By Kat Irannejad
CROWN HEIGHTS
Opening: Thursday, July 29, 7-9pm
A solo show of beautifully mesmerizing collages, grids, and patterns creating ambiguous forms, from the up and coming artist out of Eugene, Oregon.
WILLIAMSBURG / BUSHWICK
Saturday, July 31, 7-11pm
A series of painted muslin scrolls that feature compositions depicting scenes of deranged sexuality, mutation, mutilation, and flowers. Parading his endless vision of humanoid cannibals and disturbing beasts, these monsters defile each other in any inlet, outlet, slit or slot they can find.
COBBLE HILL
Closing August 1
Last chance to catch this great group exhibition of new works by New York artists Miya Ando, Guy Stanley Philoche, and Rosa Ruey. Three abstract artists. Three different mediums. Three distinct techniques. The three artists work in diverse ways: Ms. Ando creates quiet, abstract, meditative environments by burning metal with fire; Mr. Philoche paints a structural grid on canvas in many painterly layers of paint to contain ethereal, ephemeral worlds and Ms. Ruey creates an alternative reality filled with objects and environments and builds up whimsical machine-like structures while transforming energy into hopeful and playful systems capturing the magic that surrounds imagination using paint, markers and collage on paper.
RED HOOK
Closing August 16
Also be sure not to miss this solo exhibition by Richard Oliver Wilson. Currently the Chief of Installation at MOMA P.S.1, Mr. Wilson `will transform the entire red tin shack into a multi-media and multi-sensory experience, blending old and new technologies to create a living dreamscape. Working in several media, he has responded to the physical location of Work Gallery at the Brooklyn waterfront. Perched atop the gallery is a lifeboat, with manipulated oars, lifebuoy and other ephemera in the gallery space. Videos, installations, and paintings populate various time frames, presenting a gentle and whimsical vision of what could be…
Photos Courtesy of Gridspace & Work Gallery
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