I can't be there personally as I am basking in the warm South Florida sunshine, but if you're in NYC you should check out the new show at Rush Arts that opens tonight called Latitude.

LATITUDE
February 3 - March 28, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday January 30th, 2009 6-8PM

Sung Jin Choi
Brendan Fernandes
Mona Kamal
Sungmi Lee
Vered Sivan
Jessica Vaughn

In the many modes that latitude can describe place on both a personal and global scale, the six artists in this exhibition investigate the complexities of mixed cultural identity and the increasingly unstable political and emotional notions of homeland. Each approach visual narrative and representation uniquely yet share a communal emphasis on material and process. The line is often articulated as a symbol that references memory, points of departure and the linking of time and space. Much like the longitudinal and latitudinal lines of the globe, the highly-detailed, repetitive quality in these works highlights the prescribed parameters of the gallery space and challenges this rigidity to further complicate the boundary of experiences. Ideological constructs and pre-existing binaries are deconstructed as Sung Jin Choi, Brendan Fernandes, Mona Kamal, Sungmi Lee, Vered Sivan and Jessica Vaughn come together in this installation-based exhibition to redefine notions of identity, authenticity and heritage outside of a hegemonic vernacular.