Curatorial Statement
Exhibition Checklist
Gallery Location/Directions
Acknowledgements
Curatorial Statement
John Monti - 'Green Smile,' part of 'Fancy' (2004)
Are We Having Fun Yet? explores fun, a uniquely American pathology, from the unapologetically joyful surface to the dark, deadpan underbelly. Smiles take on frightening proportions, nuns enjoy cigarette breaks, and artists get hit in the head by flying objects. Straightforward and sublime, subversive and perverse, Are We Having Fun Yet? invites you to have the last laugh.
Project Diversity is a multi-venue exhibition of 200 Brooklyn artists to be held at 16 galleries in 10 Brooklyn neighborhoods in Spring 2005. The exhibition is meant to help unite audiences and artists across lines of race, gender, age and place. To feature works across all visual media as well as educational forums and family activities, the event will also celebrate Brooklyn's tremendous diversity, cultural vision and cutting-edge style. The majority of exhibitions will take place April 29-May 28, although some will open in md-March and early April. Free public shuttle bus service will provide easy access to all participating galleries on select weekends. Project Diversity was conceived by Rush Philanthropic cofounder/executive VP Danny Simmons, an accomplished artist and Brooklyn gallery owner, and creator of the award-winning Def Poetry Jam. The exhibition was developed with a coalition of the borough's key cultural leaders. Project Diversity is presented by Bloomberg LP. Generous support is provided by Target, Washington Mutual, Independence Community Foundation, Con Edison, Deutsche Bank, and Danny Simmons. For info, please visit www.rushphilanthropic.org.
Exhibition Checklist
Unless otherwise noted all works are from the collection of the artists; dimensions are given in inches (height x width x depth).
Donna Alberico
Four Truckers at Bar, 2003
C-print
16 x 20 inches
$600
Mark Lee Blackshear
Gang of West Coast Nettle Jellyfish #1, 2004
C-print
24 x 24 inches
$ 1,250
Uli Brahmst
Vanitas, 2002
latex, cotton, nylon felt and polyester stuffing
11 x 15 x 7 inches
NFS
Amy Chan
Norwegian Wood, 2004
gouache on paper
30 x 44 inches
$ 1,000
Ernest Concepcion
The Line Wars, 2005
ink on paper
variable dimensions (9x12 inches each)
$150 each
Mira Asli Friedlaender
I Love My Classmates, 2004
single-channel DVD
1:00 minute loop
$ 1,000
Heather Klinkhamer
Turquoise Nun,, 2002
oil on canvas
6 x 10-1/2 inches
$ 1,200
Jolly Green Nun,, 2002
oil on canvas
6-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches
$ 1,200
Kristy Knight
Red Carpet/Weave, 2003
cardboard labels
480 x 60 inches
$ 3,200
Camille Laoang
Township, 2003
oil on canvas
48 x 36 inches
$ 2,500
Jason Lujan
American Indian Fansub Project: Super Busy Anime Karaoke, 2004
single-channel DVD
8:30 minutes
$ 500
John Monti
Fancy, 2004
cast rubber
variable dimensions
sold individually, please inquire
Christopher Moore
Five Dress Collages, 2003
photo prints with paper collage
12 x 36 inches
$ 700
Lori Nix
Parade, 2004
C-print
14 x 40 inches
$ 1,600
Bounty, 2004
C-print
40 x 23 inches
$ 2,300
Lover’s Leap, 2004
C-print
30 x 40 inches
$ 1,900
Chris Oh
Join, 2004
ink and acrylic on paper
48 x 68 inches
$ 800
Marie Roberts
Serpentina, 2003
acrylic on canvas
60 x 48 inches
$ 750
Ron Taylor
Brooklyn Bubblism, 2002
mixed media
11 x 14 inches
$ 800
Traci Tullius
Some People Never Learn, 2001
single-channel DVD
3:00 minutes
NFS
The purchase of artwork is an important way individuals can support contemporary artists and share their work with others. The Rotunda Gallery is a not-for-profit exhibition space and retains 20% of the proceeds of sales to help underwrite its exhibitions and educational programs. Please ask the gallery sitter if you would like additional information.
Gallery Location/Directions
The Rotunda Gallery (33 Clinton Street, Brooklyn Heights), housed in an award-winning space designed by Smith-Miller + Hawkinson, showcases the work of Brooklyn artists. The Rotunda Gallery's educational programs reach 6,000 students each year with gallery visits and in-school art making projects. Janet Riker is the Gallery Director; Meridith McNeal is Associate Director. The Rotunda Gallery is a project of the not-for-profit BRIC/Brooklyn Information & Culture, Inc.
Located in Brooklyn Heights, just over the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, the Gallery is also easily accessible by public transportation. It is a short walk from the 2,3; 4,5; M; N or R trains at the Court Street/Borough Hall station; or the A, C trains at High Street.
Acknowledgements
The Rotunda Gallery is grateful for the generous support of our exhibition and education programs from Astoria Federal, the Sally and Milton Avery Foundation, Bloomberg L.P., Con Edison, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Forest City Ratner Companies, the William Randolph Hearst Foundations, the Independence Community Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the New York Community Trust, JP Morgan Chase, the Pepsi Cola/Hip-Hop Summit Partnership, the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, Verizon, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, as well as numerous individuals.
Programs are made possible in part by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with support from Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and the Brooklyn Delegation to the New York City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts.
The Rotunda Gallery is a program of BRIC/Brooklyn Information & Culture
SPECIAL EVENT
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Join us for an evening of readings and performance featuring writer and performer Mike Albo (The Underminer), author Ben Greenman (Superworse), Coney Island sideshow star Heather Holiday, artist Marie Roberts and musician Everton Sylvester. Each performer will explore the themes of our Are We Having Fun Yet? exhibition.
Admission is free, but space is limited.
For reservations, please call 718.875.4047 x11.
March 17, 2005 TO May 7, 2005
Admission is FREE
OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION: Thursday, March 17 - 6pm-8pm