explores rural communities that struggle to maintain their agarian
traditions, balancing both a domination of, and a surrender to, the natural
life all around them.
Kristin Anderson
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2016 January 8-February 7
THE ANGEL OF HISTORY
Station Independent Projects, New York
Michael Alan, Michele Basora, Vincent Ciniglio,
Roya Farassat, Gentleman's Game, Norma Minkowitz, Alfred Steiner
I
have consistently observed how artists are fascinated by the models of
antiquity, and how they each in their own way engage with the iconology
of the past as a means of creating the future. Cumulatively they fill
the current historical moment with a wealth of imagery culled from the
depth and breadth of their personal influences, their passion for
figure, form, color, and detail, and their perspective on how the past
builds the present with the future always a sidelong glance. Making work
that is both historically significant, idiosyncratic enough to be
considered a personal signature, and accruing meaning in a contemporary
context are all part of the appeal of such work. Establishing the appeal
of timeless genres such as narrative or iconological representation
that are inherently mythical, either in a scene or the depiction of an
effigy or symbol, collaged, drawn, etc.
The
artist has repeatedly been caricatured as a sneering rebel, living an
existence parallel to but remarkably different from everyday society.
What truly differentiates the artist from others is their ability to
penetrate the fabric of the real or the normal and perceive its
connection to myriad influences, many of which can only be found by
looking into the past. So much has been made, via Modernism, of the
concept that the artist just necessarily be concerned with, as Ezra
Pound said, "making it new," that what is left unobserved in their
cumulative oeuvres is where their influences, and their very specific
affinities, originate. Each of us brings a legacy from our background to
bear upon our aspirations and accomplishments. But the artist is able
to look beyond personal drives to seed the field of imagination with
subjects and methods that set them apart from other creative
individuals. The ferment of communal or epochal values leads each one
through a labyrinth of means versus ends.
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| Michael Alan |
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| Michele Basora |
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| Vincent Ciniglio |
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| Roya Farassat |
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| Gentleman's Game |
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| Norma Minkowitz |
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2014 May 23-July 2
ITNESS
Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn
Madora Frey, Nicola Ginzel, Heide Hatry,
Seren Morey, Fawn Krieger
ITNESS
explores the artwork as a source of mystery rather than beauty, as
source for questions and quandaries surrounding how we approach an
object, image, or event that has been cultivated for the distinct
purpose of expanding our relationship with the world, with its myriad
forms and their related meanings.
Since the beginning of the 20th century, and the revolutionary aims that accompanied many of its initial movements, such as Futurism, Dada, and Surrealism, it has become nearly impossible to remain ignorant that the concept of Beauty was ready to be transformed. The most radical of these was simply to stop using the word 'Beauty' completely. Do not say Beautiful. Just say "this is this" and present the object, the image, or the event as a self-justified vessel for meaning. Each of these presents an experience loaded with attendant meaning.
Since the beginning of the 20th century, and the revolutionary aims that accompanied many of its initial movements, such as Futurism, Dada, and Surrealism, it has become nearly impossible to remain ignorant that the concept of Beauty was ready to be transformed. The most radical of these was simply to stop using the word 'Beauty' completely. Do not say Beautiful. Just say "this is this" and present the object, the image, or the event as a self-justified vessel for meaning. Each of these presents an experience loaded with attendant meaning.
Art is one part invention and one part artifact. The ‘invention’ part suggests a degree of industry, a working toward the creation of something new, while the artifact part suggests a mining in the recesses of knowledge or imagination, of discovering something once lost. The word itself is suggestively vague and incomplete, and seems like part of a larger and more complex definition. Its specious incompleteness hints at aspects yet unassigned. It pushes us toward something new.
The 'it' of the title refers to a quality, sometimes discovered and often invented, that characterizes an event in which we see something new for the first time. Sometimes new territories are not beyond the outer boundaries of our experience, but are to be found in a different way of looking at what we already know. Take the most commonplace of objects, or a gesture, or the idea of a way of doing something, and turn it just slightly, so that it resembles a version that you would not have imagined, and the world is reversed in all values. Beauty ceases to be the appreciation of a socially demarcated appearance and becomes instead the smile on your face when a new fact enters the world.
