Opens tomorrow. Don't think I'll be able to make it, but if you're in Hamster Damn this week or next, be sure to check it out.
Heelo Ameericains...please try to attend the opening of Embah's exhibition this Saturday June 2nd, at White Columns in NYC. It runs from 6-8PM, and the exhibition has been generously supported by Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg.
WHITE COLUMNS is at 320 West 13th Street, and you can reach them on 212.924.4212.
Who would think there was an art gallery in Cocoyea Village? Chinese restaurant, crack house, art gallery...makes perfect sense. But wait, this is the same community that has an olympic size swimming pool, but no water to fill it. Right.
Anyway, “Innumerable Viewpoints IV” runs until June 6th, and features the work of over 30 artists. The Gallery is located at #14 Naparima Mayaro Road, Upper Cocoyea Village in San Fernando, and for more info you can call Natasha Byron at 652.0710/768 .9664.
It's the biggest group show Cocoyea has ever seen!
I had lunch at this place on Monday - it's a gallery/ art supply shop/ café. The place smells nice, and they make good juice. They're at 54 Gallus Street in Woodbrook (between Ariapita and Tragerete), and the gallery/ shop hours are 8:30AM - 4:30PM (café hours are 9AM - 2PM.
The picture above is by Maisaa Moses, one of several artists that are currently on show.
Interesting New Yorker article on Banksy, one of the most influential artists of the 21st Century. Or whichever one it is that we're in.
The "My Sweet Lord" display was shut down by the hotel that houses the Lab Gallery in midtown Manhattan, said Matt Semler, the gallery's creative director. Semler said he submitted his resignation after officials at the Roger Smith Hotel shut down the show.I don't know about all of this "surrending to religious protest" though. What exactly is going on in the world?
The six-foot sculpture was the victim of "a strong-arming from people who haven't seen the show, seen what we're doing," Semler said. "They jumped to conclusions completely contrary to our intentions."
12 The Band will be appearing live at Conversations in the Yard this Thursday, 5th April. Last week's show with Gareth & Alex was real niceness, and hot on their heels will be Attilah "sound boy killah" Springer playing music from her personal collection.
Come check it nah man. The Alice Yard Community Center is at 80 Roberts Street, Woodbrook - also be sure to drop by Sun Eaters Organics (round the front) to feel up their locally grown organic tomatoes.
The kind, well-meaning folks at CCA7 sent the following release:
Yawn.RELEASE FROM JEANS ARTJEANS ART TALKS
The public is invited to a discussion about the recently concluded Jeans Art Project. This event, which is open to the public, will be held at The National Museum of Trinidad and Tobago at 5 p.m. on Thursday 5th April, 2007. The event will be moderated by artist, critic and writer, Christopher Cozier. Mario Lewis, who curated the event, is expected to present an overview of the project and each participating artist will talk about their experience in the event.There will
also be a screening of a documentary video.
I'm going to be playing DJ tomorrow night, working the iTunes to go with a selection from Alex of recent pics. It's at 'Conversations in the Yard', a weekly event from 12 the band. If you haven't been as yet it's a bit like going round to a friend's house who has set up a bar in their backyard. v.chilled. Location is Alice Yard, 80 Roberts Street, Woodbrook. Opposite side of the street from Brooklyn Bar, about three doors down heading East. From 8:30ish.More artists turned iPod Deejays? Lookout, world.
I've been getting these sad little notices about what I'm sure is an amazing project:
Caribbean Arts village in conjuction with Marielle Studios presents "Jazzy Wednesdays", April 4th 2007. Please see attached flyer. Please call 625 2843 or 468 5234 for further info.I didn't attach the flyer as it's not to be taken seriously - way too many different fonts and colours going on for one notice. The Caribbean Arts Village is at #1 de Verteuil Street in Woodbrook, and Jazzy Wednesdays (pretentiously billed as an evening of Visual Art, Music and Fine Wine) features Samantha Gooden, Jesse Ryan, Clint de Coteau, Jason Bishop, David Richards, Marcus Hypolite and others. There's going to be a band called "Incentions", and the show features a "semi-open mic segment."
The action kicks off at 8:00PM and costs $65 for Adults and $40 for Students. If all six of you reading this lend me $10 each, I promise to go check it out.
thebookmann expresses his disappointment with the Jeans Art show last evening at the National Museum. Having spent so many years trying to understand and appreciate the various construction techniques, treatments, washes, and details that define an amazing pair of jeans, I was really looking forward to see what the artists involved were going to come up with.
Sigh. I guess if I was given a pair of ill-fitting "Made in Chinas" I'd probably tear the pockets off and turn it into a lampshade as well.
Check it out.I just wanted to personally remind you that NEXT THURSDAY is the first New York City gallery exhibition of my work REMNANTS: After The Storm. It means a lot to me to have my friends there so please mark this on your calendar. The exhibition is titled AFTER and was curated by John A. Bennette. It includes my good friend Will Steacy as well as Radik Skrivanek. Please feel free to invite your friends and colleagues.
WHEN: THURSDAY MARCH 29TH, 6-8PM (small after party to follow)
WHERE: PEER GALLERY 526 West 26th Street bet 1oth & 11th, 2nd Floor (down the hallway to the left)
If all this cricket is boring you to bits, be sure to check out the Jeans Art Exhibition on at the National Museum, starting today:
I like Kwynn's work, and am looking forward to see what kind of magic she works with the denim.On Wednesday 21st March 2007, the exhibition “Jeans Art” will open at the National Museum and Art Gallery at 6:30 p.m. The exhibition will feature the results of a project sponsored by Radical Designs in which the fashion house commissioned several local artists to
make contemporary artwork from a pair of jeans. As part of the Radical Designs philosophy, the merging of business innovation and creative enterprise can be viewed as an ideal means of harnessing a positive relationship with the community at large. These works will be auctioned at the opening of the exhibition on Wednesday evening, and the proceeds from the auction will go the Shaype project of the Rotary Club of Maraval. The Shaype (School for Holistic Action for Young People’s Empowerment) Project has become the umbrella under which the Rotary Club of Maraval provides several programmes, including music tutoring and family counseling services, to address some of the critical social problems facing the youth. The artists who will show work at the Radical Design’s Jean’s Art exhibition 2007 are:Dave Williams , Paul Kain, Lesley-Ann Noel, Sarah Chong Sing, Sonja Dumas, Suzanne Nunez, Richard Rawlins, Terrance Smith, Christian Alexis, Rhoda Gayadeen, Jacelle Alexander, Gabriela Joseph, Kwynn Johnson, Lauralin Maynard