Art at Tillie's: Reflections
/January's Artwork at Tillie's:
January 4 – February 6, 2010
Reception
Friday 1/8/10, 7 – 9 p.m.
Brooklyn-based artist David Macaluso achieved international recognition last year with his portraits of Barack Obama painted with used motor oil, a medium he’s been using since 2005. He regards this technique, one of many at his disposal, as a means of recycling while also serving as a metaphorical undercurrent in his work. The portraits prompted ExxonMobil to become a client. In October 2009 the "Barack Obama: Made in Motor Oil" portraits were published in a hardcover edition called Hope: A Collection of Obama Posters and Prints.
The artist states: “I regard my work as part of a vast and enigmatic evolutionary continuum, a verse in a powerful play. Each work I create, and the body of my work as a whole, seems guided by some overarching vision which is hard for me to define and is often fragmentary. My work rarely seems to fit neatly into any distinct category, but is more like an urge, one that is simultaneously constructive and deconstructive, pushing toward a deeper awareness.”
David Macaluso has studied at Hunter College, the New School, and Parsons School of Design. He has shown his work at the Athens Institute of Contemporary Art in Athens, Georgia; at the Deborah Martin Gallery in Los Angeles; and at Artists Space, the Paula Barr Gallery, and Art Gotham in Manhattan. He was featured in the Saatchi Gallery online and is a member of the Brooklyn Arts Council.
Jeff Arancherry grew up in Westchester county. He started playing bass at 15 and slowly starting picking up percussion instruments as his interest in music grew. After college, he was able to purchase enough equipment to create quality demos, but found that he lacked the time to learn how to use any of it due to his new career. After switching careers and moving to Brooklyn, he joined Bella Watt, to which he contributed songwriting and arranging. He currently teaches high school math in Brooklyn and uses his free time working on various projects, including transcontinental collaboration the Death Valley Girls.
It's hard to believe that the holiday season is almost here once again. That said, Saturday is November 1!
Since the age of eighteen every job that Mr. Graeber has had centered around death and the disassembling of the human body. Over twenty years of such work has pushed him into a permanent melancholy. His art, however, has flourished under these circumstances, even as the rest of his life (and body) gradually dissolves.
The New York Transit Museum will feature a very cool photography exhibit documenting the last day of the Myrtle Ave El - the elevated train that ran down Myrtle Avenue from 1888 - 1969. Go far enough down Myrtle, near Bushwick, and you can still see the El's structure, never fully taken down. It's crazy to imagine so many NYC streets beneath elevated trains!