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2014 April 10-May 9
THE PRESENCE OF ABSENCE
THE PRESENCE OF ABSENCE
Michele Basora, Patty Cateura, Marcella Hackbardt, Jen Hitchings
Iris Klein, Paul Loughney, Dean Monogenis, Raphael Zollinger
Iris Klein, Paul Loughney, Dean Monogenis, Raphael Zollinger
Skylight Gallery, 538 West 29th Street, New York
2013 October 24-November 30
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EARTHWARD
Alysha Colangeli, Elisabeth Condon, Thomas Frontini
Charles Koegel, Sandy Litchfield
Skylight Gallery, 538 West 29th Street, New York
2013 May 22-June 23
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IN THE ZONE
Jenny Carpenter, Carrie Elston-Tunick, Marcella Hackbardt
Sandy Litchfield, Karen Marston, Rachelle Mozman
Julie Schenkelberg, Mary Ann Strandell
Station Independent Projects, 164 Suffolk Street, New York, New York
2013 March 1-March 31
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I AM MY WORLD
Samira Abbassy, Christina Dallas, Heidi Elbers, Pippip Ferner, Lisa A. Foster, Hilde Frantzen, Jenny Granberry, Sol Kjok, Pia Krabberod, Hanne Lydia O. Kristoffersen, Hanne Lillee, Elisabeth Feroy Lund, Matthew Lusk, Rebecca Morgan, Leemour Pelli, Mark Power, Margreta Stølen, Sara Tandero and Tine Isachsen, John Tomlinson, Sarah Vogwill
NOoSphere Arts, 251 East Houston Street, New York
NOoSphere Arts, 251 East Houston Street, New York
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2012 November 30-January 13
THE QUANTUM EFFECT
Jonathan Feldschuh, MaDora Frey, Thomas Frontini, Carter Hodgkin, Elissa Levy, Anne Arden McDonald, Jeanne Tremel, Michael Zansky
The Active Space, 566 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
2012 June 22-28
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THE PUBLIC SECRET 3
Meghann Snow, Tine Kindermann, Katherine Daniels
Dino Eli Gallery, 81 Hester Street, New York
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2012 June 15-June 21
THE PUBLIC SECRET 2
Amanda Browder, Megan Hays, Rachel Dwan
Dino Eli Gallery, 81 Hester Street, New York
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2012 June 8-14
THE PUBLIC SECRET
Marcy Brafman, Carrie Elston Tunick, Lindsay Packer
Dino Eli Gallery, 81 Hester Street, New York
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MICHAEL ZANSKY "AMERICAN PANOPTICON"
Hamden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA
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PAINTING WITH PICTURES 2
Sarah Bliss, Marcy Brafman, Amanda Browder, Elisabeth Condon, Vince Contarino, Beata Drozd, Gabert Farrar, Sophia Flood, Alicia Gibson, Chambliss Giobbi, Rachael Gorchov, Susan Hamburger, Deb Karpman, Yuliya Lanina, Liz-N-Val, Paul Loughney, Cybele Lyle, Norma Markley, Christina Massey, Joel Morrison, Mary Murphy, Guy Nelson, Jeremy Olson, Steve Page, Leemour Pelli, Lilliana Pereira, Mary Pinto, Mark Power, Grace Roselli, Hagar Sadan, Pierre St. Jacques, Meghann Snow, Claudia Sperry, Margie Steinmann, Ginna Triplett
ARTJAIL, 50 Eldridge Street, New York
2010 October 14-November 13
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LOST HORIZON
Erik Benson, John Berens, Monika Bravo, Eduardo Cervantes, Sally Curcio, Jonathan Feldschuh, Laura Harrison, Madeleine Hatz, Jeff Konigsberg, Michelle Mackey, Dana Melamed, Dean Monogenis, Ross Racine, Asya Reznikov, Kristen Schiele, Kimberly Sexton, Philip Simmons, Mary Ann Strandell, Miryana Todorova, Michael Zansky, J.G. Zimmerman
ARTJAIL, 50 Eldridge Street, New York
2010 August 7-August 21
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ABSTRACT INTENTIONS
Christie Blizard and Steven Page, Orla Campbell, Bill Durgin, Stephanie Halmos, Emily Henretta, Cate Holt, Daniel Kayne, Mary Murphy, Cadine Navarro, Madison Omahne and Miryana Todorova, Max Razdow, Adrianne Rubenstein, Hagar Sadan, Pam Saturday, Jennifer Shepard, Gabriel Shuldiner, Meg Thompson, Tyler Vipond, Sarah Vollman, Cay Yoon
Curated with Keren Moscovitch
The School of Visual Arts, 141 West 21st Street, New York
2010 July 8-August 5
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SOME (ARE) PAINTING THREE
Peggy Bates, Barbara Campisi, Sean Greene, Halsey Hathaway, Ian Hughes, Cate Holt, Madeleine Hatz, Tricia Keightley, Jesse Lambert, Michelle Mackey, John Mullen, Hendrik Smit, Claudia Sperry, Tim Walsh 532 Gallery Thomas Jackel, 532 West 25th Street, New York
2010 May 21-July 21, 2010
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PAINTING WITH PICTURES
Michael Anderson, Melissa Barrett, Chris Bors, Lesly Canossi, Amelie Chunleau, Nancy Drew, Chris Fennell, Carla Gannis, Liam Hanna-Lloyd, Halsey Hathaway, Daniel Kayne, Scott Kiernan, Isolde Kille, Elissa Levy, D. Dominick Lombardi, Hector Madera-Gonzalez, Leah Oates, Sarah Olson, Deborah Pohl, Alexander Reyna, Elizabeth Riley, Ron Rocheleau, Pam Saturday, Raven Schlossberg, Kaeko Shabana, Jennifer Shepard, Mary Ann Strandell thefactory101, Austin Thomas, Conrad Vogel, Michael Zansky
Curated with Savannah Spirit and Asya Geisberg
Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education, 928 Simpson Street, Bronx
2010 May 8-June 22
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TWO-WAY MIRROR
Joan Dix Blair, Meredith Broberg, Victoria Burge, Anne Burton, Victoria Calabro, Amy Chaiklin, Peggy Cyphers, Anita Hunt, Louise Kohrman, Jolynn Krystosek, Lilly Periera, Joyce Silverstone, Claudia Sperry, Fumiko Toda, Nancy Van Deren, Carolyn Webb
Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, Massachusetts
2010 April 16-May 8
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THE BACK ROOM BIENNIAL curated with Lynn Del Sol, Linda Griggs, Jennifer Junkermeier, and Savannah Spirit: Tom Bogaert, Marcy Brafman, Sally Curcio, Gabert Farrar, Amy Greenfield, Debra Jenks, Moira McDonald, Annysa Ng, Kaeko Shabana, Michael Zansky
LZ Project Space/NY Studio Gallery, 154 Stanton Street, New York
2009 September 12-October 31
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I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO...PLAY!
