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sardinebk: Please join us for POSITIVITY LIGHTNING ROD SUMMIT,...

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:29:23 -0400

Please join us for POSITIVITY LIGHTNING ROD SUMMIT, a very special night of musical performance by Ben Seretan.

There will be 2 shows with limited space: @ 7:30 PM and 9:30 PM.

PLEASE RSVP! Send an email to sardinebk@gmail and let us know that you’re in. $5 suggested donation.

Ben Seretan is a performing musician living in Brooklyn. He plays the electric guitar, sings, and performs “long music” - warm, improvised clouds of swelling tones that fill a room. His latest recording is called New Song.http://www.benseretan.com/

Maria Calandra. Preview of her show Pencil in the Studio....

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:51:03 -0400

Maria Calandra. Preview of her show Pencil in the Studio. Opening tomorrow at Sardine.

sardinebk: Maria Calandra Pencil in the Studio Sardine is...

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:29:45 -0400

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Maria Calandra Pencil in the Studio

Sardine is pleased to present Pencil in the Studio by Maria Calandra. This exhibition is a selection of the drawings that have been featured on her blog, also titled Pencil in the Studio. The show coincides with the two-year mark since the blogs’ conception and will be the first time they have been seen in an extensive survey. The exhibition opens Saturday, May 18th from 6 to 9 pm and will be up through June 16th.

With Pencil in the Studio, Maria Calandra discovers another way to look at the role of the studio in an artist’s development. Featuring the studios of some of the most dynamic emerging and established artists working today, her drawings are focused on being anthropological studies of her contemporaries. She usually spends an entire day with them drawing, observing, talking and writing. Not only does she render their works, supplies, and source materials, but she also hones in on what makes each of them naturally distinctive. Paintings in progress are stacked on paint cans, brushes are scattered about, pets hang out, and detritus piles up. It’s a humble exploration and exoneration of the present and a sweet vision of the studio as a location for the practice of success and failure.

The artists that she has featured in the series thus far: Andy Cross, Ariel Dill, Chris Martin, Christine Heindl, Chuck Webster, Daniel Heidkamp, EJ Hauser, Elisa Lendvay, Erik den Breejen, Inna Babaeva, Ivin Ballen, Jay Gaskill, Jess Fuller, JJ Manford, Joe Ballweg, Jon Lutz, Joshua Abelow, Jovi Schnell, Joy Curtis, Karla Wozniak, Katherine Bradford, Katherine Newbegin, Kees den Breejen, Kelly McRaven, Keltie Ferris, Lauren Luloff, Liz Ainslie, Matt Jones, Marnet Larson, Michael Berryhill, Michael Mahalchick, Mike Olin, Rob Nadeau, Ron Amstutz, Sarah Mattes, Tamara Gonzales, and Vince Contarino.

Maria Calandra lives and works in Brooklyn. She is a graduate of Cornell University MFA program and has exhibited with Norte Maar, Daily Operation, DNA Gallery, Shoot the Lobster and Storefront.

See Pencil in the Studio online at: pencilinthestudio.blogspot.com.

Sardine is located on the ground floor of 286 Stanhope Street between Wyckoff and Irving Avenues in Bushwick, Brooklyn, one block from the Dekalb L train and near the Knickerbocker M. For more information, please visit sardinebk.com. Contact: Lacey Fekishazy and Jon Lutz at sardinebk@gmail.com.

sardinebk: Janine Polak, Dry Run 1-8, 2013, collage on paper,...

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:47:27 -0400

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Janine Polak, Dry Run 1-8, 2013, collage on paper, 17 x 11 in.

