Contents for November 28, 2022

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1. Todd Ayoung, Nina Kuo, Suzanne Lacy, Bing Lee, Liza Lou, Stefanie Mar, Guadalupe Maravilla, Yong Soon Min, Carol Sun, Maureen Wong, Charles Yuen, FF Alumns, at The Brooklyn Museum

2. LAPD, FF Alumn, at Skid Row History Museum and Archives, Los Angeles, CA, thru Jan. 28

3. Alice Wu, FF Alumn, at 2515 Magnolia Street, Oakland, CA, Dec. 4

4. Jerry Kearns, FF Alumn, at FROSCH&CO, Manhattan, opening Dec. 1

5. Peculiar Works Project, FF Alumns, at Arts on Site, Manhattan, Dec. 5-7

6. Jessica Elaine Blinkhorn, Cloud Seeding, GOODW.Y.N., Tomislav Gotovac, Sally Greenhouse, Tari Ito, Stacy Makishi, Pamela Sneed, FF Alumns, at Satellite Art Show, Miami Beach, FL, Nov. 29-Dec. 4

7. David Simpatico, FF Alumn, live online at Hear Me Out Monologues Festival, Dec. 5

8. Jerry Kearns, FF Alumn, at Studio Artego, Woodside, Queens, opening Dec. 9

9. Warren Neidich, Constance DeJong, Martha Rosler, Chrysanne Stathacos, FF Alumns, at Opening Gallery, Manhattan, opening Dec. 13

10. Peter Baren, FF Alumn, at National Theater of Greece, Athens, Nov. 30, and more

11. Mark Bloch, FF Alumn, now online at WhiteHotMagazine.com

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1. Todd Ayoung, Nina Kuo, Suzanne Lacy, Bing Lee, Liza Lou, Stefanie Mar, Guadalupe Maravilla, Yong Soon Min, Carol Sun, Maureen Wong, Charles Yuen, FF Alumns, at The Brooklyn Museum

The Brooklyn Museum Expands Its Collections with More Than 200 Acquisitions   

Highlights include a rare example of nineteenth-century Lenape (Delaware) beadwork; contemporary works by Miles Greenberg, Oscar yi Hou, and Liza Lou; photographs by Laurie Simmons and Mahtab Hussain; an important Egyptian talatat relief block; and several additions to the Arts of the Islamic World, Asian, Contemporary, Decorative Arts, and Feminist Art collections   Reflecting a curatorial objective to tell fresh stories from multiple perspectives, the Brooklyn Museum made more than two hundred acquisitions between December 2021 and October 2022, across a variety of categories and mediums. Notably, its holdings by American artists have been broadened to better reflect the diversity of the United States and to create space for underrepresented American voices such as Black, Asian American, Native American, and women artists. These new additions will ultimately be presented in the Museum’s reinstalled American Art wing, a major reinstallation slated to be fully unveiled in late 2024. 

Anne Pasternak, Shelby White and Leon Levy Director, Brooklyn Museum, says, “It’s important that our acquisitions speak to the issues of our day—both for current audiences and for future visitors. We want acquisitions to consistently enhance our ability to present inclusive, truthful, and dignified histories. Galvanized by recent calls for racial justice, the multiyear reinstallation of our American Art galleries addresses the differing visions of land, abolition, labor, and identity in the United States, and urges us to look closely and critically at this country’s history.”  

The new set of historical and contemporary works entering the collection represents multiple generations of emerging and established artists and a wide range of disciplines.

The checklist is at this link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vfchnlz7vpl7dad/Checklist.pdf?dl=0 

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2. LAPD, FF Alumn, at Skid Row History Museum and Archives, Los Angeles, CA, thru Jan. 28

Bunker Hill, the triumph of capital over community. Tens of thousands displaced. Get ready for Bunker Hill 2 -the sequel. A plan to raze Skid Row.

That was the situation in 1973 when Tom Bradley took office. The plan had been adopted before Bradley took office. People didn’t like it. Residents didn’t want to lose their apartments, housing activists were beside themselves. Developers in other parts of town wanted those redevelopment tax dollars for themselves.

