Ross Racine, "North of Piney Acres" Opens Friday April 29th

Join us next Friday, April 29th from 7-9pm for the Opening of Ross Racine's Solo Exhibition, "North of Piney Acres"



Ross Racine

“North of Piney Acres”

April 29th—May 29th, 2011
Reception Friday April 29th 7-9,


Front Room Gallery is proud to present “North of Piney Acres,” a solo exhibition of works on paper by Ross Racine. In this series, Racine depicts realistic aerial views of fictional suburban communities, which amplify an awareness of modern choices in building and living styles. Racine employs common structural archetypes in his compositions, with an expanded view that exaggerates the rational utility of these imagined infrastructures.

Ross Racine creates these visions of hyper-real suburban landscapes and structures with a uniquely developed digital drawing method. These works on paper present structural layouts of invented subdivisions, which illustrate the insulated conditions common in these types of developments. Using an omniscient viewpoint from above, Racine creates intricate layouts of communities that are filled with nuanced detail. The aerial atmosphere of each work presents a particular mood that matches its character. In certain works looming clouds shadow the buildings below, while others have light airy clouds drifting above, creating a feeling of omniscient subjectivity.

In Racine’s piece “Elmwood and Oaklawn,” endless rows of streets run parallel to each other with only a small slip of undeveloped land separating the compact areas of development. There is an intense believability in this work; the structures and layouts are so plausible in their realism that it is not until further investigation that you realize that the streets do not connect and each row is isolated from its neighbors just one block over.

Ross masters this play between the tangible reality of suburbia and the illusionary realm, concisely depicting the disconnection between desire and its actualization, questioning the feasibility and logic in fulfilling dreams of more space, the luxury of easy access to stores and goods, a neighborly atmosphere, and the overarching attraction to “more.”

WAGMAG Benefit Preview 

On view through Sunday 


Tickets are currently $175 until Sunday the 10th. After that tickets are $225.

Raffle tickets can be purchased here:

 

A selection of Artworks for this years benefit are now online at:
BENEFIT ARTWORKS 

BENEFIT EVENING Tuesday April 12th, 7-9pm: 
Reception and Raffle of work
Causey Contemporary 
92 Wythe Avenue 
Williamsburg, Brooklyn 


Artists include:
On Megumi Akiyoshi, Amanda Alic, Gabriela Alva Cal y Mayor, Ruby Amanze, Audrey Anastasi, Cecilia Biagini, John Boone, Tom Broadbent, Ana Busto, Ken Butler, Ethan Crenson, Gregory Curry, Peggy Cyphers, Irina Danilova, Hans de Castellane, Johannes de Young, Tom Delaney, Matthew Deleget, Lisa DiLillo, Peter Dobill, Elinor Evelyn, Allison Edge, Robert Egert, Mark Esper, Peter Feigenbaum, Gail Flanery, Peter Fox, Linda Ganjian, Eric Heist, Hellbent, Kory Hellebust, Sean Hemmerle, Ed Herman, Amy Hill, Richard Humann, Ryan Humphrey, James Isherwood, David Kesting, Scott Kiernan, Fran Kornfeld, Jesse Lambert, Yuliya Lanina, Brian Larossa, Greg Lindquist, Nancy Lunsford, Stephen Maine, Stephen Mallon, Katerina Marcelja, Eliot Markell, Karen Marston, Rossana Martínez, Mark Masyga, Patrick May, Xanda McCagg, Anne Arden McDonald, Chris McGee, Loren Munk, Ruben Negron, Raul de Nieves, Rob de Oude, Russel Parish, Daniel Permanetter, Pufferela, Ross Racine, Ali Rex, Jason Reyen, Richter Ron, David Victor Rose, Todd Rosenbaum, Tom Rosenthal, Emily Roz, Kris Scheifele, Junko Shimizu, Philip Simmons, Gwendolyn Charlene Skaggs, Jeremy Slater, Patricia Smith, Allison Somers, Philip Stearns, Rodger Stephens, Miho Suzuki, Richard Timperio, Jeanne Tremel, Chris Twomey, Joanne Ungar, Kathleen Vance, Cibele Viere, Don Voisine, Robert Walden, Michael Waugh, Daniel Zeller and many more... 

Galleries include:
440 Gallery, Art 101, C.C.C.P, Camel Arts, Causey Contemporary, de Castellane Gallery, Devotion, English Kills, Eyelevel BQE, Factory Fresh, Figureworks, Front Room Gallery, Grace Exhibition Space, Graphite, Hogar Collection, ISCP, Janet Kurnatowski, Kunsthalle Galapagos, Leo Kesting, Like the Space, Live with Animals, Microscope, Mighty Tanaka, Minus Space, MoCADA, Momenta Art, NUTUREarts, Open Source, Parker's Box, Pierogi, RHV Fine Art, Secret Project Robot, Set Gallery, Sideshow, Skink Ink Editions, Sugar, Tabla Rasa, The Invisible Dog, Ventana244 and many more... 