Now available @ Sardine. $120

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Thu, 02 May 2013 12:54:08 -0400

This is a live rendition of Jonathan Richman’s “Just...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:37:21 -0400

This is a live rendition of Jonathan Richman’s “Just for Fun” off of his album “Having a Party with Jonathan Richman.” You can hear the original here: http://youtu.be/q_65Djo-3gM

sardinebk: Janine Polak’s “Straight up, Bend”

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:30:10 -0400

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Janine Polak’s “Straight up, Bend”

Janine Polak, Shoulder Touch, 2013, Plaster, silk, 14 x 7.5...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:26:49 -0400

Janine Polak, Shoulder Touch, 2013, Plaster, silk, 14 x 7.5 x 7.5 in.

See her show by the same name…now up at Sardine in Bushwick.

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Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:08:25 -0400

Janine Polak. Detail from upcoming “Shoulder Touch”....

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:43:14 -0400

Janine Polak. Detail from upcoming “Shoulder Touch”. This Saturday at Sardine!

Jamison Brosseau and a plant

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:42:15 -0400

Jamison Brosseau and a plant

SARDINE: Janine Polak - Shoulder Touch

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:48:14 -0400

SARDINE: Janine Polak - Shoulder Touch:

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Sardine is pleased to present “Shoulder Touch” by Janine Polak. The exhibition opens Saturday, April 13 from 6 to 9 pm and will be up through May 12.

This group of sculptures speaks to indefinable moments. In the way that a touch on the shoulder could be unexpectedly engaging or…

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Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:00:30 -0400

More Sheldon Sean Moyer at #sardinebk. See this. Open today til...

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:57:16 -0400

More Sheldon Sean Moyer at #sardinebk. See this. Open today til 6.

Things are really shaping up for Sheldon Sean Moyer’s...

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:31:00 -0500

Things are really shaping up for Sheldon Sean Moyer’s opener Death of a Ladies’ Man for the new version of SARDINE. You will not want to miss this show!

Sheldon Sean Moyer - Death of a Ladies' Man

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:44:32 -0500

Sardine is pleased to present “Death of a Ladies’ Man” by Sheldon Sean Moyer. The show opens Saturday, March 9 from 6 to 10pm and will be up through April 7.

“Death of a Ladies’ Man” is an installation that acts as a personal compendium. Moyer brings together a seminal work from early childhood, a fountain that – while beautiful and meticulously made- will inevitably deteriorate, and a painting representative of his studio practice. In considering the Sardine space, he will also intervene with the atmosphere and layout of the space in other ways, creating a whole experience. On the occasion of this exhibition, Moyer will also produce a limited edition book.

Sheldon Sean Moyer lives and works in Brooklyn. In the past few years, he has shown with Daily Operation, BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Mike Rollins Fine Art, and WILDLIFE.

Sardine is located on the ground floor of 286 Stanhope Street between Wyckoff and Irving Avenues in Bushwick, Brooklyn, one block from the Dekalb L train and near the Knickerbocker M. For more information, please visit http://sardinebk.com/

Contact:
Lacey Fekishazy and Jon Lutz
sardinebk@gmail.com
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Interview with Patrick Berran

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:19:00 -0500

Jamison Brosseau, Spider (Red and White), acrylic on panel, 40 x 30 in.

I’ve known the artist Patrick Berran for a while and have really enjoyed seeing his work move along. He’s doing some curating now and he’s put together a really nice show called Hello, Darling at Southfirst in Williamsburg with Tamara Gonzales, Amy Feldman, Jamison Brosseau, Brook Moyse, John Szlasa and himself.

It closes today! Check it out NOW and see his website here. Also see my interview with him below:

JL: How did you develop this show at SouthFirst? As an artist, I’m curious how you might view the role of curating today.

PB: This show was a year in the making-It originally started with a friend asking me to curate a show at their alternative space—-that didn’t pan out and Maika at SouthFirst was excited about it and in the end it really gelled with their space. I couldn’t be happier with the final outcome. It terms of the work- I was interested in a show that showcased painting that had different approaches to abstraction and I wanted the show to highlight works that come from artists with a vigorous studio practice. The title and press release is in relation to this. Hello, Darling is the idea of creation in the studio, the time allotted that allows for multiple viewings (with respect to the viewer as well) to leave something with the anticipation and excitement of seeing it the following day…the next time you approach the studio. The hand is important, and I feel abstraction lends an amazing hand toward those virtues of art making. There is risk and excitement about the creation, the push pull of failure and success in an image/work of art.

