Three Openings This Saturday

THREE NEW SHOWS
OPENING SATURDAY

Lucille Fournasieri-Gold

Four Eyes on Place
Nell Painter and Lucille Fournaserie-Gold
Gallery Aferro, Project Room
April 27 – May 31, 2013
Opening Reception Saturday April 27, 7-10 PM

Four Eyes on Place juxtaposes two separate but related bodies of artwork—photographs of Brooklyn in the 1970s and 1980s and the paintings they inspired many decades later. Back in the day the photographer Lucille Fornasiere-Gold documented everyday life in her multi-racial, multi-ethnic Brooklyn neighborhood, with its working people, its sun worshippers and dog owners, even its dogs. The Brooklyn Historical Society acquired her photographic archive, where the painter Nell Painter found it. Over the course of two years Nell created new images by digitally manipulating fragments of Lucille’s photographs and painting them into visual fiction. For more information visit aferro.org or nellpainter.com

Stack and Rack
BroLab
Curated by Jeanne Brasile
Gallery Aferro, Liminal Space
April 27 – May 31, 2013
Opening Reception Saturday April 27, 7-10 PM
Panel and Book Signing May 18, 3PM

BroLab Collective’s large scale public sculpture, Stack and Rack, consists of 16 brightly colored wooden cubes which can be assembled in numerous configurations as an interactive site-specific work. BroLab was established in 2009 by five artists with like ideas all seeking something bigger than their individual practices. Rahul Alexander, Jonathan Brand, Adam Brent, Ryan Roa and Travis LeRoy Southworth have built a practice bridging art and design principles exploring minimalist objects where people can interact with both the artists and the work. BroLab’s broad vision includes public sculpture, place making and site-specific interventions. BroLab Collective’s members will host an artist talk and book signing event to celebrate the release of their catalog highlighting Stack and Rack as well as previous projects. Copies of the catalog will be available for purchase. For more information visit aferro.org or brolab.org

Touch
Natasha Iqbal Jozi
Gallery Aferro, New Media Room
April 27 – May 31, 2013
Opening Reception Saturday April 27, 7-10 PM, Performance Duration 8-9 PM
Performers: Hannah Jennette Castoro, Megan Gecik, Malcolm McMichael, Jeremy G Bell

"Our daily lives are an amalgamation of personal and worldly struggles. In this struggle we often forget the fundamental happenings around us, engulfing our senses through out our day. We ignore them and brush them aside, which makes us oblivious. We are ill-informed towards what we touch, we smell, we see, we hear and taste. It is only the information that is aiding us in gaining the preset goals for ourselves that matter. We do not notice how the air touches our body, how our feet touch the ground, how our thoughts are touching our mind, sun brushing against our body. Touch is a performance that awakens and reminds us of all the touches that touch us. The touches we do not register, yet they are so essential and determine for us the way we want to spend our lives." -Natasha Iqbal Jozi. For more information visit aferro.org