7 May 2010
Accidents Waiting to Happen
TWAIN / Santiago Taccetti & Natalia Ibáñez Lario
MAY 7TH - MAY 30TH
OPENING RECEPTION MAY 7TH 8-11PM
LIVE WITH ANIMALS
210 KENT AVENUE
BROOKLYN, NY 11211
During the three weeks before their first solo show in NY, TWAIN, Barcelona based collective formed by Santiago Taccetti and Natalia Ibáñez Lario, will scan Brooklyn's urban facade for common waste and other kinds of disposed of objects. Employing the idea of dérive or drifts through the city they used by the International Situationist they will collect materials and bring them back to the studio. With the found objects they will create unfinished sculptural accidents that will be on display in the gallery on the opening night. The attending public will be asked to finish the work themselves with materials like candles or chains that will be laid out for them to use at their own will. By the end of the night parts of the sculptures will be free for the public to take home or to dispose of as waste, thus completing the cycle in the relation between the art process and the object.
Santiago Taccetti (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1974) lives and works in Barcelona. He has exhibited his work in contemporary art centers and galleries such as the Centre d'Art Santa Monica, CCCB, KBB in Barcelona, La Panaderia in Mexico City, Instituto Italo Latinoamenricano (IILA) in Rome and San Martin Cultural Center Buenos Aires. He has curated the exhibition-event Gala de Estrellas in Madrid, during Mexico's participation as the guest of honor at the ARCO art fair in Madrid. He is also a founding partner of Volumen Art Publication, with the collaboration of several international artists. He has been granted the CIA, Center for Aristic Investigation scholarship, 2010 Buenos Aires and is now residing at the Pinotxo art program in Barcelona.
Natalia Ibáñez Lario (Zaragoza, Spain, 1980) Lives and works in Barcelona. Graduated in Architecture by the International University of Catalonia and the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA) in London. She studied art at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, as well as at Slade School of Fine Art, London UK. She has published her piece, Once upon a time there was a wolf, in the Save me from what I want issue of the Sexy Machinery magazine, published by the AA and The Royal College of Art. Among her recent exhibitions the following stands out Just Painting at Ego Gallery in Barcelona.
9 April 2010
Feast Of Snakes
April 9th through April 18th
Opening Reception April 9th from 8:30 - 10:30
TOMMY TURNER
Lives and works in New York City. A native of NYC, Tommy Turner began documenting the city in the late 1970's. He contributed to magazines such as " The Valium Addict" by Richard Kern. Soon he produced a magazine of his own, "Redrum". As his relationship with Kern grew, he went on to star in Kern's films " Submit to me Now" ,"Goodbye 42nd Street" and " Manhattan love Suicides". Tommy soon after began to make his own 16mm films, " Rat Trap" and "Simonland". Turner is best known for his collaboration with David Wajnarowicz, the film "Where Evil Dwells". Based on the experiences of suburban teenagers on a rush to murderous oblivion, the film focuses on the Northport, Long Island "Satan Teen", Ricky Kasso. Turner has subsequently been strongly associated with "cinema of transgression".
Other works include taxidermy, mainly rats which he created into fashionable ratbags and cat works for artist Lydia Lunch. Sculpture and writing are also part of his work.
Tommy has exhibited his work at the Whitney Museum, Moma, Yerba Buena Center of the Arts in San Francisco,
Anthology Film Archives in NY and the British Film Institute.
www.tommyturner.carbonmade.com
VERONICA IBARRA
Lives and works in New York City. She was born and raised in Los Angeles in a first generation Mexican-American backdrop. Her creativity owes as much to her heritage as it flows from her own personal surreal vision. After a tenure at Otis School of Art and Design she developed a reputation and career as a highly skilled make-up artist which led her to relocate to NYC. The fruit of her move can be seen in a rich body of work that includes the series "60 Avenue B"(2005) and "Los Cuentos de Hadas"(2007). In these works Veronica creates neo-baroque portraiture, often juxtaposing disposable urban spaces with fantastic personalities. She co-curated "Frock N Roll" at Local Project Gallery and has recently self published a book of photography, "Clandestine Theatre".
Veronica's subjects have included: Joanne Burke of Chromium Dumbelle, Carmen Hawk designer of Jovovich-Hawk, Emiliano Maggi, Marrietta Davis, Jon Spencer, Eva Aridjis, Tommy Turner, Lady Starlight, Ladyfag, Breedlove, and Anna Copa Cobanna.
Lives and works in New York City. A native of NYC, Tommy Turner began documenting the city in the late 1970's. He contributed to magazines such as " The Valium Addict" by Richard Kern. Soon he produced a magazine of his own, "Redrum". As his relationship with Kern grew, he went on to star in Kern's films " Submit to me Now" ,"Goodbye 42nd Street" and " Manhattan love Suicides". Tommy soon after began to make his own 16mm films, " Rat Trap" and "Simonland". Turner is best known for his collaboration with David Wajnarowicz, the film "Where Evil Dwells". Based on the experiences of suburban teenagers on a rush to murderous oblivion, the film focuses on the Northport, Long Island "Satan Teen", Ricky Kasso. Turner has subsequently been strongly associated with "cinema of transgression".
Other works include taxidermy, mainly rats which he created into fashionable ratbags and cat works for artist Lydia Lunch. Sculpture and writing are also part of his work.
Tommy has exhibited his work at the Whitney Museum, Moma, Yerba Buena Center of the Arts in San Francisco,
Anthology Film Archives in NY and the British Film Institute.
www.tommyturner.carbonmade.com
VERONICA IBARRA
Lives and works in New York City. She was born and raised in Los Angeles in a first generation Mexican-American backdrop. Her creativity owes as much to her heritage as it flows from her own personal surreal vision. After a tenure at Otis School of Art and Design she developed a reputation and career as a highly skilled make-up artist which led her to relocate to NYC. The fruit of her move can be seen in a rich body of work that includes the series "60 Avenue B"(2005) and "Los Cuentos de Hadas"(2007). In these works Veronica creates neo-baroque portraiture, often juxtaposing disposable urban spaces with fantastic personalities. She co-curated "Frock N Roll" at Local Project Gallery and has recently self published a book of photography, "Clandestine Theatre".
Veronica's subjects have included: Joanne Burke of Chromium Dumbelle, Carmen Hawk designer of Jovovich-Hawk, Emiliano Maggi, Marrietta Davis, Jon Spencer, Eva Aridjis, Tommy Turner, Lady Starlight, Ladyfag, Breedlove, and Anna Copa Cobanna.
www.viphotography.carbonmade.com
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