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December 15, 2011

NEW EXHIBITION: “Tricked: An Exhibition of Special Effects”

OPENING RECEPTION DECEMBER 16th, 7PM-9PM

w/ live performances by Paul Carney & Shawn Gallagher AND sleight of hand magician Daniel Taylor

We all know what special effects are in movies, but what is a special effect in artwork?

Come see this display of wit as 5 different artists and collaborative teams use optical illusion, suspension of disbelief, and transformation to alter reality within their artworks.  

with work by:

MRI / Allan Bailey, Paul Carney, & Shawn Gallagher / Dave Herr / Joe Mckay / Roger Sayre

             

                     Joe McKay, UFO #7, digital c-print mounted on aluminum

                 

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November 30, 2011

NEW EXHIBITION: “Boys I Know Part II” curated by Pebbles Van Peebles

EXHIBITION DATES: December 1st through December 11th

OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday December 1st, 7pm-10pm                                     http://boys-i-know.tumblr.com/

 

“Boys I Know” is the love child of nightlife goddess and all around Renaissance woman of the concrete jungle, Pebbles van Peebles. In an effort to explore and expose the art-making that surrounds all of us in our day to day lives. Boys I Know is an evolving series of exhibitions and events surrounding this concept. Some of the artists involved make their living off of art, others just engage in the creative process on the side but all have a voracious commitment to creating. This constant and consistent involvement in creation is inspirational in a climate where regurgitation and consumption seem to be all that we are charged with. Rather than sit back and take in, these artists serve as an example to all of us that making and doing are oftentimes what render life worth living. This exhibit is a celebration of that. Culturefix’s mission of exploring all aspects of creativity and culture in an accessible and social way parallels the purpose of Boys I Know and the pairing is natural. This is the second show in the Boys I Know series. The first Boys I Know opened September 28th at Rouge 58 in Brooklyn.
 
Artists represented in “Boys I Know, part II” are Samuel Jojo Ashford, John P. Dessereau, Kyle Krueger, Matt McCormick and Optimo NYC.
 
These boys are simply that, boys Pebbles knows. You may know people who make art or you may make it yourself. Maybe you know people who make art and you don’t even know that they make it. The point of this exhibit is to bask in the wonderfulness of that simple act of creation and to share your ideas and projects with those around you; to bring to light the accessibility and ever presence of the aesthetic elements in all of our lives.
 
Everything about “Boys I Know” is handmade and created with care. The promotional material for the show was designed with these ideas in mind and each flyer is a hand stamped one of a kind original piece. Continuing the focus on creative process and the beauty of the art of making, Ms. van Peebles designed the logo and assembled each flyer in her home studio.
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November 07, 2011
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NEW EXHIBITION: New Large Scale Installations by Sarah Valeri

SARAH VALERI: Our Bright Voices Will Not Bring You Ease

November 8th - November 18th

OPENING RECEPTION NOVEMBER 11th 7PM-9PM

                       

CULTUREfix is proud to present “Our Bright Voices Will Not Bring You Ease”, an exhibition of large scale new work by painter and collaborative artist Sarah Valeri. A painter and art therapist by trade, Sarah has been collaborating with the multidisciplinary band Colorform as their resident live painter since 2006. Making large scale drawings and paintings during each Colorform performance and rehearsal, Sarah has turned her enormous collection of Colorform relics into whimsical narratives, editing and piecing each drawing together on the wall. 

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October 25, 2011
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UPCOMING EXHIBITION: “Hip Hop - The Defining Years”

Remember this?

Photographer Chi Modu presents

“Hip Hop - the defining years” 

October 26th - November 6th 

OPENING RECEPTION Friday October 28th 7pm - midnight 

New York, NY– Industry veteran photographer Chi Modu has announced an exhibit that will showcase some of his most significant and defining works at the end of October in New York City.  “Hip Hop – the defining years” will be held from October 25th through November 6th at Culture Fix, a gallery and bar located in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

 This exhibit will offer a collection of Chi’s most iconic portraits that made him one of the most celebrated photographers of the Hip Hop Golden Era.  At CutlurefixNY, Modu will present some never published images of iconic artists to include the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur, with whom Modu had developed strong professional relationships and friendships with. Future exhibits will take visitors into a photo chronicle of the travels that the Chi has been documenting for the last decade.

Born in Nigeria and raised in New Jersey, Modu’s passion for photography and hip hop landed him a position in the early nineties as Director Of Photography at the then prestigious and culture defining magazine The Source. During the years spent at The Source, Chi was responsible for shooting 30 of the most popular covers for the magazine. Thanks to his strong artistic sensibility he was also able to develop great relationships with some of the greatest artists of that era. As he was allowed  into their world, Modu captured them in some of the most iconic “picture moments” in hip hop.