Dianne Bowen, Marcy Brafman, Jennifer Burbank, Amy Chaiklin, Vincent Ciniglio, Barrie Cline, Katherine Daniels, Moira McDonald, Mary Ann Strandell, Meg Thompson
Brooklyn Artillery, 114 Troutman Street, Brooklyn
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2009 September 10-October 29
BETTER HALF
Chris Bors, Jennifer Burbank, Chris Coffin, Daniel Davidson, Linda Ganjian, Ketta Ioannidou, Tricia Keightley, Jesse Lambert Liz-N-Val, LoVid, Donald Porcaro, Leslie Wayne
Curated with Jeffrey Rakien Nomura
Manny Cantor Center/Educational Alliance, 197 E Broadway, New York
2009 July 9-July 31
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PAPER IN THE WIND THREE
Rosa Almeida, Marcy Brafman, Zac Braun, Amy Chaiklin, Chrissy Conant, Veronica Cross, Roya Farassatt, Alicia Gibson, James Gilroy, Ian Hughes, Liz Insogna, Yuliya Lanina, D. Dominick Lombardi, Sandra Mack-Valencia, Norma Markley, Jesse McCloskey, John Monteith, Mary Murphy, Mark Power, Grace Roselli, Mary Ann Strandell, Adam Thompson, Ginna Triplett, Chris Twomey, Kathleen Vance, Ruth Waldman, Deborah Wasserman
532 Gallery Thomas Jackel, 532 West 25th Street, New York
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2009 June 26-July 12
MY HEROES
Zac Braun, Amy Chaiklin, Alicia Gibson, James Gilroy, Rebecca Goyette, Scott Kiernan, Tine Kindermann, Liz-N-Val, Rachelle Mozman, Grace Roselli, Rosemary Taylor
Jack The Pelican Presents, 487 Driggs Avenue, Brooklyn
2009 January 30-March 1
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SIGHT MAPPING
David Brody, Joomi Chung, Diana Cooper, Vernon Fisher, Richard Garrison, Emily Ginsburg, Barry Le Va, Mark Lombardi, Marco Maggi, Dominic McGill, Rebecca Riley, Jane South, Danielle Tegeder, Dan Zeller Curated with Trevor Richardson
Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA
2008 November 8-December 7
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TALENT SHOW
Cortney Andrews, Matt Bollinger, Liz Chalfin, Willson Cummer, Lisa Elmaleh, Meghan Gordon, Asia Ingalls, Deb Karpman, Sara Klar, Elizabeth Kellogg, Jamie M. Lee, Dot Szemiot, Ruth Waldman, Angela Zamarelli
Juried with Klaus Postler
Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA
2008 October 16-November 9
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PEGGY BATES Barachois
532 Gallery Thomas Jackel, 532 West 25th Street, New York
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2008 September 18–October 28
BEAUTY’S BURDEN
Bethany Bristow, Bonnie Collura, Gabert Farrar, Limor Gasko, Scott Kiernan, Karen Marston, John O’Brien, Sono Osato, Meridith Pingree, Richard Schort, Fumiko Toda
Curated with Jennifer Junkermeier
Manny Cantor Center/Educational Alliance, 197 E Broadway, New York
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2008 September 4-September 29
JOHN BERENS and ABSHALOM JAC LAHAV Boundless
532 Gallery Thomas Jackel, 532 West 25th Street, New York
2008 August 9-September 7
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PAPER IN THE WIND TWO
Susan Breitsch, Caroline Burton, Amy Chaiklin, Veronica Cross, Katherine Daniels, Alicia Gibson, Isolde Kille, Jac Lahav, Yuliya Lanina, Norma Markley, Mary Murphy, Sandra Mack, Geoffrey Miller, Grace Roselli
Realform Project Space, 218 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn.
