Willoughby Windows Project

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Photo by Martha Cooper

Ad Hoc Art presents

"Willoughby Windows" on Friday, July 10th, 2 - 7pm

 

An ambitious creative venture featuring 12 storefronts on an entire block
(89-106 Willoughby) of downtown Brooklyn which will highlight installations by 15+ artists.
The opening will be a street party on Friday, June 19th, from 2-7pm.
Some of New York's artistic finest will be representing to the fullest.

Some of the artists included in this event will be:
Ad Hoc Art staff/interns, Cannonball Press, Chris Stain, Cycle, Dennis McNett, Ellis G,
Gaia, Greg Lamarche, John Ahearn, Josh MacPhee, Lady Pink, Logan Hicks,
Mare139, Michael De Feo, Morning Breath, and Tom Beale.
Also, some very special guests will be documenting our efforts,
including Martha Cooper, Charlie Ahearn, Luna Park, and Art Jones.
The party will be featuring entertainment by
DJ $mall Change, DJ Painted, Lady Circus, and Mickey Western.
Food will be provided from local vendors.

COME OUT, enjoy the food, music, art, and artists!

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Photo by Martha Cooper
Hope you can make it out!

 
Gaia & Imminent Disaster in the Front Gallery

IN THE FRONT GALLERY

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GAIA & IMMINENT DISASTER

June 26th - July 26th

Opening Reception: Friday, June 26th 2009

Choosing a moniker after the Greek goddess of the earth, Gaia uses animals, folklore, fairytales and stories from other cultures to convey a narrative within his pieces. Having first been exposed to street art by Cheekz, Gaia’s awareness of street art came as a truly momentous direction for his artistic endeavors. Gaia continues to experiment with different processes as he brings his works to the galleries and the streets of NYC and beyond.

Imminent Disaster first started doing street art as a way of culture jamming. Since then she has gradually been developing pieces that explore the tensions between present day and historical New York. From bits of cobblestone and defunct tramlines to old warehouses gutted and resold as hip condos, Imminent Disaster turns a classical eye toward modern urban life, and reveals what has been lost.

 
Nancie Yang in the Alcove

IN THE ALCOVE

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Nancie Yang

June 26th - July 26th 2009

Opening Reception: Friday, June 26th, 7-10pm

Nancie Yang creates her works out of her rural Pennsylvania home. Her female characters are rarely happy, barely looking you in the eye. You may judge them as an emotional void, filled with demons. There is, however, much to discover beyond these girls' guarded exteriors.  Their creativity is manifested by swirling geometric spirits, representative of their surreal inner selves.

 
Hiro Kurata and Tommii Lim in the Project Room
IN THE PROJECT ROOM

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Hiro Kurata & Tommii Lim


June 26th - July 26th 2009

Opening Reception: Friday, June 26th, 7-10pm

Tommii Lim’s paintings problematize the paradigms governing the (in) activity of “minority” races and of Hollywood against an urban American landscape rife with social, cultural and political challenges. His previous work captured silent (complacent) Asians in America through characters with unidentifiable faces. Current work places familiar celebrities or other skeletal subjects in unwittingly destructive situations. He lives, paints and does apparel design in Long Beach, CA.

Hiro Kurata was born in Osaka Japan, and grew up in Tokyo and Chicago. His main focus is in creating surrealistic moment through his paintings,using motif of baseball figures, chairs and monsters. Creation is a progress and he believes that true creation will contribute to the human society in an evolutionary way.
 

UPCOMING

Crash & Daze
Front Gallery
Ewelina Ferruso
Project Room
Laura Lee
Alcove
May 15th through June 14th 2009
 
 Gaia & Imminent Disaster
Front Gallery
Hiro Kurata & Tommii Lim
Project Room
Nancie Yang
Alcove 
June 26th - July 26th 2009
 
Chris Stain & Armsrock
Front Gallery
Ad Hoc Art Summer Sampler
Gigi Chen, d'Holbachie, Leslie Ditto, Yoko Furusho, Julia Sonmi Heglund, Dan-ah Kim, Tim Lee, Allison Sommers, David Stein & Jaeran Won
Project Room
August 7th - Sep 6th 2009
 
Yoskay Yamamoto, Tessar Lo & Eric Fortune
Front Gallery
Joy Ang
Project Room
Sep 18th - Oct 18th 2009
 
Joe Vaux, Jeff McMillan, David MacDowell & Gilbert Oh
Front Gallery
Mia
Project Room
Oct 30th - Nov 29th 2009
 
Logan Hicks
Front Gallery
TBA
Project Room
Dec 11th 2009 - Jan 10th 2010
 
TBA
Front Gallery 
Jef Aerosol
Project Room
Jan 22nd - Feb 21st 2010