In terms of curating, I love it, I think it is great. I wish I had more time to commit to it. Similar to DJs, everyone seems to be a curator today—-but that is great too! I feel the role of curating is to present worthwhile ideas and I honestly feel I presented artists that deserved to be presented in a context that suited them well. Their works look amazing together and to me that is important.

JL: You were in the first show that I curated in 2005 and not surprisingly, your work and gotten increasingly strong since then. From what I remember, “abstract” painting was kind of uncool at the time. Is that how you remember it?

PB: I remember that show fondly, can’t believe that was 2005. From 2002-2005 Within my circles (I was finishing grad school at the time), painting in general had a hard time. Abstract painting was definitely uncool. You had to have a defense, had to have all your ducks in a line. I actually had a professor in my final tutorial jokingly tell me that no one cares about abstraction at the moment and to “have fun.” Describing myself as an abstract painter-I felt I always had to add a disclaimer so people would not write me off and shudder at the notion.

However, I would also add that in 2005 I feel it was slightly turning a positive tide at that point. I am not sure what turned the tide, but somewhere during 2006-8 abstract painting became hugely popular—even some artists that were not abstract painters-suddenly were. I also feel that animosity toward painting lessened.

JL: How do you think its changed since then?

PB: I feel that options are more open these days—-I feel that people gravitate toward painting in a very responsive way and I do find that refreshing. But I also feel that the criticality (is that a word?) is soft. You know, style over substance. Or maybe people don’t have an allegiance to something in particular.

Amy Feldman, Seeing is Believing, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 75 x 85 in.

JL: There’s also this compulsion by previous generations to put a name to it, which I don’t see as much with people who emerged in the 2000s, who seem to prefer to call it painting rather than even “abstraction.” I’ve also heard it called both “crappy” and “casual.” What would you say?

PB: People relate to life that way. They feel that they understand it once it is labeled. Personally I would prefer not to be labeled as part of a movement. The crappy/casual aesthetic… I call it the faux naïve aesthetic and I feel it is conflicting. It simultaneously tries to incorporate irony or a rebellious nature with having a privileged knowledge of art history. Sometimes it is successful but I am just not interested in it. I am not quite sure what I am to experience with the work. What am I supposed to come away with? I don’t make painting to talk about painting all the time.

JL: So what else are you working on now?

PB: I am painting and making some bigger works at the moment. Exhibition wise, I curated a show coming up March 16th at WILDLIFE in Brooklyn called “Ears. Nose. Throat” - a presentation of sculpture, painting and installation. I am very excited about this show. I have a two person show at Storefront Bushwick w/ Jack Henry in May and I am giving a talk at Virginia Commonwealth University in April.

This will be great. Also check out Jamison’s work from...

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:49:00 -0500

This will be great. Also check out Jamison’s work from Daily Operation shows…WORK HARD and U.S.A. 76

JAMISON BROSSEAU - THE NATURAL

HALSEY MCKAY GALLERY is pleased to present The Natural, a solo exhibiton by Jamison Brosseau.

In his first exhibition with the gallery, Brosseau’s paintings and furniture pieces consume the space with a fully immersive installation. The artist’s patterned symbols of the natural world and freshly colorful palette is pushed optically further in an environment reminiscent of Jean Dubuffet’s grottos and Yayoi Kusama’s reflective and polka-dotted rooms. Visages, spiders, flora and fauna all dangle, climb and float, floor-to-ceiling in the artist’s playful take on modernist sensibilities.

Jamison Brosseau is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design who now lives and works in Brooklyn. Recent solo and group exhibitons have been with V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, Zieher Smith and Dodge Gallery, NY.

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