Past
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Eric Brown: Suchness
October 28 - November 11, 2016 He used to call himself a “secret painter,” but has quite visibly gone public over the past three years, with solo outings at Ille Arts in Amagansett and at a survey show at Vassar College. Brown’s small-scale and medium-scale works are all about possibilities. Each displays a record of generative... Read more -
The Castle of Perseverance
Curated by Molly Surno October 8 - 22, 2016 The show takes its title, The Castle of Perseverance, from the first theatrical production to citevand utilize props outside of masks. Theatrical property, later known as props, was characterized by their portability and capacity to suspend disbelief. In the original play, there is an “allegorical battle between good and evil... Read more -
Jacqueline Cedar: Hug Me, Squeeze Me
September 8 - October 16, 2016 In Jaqueline Cedar’s new work featured in Hug Me, Squeeze Me, the artist grapples with the unstable relationship between the whole and its parts, as once captured by Gogol in his satirical story of a Russian “committee-man” whose nose leaves his face and gallivants around St. Petersburg. As a painter,... Read more -
Territory: Abstraction in the East End Today
Organized by Henry Brown, Karen Hesse Flatow & Li Trincere June 18 - 26, 2016 Territory has a double meaning. It refers to an area of knowledge or experience, the artists’ voice in their work, their territory. Territory also has a geographic reference to an area of land with regard to a particular type of activity or characteristic. American Impressionists, Abstract Expressionists, and artists through... Read more -
Charlotte Hallberg: Short Sight Soft Touch
June 2 - 30, 2016 CRUSH CURATORIAL is pleased to present Short Sight Soft Touch, new paintings by Charlotte Hallberg, opening June 2nd, 6-8pm, and open by appointment through June 30th. “And the students asked me what I was going to do. I said, and stuttered, ‘To open eyes.’ And this became the rule... Read more -
Alt-Egos
Curated by Scott Bluedorn April 28 - May 26, 2016 “In a codified, commodified and often rigid art world, the artist is often stifled and forced into a clearly identifiable box in order to be successfully marketed. Galleries and institutions often pander according to taste, style and output, a practice that is limiting to the artist and often retards or... Read more