Mayor Bradley Stopped the process.

Out of nowhere an alternative plan appeared. The Blue Book. In it, community activists laid out a plan to save the housing in Skid Row –and to protect it from development. City Council adopted this plan: no market rate housing would be allowed between Main and Alameda, 3rd St. and 7th St.

Now you can see the Blue Book plan come to life.

One Book, one table. See the activists who made the plan emerge from the Book. Turn a page and Catherine Morris jumps out of the book, her image appears on the table and she tells us how she got the idea to intervene in the planning process. Turn another page and thematically linked photos, videos, audio, and paper documents, pop up, and are projected. The show is designed by Robert M. Ochshorn curated by LAPD / SRHM&A’s John Malpede. Ochshorn is the co-founder of San Francisco based, REDUCT, Inc. where he designs media interfaces for extending human perceptive and expressive capabilities.

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3. Alice Wu, FF Alumn, at 2515 Magnolia Street, Oakland, CA, Dec. 4

I’m doing it! After talking about it forever, I’m releasing some Feral Childe treasures out into the world ~ Sunday 12/4 from 12-4pm at my studio, 2515 Magnolia St. Pieces from my personal collection, samples, one-offs, seconds, ephemera, and more. You’re invited!  https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClPl1o4J1H9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

 Thank you.

 Alice Wu

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4. Jerry Kearns, FF Alumn, at FROSCH&CO, Manhattan, opening Dec. 1

FROSCH&CO is pleased to present HEARSAY, the gallery’s second solo show by New York based artist Jerry Kearns. Featured alongside two recent paintings, the exhibition marks the debut of Kearns’ drawings.

In HEARSAY, Jerry Kearns navigates human connection in the hyperreal landscape of the present day. The ecstatic consumption of informational and sensorial stimuli sublimates our real desires. Time and space are compressed, everything is at our fingertips, so why do those close to us feel so distant?

Kearns’ paintings engage in a dialogue of internal yet interconnected monologues. Their frames unravel like film. The viewer catches snippets—little glimpses into the individuals’ thoughts – but they sound fragmentary, far away, like overheard conversations in a crowded bar. The cacophony of voices melds into screen noise.

Divided along gender lines, the figures reproduce these misunderstandings in exchanges with the figures opposite them as if straining to hear one another over their own thoughts. Though each monologue can be read independently, they also function as reactions to some perceived other, whether real or internalized. Kearns playfully deconstructs these binaries, often modeling his female figures on stereotypically masculine icons such as cowboys and vice versa. Ultimately, all the characters share similar wants and needs. 

The artist examines the dialectical relationship between media and reality by inserting pop culture icons into scenes with anonymous figures and his own loved ones. By poking fun at our para-social bonds with celebrities, Kearns exposes how the expectations we project onto others are shaped by our imaginary relationships to simulacra. The artist mirrors this problematic in his pastiche depiction of everyday people.  

HEARSAY asks what would happen if we tried to see past the noise and really listened to each other. In doing so, Kearns invites the viewer to free associate and form connections—to engage in not just a monologue or dialogue but a conversation with the world around them. 

Jerry Kearns’ “psychological pop” paintings represent a multidimensional quantum universe. Juxtaposing varied modes of representation, Kearns presents a visual mash-up that highlights how certain iconography expresses American belief structures. In compositions rife with conflict, questioning, contradictions, and intrigue, Kearns depicts iconic figures sourced from Western popular culture engaged in perpetual power struggles, though it’s never clear who is winning. His characters fluctuate between protagonist and antagonist in a narrative that reflects our own constructions of reality—a matrix of thought where time and space are condensed and presented in a single, tense moment.

Jerry Kearns holds an MFA from UC Santa Barbara and has exhibited internationally across the Americas, Europe, and Asia since the 1980s. He has been featured many times in The New York Times, Art and Auction, ARTnews, and Artforum, among others. His paintings are included in numerous public and private collections, including the Museum of Modern Art (New York), National Galerie (Berlin), Brooklyn Museum (New York), the Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), The Norton Family Collection (Los Angeles), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Queensland Art Gallery (Queensland, Australia).

