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BRONXARTSPACE
February 17 - March 13, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, February 18, 5-9p.m.
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Transporting Home/Culture : the Turtle Lifecurated by Linda Cunningham Artists: Melissa Calderón, Josely Carvalho, Carol Hamoy, Jesus Rivera, Luis Stephenberg
Featuring five artists of varying ages and from diverse cultural backgrounds, Transporting Home/Culture:the Turtle Life posits the complexity of dual cultural identity. Emigration, rather than immigration, is explored through each artist's idiosyncratic compelling images integrating changing notions of culture and home. These powerful large format visual statements in varied media are simultaneously intimate and engaging.
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Artists
Josely Carvalho
Brazilian-born multimedia artist Josely Carvalho weaves sound, text, and images into interactive virtual
perspectives on shelter through her "avatar," Tracajá, a small turtle in the Amazon on the brink of extinction.
Carrying her shell/home Carvalho, (as Tracajá) grapples symbolically with, displacement, impermanence
the eternal human need for shelter, themes for Carvalho since early 1980's. Carvalho, is a recipient of
grants, from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), and
a fellowship from Creative Capital. Currently Carvalho's work is on view in a one- person exhibition at the
National Fine Arts Museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Read more >
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Luis Stephenberg
Luis Stephenberg examines cultural transformation in his series Archetypal Repositories, a multimedia
installation with monumentally painted images drawn from the 1957 agrarian/industrial revolution in Puerto
Rico. With coffee beans, straw hats, burlap and televisions as materials, Stephenberg installations grapple
with a culture's exodus and its distant urban setting. Stephenberg, a member of Las Americas community,
works as a cultural messenger of Puerto Ricans' living experience and participation in globalizaton.
Stephenberg's 2010 exhibitions include: Intimidad de la Memoria, Galería Nacional de Bellas Artes,
Domincan Republic; Memories and Spaces, Longwood Gallery, Bronx, New York; Arte Hispano, Galería
Euroidioma, Mira Flores Lima, Peru. Read more >
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Melissa A. Calderón
Issues of estrangement and displacement seep through Melissa A. Calderón's video series Native Gringa,
in which parallel images are shown of herself and her mother singing a traditional Puerto Rican song. With
a glorified gold image Calderón also confronts stereotypes and questionable symbols of the transnational
Latino experience, that have become synonymous with Latino culture. Bronx born Calderón has exhibited at
El Museo del Barrio, New York, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York. Read more >
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Carol Hamoy
Seas of aged, stained white dresses sewn with lace carry excerpted stories of Ellis Island immigrant women
construct Carol Hamoy's evocative installation that explores tradition and identity. A New York artist of
Russian Jewish heritage who grew up in the Bronx, Hamoy's process reaches back to her immigrant
family's participation in the garment industry. The Pollock Krasner, The Puffin, and the Lucius Littauer
Foundations have supported her work, and her widely exhibited work includes a solo exhibition at the
Neuberger Museum in Purchase, NY. Read more >
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Jesus Rivera
Jesus Rivera's large format emblematic and intimate, charged, disturbing paintings of home on wheels are
rigorously painted and riveting. Rivera, cuban born and a resident in the US only since 1995 is widely
exhibited in the US and Cuba, and New York's Museo Del Barrio. Read more >
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Linda Cunningham, curator
Linda Cunningham is an actively exhibiting artist who co-founded BronxArtSpace with Mitsu
Hadeishi. Both Cunningham and Mitsu Hadeishi have been curating events since organizing the 1st Open
Artist Studio Tour in the South Bronx in 2005. This project, sponsored by the Bronx Council on the
Arts/NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs, presents high quality visibility for under-represented artists and themes. Read more >
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If you'd like to suggest a future event, would like to curate a show or submit visual art, video, film, music or a performance, please email us at art at bronxartspace dot com; if it's a video you'd like to submit to a Synthetic Zero event, you can send a DVD or Blu-Ray disc to:
Mitsu Hadeishi / Synthetic Zero
305 E 140th St #1A
Bronx, NY 10454
718 772-4961
Preferred formats for video are DVD (NTSC or PAL) or Blu-Ray disc.
DIRECTIONS:
The art space is at 305 E. 140th St., #1A, Bronx NY 10454.
We're about 20 minutes from Union Square. From Manhattan, 4-5 train to 125th, transfer to 6, one stop to
3rd Ave/138th St, it's 2 blocks from there. Note there are two exits at 3rd Ave/138th, one at Alexander Ave and one at 3rd Ave. Ring 3A if 1A does not answer.
Upcoming events and shows:
Recital: Andrew Geddis - Classical guitar
February 19 3pm
Andrew Geddis, classical guitarist, will perform the music of Francisco Tarrega, the great Spanish guitarist/composer from the late 19th century, Augustin Barrios another wonderful guitarist/composer from Paraguay who was active in the early to mid 20th century and other standard works from the repertoire. Background historical information regarding all of the works performed will add to the enjoyment and appreciation of the afternoon's performance. This recital is given to highlight the rich cultural opportunities available in New York City's Bronx borough. Light refreshments will be served and guests are encouraged to enjoy the art on display at the gallery. Suggested donations of $10 will gladly be accepted.
Bronx River Art Center presents show curated by Vince Contarino & Kris Chatterson:
Fri Mar 18 6-9pm - Opening
Show open to the public March 18 - April 28
BronxArtSpace fundraiser with Linda Cunningham and Alex Mendoza:
Fundraiser April 29 - May 1
Synthetic Zero Art/Film/Music/Performance Event:
Wed May 4 6-9pm - Bronx Culture Trolley + Art/Film/Music/Performance Event
Wed May 7 7-10pm - Art/Film/Music/Performance Event
Show open to the public May 4 - May 21 Thurs 2:30pm - 7pm, Fri & Sat noon - 7pm
PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO FRIENDS! Thanks.
Note: These events are made possible in part with public funds from the Bronx Council on the Arts through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Greater New York Arts Development Fund Regrants Program, Bronx Borough President Aldolfo Carrion and the Bronx delegation of the City Council.
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