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2008 July 5-August 3
PAPER IN THE WIND
Christie Blizard, Jordan Buschur, Gulsen Calik, Cathleen Cueto, Sophia Flood, Deb Karpman, Sarah Olson, Steve Page, Richard Schort, Jenn Sitron, Austin Thomas, Fumiko Toda, Kathleen Vance
Realform Project Space, 218 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn
2008 May 15-June 15
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MARCY BRAFMAN Truth or Consequences
Gallery 532 Thomas Jackel, 532 East 25th Street, New York.
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2008 March 27-April 20
DAVID ASKEVOLD + PETER HUTCHINSON
Gallery 532 at Thomas Jackel, 532 West 25th Street, New York
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2008 February 4-March 4
LOST HORIZON: Erik Benson, John Berens, Romain Erkiletlian, Michelle Hailey, Laura Harrison, Elizabeth Huey, Rebecca Kolsrud, Jeff Konigsberg, Michelle Mackey, Dana Melamed, Dean Monogenis, Asya Reznikov, Kristen Schiele, Kimberly Sexton, Mary Ann Strandell at The Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA
2008 TRUE TO FORM Jan 18-Feb 10, 2008. Marcy Brafman, Jenny Carpenter, Mary Murphy at Jackel Gallery, 532 East 25th Street, New York.
2007 MADE IN THE USA Sept 18-Nov 23, 2007. The Educational Alliance, 197 East Broadway, New York. Shelly Bahl, Ula Einstein, Nancy Friedemann, Tine Kindermann, Chang-jin Lee, Juri Morioka, Hannes Priesch, Flavia Souza, Yona Verwer.
2007 GARDEN CONFRONTATIONS June 29-August 19, 2007, Dam Stuhltrager, 38 Marcy Avenue, Brooklyn, New York with Victoria Calabro, Chrissy Conant, Julianna Dail, Katherine Daniels, Mark Power
2007 KAREN MARSTON: Breathing Room June 29-August 19, 2007, Dam Stuhltrager, 38 Marcy Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
2007 BY INVITATION ONLY May 19-July 21, 2007, Kinz, Tillou and Feigen, 529 West 20th Street, 11th floor, New York with Marcy Brafman, Leemour Pelli, Mark Power, Raven Schlossberg, Conrad Vogel
2007 SIGNS OF LIFE March 6-June 30, 2007, Article Projects at Planet Thailand, 133 North 7th Street, Brooklyn, New York with Jeanine Anthony, Jordan Buschur, Jamie Chiarello, Langdon Graves, Jesse Martin, John Monteith, Jac Lahav, Jeremy Olson, Purdy Eaton, Colette Robbins
2007 TWILIGHT TIME Jan 6-Feb 11, 2007, Realform Project Space, 218 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, New York with Jamie Chiarello, Emmanuelle Gauthier, Liz Insogna, Michael Norkin, Jeremy Olson, Deborah Pohl, Grace Roselli, Michael Schall, Conrad Vogel
2006 SQUARED Dec 6, 2006-Jan 11, 2007, The Educational Alliance, 197 East Broadway, New York with Peter Barrett, Caroline Burton, Jeff Feld, Danielle Mysliwiec, Keiko Narahashi, Mary Ann Strandell, Bradley Wester, John Zinsser
2006 SUSAN HAMBURGER/CONRAD VOGEL: Recent Work Sept 27-Oct 21, 2006, Allen Priebe Gallery, The University of Wisconsin in Oshkosh
2006 THE RAW AND THE COOKED Sept 21-Oct 29, 2006, Central and Hampden Galleries, The University of Massachusetts in Amherst with Victoria Calabro, Katherine Daniels, Marilla Palmer, Anna Pedersen, Mark Power, Diana Puntar, Carol Salmanson, Gae Savannah
2006 REBECCA HACKEMANN: Peek July 7-August 20, 2006, Dabora Gallery, 1080 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn
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2007 SIGNS OF LIFE March 6-June 30, 2007, Article Projects at Planet Thailand, 133 North 7th Street, Brooklyn, New York with Jeanine Anthony, Jordan Buschur, Jamie Chiarello, Langdon Graves, Jesse Martin, John Monteith, Jac Lahav, Jeremy Olson, Purdy Eaton, Colette Robbins
2007 TWILIGHT TIME Jan 6-Feb 11, 2007, Realform Project Space, 218 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, New York with Jamie Chiarello, Emmanuelle Gauthier, Liz Insogna, Michael Norkin, Jeremy Olson, Deborah Pohl, Grace Roselli, Michael Schall, Conrad Vogel
2006 SQUARED Dec 6, 2006-Jan 11, 2007, The Educational Alliance, 197 East Broadway, New York with Peter Barrett, Caroline Burton, Jeff Feld, Danielle Mysliwiec, Keiko Narahashi, Mary Ann Strandell, Bradley Wester, John Zinsser
2006 SUSAN HAMBURGER/CONRAD VOGEL: Recent Work Sept 27-Oct 21, 2006, Allen Priebe Gallery, The University of Wisconsin in Oshkosh
2006 THE RAW AND THE COOKED Sept 21-Oct 29, 2006, Central and Hampden Galleries, The University of Massachusetts in Amherst with Victoria Calabro, Katherine Daniels, Marilla Palmer, Anna Pedersen, Mark Power, Diana Puntar, Carol Salmanson, Gae Savannah
2006 REBECCA HACKEMANN: Peek July 7-August 20, 2006, Dabora Gallery, 1080 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn
2006 THE SOCIAL BODY April 8-May 21, 2006, Rocket Projects, 3440 North Miami Avenue, Miami with Kristin Anderson, Sandra Bermudez, Fritz Chesnut, Feral Childe, Carla Gannis, Morgan Hughes, Jennifer Karady, Holly Lynton, Leemour Pelli, Alexander Reyna, Raven Schlossberg, Diana Shpungin and Nicole Engelmann
2006 NATIVE SPIRIT March 24-April 29, 2006, Supreme Trading, 213 North 8th Street, Brooklyn with Michael Anderson, Amy Beecher, Marcy Brafman, Andrew Chesler, Molly Crabapple, Georgia Elrod, Jonathan Feldschuh, Limor Gasko, Sara Klar, Liz Magic Laser, Susan Lipper, Dean Monogenis, Andrea Morganstern, Leemour Pelli, Rick Prol, Diana Puntar, Grace Roselli, Dan Rosenbaum, Debra Steckler, Emma Tapley, Ruth Waldman.
