1) Brooklyn Arts Council, 111 Front Street, #218
The Lack of Desire: curated by Scott Henstrand (January 17 – April 11, 2008)
BAC Gallery’s latest exhibition seeks to visually represent, from a side glance, what our desires intimate: the universal lack existing in the multiple recesses of our psyche from which our fleeting and never-ending desire springs.
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 17th, 6-8 pm
2) Dumbo Arts Center, 30 Washington Street
NEW GODS THROUGH SCIENCE: The Charismatic Rally (January 19, 2008)
The Dumbo Arts Center is pleased to announce the Charismatic Rally, to be presented by artist, Michael Weber and the Corporation for Public Good. The gallery event will promote the Interactive Social Contract, an experimental new form of government, philosophy and religion, developed to achieve the Biologically Ideal Social Form.
Free Beer & Governmental Construction: 8:00 – 9:00 pm
Battle of the Charismats: 9:00 – 10:30 pm
DJ from 10:30 pm until late
3) Gloria Kennedy Gallery, 111 Front Street, #222
Hiro Returns, A Solo Exhibition by Returning Artist Hiromitsu Kuroo (January 17 – February 23, 2008)
Hiromitsu Kuroo exhibits new canvases
Opening Reception: January 17, 6-9 pm
4) Klompching Gallery, 111 Front Street, #206
SNOWBOUND — Lisa M Robinson (January 3 — February 29, 2008)
For the past five years, Lisa M Robinson has been making photographs in the snow and ice. She is interested in metaphor, and has sought to comprehend our human place in this world.
On the surface, these images are quite beautiful. They appear elegantly simple and accessible, evoking, perhaps, the silent tranquility that one might feel after a fresh snowfall. Beneath the surface, however, there is a subtle tension. Like fine haiku, each image quietly references another season, a time of life or activity that has already passed, and may come again.
Opening Reception: January 10, 6pm — 8pm
5) Nelson Hancock Gallery, 111 Front Street, #204
On the Page, On the Wall: four photographic books displayed (through February 16)
On the Page, On the Wall, exhibits four photographic book projects showcasing the transformations these books enable and generate. This exhibition explores the unique features of the photographic book as an alternative venue for both presentation and exhibition.
6) Windows on Main: The powerHouse boilerRoom, 37 Main Street
Octagon – Photographs by Kevin Lynch (January 16 – February 27, 2008)
The powerHouse boilerRoom in conjunction Ultimate Fighting Championship® with presents Octagon: Photographs by Kevin Lynch, which accompanies the release of the eponymous limited edition clothbound book nestled in a handmade leather bound clamshell box with tip on.
7) Smack Mellon, 92 Plymouth Street
Site 92: Phase II (January 12 – February 24, 2008)
For the 2nd year, Smack Mellon presents Site 92, an exhibition where artists once again respond to Smack Mellon’s unique home at 92 Plymouth Street. 92 Plymouth Street, once known as the Gair Boiler Building, provided steam heat and power for neighboring buildings owned by Robert Gair in the early 1900’s. Today the remarkable industrial space provides artists with a distinctive point of departure for their site-specific installations.
Artists’ Reception: Saturday, January 12, 5:00-8:00 pm
8) Underbridge Pictures, 111 Front Street, #202
Painting Is Not Dead In Brooklyn (January 24 – March 9, 2008)
Group show of new paintings of the city. Featuring the work of Robert Goldstrom, Doug Madill, Regina Perlin, Joan Reutershan and Ella Yang.
Opening Reception: Thursday January 24, 6-8 pm
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