 

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October 04, 2011

“DLK: It’s Everything.” Artwork Images

Below are images of included artwork in Dana Louise Kirkpatrick’s It’s Everything.  For more information or to purchase artwork, please contact Lia Woertendyke at lia@culturefixny.com or 646-863-7171 ext. 5.

Does Everything, house paint, montana gold, pastel, graphite and charcoal on raw un-stretched canvas, 52” x 64”, 2011 

Monk Wore Nike High-Tops, pastel, sharpie, and pencil on paper, 36” x 56”, 2008

 Central Park Horse Escape Fat Tourists Go Flying, pastel, charcoal, pencil, graphite on  paper,36” x 56”, 2010

Subway Drummer Man, House paint, Montana Gold, graphite, pastel, and charcoal on paper, 60” x 72”, 2010 

 Poison Headache, Sharpie, highlighter, pastel and graphite on paper, Diptych (2/24” x 36” sheets), 2010

 Baby J on 4th Street, house paint, pencil, and graphite on paper, 24” x 36”, 2011 

Spilled Milk Reader, house paint, charcoal, pencil and graphite on paper, 24” x 36” 2011 

 Peddi Cab Jesus NYC, house paint, pastel, highlighter, pencil and graphite on found paper, 24” x 36”, 2010 

 Sorrow Money Vinnie Girl, Pastel, house paint, pencil on found Hermes paper bag. 18” x 22”, 2011 

 Fighter NYC, House paint, sharpie, graphite, and Montana Gold on paper, 24” x 36”, 2011 

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Po-Po NYC, Pastel, Montana Gold, house paint, wax, charcoal, graphite on vintage linen, 60’ x 48”, 2011 

Ali vs. Liston, Charcoal, sharpie, house paint, and graphite on paper, 50” x 96”, 2011 


King, Graphite, charcoal, pencil, and house paint on canvas, 2011 

Port Au Prince, Pastel, graphite, and Montana Gold on Paper, 70” x 43”, 2011

 Untitled Nude Study NYC, charcoal on news print, 32” x 36”, 2010 

Apollo 13, House Paint, charcoal, pencil, and graphite on paper, 24” x 36”, 2011 

‘66 Mustang, House paint, charcoal, pencil, and graphite on paper, 24” x 36”, 2011

On the Nickel, House paint, charcoal, pencil, and graphite on paper, 24” x 36”, 2011 


Carnival Barker, House paint, sharpie, pastel, charcoal, and graphite on paper, 32” x 36”, 2011 


Last Supper Coffee Bag, Pencil and highlighter on coffee bag, 12” x 14”, 2010 

MLK Po’Card, mixed media on postcard, 4” x 6”, 2011 


No Fear Po’Card, mixed media on postcard, 4” x 6”, 2011


POW Po’Card, mixed media on postcard, 4” x 6”, 2011

 Andy NYC Po’Card, mixed media on postcard, 4” x 6”, 2011

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September 12, 2011
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UPCOMING EXHIBITION: DANA LOUISE KIRKPATRICK “It’s Everything”CULTUREfix New York is pleased to present “It’s Everything”, an exhibition of new works challenging the status quo by newcomer Dana Louise Kirkpatrick. This marks Kirkpatrick’s first solo show in New York. In recent years, she has developed a familiar and immediately identifiable iconography—the street fighter, black angels clad in red dresses and the rat king based on German folklore— to explore fundamental ideas about survival, humanity and our connectedness. Her work highlights the duality that defines existence, including our cruelty and arrogance, saints and sinners, hope and enslavement, oppression and liberation, hunger and opulence, color and form. Her work repeatedly asks the audience ‘why don’t you get this?’.The exhibition will run from September 27th until October 30th with an opening reception from 7:00pm – 9:00pm on October 7th. It will be dynamic, large scale works on paper and canvas and will include a series of house paint on paper created as powerhouse illustrations for author and musician (Thelonias Monster), Peter Weiss’s third collection of short stories Master Butterfly Eating Yesterday. A limited number of signed copies of will be given away during the opening reception October 7, 2011. The exhibition will also be accompanied by select prints, stickers, and limited edition tee shirts designed by the artist available for sale.Dana Louise Kirkpatrick was born in 1976 in Cambridge, MA USA. Exhibitions include Recents Works, Presented by SmartCar, Venice, California (2007); It’s the Environment Stupid!, Quiksilver’s SiteLA, Los Angeles, California (2008); Marine Salon No. 3, Santa Monica, CA. (2009); Compound Projects, Malibu, CA (2009); and numerous charity auctions in partnership with Silverlake Conservatory of Music, Surfers Healing Autism & The Ritz Carlton, The Grammy Foundation’s MusicCares (MAPS), and Surfers Environmental Alliance. She received the Leonardo DaVinci Medal (Georgetown University) in 2001. Her work is housed in private collections throughout the world.