2006 HOME BASE Curated with Anat Litwin, March 1-March 30, 2006, 126 Greenpoint Avenue, Brooklyn with Diane Apostolacus, Marcy Brafman, Robert Grant, Mark Power
2006 GAE SAVANNAH: A Fool and his Froth Are Soon Parted Jan 6-Feb 12, 2006, Dam Stuhltrager Gallery, 38 Marcy Avenue, Brooklyn
2005 BEAUTIFUL DREAMER Sept 9–Oct 21, 2005, SPACES Inc, 2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, Ohio with Peggy Bates, Sandra Bermudez, Amy Chaiklin, Maureen Connor, Katherine Daniels, Michelle Dicello, Jonathan Feldschuh, Carla Gannis, Tara Giannini, Marcella Hackbardt, Elizabeth Huey, Kim Keever, Craig Kucia, Liz-N-Val, Karen Marston, Dean Monogenis, Russell Nachman, Anna Pedersen, Leemour Pelli, Mark Power, Alexander Reyna, Tim Rollins, Gae Savannah, Raven Schlossberg, Drew Shiflett, Mary Ann Strandell, Conrad Vogel, Ruth Waldman
2005 EVERLAND June 10-July 23, 2005, Annina Nosei Gallery, 530 West 22nd Street, New York with Peggy Bates, Erik Benson, Sandra Bermudez, Nancy Friedemann, Linda Ganjian, Kim Keever, Dean Monogenis, Russell Nachman, Mark Power, Raven Schlossberg, Ruth Waldman.
2005 NURTURING THE NEW 2005 June 6, 2005, Nurture Art Annual Benefit at Spike Gallery, 547 West 20th Street, New York with Amy Chaiklin, Carla Gannis, Norma Markley, Leemour Pelli, Catya Plate, Maria Spector, Ginna Triplett, Marina Tsesarskaya, Deborah Wasserman
2005 CULTURE VULTURE April 1–May 1, 2005, Jack The Pelican Presents, 487 Driggs Avenue, Brooklyn with Sandra Bermudez, Marcy Brafman, David Henry Brown Jr, Amie Cunningham, Katherine Daniels, Emanuelle Gauthier, Susan Hamburger, Karen Heagle, Elizabeth Huey, Dean Monogenis, Russell Nachman, Diana Puntar, Alexander Reyna, Gae Savannah, Raven Schlossberg, Philip Simmons, Cindy Tower, Ginna Triplett, Conrad Vogel
2005 LOST IN PLACE Jan 12–March 27, 2005, Planet Thailand, 133 North 7th Street, Brooklyn with Aillinn Brennan, Patty Cateura, Mariestella Colon-Astacio, Karen Marston, Juri Morioka, John Mullen, Carol Salmanson
2004 INTIMACY Sept 23–Oct 24, 2004, Brooklyn Fireproof, 101 Richardson Street, Brooklyn with Sandra Bermudez, China Blue, Kim Connerton, Annette Cyr, Jen Denike, Carla Gannis, Elizabeth Hendler, Amy Jenkins, Jennifer Karady, Alexis Karl, Norma Markley, Leemour Pelli, Gae Savannah, Raven Schlossberg, Roxanne Wolanczyk
2004 DIANA SHPUNGIN AND NICOLE ENGELMANN: Second Generation Ego Sept 16–Oct 14, 2004, Hampden and Central Galleries, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2004 June 24-July 31, 2004: BEAUTIFUL GROTESQUE curated with Anjali Suneja w/ Reed Anderson, Hans Bellmer, Jeanne Dunning, Philip Guston, Mike Kelley, Tony Matelli, David Nicholson, Leemour Pelli, Andres Serrano, Ginna Triplett, Joel-Peter Witkin at Riva Gallery, 529 West 20th Street, New York
2005 CULTURE VULTURE April 1–May 1, 2005, Jack The Pelican Presents, 487 Driggs Avenue, Brooklyn with Sandra Bermudez, Marcy Brafman, David Henry Brown Jr, Amie Cunningham, Katherine Daniels, Emanuelle Gauthier, Susan Hamburger, Karen Heagle, Elizabeth Huey, Dean Monogenis, Russell Nachman, Diana Puntar, Alexander Reyna, Gae Savannah, Raven Schlossberg, Philip Simmons, Cindy Tower, Ginna Triplett, Conrad Vogel
2005 LOST IN PLACE Jan 12–March 27, 2005, Planet Thailand, 133 North 7th Street, Brooklyn with Aillinn Brennan, Patty Cateura, Mariestella Colon-Astacio, Karen Marston, Juri Morioka, John Mullen, Carol Salmanson
