occupy associated
Open Source Gallery is using the exterior of the former gallery space. Open Source used to share teh ground floor of the corner building on 5th ave and 17th street with the Supermarket Associated. The artworks will be permanently on view as part of a growing collage of works from various artists. All pieces are posted on the exterior wall, submissions must be able to handle outdoor elements like rain and sunlight. They age with the weather and get enriched by passer-byes.
We take submissions.
Jeanne Verdoux
iPod listener
Stephan Eins
Stefan Eins is the founder of Fashion Moda, the seminal alternative art space that began in Soho in the 1970s and moved to the South Bronx, where the downtown scene and the world of hip-hop and graffiti cross-polinated.” (Art International)
Letizia Werth
My heart is a black bag
Alison Read Smith
Thugs
Associated
April 27th through May 14th 2011
“Associated” is a site specific show in a severely damaged brownstone on 17th Street in South Slope, Brooklyn. Just past noon on November 12th, 2010, a boiler exploded at the Associated Supermarket on 5th Avenue and 17th Street, igniting a fire that tore through the block, destroying Open Source Gallery. Next door, a three family house–the gallery owners’ home–was also rendered uninhabitable despite firefighters’ efforts to stop the blaze. The exhibition, “Associated”, curated by Monika Wuhrer, Raphaela Riepl and Frank De Leon-Jones resurrects and repurposes the derelict house with projects by 30 artists listed below.
Participants
Sara Bouchard, Christian Brown, Reamonn Byrne, Wendy Chu, Anja Conrad, Ethan Crenson, Hubert Dobler, Peter Feigenbaum, Pirmin Hagen, Fumie Ishii, Der Kommissar, Stefanie Koseff, James Leonard, Loadingdock5, Katerina Marcelja, Amanda C. Mathis, Patrick May, Nolan McKew, Annelise E. Ream, Jason Reppert, Raphaela Riepl, Evan Robarts, Frank Scheiderbauer, Allison Read Smith, Miho Suzuki, Kathleen Vance, Letizia Werth, Lily White, Monika Wuhrer
more information about the artists
Allison Read Smith: Thugs
January 20th to Feb 28th 2011
Exhibited at Former Open Source Gallery at 255 17th St. Brooklyn, NY and Sidecar at 560 5th Ave. Brooklyn, NY
In 2011, Open Source Gallery will exist as a peripatetic operation. In November of 2010 a 5-alarm fire in the gallery’s neighboring building devastated the Open Source project space. All the artwork and equipment was lost. Open Source Gallery is currently homeless as the estimated renovation time is at least six months. Despite this tragedy, we endeavor to persevere through itinerant occupancies at various locales throughout Brooklyn as we await the return to our former home. To continue monthly exhibitions, we are looking for “pop-up” rentals, vacant stores, and empty spaces in all neighborhoods in Brooklyn and New York City. Every month a show will be displayed in a new space and different area.
Allison Read Smith opens the exhibition cycle on January 20, 2011. Her series, “Thugs,” will be displayed on the plywood currently covering the gallery space. Ms. Smith is the logical choice to start the year, especially given the situation of our project space. “Thugs” wittingly deals with the notion of fear, making her work the perfect introduction for our upcoming year.
Open call for Submissions
on view now: Letizia Werth: My heart is a black bag (photo above) and Alison Read Smith: Thugs (below)
Open Source Gallery is now accepting submissions for the exterior of our gallery space. If chosen, your piece will be permanently on view as part of a growing collage of works from various artists. Since your piece will be posted on an exterior wall, submissions must be on paper in a medium that can handle outdoor elements like rain and sunlight. If interested, please send your proposals with your contact information and a picture and brief description of your work to info@open-source-gallery.org
on view now
Patrick Cadenhead: Spring and RenewalOpening Reception: May 5th, 2012, 7-9pm May 6th – June 3rd With Spring and Renewal, artist Patrick Cadenhead seeks to create a multi-sensory meditation on religion, laundry, and our denial of decay. Large sculptures caked in common cleaning products make up this installation, as active fountains push water and soap over and through, constantly changing [...]
upcoming
MS 136
Koko
eL Paper
riepl & co marianas trench discoveries inc
Nick Kline
Kathleen Vance
Michael Poetschko
past
Felipe Mujica: One day this will NOT be yours
BETWEEN MOUNTAIN
Between Mountain – part 2
Peter Feigenbaum
The Meeting
Karl Spörk, Another Meeting
Leigh Davis: The Burrow (H.H.)
Evan Robarts and James Moore: the cave
Sara Bouchard: The News: Monday-Friday, Parts 1 & 2
Open Source 2011
Open Source Soup Kitchen
Borderland Collective
Jason Reppert: Parlor Tricks
Felipe Mujica: One Day This Will All Be Yours
Green Idea Pool
James Leonard – 927 Days at Sea
Soap Box Derby
Naoe Suzuki and Dramahound Productions: Mi Tigre, My Lover
Associated
Raphaela Riepl: adorable steamed sea urchin
Allison Read Smith: Thugs
Open Source Gallery 2008-2010
Soup Kitchen 2010
Pirmin Hagen: First
Nobuko: wa
ORFI nyc: live gig 2010
Peter Feigenbaum “Trainset Ghetto: Streetsmart”
Images NYC
make Soap Box Racers for the Soap Box Derby
ONE BIG WINDMILL
Open Source Residency w/Austrian Artists
Patricia Watwood: Portraits 20/10
Cornucopias: Paintings by Rachel Youens
Ondrej Brody & Kristofer Paetau: Wang Bin Torture in Commercial Quality, High Quality and Museum Quality
Akiyuki Ina: Emitting Evanescent Beauty
John Coburn: Fairlane Marauder
Soup Kitchen 12.1 – 12.24
Sara Ching-Yu Sun: Nov 7th- Nov 30
Victoria Stanton and Christian Richer: Sat Oct 10th
Patrick May: October 3 – november 2
