With fall in full effect, there are a plethora of art exhibitions that are on view for the public throughout the city. But don’t feel like you need to leave the borough to see great art! In the Park Slope neighborhood there are several galleries that offer the community a chance to see world class art.
Here is a breakdown of the top five shows to see now and also a sampling of what these galleries have to see through the end of the year! By Anni Irish
What to see right now:
Diana Kane who is a Brooklyn based jewelry maker and artist and owner of Diana Kane Boutique opened her latest show, Portraits of Women: Icons and Feminists last weekend. The exhibition features over twenty artists who are working in various mediums. The premises of the show is based in its subject matter– to create portraits of women on 12”x 12” wooden panes that each artist was given. Who each artist decided to commemorate on their board was up to them and the results are stunning! The show is on view until 10/17 at the Diana Kane Boutique located at 229 5th Ave Brooklyn, NY.
On view until 10/8 at Site: Brooklyn is Up From Under Video Art by the artist Madeline Altmann. The show consists of multiple video installations that are in a larger dialogue with Henry David Thoreau– Atlmann lives and works close to where Thoreau’s home is located. By considering issues of time, nature, technological change and visual representation, Atlmann’s work delves deep into the human psyche. While the pieces that are on view are shown together as a tightly bound unit, many took over three years to create. To see Up From Under visit Site: Brooklyn located at 165 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215. Gallery hours are Thursday-Sunday 1-6pm and by appointment.
Groundfloor Gallery Assembled Desire a show that opened during ArtSlope, a nine day art festival that happens in and around Park Slope is on view until 10/9. This group exhibition features the work of Allie Rex, Elise Kagan, Mie Kim and Rhia Hurt. The show explores subject matter from popular culture thorugh “exptertiments in collage, painting, and mixed media.” Groundfloor Gallery is located at 343 5th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11215. Visit their website for more information.
Up until October 16th 440 Gallery currently has a solo exhibit of the work of Gail Flanery. Flanery who is a graduate of Cooper Union has produced a series of mixed media prints for this show entitled Tumbled Sky. The imagery Flanery uses in these prints are derived from nature however the “geography is rarely specific.” The images created are gestural, colorful and create “an expansive sense of space.” 440 Gallery is located at 440 6th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11215
On 9/23 Friday Trestle Gallery premiered their last group show, Paper Pushers. This exhibition features the work of ten artists who have come together to explore the larger use of paper in two ways. First, there is a commonality among the material being used and second through the way that each artist has repurposed it to create something entirely new. The show was gust curated by Rob de Oude and Mel Prest. It is on view until November 4th at Trestle Gallery located at 168 7th Street, 3rd Floor Brooklyn Gallery hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1:30-6:30pm.
What’s Coming Up:
Open Source Gallery: On October 1st Open Source Gallery will debut Once Upon Unfolding Times. On weekends with the assistance of the hypnotist, visitors will be invited to take part in a unique experience of visiting a fictional city. “Once Upon Unfolding Times has being conceived by Valeria Schwarz and is produced by i Collective. i Collective is an organic, collaborative platform of artists, curators and scientists working in the intersection of art, urban interventions and socially-engaged project.” Tours will occur on: October 1 (6pm), October 9 (11am), October 15 (6pm), October 22 (6pm)
GROUNDFLOOR GALLERY The group exhibition, “Portal, “ celebrates local artists based in Gowanus, in conjunction with Gowanus Open Studios weekend and runs from October 14th – November 27th, followed by #newcollectorbk: Gifts by Artists, our holiday show featuring original and affordable gifts made by local artists (December 2 – 18th).
On November 3 Open Source will show Another Space: Permanent Construction. Curated by Victoria Bugge Øye and co-founders of Another Space, architect Nicola Louise Markhus and curator Marte Danielsen Jølbo. This exhibit aims to “aims to instigate immersions and critical approaches to the cross-disciplinary field and its potentials through presenting current and enduring issues within art, architecture and society. Their curatorial approach is based on concerns for spatiality, materiality and craftsmanship” and features the work of : Melodie Mousset, Anna Daniell, and Owen Armour
Site: Brooklyn: Opening on October 1st, is the 2nd Annual Hand Pulled Prints: The Current Practice in Printmaking. This group exhibition featuring over 30 artists seeks to show a wide reaching set of pieces that are capturing the current state of the medium of print making.
Gallery 440: Opening on October 20th is artist Vicki Behm in an exhibit entitled 1000 Drawings of NYC. This show will consist of 1000 5”x5” drawings Behm produced and will hang within the gallery space. Despite the size of the drawings, they will come together to create a large impact.
On December 1st the gallery will debut their annual small works show. Currently there is a call out for artists who wish to participate. More information can be found here. The work is all 12”x12” or smaller and will be juried by Joanne McFarland, the former Director at A.I.R Gallery.
Trestle Gallery: On December 9th from 7-9 pm join the gallery in their annual art benefit event. Featuring works from over 100 artists as well as food and drinks from local vendors, Trestle Gallery hopes to raise $30,000 to fund their 2017 exhibition series Artist as Curator.