FROSCH&CO is located at 34 East Broadway, New York, NY 10002

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5. Peculiar Works Project, FF Alumns, at Arts on Site, Manhattan, Dec. 5-7

Please Note: Because Arts On Site is an intimate space and the actors will move among the audience, masks are required for the performance. Running time: approx. 60 minutes.

PART I: (If They Lay Me Down to Rest, Tell My Mom I Did My Best)

Outlandish conspiracies, anti-government rhetoric, and Shakespeare collide in this revised and updated production first presented by PWP in 1996.

A lone gunman balancing on the edge of reason and delusion is confronted by federal agents in a tension-filled stand-off at an isolated cabin in the woods. A live band conducts musical press interviews while live feed video projections and social media streams provide running commentary. Audience members choose whether to fully immerse themselves in the performance or find a safe perch from which they can view the unfolding spectacle.

Our Peculiar Works projects are being made possible with public funds from is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund (A Statewide Theatre Regrant Program), and private funds from The Ken Glickfeld and Kris Hall Foundation, the Mental Insight Foundation, and our many, wonderful, individual donors.

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6. Jessica Elaine Blinkhorn, Cloud Seeding, GOODW.Y.N., Tomislav Gotovac, Sally Greenhouse, Tari Ito, Stacy Makishi, Pamela Sneed, FF Alumns, at Satellite Art Show, Miami Beach, FL, Nov. 29-Dec. 4

We are proud to announce that Nicholas Cage will be our grand ambassador this year! We have immersive installations and outdoor sculptures by heavy hitting artists, galleries and collectives alongside interactive projects. Join us and jump on a boat with HOUSE OF YES. Join us to Milk the Breasts of an Artist. Join us to see an over the top Circus Act. Join us in an RV art installation from Indiana. Join us at A WILD BAR WITH KEG STANDS. Join us to play with Seven Clowns in a Bathtub. NOTHING is like SATELLITE ART SHOW.

Over 200 artists work on display alongside a fierce performance program and after hours parties!

There is only one fair that places an emphasis on community, experience and artistry. Founded by artists and for the art community.

Video Screenings

Featuring a selection of works from Franklin Furnace awardees including Cloud Seeding, GOODW.Y.N., Tomislav Gotovac, Sally Greenhouse, Tari Ito, Stacy Makishi, and Pamela Sneed

Join The Revolution.

SATELLITE ART SHOW is an ever-changing environment. Ambassador Nicholas Cage will lead our events. Expect live performances by artists presenting fiercely challenging new works, immersive installations, tech-forward projects, and after-hours events hosted by renowned entertainers. Performance highlights include ongoing performance activations within the Topo Chico lounge, including everything from a circus performance to live figure drawing sessions. House of Yes and Paradice Palase have partnered to feature live interactive performances onboard a 22 ft. sailboat. SpankBox offers a one-of-a-kind experience, presenting works and performances celebrating sexuality within the disabled community. Mind Army x In Heroes We Trust takes us on a journey in psychedelics and creativity with Cacao and Hapé ceremonies followed by a panel discussion. Video Screenings will feature documentary videos of historic Franklin Furnace FUND for Performance Art presentations selected by current Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc staff members.

Performance is Alive once again presents a roster of multimedia performances throughout the fair, including Shara Lunon’s Bitter Fruits, which utilizes light-reactive synthesizers to explore survival techniques of oppression. Alex Côté’s WATER.sync offers a sensory experience through a multimedia narrative of video mapping and sound experimentations. A last-minute addition to the ALIVE at SATELLITE roster includes the work of OONA x Lori Baldwin entitled Milk to Mint, which invites the audience to milk the artist. The work was pulled last minute from SCOPE Art Fair due to its “controversy.”

