SOUTHFIRST
gallery is proud to present UNMODERN OBSERVATIONS, a group show curated by
artists BETH BRIDEAU, ELIZABETH NEEL, and YUH-SHIOH WONG. To celebrate
its fifth anniversary, the gallery invited three emerging artists with
different backgrounds who live and work in Brooklyn and the Bronx to organize a
show based on the theme ÒUnmodern Observations.Ó The group show is on view from
January 27ÐMarch 5.
ÒThe work I chose to include in this show share a quiet air.
What drew me to the work of Simone Huesler, Astrid Nippolt and Reinhard
Fichtner was their use of concrete
objects, and real situations that express an abstract sentiment of a general
experience.Ó BB
ÒJaya
HoweyÕs drawings
use what he describes as ÔpropsÕ to create staged landscapes populated with
relics that function in terms of both abstraction and representation. Corinne JonesÕ paintings operate in a geographic
periphery, a space of disrepair where the organic and the manufactured are
tangled, insinuating broken dreams and skewed memory. Martin Ake SmithÕs photographs playfully engage with the corruptions and
complications of cultural identity from both a personal and Art Historical
perspective.Ó EN
ÒRashawn
Griffin- making
something out of almost nothing, gluing litter and rearranging piles to create
a nonlinear narrative like quietly walking up to a shy animal. Jen Kelly - a fresh and direct way of
painting that is at the same time about being self-conscious. ItÕs an odd
relationship. Ronnie Bass & Tommy Hartung - you know there is a story, somehow personal and
meaningful and hypnotically musical, but is it for real?Ó Y-S W
Yuh-Shioh
WongÕs second solo
show will open at Foxy Productions on Thursday, February 16. Elizabeth Neel and her brother AndrewÕs work can be seen at their current
exhibition, ÒEvent,Ó on view at Freight and Volume. Beth BrideauÕs work can been seen in an exhibition
entitled ÒContainer 1Ó at AR Contemporary in Milan.
SOUTHFIRST
is located on 60 N6th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Gallery hours: Fri, Sat
& Sun 1-6 PM and by appointment. Subway: L train to Bedford Avenue. For
more information, please contact Southfirst at 718 599 4884 or info@southfirst.org.
S O U T H F I R S T
60 N6th Street Brooklyn, NY 11211
phone/fax 718 599 4884
www.southfirst.org