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Meat Market @ Taller Boricua 2010

May 28th – July 10th, Artists Talk, Saturday, June 26th, 1-3PM

Taller Boricua Galleries 1680 Lexington Avenue, NYC, N.Y. 10029
t: 212.831.4333 f: 212.831.6274 e: contact@tallerboricua.org
www.tallerboricua.org

Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 12-6PM, Thursday’s 1-7PM, Closed Sunday -Monday

Directions: 6 Train to 103 Street / Free admission

Installation Detail

As a part of Taller Boricua’s 40th anniversary celebration, Christina Massey, Michael Britto, Jessica Lagunas and J. Carpenter will be exhibiting solo shows in the venues galleries.

Taller Boricua / The Puerto Rican Workshop is an artist run non-profit and multidiciplinary space in El Barrio.  Their mission is to be a proactive institution for the community in East Harlem by offering programs that stimulate its social, cultural and economic development through the promotion of the arts.

Installation Detail

In the installation “Meat Market,” Christina Massey deconstructs and repurposes previous series of her own paintings, literally “butchering” them by cutting and tearing them apart and then rebuilding the pieces into three-dimensional flesh-like forms. Resembling animal carcasses and hung from chains and meat hooks, her pieces reflect the objectification and commoditization of art by both the viewer and the art market wherein commercial value competes with aesthetic experience. Her work also references these effects on artists’ work and their own desire and potential to be “marketable,” where the gallery world can at times project the superficial value judgments of singles bars, also referred to as “meat markets” in popular culture. Massey further explores the concepts of both ownership and authorship as her past works are the medium for future ones, rejecting a linear progression and classification of the traditional definition of a body of work as well as the finality of the finished object of art. “Meat Market” is in constant flux, suspended between painting and sculpture, abstraction and representation as well as the literal and conceptual.

Featured On Skewed Online Art Magazine: http://www.skewedmagazine.com/2010/06/submission-christina-massey/

Vegetarian Women: http://vegetarianwomen.com/
Vegnews: http://vegnews.com/web/veg/events.do;jsessionid=2768A3AA3BEDA08F35A38B5412DC990D

June 25th, 2010 – August 20th, 2010, Opening Reception June 25th 6-8PM

Brooklyn: An Art Community, Prospect Heights

Shifts In Perspective: Migrating Viewpoints is a juried exhibition by Ciléia Miranda-Yuen investigating the effects of migration and voluntary/involuntary movement. These global experiences are emotional and life-changing, often causing shifts in perception. Artists are invited to explore these powerful themes in a variety of mediums.

Shifts In Perspective: Migrating Viewpoints is a collaboration between the St. Louis Artists’ Guild and Belas Artes.

The Artists Guild, Two Oak Knoll Park, St. Louis, MO 63105 / 314-727-6266 / http://www.stlouisartistsguild.org/new/

Open Tues. – Sun., Noon – 4 p.m. / Closed Mondays & Holidays
Free and open to the public.

Brooklyn: An Art Community, BedStuy

The Gentrification of Brooklyn: The Pink Elephant Speaks

February 4, 2010 – May 16, 2010

http://www.mocada.org/

80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217, 718.230.0492, info@mocada.org

Hours: Wed-Sun 11 AM- 6PM

BROOKLYN, NY –The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) is proud to launch its highly anticipated first exhibition of 2010 “The Gentrification of Brooklyn: The Pink Elephant Speaks” curated by Dexter Wimberly. The exhibition presents the provocative work of contemporary, urban artists in Brooklyn who have been directly affected by either gentrification, extreme real estate development, eminent domain, and/or class issues related to income and housing. The exhibition was conceived as an opportunity for the community of Brooklyn to move past its discomfort of dealing with public discourse about gentrification, which inevitably leads to discussions of race, class and discrimination. The “set it off” reception will take place on Thursday February 4, 2010, 6pm at MoCADA. The event will feature a musical set by Brooklyn-based author and DJ, Rich Burroughs.

Brooklyn: An Art Community, Bushwick

“The Gentrification of Brooklyn: The Pink Elephant Speaks” is the first exhibition of its kind on the subject of Brooklyn’s gentrification in that it presents the work of over 20 artists of diverse ethnicities, utilizing varied media and approaches including painting, photography, illustration, mixed-media, video, sculpture, poetry, music and theatrical performance. While all of the artists in the exhibition do not currently reside in Brooklyn, they all have a connection to the borough, and a poignant perspective on its past, present and future. Some have seen their neighborhoods gentrified, while others view themselves as part of the ongoing gentrification process.

