MORGAN BLAIR Plants Overlooked By Modern Society 18″ × 24″ acrylic and spray paint on paper
Chinatown Arcade
48 Bowery
Tribeca / Downtown
July 22 - July 24, 2012
Reception: Sunday, July 22, 6 - 9 PM
Web Site
BLACK FOLIAGE
Curated by Matthew Craven
ARTISTS
Akira Horikawa
Alejandro Guzman
Alex Ebstein
Benjamin Edmiston
Bjorn Copeland
Caitlin Cunningham
Casey Jex Smith
Christian Herr
Christopher Daniels
Denise Kupferschmidt
Emma Burgess Olson
Langdon Graves
Lauren Seiden
Leif Low-Beer
Mark Sengbusch
Matt Stone
Michael Dotson
Morgan Blair
Natalia Yovane
Ryan De La Hoz
Ryan Travis Christian
Sam Adams
Shai Zurim
Steven Riddle
Ted Gahl
Thomas DeLaney
Trish Tillman
Wesley Stokes
This exhibition brings together 28 Artist using a wide range of techniques and imagery within the field of drawing, painting and collage to create a singular artistic vision. BLACK FOLIAGE takes its name from the contemporary psych rock band Olivia Tremor Control’s 1999 album Black Foliage: Animation Music Vol. One. Like the album, this exhibition combines pop and experimental aesthetics into something eccentric and cohesive.
The combined efforts from these artists will create something akin to a psychedelic zen garden in an equally bizarre exhibition space. Chinatown Arcade (formerly a cell phone dispensary within the alley at 48 Bowery) is a truly unique space recently uncovered by some of New York’s most adventurous curators.
Please join us this Sunday, July 22nd from 6-9pm for the opening reception.
BLACK FOLIAGE will be a unique New York art viewing experience not to be missed.
MORE INFO AND IMAGES AT
http://black-foliage.tumblr.com/
“Try to throw away the flags of consciousness
Flow through the fields of time
But When you pass the black foliage
You can always change your mind"
-Looking For Quiet Seeds, Olivia Tremor Control