H A V E N

A R T S

An ≥upstart gallery≤ (Mike Spector, NY Times) in Mott Haven, the Bronx.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Contact JC Rice/Carol Zakaluk 718-585-5753

≥10 Curatorial Perspectives≤

September 4^th – 29^th, 2006

Opening Reception Friday, September 8^th, 6 to 9pm

August 17, 2006 Haven Arts announces an exhibition showcasing the selections of ten different curators, who each control a designated wall of the gallery space. They are: CAREY CLARK, EDWIN GONZALEZ, BARRY KOSTRINSKY, ANAT LITWIN, ARISTIDES LOGOTHETIS, WAYNE NORTHCROSS, J.C. RICE, TIM ROLLINS, NATHAN SCHREIBER, and ZIMAD. The range of expertise brought to bear by these diverse curators and their wide acquaintance with artists and other galleries enriches this collaboration. Please see attached for details about artists.

Haven would like to gratefully acknowledge the input of curator and director of Longwood Arts Project/Bronx Council on the Arts, Edwin Ramoran. He invited the participation of Anat Litwin, organizer of the AMENDICONS project at Makor Gallery, a portion of which is on loan to Haven for this exhibition.

Images included are Matthew Benedictπs ≥Still Life With Razor and Sugarcubes,≤ and ≥The End of NY≤ from Scott Ewaltπs photo series.

Curator: CAREY CLARK

Artists:

Chen Kon Carrasco

Augustine Cruz

Jose Rivera

Tiara Stewart

CHEN CARRASCO:

Bio

Carrasco has been an artist all his life, but has been focusing on the practice of art for the last ten years. Born and raised in the South Bronx, he has lived in Hunts Point for thirteen years. He is a self-taught artist, and has exhibited at THE POINT, Studio 889, Haven Arts, and Fresh Art.

Artist Statement

The expression of art speaks to us all in as many ways as possible. One only needs to open the mind and heart to it. My inspiration is guided by the unknown. From the neoclassical to modern art, I love to put a hidden treasure in each piece. As the viewer looks closely at the work, these treasures invite the viewerπs emotions into each piece, making the work their own.

AUGUSTINE CRUZ :

Bio

Born in the Bronx, raised upstate at St. Agathaπs, a Catholic home, Cruz has been a resident of Hunts Point for thirty-eight years. He has been practicing art as long as he can remember, and is self-taught. His works have been exhibited in El Museo del Barrio, The Bronx Museum, THE POINT, and The Epilepsy Society.

Artistπs Statement

Since age fourteen, I've done hundreds of wood carvings. People have asked me to make things for them. Over the years I came to believe I had a gift, which I should use. What I hope is that people will see the type of beautiful work I can do, that I can keep doing it, and show more beauty for myself and to others.

JOSE RIVERA:

Bio

Rivera has been an artist since he was seven years old. He studied art in Puerto Rico with Don Victor Torres Lidsardi for five years then studied at the Puerto Rican Institute of Art for four years, with Don Frank Cervoni, amongst others. He has been influenced by Diego Rivera. He has lived in the Bronx for twelve years and has shown his work at THE POINT, Studio 889, Longwood Gallery, Fresh Art, and the Mott Haven Library.

TIARA STEWART:

Bio

Stewart is a self-taught artist, who has been living in Hunts Point for ten years. She has exhibited her works at The POINT and Fresh Art.

Curator: EDWIN GONZALEZ

Artists:

Marisol Diaz

Jayson Keeling

Shannon Sinclair

Kristina Taylor

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Curator: BARRY KOSTRINSKY

≥Lincoln Memorial≤

Artist:

Lincoln Capla

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Curator: ARISTIDES LOGOTHETIS

≥An Other Hero≤

Artists:

Miguel Luciano

Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz

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Curator: WAYNE NORTHCROSS

≥Americana≤

Artists:

Thomas Allen

Matthew Benedict

Geoffrey Chadsey

Scott Ewalt

Wes Lang

Eddie Martinez

Michael Meads

Javier PiÒÛn

Through the eyes of Alabama native and New Orleans resident, photographer and painter MICHAEL MEADS, a series of color photographs chronicles the joys, antics, passions and tragedies of a cityπs inhabitants.

Geoffrey Chadseyπs colorful drawings incorporate traditional and contemporary notions of Americana from the color and design of the dollar bill and portraits of the founding fathers to commercial images of popular culture, fashion, hip-hop and homoeroticism.

Javier PiÒÛnπs collages amusingly play with the iconic American cowboy. Whether suspended from baroque chandliers or tumbling from towers made of chairs, PiÒÛnπs cowboys force us to question the iconic nature of the rough-and-tumble man and the American dream.

In images of New York Cityπs infamous row of 42^nd street porn theaters, Scott Ewalt portrays the urbanscape of American sex culture, littered with signage documenting commercial booms and busts. Ewalt reimagines these half-forgotten and poorly documented monuments to a faded past.

Wes Langπs portraits of American Indians point to a lost sense of naturalism in the American landscape and the failed promise of early utopian ideals. In other work, Lang takes the antique look of drawn battle plans and combines it with historical symbols for his scenes of modern warfare and social conflict.