2004 INTIMACY Sept 23–Oct 24, 2004, Brooklyn Fireproof, 101 Richardson Street, Brooklyn with Sandra Bermudez, China Blue, Kim Connerton, Annette Cyr, Jen Denike, Carla Gannis, Elizabeth Hendler, Amy Jenkins, Jennifer Karady, Alexis Karl, Norma Markley, Leemour Pelli, Gae Savannah, Raven Schlossberg, Roxanne Wolanczyk
2004 DIANA SHPUNGIN AND NICOLE ENGELMANN: Second Generation Ego Sept 16–Oct 14, 2004, Hampden and Central Galleries, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2004 June 24-July 31, 2004: BEAUTIFUL GROTESQUE curated with Anjali Suneja w/ Reed Anderson, Hans Bellmer, Jeanne Dunning, Philip Guston, Mike Kelley, Tony Matelli, David Nicholson, Leemour Pelli, Andres Serrano, Ginna Triplett, Joel-Peter Witkin at Riva Gallery, 529 West 20th Street, New York
Reviewed by Joao Ribas for Time Out New York:
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If the grotesque were merely a foil for beauty, it would
probably not be as
seductive. That it induces both repulsion and laughter, as
Victor Hugo noted,
may explain its morbid appeal. The exhibition
"Beautiful Grotesque" looks at
the potent mixture of realism and fantasy, ugliness and
ornament, that is
incongruously enticing.
Grotesquerie
can be as obvious as the severed penis in Mike Kelley's drawing of
a schoolboy, or Tony Matelli's bathetic sculpture of an
adventurer. It can also
be as placid as Joel-Peter Witkin's photograph of a
disembodied breast on a
plate of black fruit?an abject twist on still life. The
bruised corpses in two
Andres Serrano photographs shine with color, ironic given
their lifeless state.
The dissolution continues in Hans Bellmer's hand-colored
photographs and the
painting of an elongated black skeleton by Leemour Pelli.
While the carcass in
David Nicholson's painting is a staple of modernist dread,
Reed Anderson's
collage is assertively ornamental. Only an affected
photograph by Jeanne
Dunning, of bubbling entrails, strikes a histrionic note.
Nearly
every work on view is melancholic. A painting of malicious children
by newcomer Rotem Tashach has undertones right out of The
Turn of the Screw,
while an unusual drawing by Philip Guston bears a
resemblance to Goya (fitting,
since the Spaniard's work is emblematic of the grotesque).
The mood is
lightened solely by Ginna Triplett's painting of fairy-tale
characters
carousing in a tantric sex party. This colorful and piquant
exhibition reveals
that the grotesque, with its metaphoric visions of beauty,
figures prominently
in modern and contemporary art.
-->2004 VISIONARIES Curated with Anat Litwin, June 13-Aug 1, 2004, Makor Gallery, 35 West 67th Street, New York with Miriam Cabessa, Offri Cnaani, Zachary Harris, Raffael Lomas
2004 LEEMOUR PELLI: From The Heart May 26–June 26, 2004, Annina Nosei Galllery, 530 West 22nd Street, New York
2004 MARKET VALUE May 15-July 26, 2004, Cuchifritos Art Space, 120 Essex Street, New York with Kristin Anderson, Marcy Brafman, David Henry Brown Jr, Heidi Cody, Rainer Ganahl, Susan Hamburger, Marni Kotak, Lisa Levy, Daniel Mirer, Ester Partegas, Alexander Reyna, Tom Schreiber.
2004 B-LONGING Curated with Anat Litwin, April 27-June 6, 2004, Makor Gallery, 35 West 67th Street, New York with Janice Caswell, Ralph Hassard, Deborah Wasserman
2004 VOID Feb 5-March 20, 2004, The Educational Alliance, 197 East Broadway, New York with John Beech, Erik Benson, John Berens, Janice Caswell, Takuya Chikushi, Tamara Gayer, Claire Moore, Patrick Meagher and Dave Shim, John Mullen, Lizzie Scott, Jenny Vogel, Mark Woods.
