FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 14, 2011

Gallery Contact: Christina Ray, Gallery Director . 212.334.0204

 

CHRISTINA RAY ANNOUNCES TWO PROJECTS FOR PULSE AND AN INSTALLATION AT FOUNTAIN DURING ARMORY WEEK.

 

NEW YORK – February 14, 2011 – For its return to PULSE: New York during Armory Week, CHRISTINA RAY will debut a solo booth of new work by Brooklyn artist Beka Goedde in Booth B-2. Also on view at the fair’s entrance will be a sculptural installation by artist Ben Wolf presented by the gallery as a specially commissioned “PULSE Project.” At the Fountain Art Fair in Booth M-5, the gallery presents a joint installation of new work by New York artist Brian Leo and Philadelphia artist Mark Price. Both fairs take place March 03-06. Day passes may be available on a limited basis. To request one please contact media @ christinaray . com. 


 

PULSE: NEW YORK

 

Booth B-2: Beka Goedde

In a solo booth presentation at PULSE: New York, CHRISTINA RAY presents a collection of new work by artist Beka Goedde including works on paper and panel along with large-scale mixed media pieces incorporating collaged etchings, hand-dyed paper and linework in ink and graphite. In a catalogue essay written to accompany the work at PULSE, Tamsen Greene describes Goedde’s interest in “the moment of transference between an idea and an image, when a sense or feeling becomes visual; the moment an abstract concept becomes a discernable form.” (Catalogue available upon request). Goedde’s work has been presented in two solo exhibitions with the gallery and she is currently an artist-in-residence at PS122. 

 


At the fair entrance: Ben Wolf

Ben Wolf's site-specific installation for PULSE takes shape around an eighteen-foot long ship's hull salvaged from an abandoned vessel in Newark. Wooden wall boards, scrap metal, discarded doors and other found, architectural detritus are stacked and layered into the work on a welded steel armature to create an abstract, three-dimensional collage rich in texture and curvilinear dimension. Wolf's journeys to zones of abandonment and destruction – from forgotten local shipyards to downtown Detroit to the mountains of Haiti – reveal a deep creative instinct to explore and understand on a physical level the effects of time over material. As he rescues beauty from chaos, Wolf constructs a spirited new aesthetics within a world of forgotten industrial wreckage.

 

PULSE takes place March 03–06 at the Metropolitan Pavilion, located at 125 West 18th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues in the heart of Manhattan's Flatiron District. Fair hours and directions may be found on the PULSE website: http://www.pulse-art.com/

 

FOUNTAIN ART FAIR

 

Booth M-5: Brian Leo and Mark Price

Returning for its fifth run with Fountain New York, CHRISTINA RAY presents a joint installation by artists Brian Leo and Mark Price. Leo, a self-proclaimed “Garage-Pop Surrealist,” offers a large-scale presentation of small paintings addressing the complex psychologies of global culture, contemporary politics and American identity. The installation offers a preview of the new body of work to be presented in his first solo show with the gallery later in March. Price, a long-standing gallery artist, offers a new edition of hand-pulled black and white silkscreen prints depicting techno-social disaster and a wheatpaste installation of print work and three-dimensional letter forms spelling the word “FANTASY.”



Fountain takes place March 03–06 at Pier 66 Maritime @ 26th Street & 12th Avenue in the Hudson River Park. Fair hours and directions may be found on the Fountain website: http://www.fountainexhibit.com/

 

CHRISTINA RAY is an innovative gallery and creative catalyst in New York whose mission, grounded by the concept of psychogeography, is to discover and present the most important contemporary artists exploring the relationship between people and places. The gallery is located at 30 Grand Street in SoHo, between Thompson Street and 6th Avenue (A/C/E to Canal Street or 1 to Canal Street). Gallery hours are Wednesday–Sunday, 12–6pm. For more information, visit http://www.christinaray.com. Phone: 212 334 0204. Email: media @ christinaray . com.