Like the Spice presents Off the Clock a group exhibition
Let me start this blurb with one simple statement I LOVE LIKE THE SPICE GALLERY!!!!!
Like The Spice is a very cool little gallery in Brooklyn, New York. Marisa Sage (Sage, Like the Spice...get it? lol) is a talented artist and instructor who was my first photoshop instructor. The gallery focuses on contemporary art and artists and hosts several great shows every year. Marisa also hosts regular artist dinners in which a group of art lovers engage in a stimulating discussion of art and culture with an exhibiting artist over a homegrown, delicious and healthy meal. Below is a blurb on the new exhibition in the space. Check it out.
Like the Spice is pleased to present Off the Clock, a group exhibition of works by artists who work or have worked as studio assistants to other artists, featuring works by Rachel Beach who has assisted Roxy Paine, Jason Bryant who assists Kehinde Wiley, Allison Edge who has assisted McDermott & McGough and Jeff Koons, Charlie Ledbetter who also has assisted Jeff Koons, Jenny Morgan and David Mramor who assist Marilyn Minter and Reuben Negron who assists Papa Colo. The seven artists in this show have each spent a considerable amount of time working in another artist's studio. Here we present their personal artwork, giving viewers an introduction to the next generation of artists who may one day have assistants of their own as well as a chance to consider the studio assistant's place in the art world more generally.
Rachel Beach makes wooden sculptures with a tromp l'oeil kick, playing three-dimensional reality against two-dimensional illusion. Jason Bryant's cropped, photorealistic paintings of models and celebrities bring mystery and humanity back to the age of overexposure. Allison Edge investigates tween psychology, innocence, and nostalgia in her highly detailed oils. Charlie Ledbetter combines images inspired by multiple texts in compositions that playfully evoke grand literary themes. Jenny Morgan's portraits conflate the physicality of paint and person, psychology and physiology. Her collaborative works with David Mramor, investigate the tension and fluidity of portrait and landscape, abstraction and representation. In his sensuously painted watercolors, Reuben Negrón explores the private lives of people in love and lust, exposing and elevating them at once.
Peek through the doors of Like the Spice Gallery, and you'll see an example of how art can be clever
and all-encompassing at the same time. In our space at 224 Roebling Street, between S 2nd and S 3rd, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Like the Spice promotes art that carries both meaning and beauty.
Like the Spice artists are encouraged to push their limits and find new directions in their work, bringing
art that is resonating, not just hanging. From pencil and oil to sculpture and video; our paintings are fresh and our digital art is not just about the pixels.
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{224 Roebling Street. Brooklyn, NY 11211} {718-388-5388} {info@likethespice.com} {Wed - Sun 12-7, Mon by appt. only}
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