Taking a nod from folk and abstract sources, Eddie MartinezπS cacophonous and exaggerated drawings and paintings depict genre scenes whose style is naÔve, folksy and comic.

Inspired by the three dimensionality of the pop-up book, and the narrative violence and sexuality of the pin-up art and the covers of pulp fiction novels, Thomas Allen brings tales to life in his photographic series ≥Uncovered.≤

Matthew Benedictπs multimedia look like well-treasured, lost then found artifacts and personal memorabilia. The narratives of his expressionistic paintings and collages, which often use Masonic and occult symbols and reveal glimpses into secret ceremonies and associations, are open-ended and unresolved.

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Curator/ Project Director: ANAT LITWIN

The AMENDICONS project, on loan from the Makor Gallery of the 92^nd St Y, aims to create a live platform of responses to the urgent situation in the Middle East. It is designed to be a forum for direct personal and progressive expressions that stand outside of mainstream media bias. The display includes over 100 freeform responses in various media (text, photographs, emails, images, artwork, signs, stickers, graffiti, blogs, collage, documentation etc.) all sized 8" x 10" exactly, framed, and mounted on the gallery wall. This project will continue to grow to contain a wide range of responses to the evolving situation, and will travel to new venues. The project is open to all.

Please send work sized 8≤ x 10≤ and release form to: Makor Gallery, 35 West 67^th St, NY, NY 10023.more info at www.makor.org under Makor Gallery.

The AMENDICONS project of Makor Gallery organized by Anat Litwin was invited by Edwin Ramoran, curator and director of Longwood Arts Project/Bronx Council on the Arts. Haven Arts and Anat Litwin wish to thank Edwin Ramoran, Director of Longwood Arts, for his gracious facilitation of all aspects of the collaboration between Haven Arts and the Makor Gallery.

Longwood Arts Project is the contemporary art center of the Bronx Council on the Arts <http://www.bronxarts.org/> with the mission to support artists and their work, especially emerging artists from underrepresented groups such as people of color and women, through Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, Digital Matrix Commissions Program, and public programs that provide opportunities for free and open dialogue. Longwood Arts Project presents solo and group exhibitions of works of art produced in various media or through interdisciplinary practices that connect artists, communities, and ideas within and beyond the Bronx.

MAKOR : a cutting-edge cultural center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan; a place to hear diverse music performed by established and emerging artists; a place to reflect on film, theater and art; to educate yourself about current affairs and career opportunities; to immerse yourself in Jewish life and learning with other New Yorkers in their 20s and 30s.

The Makor Gallery facilitates a cross-cultural dialogue on contemporary art, community and tradition. New exhibitions are presented in five-to-six-week cycles and are curated by guest curators.

www.Makor.org

Curator: J.C. RICE

Artist:

Darcy Dahl

These new paintings from Darcy Dahl are biomorphic abstractions of the human form. With Darcy, accidents are encouraged as the forms progress and in the end his paintings as such are never finished. He has managed, as did Bacon before him, to confront the reality of a transpired fact and resolve its most pressing esthetic problems through the reality of the artistic act -- the act of execution of form and the destruction of rational thought.

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Curator: TIM ROLLINS

Artists:

Joseph Beuys

Joshua Drayzen

Ala Ebtekar

Jose Gabriel Fernandez

Louise Fishman

Andres Martinez
Blinky Palermo

Sigmar Polke

Odilon Redon
Nelson Ricardo Savinon

Jeff Sonhouse

Felix Gonzalez Torres

Rosemarie Trockel
Juana Valdes

Frans Van Nieuwenborg
Carrie Mae Weems

Peter Fischli and David Weiss

Curator: NATHAN SCHREIBER

Artists:

James Fattu

Leigh Sellinger

Victoria Sica

Rebecca Summerour

JAMES FATTU has studied the figurative academic tradition at the

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Schuylkill Academy of Fine Art,

SACI in Florence, and acquired his BA from Villanova University in the

Humanities. He is a documentary filmmaker, his current project

examines squatter youth culture in Philadelphia. James lives in the

Bronx, New York and is a member of the Ironworks Art Collective.

LEIGH SELLINGER has a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University where she studied sculpture, painting, and set design. She was a scenic

painter for 10 years, painting film and theatre sets as well as

scenery for the Christmas windows at Macy's, Saks, and Lord &

Taylor. Her paintings find humor in looking closely at found images.

Currently she is a graphic designer for a women's underwear company

and enjoys painting portraits of pets.

REBECCA SUMMEROUR is a fine arts graduate from Virginia Commonwealth University. She holds degrees in Art Education and Crafts and is currently a conservation apprentice at the Textile Conservation

Workshop in South Salem, NY. She recently moved to Port Morris, the Bronx and is a member of the Ironworks Art Collective.

VICTORIA SICA is an illustrator originally from New Jersey. She loves

drawing almost as much as she loves vanilla milkshakes. She is

currently pursuing a degree at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan

Curator: ZIMAD

≥Hearts≤

Artists:

Meres

Sinistar

Zimad

ZIMAD: A combination of realism and abstraction in a graffiti art form. Mixed media with flavor.

MERES: Takes graffiti art and puts it in a fine art setting.

SINISTAR: Dark images of a medical background with nontraditional, self-taught technique

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