Benefit Committee:
Daniel Aycock, Tracy Causey-Jeffrey, Ethan Crenson, Nasa Hadizadeh, Randall Harris, Eric Heist, Erik Hokanson, Barry Hoggard, Mandy Kalajian, Jill McDermid, Ranjitsinh Mahida, Patrick May, Stephen Mallon, Karen Marston, Loren Munk, David Gibson, Marisa Sage, Helen Toomer Labzda, Kathleen Vance, James Wagner, Jennifer Walty, Susie Watkins and Alun Williams 

Admission ——to the benefit event at Causey Contemporary, April 12th——is $20 (for non-ticket holders); tickets for the artwork drawing are $175 till April 10th, after which they will be $225. Tickets are available on-site, during the advanced viewing and online at: wagmag.org 

Thomas Broadbent's Exhibition has been Extended!!

Join us for one more weekend of Thomas Broadbent's exhibition of new works! Now on view through Sunday the 27th!

Thomas Broadbent: "Unwritten"

In this solo exhibition of works from his "Sketchbook Series" Thomas Broadbent selects principal concepts and ideas from his private artists' log and heightens his focus to get to the core of their complex meaning. His detailed watercolors and drawings question the utility of each compositional component and are presented in such a manner to disengage and re-present their perceived use.

Broadbent's new works on paper incorporate trompe l'oeil representations of seemingly unrelated objects and scenes, which allude to existentialistic ideas and create sophisticated associative meaning within each piece. The large scale watercolors he presents succinctly capture the illusive quality of sketchbook thoughts. His sensitivity to color, tactility, and structure propel these thoughts into reality, while maintaining a key tie to illusion and metaphor.

A Special Presentation by Steven Gagnon

Armory Event (Focus on Williamsburg)
Saturday, March 5th 7-10pm
The Front Room Presents: "Border Cruiser" a special presentation by Steven Gagnon

The Front Room will feature Steven Gagnon’s first ever NYC presentation of “Border Cruiser” during Armory show week. The “Border Cruiser” projection vehicle will be stationed outside of our Williamsburg location March 5th between 7-10 pm.

Viewable evenings during March 2-5, “Border Cruiser” is a video installation inside a former police car. The story of a Brazilian immigrant’s illegal entry into the United States and the continued hardship he faces will be projected from the inside onto the rear windows of the vehicle. Catch a glimpse of the “Border Cruiser” rove the streets of Brooklyn and Manhattan as it makes special appearances at various locations in conjunction with art fairs during the armory show week.

A New Exhibition of Works by Thomas Broadbent

The Front Room Gallery Presents:

"Unwritten"

Thomas Broadbent

February 18-March 20

Opening Reception: Friday, February 18th from 7-9pm

In this solo exhibition of works from his “Sketchbook Series” Thomas Broadbent selects principal concepts and ideas from his private artists’ log and heightens his focus to get to the core of their complex meaning. His detailed watercolors and drawings question the utility of each compositional component and are presented in such a manner to disengage and re-present their perceived use.

Broadbent’s new works on paper incorporate trompe l'oeil representations of seemingly unrelated objects and scenes, which allude to existentialistic ideas and create sophisticated associative meaning within each piece. The large scale watercolors he presents succinctly capture the illusive quality of sketchbook thoughts. His sensitivity to color, tactility, and structure propel these thoughts into reality, while maintaining a key tie to illusion and metaphor.

Williamsburg Second Friday Event: "An Uncommon Thread" Reception

Join us this Friday, February 11th from 7-9pm for Williamsburg's Second Friday Event. We will be hosting a reception for "An Uncommon Thread" featuring the works of: Caroline Burton
Nancy Cohen, Katherine Daniels, Mary Early, Susan Graham, Adelle Lutz, Leonora Loeb, Marsha Pels, curated by Emma Tapley and Paul Caranicas.

Front Room Gallery is proud to present “An Uncommon Thread,”
curated by Emma Tapley and Paul Caranicas, which explores the idea that there is a shared inherited consciousness in the practice of making art that arises from work that came before. Working within the realm of each artist’s expertise, this exhibition unravels the
underlying connection of subtlety, elegance, intelligence, and
lyricism that is seen in these artist's work. On view through February 13, 2011.

Stephen Mallon Featured in the Wall Street Journal

A New York Bridge - Delivered

Over 30,000 still photographs are assembled into an animation chronicling the epic journey of the newly constructed Willis Avenue Bridge from its assembly point near Albany to its home on the Harlem River near 125th Street. Follow the progress of this massive structure as it is floated and dragged, pushed and pulled over one hundred miles of New York's historic waterways. Courtesy of Stephen Mallon.

-Wall Street Journal