Thursday at 7:30 PM at SOHO 20 Chelsea, 547 West 27th Street, Suite 301, New York City, NY Doors open at 6:30 PM. Admission is $ 7.00. Students, & seniors $ 3.00. Passholders, free.
NY Portraits: Artists with Disabilities This panel discussion begins with the introduction of the NY Portraits project by artist and panel moderator Gordon Sasaki. Over the past few years, he has been compiling a collection of portrait photographs of New York City artists with disabilities. The series explores these artists at an intimate and individual level. Simultaneously building on the tradition of portraiture while challenging issues of representation and stereotype of the disabled.
Moderator: Gordon Sasaki, artist Participant: Ralph Mindicino, artist Participant: Paula Stuttman, artist Participant: Diana Naftal, artist Organizer: Gordon Sasaki, artist
2009-12-11
SuperCraft: The New Insider Folk Art 'Supercraft: The New Insider Folk Art' is an article written by Noah Sudarsky for the NY Press, January 28, 2009. In the article, Noah Sudarsky coins the term Supercraft. What does this mean? What is the definition of Supercraft? Who are some of the practitioners of of this art form? “The current worldview calls for a kind of frugality, resourcefulness and outsider inventiveness,” says Sudarsky. “My name for this trend is “Supercraft,” Noah Sudarsky has written for The Village Voice, NY Press, Whitehot Magazine and many other publications. The artists on the panel are referenced by Noah Sudarsky as practitioners of Supercraft. (see http://www.nypress.com/article-19327-taking-a-craft.html)
Moderator: Noah Sudarsky, writer Participant: David McFadden, curator, Museum of Art & Design Participant: Don Porcella, artist Participant: Orly Cogan, artist Organizer: Noah Sudarsky, writer
Molly Barnes Renown art dealer, west coast radio talk-show personality, and author, Molly Barnes will be interviewed by Susan Eley, director of Susan Eley Fine Art. Molly has written three books, hosts art talks at the Roger Smith Hotel, and served as ATOA's Program director for several years. She is also responsible for discovering such great art talents as John Baldessari, Robert Cottingham, and Mark Kostabi. She will discuss the many aspects of her life in the world of art.
Moderator: Susan Eley, director of Susan Eley Fine Art Participant: Molly Barnes, art dealer, radio talk-show personality, and author Organizer: Fran Kornfeld, artist & ATOA board member
Keren Cytter Videos 'Keren Cytter's videos have a distinctly literary flavour. Although her medium is tape and she makes countless references to cinematic and televised forms, her scripts often involve long soliloquies and multiple voice-overs that would seem more comfortable unravelling over the pages of a novel. The subject matter of her work is the stuff of relationships – loss, loving, longing, friendship, betrayal – much of it culled from her own or her friends' lives.' - frieze.com
Keren Cytter has had solo exhibitions at CCA Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu (2009), Witte de With, Rotterdam (2008), and MUMOK, Vienna (2007). Her work was included in the New Museum's landmark exhibition The Generational: Younger Than Jesus, and the 53rd Venice Biennale curated by Daniel Birnbaum.
Conversation will ensue after artist talk with ATOA's Director of Programming, Peter Duhon, followed by questions and answer session with audience.
Participant: Keren Cytter, Video Artist Organizer: Peter Duhon, ATOA Programming Director
2010-02-11
Video Screening: Nancy Spero Vernita Nemec, AKA Vernita N'Cognita, hosts an evening honoring & remembering Nancy Spero. Highlights from Nemec's '96 ATOA interview of Spero will be shown, and special guests and audience members will be invited to share their stories & memories of Nancy.
"Spero was a pioneer of feminist art. Her work since the 1960s is an unapologetic statement against the pervasive abuse of power, Western privilege, and male dominance. Executed with a raw intensity on paper and in ephemeral installations, her work often draws its imagery and subject matter from current and historical events such as the torture of women in Nicaragua, the extermination of Jews in the Holocaust, and the atrocities of the Vietnam War." Art: 21
Moderator: Vernita Nemec a.k.a. Vernita N'Cognita
, artist, curator, and former Director of ATOA Organizer: Flash Light, ATOA IT Director
2010-02-18
Video Screening: The Bridesmaid, Claude Charbrol "The deliciously twisted world of Claude Chabrol turns on a different axis from our own, though a closer look always suggests discomfiting similarities... The mystery of empathy pervades Mr. Chabrol’s work, which is full of sociopaths, some charming, others not." - NY Times
Organizer: Peter Duhon, ATOA Program Director
2010-02-25
John Newsom: Valentines from a Violent World 'Valentines from a violent world, John Newsom’s paintings and works on paper, which draw on sources such as natural history displays and antique field guides, are laced with dangerous beauty. Meticulously rendered bats and insects materialize amid branches, vines and fleshy blossoms, while myriad birds of prey tear at carrion or snatch up smaller creatures.' - Frieze
Born in 1970 in Kansas, Newsom earned his BFA at the Rhode Island School of Design and his MFA at New York University. Since his debut in the early 90s, Newsom’s work has been displayed in 15 solo exhibitions, including recent shows in New York and Milan, Italy. His work has been included in over 50 group exhibitions, including shows at the Guggenheim. - Patrick Painter Inc.
Conversation will ensue after artist talk with ATOA's Director of Programming, Peter Duhon, followed by questions and answer session with audience.
Ester Partegas The body and mind of the contemporary city has incorporated buzz words, logos, marketing percentages, random data and product placement in its ever-hardening landscape of regulated experience. For me, producing work is an attempt to rescue the 'everyday' in all its versatility and conflicting meanings." Ester Partegàs, Flash Art
Organizer: Peter Duhon, ATOA Program Director
No Recording Without Permission:
There is no audio or video recording permitted during ATOA panels without advance permission from the staff. Photographs may be taken, without the use of flash. You will be asked to turn off your equipment and leave if you ignore this rule. Video Tapes of our panels are available for purchase. Help support ATOA by buying tapes of the panels that interest you.
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The end of our Winter 2010 season.
ATOA wishes to thank: The SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, The Lily Auchincloss Foundation, The Lower Manhattan Community Council, The Bachman Foundation, and Weinick, Sanders and Leventhal, CPAs, for their generous support.