2004 AILLINN BRENNAN: Dystopian Paintings Jan 31-Feb 28, 2004, Lifespace Gallery, Long Island City, New York
2003 ERWIN REDL: Light Installations and Drawings Nov 21, 2003–Jan 7, 2004, Riva Gallery, 529 West 20th Street, New York
2003 ID_ENTITY Sept 19-Nov 16, 2003, Nurture Art Inc, 475 Keap Street, Brooklyn with Sandra Bermudez, Amy Chaiklin, Chrissy Conant, Veronica Cross, Carla Gannis, Tina La Porta, Joan Linder, Norma Markley, Leemour Pelli, Catya Plate, Gae Savannah, Diana Shpungin and Nicole Engelmann, Maria Spector, Ginna Triplett, Marina Tsesarskaya, Deborah Wasserman.
2003 CARTOON June 12-Aug 9, 2003, Curated with Charles Riva, Riva Gallery, 529 West 20th Street, New York with Henry Darger, James Esber, Wayne Gonzales, Ray Johnson, Mark Kostabi, Joan Linder, Bernhard Martin, Takashi Murakami, Tom Sachs, Kenny Scharf, Flavia Souza, Ginna Triplett, Marc Dean Veca, Andy Warhol.
2003 CURATORS CHOICE May 17-May 31, 2003, Curated with Nicola Jasek, Artists Alliance Inc, 107 Suffolk Street, New York with Carla Gannis, Mandy Morrison, Diana Puntar, Jeff Feld, Robyn Jordan
2003 LIMINAL II March 27–April 30, 2003, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Peggy Bates, Miriam Cabessa, Janice Caswell, Carter Hodgkin, Laura Lobdell, Anna Pedersen, Erwin Redl, Drew Shiflett, Sonita Singwi, Lisa Stefanelli
2002 SOME (ARE) PAINTING II Dec 21, 2002–Jan 24, 2003, The Educational Alliance, 197 East Broadway, New York with Peggy Bates, Aillinn Brennan, Andrea Champlin, Andrew Chesler, Amanda Church, Elizabeth Cooper, Laura Fayer, Jonathan Feldschuh, Bob Griffin, Joyce Kim, John Mullen, Anna Pedersen, Lisa Stefanelli, Sarah Trigg
2002 ANYWHERE BUT HERE Nov 15–Dec 13, 2002, Curated with Peter Lasell at MediaMerge, 450 West 41st Street, New York with Andrea Champlin, Bob Griffin, Pete Lasell, Sharilyn Neidhardt, Mark Power, Katherine Powers, Gae Savannah, Julio Soto, Zander Reyna
2002 ANYWHERE BUT HERE Nov 15–Dec 13, 2002, Curated with Peter Lasell at MediaMerge, 450 West 41st Street, New York with Andrea Champlin, Bob Griffin, Pete Lasell, Sharilyn Neidhardt, Mark Power, Katherine Powers, Gae Savannah, Julio Soto, Zander Reyna
2002 SOCIAL SPACE Oct 26–Nov 30, 2002, Cuchifritos Art Space, 120 Essex Street, New York with Carrie Dashow, Devon Dikeou, Jill Epstein, Matthias Geiger, Tali Hinkis, Joni Lane, Susan Leopold, Mandy Morrison, Coralee Rose, Lizzie Scott, Patricia Smith
2002 OPEN VIEW Oct 19–Nov 30, 2002, Artists Alliance Inc, 107 Suffolk Street, New York with Leah Bendahan, Marcy Brafman, Diane Lowy, Sharilyn Neidhardt, Linda Obuschuska.
2002 BODIES AND FORMS Oct 19-20, 2002, John Eicher Studio, 68 Jay Street, Brooklyn with Amy Chaiklin, Veronica Cross, Elissa Levy, Michael Norkin, Leemour Pelli, Rachel Youens
2002 EROTIKA July 11-Aug 10, 2002, Riva Gallery, 529 West 20th Street, New York with Alicia Ackerman, Jane Benson, Joanna Hoar, Tina La Porta, Tracy Nakayama, Raven Schlossberg, Su-en Wong, and curated with Charles Riva: Maryse Alberti, Dinos and Jake Chapman, Augusto Canedo, Katrin Fridriks, Margreet Baltius, David La Chapelle, David Levinthal, Warren Neidich, Kiki Seror, Andres Serrano, Tim Sobieski-White, Wulf Treu
2001 THE BODY OR THE LANDSCAPE Oct 13-Nov 18, 2001, The Artists Alliance Inc, 107 Rivington Street, New York with Alicia Ackerman, Sandra Bermudez, Amy Chaiklin, Jeanne Costello, Jennifer DeNike, Laura Emrick, Limor Gasko, Alexis Karl, Lisa Kereszi, Peter Matra, Daniel Mirer, Jennifer Nehrbass, Leemour Pelli, Michele Peress, Grace Roselli, Raven Schlossberg, David Schulz, Cheryl Van Hooven, Carol Warner, Jill Waterman, Suzanne Wimmer
2002 EROTIKA July 11-Aug 10, 2002, Riva Gallery, 529 West 20th Street, New York with Alicia Ackerman, Jane Benson, Joanna Hoar, Tina La Porta, Tracy Nakayama, Raven Schlossberg, Su-en Wong, and curated with Charles Riva: Maryse Alberti, Dinos and Jake Chapman, Augusto Canedo, Katrin Fridriks, Margreet Baltius, David La Chapelle, David Levinthal, Warren Neidich, Kiki Seror, Andres Serrano, Tim Sobieski-White, Wulf Treu
2001 THE BODY OR THE LANDSCAPE Oct 13-Nov 18, 2001, The Artists Alliance Inc, 107 Rivington Street, New York with Alicia Ackerman, Sandra Bermudez, Amy Chaiklin, Jeanne Costello, Jennifer DeNike, Laura Emrick, Limor Gasko, Alexis Karl, Lisa Kereszi, Peter Matra, Daniel Mirer, Jennifer Nehrbass, Leemour Pelli, Michele Peress, Grace Roselli, Raven Schlossberg, David Schulz, Cheryl Van Hooven, Carol Warner, Jill Waterman, Suzanne Wimmer
2001 LIMINAL Sept 21–Oct 13, 2001, The Space @ Media Triangle, 640 Broadway, New York with Heike Bartels, Janice Caswell, Laura Lobdell, Christine Perrotta, Erwin Redl, Drew Shiflett
2001 SELECTED AFFINITIES June 18–Oct 18, 2001, Planet Thailand,133 North 7th Street, Brooklyn with Marcy Brafman, Amy Chaiklin, Bob Griffin, Dan Levenson, Michael Norkin, Leemour Pelli, Tina Marie Poulin.
