THAW THE YETI
April 22, 2005 — May 21, 2005
Thaw the yeti
curated by pearl son and dan kopp
hisham bharoocha
jocelyn shipley
sam martineau
mike borter
robert bryn
mark delong
mindy markowitz
alex barry
April 22 May 21, 2005
Opening Reception 8 11 PM Friday April 22
The yeti relies on desire for its existence. The promise of a wild man is too delicious to ignore and inhabits every one of us. People wish these things into existence to fill voids in their lives. Aberration fulfilling desire. We yearn for a subhuman, a less than man, something more natural. The yeti is a figment of our imagination fused to a plausible reality. It is this desire for a mythic thing that is more in touch with the natural.
It is the struggle for actualization that is so awesome and surprising. The realizations of new myths happen and map out promises fulfilled, real or otherwise. The yeti, a man suspended outside of civilization, frozen in time and buried by the awe horror stricken doubt of mankind. We can only tell ourselves something if we actualize our yearnings to be outside of ourselves.
Hisham Bharoocha creates kaleidoscopic visions that deny perception through fragmentation. His wall installation is part collage and part painting. Jocelyn Shipleys idiosyncratic realizations of the monstrous provide a rare glimpse of the hideous and hilarious sub conscious come to life. Sam Martineau achieves an amorphous blend of fiction and abstraction. Robert Bryn maps a terrain of unconscious thought that could be envied by escapists everywhere. Mike Borter integrates image with materiality in which battles are fought between his characters and the surfaces hes trying to achieve. Mindy Markowitzs delicately surreal drawings meditate on the possibilities of nature. While Alex Barrys drawings represent dystopic realizations of graphic unjust mutations. Banality becomes a hideous identity in Mark Delongs work. The most generic form assumes infinite Freudian possibilities. Delongs images reveal the vulgarities of simple manipulation of obvious archetypes.
10 PM Bonnie Pipkin Presents The Coffinmaker Workshop
9 PM Live Music Friday April 29, featuring Dim Diamond, Queens, Will Shine and Soft Circle. $10 donation.
Brooklyn Fire Proof, Inc. 101 richardson street top floor brooklyn new york 11211
gallery hours : 1 – 6 PM saturday and sunday or call 718 302 4702 for an appointment
www.brooklynfireproof.com (PLEASE UPDATE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION)
directions from Bedford Av Walk north. Right on N 11 – it becomes richardson st. after crossing Union Av.
by train L to Lorimer or G to Metropolitan. Walk north. Right on Meeker Av under the raised BQE. Left on Leonard. Right on Richardson St. *check the mta for schedule updates and service advisories.
by car Williamsburg Bridge (center lange). Exit 33 McGuiness/Humboldt (on right) off the BQE highway. Left at light at end of ramp. Left at light under the BQE on Meeker Av. Veer right on Richardson St.