Our After-Hours events include Tulsa Artist Fellowship & Queen Rose Art House presents TULSA: An Evening of Music & Performance with Kalup Linzy, Stephon “Steph” Simon, Antonio Andrews, aka Dial Tone, OK Christina Henley AKA DJ XTINA_ on Wednesday, Nov 30. House of Yes presents ACID EASTERN & BODY MEDIUM an interactive performance art and dance experience on Thursday, Dec 1.

Performances held during public hours are accessible by purchasing a day pass. After-Hours programs are ticketed by event.

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7. David Simpatico, FF Alumn, live online at Hear Me Out Monologues Festival, Dec. 5

Hear Me Out Monologues Festival, Monday, Dec 5, 6:30pm; Finalist Winners’ monologues performed online. David Simpatico will be a finalist performing ‘Rev Jimmy’s Lake of Fire,’ during the festival, performed online. 

Here’s the url for tix/info: https://www.hearmeoutmonologues.com/competition-2022 

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8. Jerry Kearns, FF Alumn, at Studio Artego, Woodside, Queens, opening Dec. 9

The iconic elongated, melting chocks in Salvador Dali’s painting The Persistence of Memory accurately capture the meaning of time as it relates to our unconscious. While we might think of time as being constantly in flux, human beings are unable to hold on to time. Even so, there are works by some artists – Dali being one of them – who have tried to capture the feeling of intangible time. Through their works, these artists make us feel that we are seeing beyond the visible world. 

The featured twenty artists in the show are the artists who had solo or group shows in 2022 and the other group of artists will be part of our 2023 lineup at Studio Artego. These featured artworks present various ideas, formats, and materials in the show, Persistence of Hope. 

Featured Artists:

Seongmin Ahn, Ha JungEun, Ho Han, Yo Ahn Han, Nicholas Howey, Suejin Jo, Jerry Kearns, Bong Jung Kim, Hayoon Jay Lee, D. Dominick Lombardi, Renee Magnanti, John Mendelsohn, Robert C, Morgan, Gahae Park, Allison Paschke, Richard Pasquarelli, Eung Ho Park, Juri Rhyu, Nicholas Norris.

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9. Warren Neidich, Constance DeJong, Martha Rosler, Chrysanne Stathacos, FF Alumns, at Opening Gallery, Manhattan, opening Dec. 13

Finally I can announce, Wet Conceptualism opening December 13th, 6 pm, Opening Gallery, 42 Walker street., NYC. I wanted to invite many more artists but the space was limited. I want to expand the exhibition to a larger space soon, 

Artists in the show are:

Coleman Collins, Constance DeJong, Jimmie Durham, Charles Gaines, Leslie Hewitt, Agnieszka Kurant, Olu Oguibe, Jimmy Raskin, Martha Rosler, Allen Ruppersberg, Chrysanne Stathacos, Carol Szymanski and others. 

The website is going up today and you can read the press release. Thank you Sozita Goudouna the director of the gallery who collaborated on the exhibition with me.

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10. Peter Baren, FF Alumn, at National Theater of Greece, Athens, Nov. 30, and more

Honoured and very pleased to announce the presentation of THE WeighT OF LOVE [Blind Dates With The History Of Mankind], lectures in the National Theatre of Greece [November 30] and also I will present my performance practice during the postgraduate Programme ‘Greek and World Theatre: Drama, Performance, Education’ at the Theatre Studies Department of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens [December 1].

For more information on recent performances and presentations please visit: www.peterbaren.com 

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11. Mark Bloch, FF Alumn, now online at WhiteHotMagazine.com

Ruth Oisteanu’s Illuminated Landscapes and Valery Oisteanu’s Lighter Than Air (Collages and Assemblages)

https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/than-air-collages-assemblages-/5590

This show was two mash ups of mash ups mashed into one: Ruth’s collages and transformed boxes and notebooks called “Illuminated Landscapes” met Valery’s pasteups, accordion-folded Mona Lisa-zine and found object assemblages, collectively titled, “Lighter Than Air.”

“It was an otherworldy, fanciful and chimeric exhibition I am so glad I saw and that deserves a nod.” —Mark Bloch

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