"Rock Paper Scissors" at Tabla Rasa Gallery - Sunset Park

Tabla Rasa Gallery is a great spot that is holding it's own in Sunset Park and this Wednesday they have a new show opening up. All are welcome to attend the opening.

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS

"Applied to this exhibition, the title ROCK PAPER SCISSORS* is a broad analogy for the full circle of shifting "power" elements within a work of art. In this interplay, with "rock" representing the physicality of art-object, "paper" representing power of communication, and "scissors" representing tools of process, all exist in symbiosis, but shift in weight relative to each work

This exhibition concentrates on paintings, collages, and hand pulled prints by 13 diverse and independent artists, loosely associated by a common project, and all displaying an essential common trait: the pursuit of excellence in their craft.

Central to this association is the Red Hook studio of master printer Sheila Goloborotko. An accomplished and internationally recognized artist in her own right, she is universally lauded for her ability to draw out the talents of artists working with her. The process of producing an edition of prints requires thinking in reverse, and thinking in sequence. The artistry comes from accomplishing this mindful, logical approach, without sacrificing the spontaneity and vibrancy of the artwork. Making art in a world dominated by digitally captured, generated and/or manufactured images, the creation of traditionally produced prints have become part of each artist's oeuvre."

Exhibiting artists are:
Ramona Candy
Mary Chang
Tami Gold
Kathleen Hayek
Pearl Rosen
GG Stankiewicz
Sheila Goloborotko
Agnes Murray
Ana Bianchi
Robert Golden
Audrey Frank Anastasi
Susan Fateh
Harold Wortsman

Artist's Reception:
Wednesday, June 16
6:00- 8:30 PM
TABLA RASA GALLERY
224 48 Street (between 2nd & 3rd Avenues)
Brooklyn, NY 11220
718. 833-9100

Click here for more info about Tabla Rasa Gallery.

Tabla Rasa Gallery Hosts Fundraiser for Haitian Relief On Saturday Afternoon.

I have mentioned the Tabla Rasa Gallery back in December when they put up their About Face show. The show will be hanging for the last day during this fundraiser. Try and take the time on Saturday afternoon (1pm to 5pm) to checkout some great art and perhaps purchase something for a good cause. For 75 dollars you can select an original piece of art and your 100% donation will be used for Haiitian Relief.

From the gallery’s press release:

To Our Friends and Fellow Artists,

Tabla Rasa Gallery will be hosting a fundraiser for Haitian disaster relief.  I am sure I am addressing a community that like Joseph and I, feel helpless beyond words.  So many in Haiti are barely surviving without medical care, food, water, shelter as they desperately seek loved ones, or mourn their innumerable losses.

The generous artists of our area are donating artwork to the following event and the back room presentation space will be used to hang the work in a display which will be constantly "turning over" as donations are made and new art replaces work being taken.

Anyone writing a check of $75.00 DIRECTLY to one of the designated charities* below can select an artwork 11" x 14" or smaller. Anyone donating $150.00 can select from these or a larger works. In this way, 100% of the donations will go to the charities.  Any and all contributions are welcome.

A special thank you to the artists are donating their fabulous work to benefit this desperate situation.

Please take the time to enjoy the collection they have so generously donated, read about their artwork, browse their websites, support them after the auction, and spread the word about their art.  Unlike most vendors, they are only able to claim the cost of materials they use. 

There will be contact information labeled on the back of each work, and we encourage donors to contact the artists directly.

We will be collecting checks made out directly to the following charities:

http://nyc.gov/html/fund/html/home/home.shtml

http://doctorswithoutborders.org/

http://crs.org/

http://www.oxfam.org/

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Tabla Rasa Gallery is free and open to the public.

I look forward to seeing you next Saturday.  And by all means, spread the word to any and all who wish to contribute to Haitian disaster relief.

Audrey

PS: Tabla Rasa appreciates any assistance from volunteers to help with various tasks.

Audrey Frank Anastasi
Joseph Anastasi
Directors
TABLA RASA Gallery
224 48 Street
Brooklyn, NY 11220
www.TablaRasaGallery.com

TWO "D" or "N" subway stops from Manhattan to 36th Street,
plus ONE "R" stop to 45th Street.
718. 833-9100
info@TablaRasaGallery.com


"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." (Aristotle)

"About Face" Opens at The Tabla Rasa Gallery in Sunset Park Tonite

The Tabla Rasa Gallery in Sunset Park is presenting a new group show called "About Face" and it opens tonight in Sunset Park. The sculpture shown is done by my friend Jeannine Bardo who I have had the honor of meeting in the Art Education program at Brooklyn College. This sculpture "Eve" is made out of natural birch wood shavings, it is too beautiful for words!

Go see it and all the works having to do with "the face" being shown at the Tabla Rosa Gallery.

Other artists included in this show are:
Stephen Basso
Simon Dinnerstein
Anita Giraldo
Clarity Haynes
Kiseok Kim
Alexandra Limpert
Alex Pimienta
David Prifti
Stuart Shedletsky
Larry Siegel

The Tabla Rasa Gallery 224 48th Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11220
Opening is from 5:30 - 8:30pm
The show is up until January 23.