Brooklyn: An Art Community, Fort Greene

“Art creates an opportunity for people to face weighty and deeply personal issues in a public setting. The Pink Elephant, so to speak, is the huge issue staring us all in the face – one that we’ve been trying to ignore. We’ll have to deal with it and discuss it sooner or later. Why not now? Why not through art?” states the exhibition’s curator and Brooklyn native, Dexter Wimberly.

Brooklyn: An Art Community, Gowanus

Artists in the exhibition include (alphabetically): Josh Bricker (Installation), Oasa DuVerney (Illustration / Mixed-media), Zachary Fabri (Video), Irondale Ensemble (Theater Performance), Nathan Kensinger (Photography), Jess Levey (Photography / Outdoor Projections), Christina Massey (Painting), Musa (Sculpture), Tim Okamura (Painting), Kip Omalade (Painting), John Perry (Painting), Michael Premo / Rachel Falcone (Photography / Multimedia), Adele Pham (Video), Marie Roberts (Painting), Gabriel Reese (Painting), Ali Santana (Music Video), Monique Schubert (Mixed-media), Alexandria Smith (Painting) and Sarah Nelson Wright (Installation).

DIRECTIONS BY SUBWAY
: The 2, 3, 4, 5, B, and Q stop at Atlantic Avenue.
The D, M, N, and R stop at Pacific Avenue.
The C stop at Lafayette Avenue.
The G stop at Fulton Street.

Works for Sale: www.nyaxe.com/cmasseyart

Own a “Community Share”: Small affordable artworks for sale here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/cmasseyart?view_type=gallery

Community Shares on http://www.etsy.com/shop/cmasseyart

Recent Press:

The Brooklyn Rail: http://brooklynrail.org/2010/02/local/mocada-show-takes-on-the-g-word

The L Magazine: http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2010/02/01/gentrification-billboards-appear-in-downtown-brooklyn

The Brooklyn Paper: http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/33/6/33_06_md_mocada_gentrification.html

The Gothamist: http://gothamist.com/2010/02/01/brooklyn_gentrification.php?gallery0Pic=5#gallery

Brooklyn Courier: http://24sevenbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2010/01/pink-elephant-speaks.html

New York Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2010/01/12/2010-01-12_psst_gentrification_artists_dare_to_discuss_it.html

Bits & Pieces 3

Monmouth Museum

765 Newman Springs Rd, Lincroft, NJ 07738.  Phone: 732.747.2266

http://www.monmouthmuseum.org/home.html

The 31st Annual Juried Exhibition

Jan. 16th- Feb. 21st, 2010

This exhibition features work in a variety of media and demonstrates the wealth of talent and creativity of artists from across the country.  The juror and judge this year is Maura Lynch, Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Drawing at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Dead Painting 21

A group exhibition. December 18th-30th, 2009.

Desotorow Gallery, Inc.
2427 De Soto Ave.
Savannah, GA 31401
912.335.8204
www.desotorow.org

Detail from installation Hung Out to Dry, Blue Collar

Featuring works from the Hung Out to Dry and Meat Market Series.

http://gallery-gray.com/c-massey.html

The Nesting Project

A Group Installation:  Dec. 1st, 2009 – Jan. 15th 2010

Jivamukti Cafe, 841 Broadway, 2nd Floor, New York, NY

All proceeds will go to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY in Sri Lanka, to aid families without homes still from the Tsunami in 2004, and those living in relief camps in the wake of the Sri Lankan civil war.

Artists explore this concept by creating nests similar to the way birds gather objects to build a home. The nests will be on silent auction through January 15th to raise funds to build actual homes for those displaced.

Bid can be made online at: thenestingproject.tumblr.com/

An article on YogaCity NYC by Alexandra Blatt: http://www.yogacitynyc.com/yoga_week.php#158

Meat Market

A group exhibition during the Chashama Film Festival.  At 679 3rd Ave @ 43rd Street, New York, NY.  October 22nd-26th, 2009.

http://chafilmfest.com/2009/

http://www.chashama.org/home.php

Meat Market