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For the month of December Open Source Gallery is about, Cooking, Eating, Sharing, Celebrating… The OPEN SOURCE Soup Kitchen is not burned out. The 3rd annual Soup Kitchen will offer delicious meals as many days as possible in the month of December. Because the gallery …
November 5-30 2010 Artist Reception: Friday, November 5th, 7-10pm Pirmin Hagen’s work got severely damaged in a huge fire on Friday the 12th of November 2010. Some of the drawings, prints and sculptures were rescued by the firemen after being soaked in water for some …
“和” wa: 1）sum 2）harmony 3）peace
Mutual recognition of the existence: According to the Japanese way of thinking, personal values are the tolerance of differences. In this way the harmony between people, “wa”, is recognized. Also “wa” can be written in another Chinese character “輪” ring, or (whole) image that has continuous flow, without beginning and end. There is, inside and outside the boundary only…
October 2 – 12 2010 Opening Reception: October 2nd, 7-10pm Christian Brown, Don Hearn, Victor Littlejohn, Ana Gonzalez, and Annett Monheim of The Organization for Returning Fashion Interest* present MELODY AND MIND, a selection of paintings and furniture with a wall installation of posters, photos, …
09.04.-09.30.2010 Opening: Saturday 09.04.2010 7-10pm In September 2010, Feigenbaum will present a new series of large-scale photographs at Open Source Gallery based on a site-specific installation of his Trainset Ghetto, set on the street in front of the gallery storefront space. Trainset Ghetto is voyeurism …
August 19th – August 30th Opening August 21st, 7-10pm Opening Hours: Fri and Sat 2-6pm, Sun: 4-6pm Curated by 17 year old Malissa Williams, (who also participates in the exhibition), this depiction of New York City is based on the views of four unique young …
Soap box Derby: August 7th, 2010 Kids: 12 Noon, Adults: 1 pm 17th Street between 5th and 6th Ave, South Slope Everybody is welcome to participate! Summer Camp for kids age 7-12 You can always stop by and get some ideas between 9-12am. That is …
Open Source’s Windmill Camp’s field trip to Starting Artists Summer Camp for kids age 10-14 July 6th through July 16th Keen on the need for green, and inspired by stories like the tale of young William Kamkwamba in “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” (written …
Severin Hagen and Sebastian Koch at work June 3rd – July 1st Opening/Closing: Sunday June 27th 2010, 7-10pm During the show they will use the gallery most of the day. If you would like to make an appointment to see it contact: Severin Hagen: severin.hagen …
May 7th – June 2nd, 2010 Opening: May 8th, 7pm-10pm “FATE” 35″ x 24″ oil on canvas, 2010 The tradition of portraiture is 3000 years old. The historical recording of our likenesses includes the ubiquity of photography. From celebrities to our sons and daughters, we …
April 8th – May 5th Opening Reception: April 10th, 7-10pm “Youens regards the tabletop as a place of expansion and Baroque elaboration,where questions of verity and fiction dissolve in imagery that is part of a sequential whole; like stanzas in long poems, having neither predictable …
March 13th -April 6th Opening: March 20th: 7-10pm Ondrej Brody (CZ) & Kristofer Paetau’s (FIN) recent work: ‘Painting China Now’ (2007), is a collection of 30 oil paintings depicting instances of violence inflicted by the Chinese government upon their own citizens (Falun Dafa members). They …
Feb. 16th – Mar. 6th Opening Reception: Feb. 20th, 7-10pm left: “Empty Attention” I, tape, light and paint on wood, 96x 36x 36″ right: “New Ruin”, photograph, 25 x 14 x 2″ Due to the mortgage crisis of 2007, there is a preponderance of buildings …
Extended to Feb 7th 2010 In a group of new work situated between painting and sculpture entitled: “Fairlane Marauder” the artist John Coburn has produced a series of curiously shaped panel pieces the tones and finish of which resemble mass produced objects. The design language …
Each night in December (2008 and 2009), a different person signs up to cook a meal for approximately 15 -20 people to be served between 6 and 8pm every night. Kind of like an advent calendar of food. Most of the dishes are a one-pot …
with Ethan Crenson Opening Saturday November 7th, 7pm-10pm A Collaborative Project on Visuals and Sound In this project with Ethan Crenson, Sun’s video footage is the result of an intensive period of shooting concerts at the Williamsburg Waterfront and editing silent movements of everything except …
Performance starts at 8.30pm (25min) We will be serving Wine and Beer from 7-10 When Parts of You Are Still Arriving Photo: Lisa Grave Victoria Stanton and Christian Richer will present a live performance of their current work-in-progress. Blending their two distinct, yet complimentary practices, …
Portrait Photo Considered Harmful Saturday October 24th, 4-6pm: Autotune the Art Object The Last Unicorn, 2009 Patrick May creates lush digital prints which investigate notions of identity and authorship. His current series, “Portrait Photo Considered Harmful”, remixes the familial portrait and vacation photography of social …
