Opening Thursday Dec. 1 and going through Dec 21 is a remarkable show I am delighted to be a part of. Being American (at the Visual Arts Gallery, 601 W.26 St. 15th fl. NYC) has been conceived and mounted by the staff led by curator Francis Di Tommaso:
“The twenty artists in this show have twenty stories to tell about the experience of being American today. Though many would not normally exhibit in the same venue-the work of some is almost never seen outside of the printed page-they all have immediately accessible and also exquisitely nuanced commentaries to make on American culture.”
I am very honored to be a part of this wide review of visual commentary on American life, and very grateful to Francis and the gallery for putting so high a value on art done as journalism. This field is also represented by work by Christoph Neimann, Alfredo Jaar and David Levi Strauss.
Reception: Thursday, December 1, 6-8pm
Here are a few of my pieces in the show:
This Lincoln was done in Crayola on camera for “Picturing America” on PBS.
Paul Krugman, locked out of Obama’s party with the 1%. Three years on, who had it right!!??? For Newsweek (remember Newsweek?).
Samuel Alito’s hearings at the US Senate made a jurist out of a tool of the Right and monkey of the process and the Senate. No biggie. For The New Yorker.
Here are pieces by my partners for the exhibition:
Alfredo Jaar with David Levi StraussIn Lament of the Images, 2009
(Proposed New York Times Op-Ed piece) Digital print, AP
28 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches
Courtesy of the Artist, N.Y.
Dustin Grella Prayers for Peace, 2009
Pastel on slate, stop-motion animation
1080p x 1920
Courtesy of the artist
Bob Giraldi The Routine, 2005
Lightjet print on Fujiflex Supergloss mounted on Dibond
Reinier Gerritsen Wall Street Stop – 6.20 PM 10 06 09, 2009
Inkjet archival print
22 x 43 inches
Courtesy of Robert Morat Gallery Berlin
Andrea Gennari
Tramonto Senza Vento (Sunset Without Wind), 2008
oil on canvas
17 x 29 inches
In Lament of the Images, 2009
Dustin Grella
Bob Giraldi
Reinier Gerritsen
Andrea Gennari
