SUMMER SHOWS 2010!

Born to Die
Secondhome Projects, Berlin, Germany
June 12 - 28, 2010



With Art and Artifacts from:

Aaron Johnson / Alexander Dawson / Alicia Escott / Amy Feldman / Austin Power / Benjamin King / Carol Bove / Chong Keun Chu / Dr. Nexus / Drew Beattie / Elisa Lendvay / Emily Roz / Ernesto Burgos / Eun Jin Kim / Fran Holstrom / Franklin Evans / Gareth Spor / Holly Zausner / Janna Luttrell / Jane Dickson / Jason Alejandro / Jeffrey Scott Matthews / Jim Lee / Jimmy Miracle / Jonathan Cowan / JR Larson / Kerry Hassler / Lauren Luloff / Letha Wilson / Lilla von Puttkamer / Lukas Geronimas / Martin G. Schmid / Maru Ituarte / Max Razdow / Melissa Hopson / Mirelle Borra / Nathan Gwynne / Nina Schmitz / Patrick Meagher / Ricardo Gonzalez / Stephan Weitzel / Susan Bricker / Tamara Zahaykevich / Tobias Trutwin / Tracy Thomason / Wayne Adams / Zachary Needler

as part of:
Secondhome Projects / Temp IX
Schererstrasse 11, 13347 Berlin
U 9 Nauener Platz

Magicality
Platform Gallery, Seattle, Washington
July 1 - August 5, 2010
Opening Reception: July 1, 6-8pm
Organized by William Powhida and Eric Trosko

Artists: Man Bartlett, Nick Fortunato, Johannah Herr, Baptiste Ibar, Kristen Jensen, Meghan LeBorious, Steve Pauley, William Powhida, Sarada Rauch, Garric Simonson, Jacqueline Skaggs, Jade Townsend, Eric Trosko and Letha Wilson



Above: Letha Wilson, Right Back At You, 2009, flashlight, rocks and digital print, dimensions variable

With this show, we desire to illuminate and challenge the parallels between the disciplines of art and magic(k). Both disciplines share belief systems that rely on a priori knowledge and metaphysics. In order to explore the parallels, we have sought out artifacts of practices rather than traditional art works. The difference between an artifact and an art work is dependent on our perception of an illusion or delusion. The distinction occurs through the acceptance of an idea, a value system that elevates common materials into works of art. In the art market, art achieves phenomenal values akin to precious metals and stones; the artist, the collector, the dealer, critics, and the auction houses transform ordinary materials with little intrinsic value into desirous objects. Creating the commonly agreed upon preciousness of art describes another form of magik, turning earth into gold, and in the art market, it is made possible. In the broader art world, artists can work in futility to achieve the desired transformation of their ideas, intentions into something of value, but that transformation is impossible without the belief of others.

This show, and it is indeed a show, not an exhibition, presents a range of operators seeking tangible results; materially, socially, or spiritually. The operators include skeptics and believers whose work acknowledges the gap between what is and what could be.

Through the use of associative thinking, non-scientific causal reasoning, symbolic expression, metaphor, metonym, and synchronicity the goal of artist and magician are the same seeking to affect change in the world. With this show we seek a synchronicity that will dissolve distinctions and help us to shed light on the dark and dark on the light. By looking at the production of art through much older means, we may discover new ways of experiencing and understanding its role.

- W.P. and E.T.
I Know What You Did Last Summer
July 9 - 14, 2010
St. Cecilia's Convent, Brooklyn, New York



A multimedia exhibition of diverse works created by an international group of artists who met one year ago at the summer artist residency Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in rural Maine. More info at iknowwhatyoudid.wordpress.com

Lauren F. Adams / Eduardo Tomas Basualdo / Keren Benbenisty / Ashley Blalock / Katherine Bradford / Heather Bursch / Maria Buyondo / Krista Caballero / Nayari Castillo / Caleb Charland / Colby Claycomb / Mary Coble / Brandon Cox / Rachel Fainter / Amy Feldman / Jose Joaquin Figueroa / The Friendly Falcons / Rosalinda Gonzalez / Jacob Gossett / Jane Fox Hipple / Cooper Holoweski / Janelle Iglesias / Nova Jiang / Art Johnson / Kyoung Eun Kang / Devin Kenny / Ji Eun Kim / Avi Krispin / Anna Kunz / Eva La Cour / Jenny Lee / Dan Levenson / Gregg Louis / Matthew Mazzotta / Nat Meade / Matthew Metzger / Irvin Morazan / Nyeema Morgan / Rosalind Murray / Tameka Norris / Brandon Norsted / Mie Olise / Ann Oren / Ester Partegas / Renata Poljak / Rit Premnath / Jaye Rhee / Blithe Riley / Christopher Robbins / Jacolby Satterwhite / Paul Stoelting / Clarissa Tossin / Niels Vis / Richard T. Walker / Ian Warren / Brindalyn Webster / Letha Wilson / Gregory Witt / Jayoung Yoon / Theodoros Zafeiropoulos

Belle of the Ball
Thursday July 22nd from 7-12
870 7th Avenue at 56th Street, New York City
One night of video and performance.

Featuring: Tom Forkin, Cooper Holoweski, Art Johnson, Kyoung Eun Kang, Avi Krispin, Mie Olise, Katelyn Szczesniak, Richard T. Walker, Letha Wilson, Jacob Gossett, Thomas Mullarney, Devin Kenny, Irvin Morazan, Jacolby Satterwhite



Day Glow
Nudashank Gallery, Baltimore, MD
August 7 - August 28
An investigation into the stylistic variations and innovative processes of current contemporary photography
Curated by Andrew Laumann

Artists:
Coley Brown
Peter Sutherland
Sam Falls
Talia Chetrit
Letha Wilson
Willa Nasatir