Tag Archive "paul-demuro"

Jolie Laide, Bleach, Nirvana, and things better left unsaid…

The gallery statement for the show Bleach by Alex Da Corte and Paul DeMuro at Jolie Laide begins by referencing the release and aesthetic characteristics of Nirvana’s album of the same name. I only read the description after seeing all of the work at the opening, and I didn’t make the connection until then. As if the show weren’t strong enough to begin with, Nirvana happens to represent my rock music roots and a certain amount of nostalgia for my late teens. After thinking I had a handle on this powerful show, I was forced to double back and revisit ... More » »

Jolie Laide and jolie pictures by Susan Fenton at Schmidt Dean

We ran around First Friday, stopping at Schmidt-Dean, Bridgette Mayer and Jolie Laide. The evening was lovely, the openings packed and we even saw some red dots on a price list–always a good sign of the city’s art health.

Weekly Update – First Friday group show at Jolie Laide and Charles Burwell at Bridgette Mayer

De-Nature, the seven-person group show at Jolie Laide, demonstrates how artists love to mess around, ie transform or de-nature things, on the way to creating something new. Guest curator Wendy White is a New York artist, and most of the artists are New Yorkers with track records exhibiting in and around the Big Apple.  So it’s a New York show — go see it anyway.

Tyler BFA redux

Following Libby’s great post on the BFA show up at Art Making Machine Studios I thought I’d run a word or two about the BFA show I saw at Tyler Hall a few weeks back. Our student, Alan Prazniak was in that show. Postcard for BFA show at Tyler. Alan’s work is on the right, and Kati’s is bottom left and Paul’s is top left. The show, with works by Kati Gegenheimer, Paul DeMuro and Alan Prazniak paired two makers of abstract art (Kati and Paul) with someone who’s working figuratively and mining literary sources. Apart from the show’s setting ... More » »