UPCOMING EXHIBITION:

DANA LOUISE KIRKPATRICK “It’s Everything”

CULTUREfix New York is pleased to present “It’s Everything”, an exhibition of new works challenging the status quo by newcomer Dana Louise Kirkpatrick. This marks Kirkpatrick’s first solo show in New York. In recent years, she has developed a familiar and immediately identifiable iconography—the street fighter, black angels clad in red dresses and the rat king based on German folklore— to explore fundamental ideas about survival, humanity and our connectedness. Her work highlights the duality that defines existence, including our cruelty and arrogance, saints and sinners, hope and enslavement, oppression and liberation, hunger and opulence, color and form. Her work repeatedly asks the audience ‘why don’t you get this?’.

The exhibition will run from September 27th until October 30th with an opening reception from 7:00pm – 9:00pm on October 7th. It will be dynamic, large scale works on paper and canvas and will include a series of house paint on paper created as powerhouse illustrations for author and musician (Thelonias Monster), Peter Weiss’s third collection of short stories Master Butterfly Eating Yesterday. A limited number of signed copies of will be given away during the opening reception October 7, 2011. The exhibition will also be accompanied by select prints, stickers, and limited edition tee shirts designed by the artist available for sale.

Dana Louise Kirkpatrick was born in 1976 in Cambridge, MA USA. Exhibitions include Recents Works, Presented by SmartCar, Venice, California (2007); It’s the Environment Stupid!, Quiksilver’s SiteLA, Los Angeles, California (2008); Marine Salon No. 3, Santa Monica, CA. (2009); Compound Projects, Malibu, CA (2009); and numerous charity auctions in partnership with Silverlake Conservatory of Music, Surfers Healing Autism & The Ritz Carlton, The Grammy Foundation’s MusicCares (MAPS), and Surfers Environmental Alliance. She received the Leonardo DaVinci Medal (Georgetown University) in 2001. Her work is housed in private collections throughout the world.

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August 30, 2011
UPCOMING EXHIBITION: “The Tree Story” Fundraiser Exhibition September 6th through September 16th OPENING RECEPTION: September 7th 6pm-9pm CultureFix is pleased to present The Tree Story, an exhibit that uses the art of storytelling and drawing to re-connect urbanites with the trees that surround them.Created by the artist Leila El-Kayem, The Tree Story shares observations from NewYork City trees turning each tree into a bystander and bringing to life the trees of the city through unique illustrations. As an art project with a good cause, each illustration from The Tree Story will be sold and proceeds will be given to MillionTreesNYC to protect the trees of New York.The exhibit is a part of a larger project that features an interactive website and a walking tour. The walking tour, made by Folio, allows audiences to experience the different observations made by personified trees living around the Lower East Side through photos, maps and audio recordings depicting neighborhood stories through the eyes of these trees.The exhibit will also feature an installation of a life-size tree drawing for you to share your story. Viewers are invited to tell their own story by writing on a symbolic “leaf” that will then be hung onto the tree as part of the exhibit.

UPCOMING EXHIBITION: “The Tree Story” Fundraiser Exhibition

September 6th through September 16th

OPENING RECEPTION: September 7th 6pm-9pm


CultureFix is pleased to present The Tree Story, an exhibit that uses the art of storytelling and drawing to re-connect urbanites with the trees that surround them.

Created by the artist Leila El-Kayem, The Tree Story shares observations from New
York City trees turning each tree into a bystander and bringing to life the trees of the city through unique illustrations. As an art project with a good cause, each illustration from The Tree Story will be sold and proceeds will be given to MillionTreesNYC to protect the trees of New York.

The exhibit is a part of a larger project that features an interactive website and a walking tour. The walking tour, made by Folio, allows audiences to experience the different observations made by personified trees living around the Lower East Side through photos, maps and audio recordings depicting neighborhood stories through the eyes of these trees.

The exhibit will also feature an installation of a life-size tree drawing for you to share your story. Viewers are invited to tell their own story by writing on a symbolic “leaf” that will then be hung onto the tree as part of the exhibit.