Opening: September 12th: 7-10pm Looking and seeing are as different from one another as registering a pulse is to “living.” Christian Brown’s obsession with, in his words, “the edges of things,” is a collection of detritus that has been reformed into an alternate and personal …
Urban Plant Research is a collaboration between the artists Sara Bouchard, based in Brooklyn, and Leslie Kuo, based in Berlin, dedicated to investigating the lives of plants in urban areas. Part research, part observation and part imaginative speculation, the project takes an open-ended, multi-faceted approach …
THE Derby On August 8th, 17th street will be closed to traffic and will be having one of its annual block parties. Given that we are in the South Slope, our street provides enough incline for a soap box derby, woohoo! You can email me …
3 Prisoners In June, a physical record of desperate confinement will be on display at open source gallery. The scenario, by Hubert Dobler, is the fictional incarceration of three “prisoners” (mutant chainsaws with motorcycle wheels) and the evidence of their resultant activities. This site-specific installation, …
Opening: Saturday, May 2nd Are We Not Famous Men? Ecclesiasticus: “Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us.” Walker Evans’ impassioned, genre-shattering photography in Let Us Now Praise Famous Men represents a major influence on Gary Baldwin’s current work. Yet the …
Joseph Krings: All Aboard Future All Aboard Future is a series of 8 silent short films shot on black and white Super 8 film which reflect a variety of humorous viewpoints about the future of mankind. All characters are played by the filmmaker. I’m In …
Opening Saturday March 28th 2009, 7pm – 10pm http://elasticlimit.com/artwork Relish, Savor, Enjoy (Create Flavors For a Happy Life) Using textures and abstractions photographed in China, I am examining the present culture and lifestyle of the ancient cradle of Chinese civilization which is Shanxi Province and …
Songs of Lewis & Clark Singer/songwriter Sara Bouchard’s “Songs of Lewis & Clark” is a song cycle setting the journals of Lewis and Clark to music. The songs reveal moments of awe, reflection, humor and joy during the course of the American expedition of 1804-1806. …
The Monster Project The Monster Project | MonsterBASH Opening reception and BBQ July 4th, 4-7pm more monsters are crawling out from under the beds of New York City schoolchildren and onto the streets of Brooklyn this summer! Bring your KIDS! Celebrate local children’s art. Food, …
March 21, 7pm-10pm Jeremy D. Slater is a sound artist essentially, but also works with video and sound in performance and installation settings. . He uses his laptop computer to create a variety of sound, image, and interactive work. Jeremy was one of the 1999 …
Opening reception on Friday, February 13th, from 7-10pm Fuse Works exhibits multiples and editions by artists who approach editioned artwork as a field of artistic discourse and inquiry itself, rather than simply a means of mass-producing their efforts. Fuse Works is an independent, itinerant curatorial …
Opening reception on Saturday, January 17th, from 7-10pm Open Source Gallery presents “PROSCENIUM”, a video installation that will reframe foot traffic along South Slope’s 17th street this winter. From January 10 – February 6, 2009, a video loop will be projected onto the storefront window …
For the month of December, open-source-gallery is about Cooking, Eating, Sharing, Celebrating… soup kitchen documentation We asked artists, cooks, friends and neighbors to volunteer to cook for SOUP KITCHEN, where for 24 days, we are offering a “one-pot meal” to all on a first come, …
Please join us on Thursday November 20th, 7pm-10pm. TRANSITION: May we go to the places that scare us Paintings and light objects by Cordula Volkening Article in NY Times about Cordula Volkening Photograph by Stefan Falke more: http://stefanfalkephotography.blogspot.com/2008/11/transition.html Cordula Volkening Paints despite Brain Cancer Cordula …
Cosing Party and a ten-minute play, “Brooklyn Lighthouse,” by Anne Phelan November 15th: 7PM and 10PM http://jacobouillette.com On Friday, October 10th, “Painted Space,” a new installation by Jacob Ouillette will open at the Open Source Gallery. In conjunction with the opening, a new ten-minute play, …
Anne Bassen and invited guest performers will be performing improvisational movement theater in the gallery space on Sept. 7 at 6 pm using found objects and the environment of the gallery as source material. Ms. Bassen has been performing improvisational dance for fifteen years as …
Opening September 13th @ 6pm This work is a constantly growing collection of found footage image out of magazines. It shows eyes of fashion models in which the outlines of a dark, indistinctive figure can be seen – the silhouette of the original photographer. The …
hello all, our next show is called the thrift shop and will include objects made as “art”, as well as consumer goods that would normally be sold at second-hand stores and flea markets. loosely, the idea is that there really is no difference between commodities …
Katerina Marcelja “Slimesilvered” Artist Reception: Friday, June 13, 7pm at open source gallery Through June 255 17th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 www.kmarcelja.com website change monitor . .
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