In conjunction with the exhibition ART/WORK, City Lore and Artists Alliance present the CETA Photographers Forum on Thursday, March 17th at 6:30 pm. Five New York City-based photographers–all CETA artists project alumni–come together to discuss the impact of federal funding on their personal and professional lives. Participating artists will reflect on the role of photography …
Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space is pleased to present Lounge of A Prophet, a solo show with recent works by former LES Studio Program resident Mo Kong, on view at 88 Essex Street from March 25 through May 21, 2022. Mo Kong’s Lounge of A Prophet at Cuchifritos Gallery will serve as a sequel to …
“Gardens of Eurasia: Gifts of Stone and Earth,” 2022 (Studio view), Hand-painted liquid mirror and enamel on glass in aluminum frame, 12 panels, overall 48 x 80 inches. Courtesy the artist and Marisa Newman Projects, NY. Levani’s practice takes a transdisciplinary approach to empirical, scientific, and spiritual knowledge. They create immersive installations, two-dimensional images, sculptural …
In conjunction with the exhibition ART/WORK, City Lore, Cuchifritos Gallery and the Women’s Caucus for Art will be hosting a Zoom presentation: How an Almost-Forgotten Federal Program Kickstarted the Feminist Art Movement. From 1974 to 1981, more than 10,000 artists, actors, writers, and musicians were employed under the federally funded Comprehensive Employment and Training Act …
Eva Giolo, Flowers blooming in our throats (film still), 2020. Eva Giolo (Belgium) is an audio-visual artist working in film, video, and installation, born in Brussels in 1991. Her work places particular focus on the female experience, employing experimental and documentary strategies to explore themes of intimacy, permanence and memory, along with the analysis of language and …
Nadra Jacob, Matrix, Polyptych (24 pieces), 2021. Oil on canvas and cardboard, 105 x 130 cm. Nadra Jacob is a visual artist based in Santiago, Chile, who grew up in a family of a textile company which allowed her to foster a distinct taste for aesthetics, design and color from a young age. Jacob specializes …
GAZE, high-density polyethylene cast, infinity lights, sculpture, 2020. Fabrication by Sarah Sitkin. Photo by Joshua White Photography. 11”w x 23”h x 8” a unique work Torie Zalben lives and works in Los Angeles and New York. She earned her B.A. at Loyola Marymount University and her M.A. at New York University. Her work has been …
Download ART/WORK Publication Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space[88 Essex St, inside Essex Market, NYC]On View: December 10, 2021 through March 19, 2022 City Lore Gallery[56 East 1st St, NYC]On View: December 10, 2021 through April 10, 2022 Artists Alliance Inc. (AAI), a New York City visual arts non-profit supporting emerging artists and curators, and City Lore, New York …
Kara Springer is an artist based between New York and Toronto. She is particularly concerned with armature — the underlying structure that holds the flesh of a body in place. She works with photography, sculpture, and site-specific interventions to explore systems of care and structural support through engagement with architecture, urban infrastructure, and systems of institutional …
Javier Castro (b. 1984) is a Cuban artist whose groundbreaking work focuses on the use of video and multimedia installations to explore the human experience and modes of survival. Castro examines Cuban contemporary society by presenting a unique perspective of diverse realities; from pleasures and frustrations to vice and violence, language and love, and the …