2001 SOME (ARE) PAINTING June 9–July 21, 2001, John Gibson Gallery, 568 Broadway New York with Karen Arm, Peggy Bates, Orly Cogan, Elizabeth Cooper, Jonathan Feldschuh, Isolde Kille, Anna Pedersen, Lisa Stefanelli, Rachel Urkowitz
2000 SUGAR+SPICE Nov 17–Dec 10, 2000, The Space @ Media Triangle, 640 Broadway, New York with Amy Chaiklin, Orly Cogan, Jen DeNike, Carla Gannis, Elissa Levy, Maripol, Norma Markley, Janet Pihlblad, Raven Schlossberg, Carol Warner, Charmaine Wheatley, Jessie Wolk.
EVENTS
1. ARTIST SALON: JOSH PETERS June 21, 2007 - Terminal Warehouse Chelsea, 269 Eleventh Avenue, New York
2. MADE IN THE USA: ARTISTS ROUNDTABLE October 16, 2007 - The Educational Alliance, 197 East Broadway, New York. "The American Tapestry--Designing Identity" with Tine Kindermann, Juri Morioka, Flavia Souza, and Yona Verwer. 3. THE SKYLIGHT READING SERIES, October 25, 2007 - The Educational Alliance, 197 East Broadway, New York. Featuring Steve Dalachinsky, Yuko Itamo, and Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
4. October 28, 2007: REALITY CHECKED, Panel discussion with Jeanette Cole and Tim Maul, Dorsky Gallery, 11-03 45th Avenue, Long Island City, New York.
5. November 29, 2007: JOSH PETERS SALON at 532 GALLERY, 532 West 25th Street, New York
2001 SELECTED AFFINITIES June 18–Oct 18, 2001, Planet Thailand,133 North 7th Street, Brooklyn with Marcy Brafman, Amy Chaiklin, Bob Griffin, Dan Levenson, Michael Norkin, Leemour Pelli, Tina Marie Poulin.
2001 SOME (ARE) PAINTING June 9–July 21, 2001, John Gibson Gallery, 568 Broadway New York with Karen Arm, Peggy Bates, Orly Cogan, Elizabeth Cooper, Jonathan Feldschuh, Isolde Kille, Anna Pedersen, Lisa Stefanelli, Rachel Urkowitz
2000 SUGAR+SPICE Nov 17–Dec 10, 2000, The Space @ Media Triangle, 640 Broadway, New York with Amy Chaiklin, Orly Cogan, Jen DeNike, Carla Gannis, Elissa Levy, Maripol, Norma Markley, Janet Pihlblad, Raven Schlossberg, Carol Warner, Charmaine Wheatley, Jessie Wolk.
EVENTS
1. ARTIST SALON: JOSH PETERS June 21, 2007 - Terminal Warehouse Chelsea, 269 Eleventh Avenue, New York
2. MADE IN THE USA: ARTISTS ROUNDTABLE October 16, 2007 - The Educational Alliance, 197 East Broadway, New York. "The American Tapestry--Designing Identity" with Tine Kindermann, Juri Morioka, Flavia Souza, and Yona Verwer. 3. THE SKYLIGHT READING SERIES, October 25, 2007 - The Educational Alliance, 197 East Broadway, New York. Featuring Steve Dalachinsky, Yuko Itamo, and Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
4. October 28, 2007: REALITY CHECKED, Panel discussion with Jeanette Cole and Tim Maul, Dorsky Gallery, 11-03 45th Avenue, Long Island City, New York.
5. November 29, 2007: JOSH PETERS SALON at 532 GALLERY, 532 West 25th Street, New York
