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ALL OF IT
Dahlia Elsayed
Main Gallery
9/11/10-10/2/10
Opening Reception September 11, 2010, 7-10 PM
Dahlia Elsayed's painting process is closely linked with writing and in this show the artist performs a kind of editing and revision to selected works from the past decade. In arranging and re-arranging over 100 paintings, the works take on altered meanings, with each work serving as a line in a humorous, anxious and lusty epic poem.
What a girl wants, what a girl needs: The Aphrodite Project
Project Room
9/11/10-10/2/10
Opening Reception September 11, 2010, 7-10 PM
Purse Hacking Workshop with Johana Moscoso, Maria Jiminez and Norene Leddy, September 25, 1-3 PM
Started by Norene Leddy in 2000, The Aphrodite Project consists of three multifaceted artworks: Sanctuary, Platforms, and Kestos Imas. Platforms and Kestos Imas are social sculpture projects: interactive, wearable devices that are a conceptual homage to the cult of the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite, practical objects for contemporary sex workers, and vehicles for public dialogue. Using both high and low technology, these projects draw on innovations made by venerated courtesans from antiquity to improve conditions of 21st century women.
Norene Leddy's work examines how technology is used in relationship to marginalized populations. Recent projects include working with sex workers and inner-city girls to explore ways that high and low technology can be used for protection and self expression, from the latest in GPS and mobile software to simple DIY kits made up of electronics from Radio Shack. In addition to drawing, video, sculpture and installation; related performances and workshops are frequently part of her artistic practice. Upcoming shows this fall and spring include the Longwood Arts Center in the Bronx and IDEA Space in Colorado. She was an Aferro studio resident.
The Aphrodite Project Team:
Artist, Project Lead: Norene Leddy
Tech Lead: Andrew Milmoe
Tech Lead: Ed B. Lepow
Community Advisor: Melissa Gira Grant
Interns 2009-2010: Johana Moscoso, Maria Jiminez
One's Own Room: Endless Connection II
Hyo Jeong Nam
Liminal Space
9/11/10-10/2/10
Opening Reception September 11, 2010, 7-10 PM
My most recent work is thread hanging installations and drawings which explore the cycle of life, especially from a female view point. Needle works as well as thread tying thread works are time consuming and tedious work, with the simple, repeating process as a metaphor for the daily chore of domestic, female life. Compared to the simple process, the finished works resemble natural figures and evoke spirituality.
Hyo Jeong Nam was born in Seoul, Korea. She received B.F.A at Kyonggi University, Korea, and then moved to NY to take a M.F.A degree at Pratt Institute. After graduating, she had many group shows and solo show such as at Kips gallery in Chelsea, Gallery Satori, Space Womb, SICA, Brooklyn Art Council, Alphan Gallery. Recently she had a solo show at chashama Times Square Gallery. She was an Aferro studio resident.
