tuesday september 9th 2008
The Art of Hip Hop 3, at the Albright-Knox
Emily Lenihan
Hip Hop and the Albright Knox Art Gallery? An unexpected partnership, but one that has brought together Buffalonians of all backgrounds in 2004 and 2007. On Friday, September 26th the Art of Hip Hop 3 will celebrate the history, influence and growth of hip-hop.
"When two things that are as unlikely as a very established, long-standing art gallery, a world- premiere art gallery and something like this inner city American art form come together, its intriguing," said Tony Caferro of DTR45, an independent record label, a promoter of the event.
"It exposes the regular patrons of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery to this phenomenon called hip hop," said Edreys Wajed, aka Billy Drease Williams, a former employee of the Albright Knox who both plans the event and is one of the performers.
The Art of Hip Hop focuses on hip hop as a form of positive expression, change and social awareness. The evening is intended to bridge the gap and begin dialog between diverse groups of people.
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monday september 8th 2008
The Day The Music Died
queenseyes
Friday evening I witnessed one of the more bizarre events of the summer - 'Monsters of Nature and Design II' (part of Gusto at the Gallery). Cutting to the chase I can only sum it up this way - there are some folks out there, like George Hughes from Ghana, who really get off by smashing large musical instruments... namely pianos. We were not sure what to expect when we walked up to the back steps of the Albright-Knox. What we found was George and friends smashing a piano accompanied by the Vores (12 piece orchestra). The musicians helped to contribute to the 'stylized version of rituals from George's native land'.
Everyone basically agreed that there was not much more to fathom, other than this takes the theme of Music is Art to a whole new level. After the music stopped and the dismantling of the piano halted, it was time for a crane to lift the piano up into the air. The instr…
buffalorising
As the gallery within the Gallery, the Collectors Gallery at the Albright-Knox provides patrons with artwork to view that can be rented or bought for their home or office. The original works the gallery presents comes in lot of different forms, including but not limited to: sculptures, photographs, paintings, and prints. They recently announced their fall schedule of upcoming exhibitions through December.
Starting off their fall season is Mark Freeland, who died last year at age 50. There will be a special reception on Friday, September 12th from 5:30 PM until 7 PM at the Collectors Gallery for the artist, but his work is already available to view. It will remain up until September 28th when it will be replaced by Jozef Bajus and his “The Combing Wave.”
Bajus' exhibit opens October 3rd with a reception open to the public at 5 PM. Bajus is currently the head of the Fiber Pr…
friday september 5th 2008
Daniels Brings Exhibit To Buffalo
Eli George
Back in April, Melanie Majewski submitted a wonderful article on Errol Daniels. In it, she goes in to great detail about the artist’s background and photographs. She also makes mention of a show coming to Buffalo once a venue was found. That venue has finally been named: El Museo at 91 Allen Street.
Next Friday, September 12th from 7 PM until 10 PM there will be an Opening Reception for the artist. The exhibit consists of Daniels’ photography which centers on creating portraits of the children he discovered while working with The Stephen Shames Foundation. The foundation takes in vulnerable youth in Uganda who are intelligent and motivated to learn but can’t go to a university due to poverty.
The portraits Daniels takes are of children who have lived through some of the worst conditions anywhere. …
Eli George
A week after his 83rd birthday and on the eve of a new year, Michael Goldberg collapsed in his Manhattan studio. He died of a heart attack and the world lost one of the few remaining survivors of the New York School and a major abstract expressionist painter. What’s nice about being an artist is that even when you are gone, your work lives on forever. Bringing this influential artist to Buffalo is the UB Anderson Gallery. They are presenting a memorial exhibit entitled “Ode to Michael Goldberg: Selective Thievery and the Practice of Looking.”
Goldberg (1924-2007) was known for his large-scale abstract paintings. The gallery has managed to gather an impressive number of them together to display the breadth of his work that spanned more than 60 years. Works from the University’s collection, loans from several private collections, and loans from public institutions …
wednesday september 3rd 2008
Gallo to Hang in B'lo
buffalorising
Vincent Gallo, he of Buffalo 66 and The Brown Bunny, will be at Soundlab on September 25th with his band, RRIICCEE.
We very much enjoyed Gallo's interview with Chad Radford, that can be viewed at his blogspot here: http://chadrad.blogspot.com/2007/12/thats-not-art-with-rriiccee-vincent.html.[parental advisory]
As for his music, here is an excerpt from Radford's take on Gallo: This is not experimental music made for the sake of experimentation. As Gallo explains, improvisation is not the right word for the group's brand of spontaneous composition and performance. "Improvisation means committing to a musical form or vocabulary," he says. "We're creating composition, which means we need to be conscious and reflec…
Wudenbachs
The 10th Street Community Garden project of Patrick Cain says farewell to Summer with an outdoor art opening event this Saturday, September 6. Local artist Kevin Kegler will exhibit recent paintings & monoprints in the 10th street garden along with garden food and live music. The show/opening/closing will run from 4:30 till 8pm. Artwork will be priced to be very affordable for this unique setting.
Kevin Kegler's work in the 10th Street Community Garden Exhibit is part of a celebration of the community of people involved in the garden and the neighborhood. The garden brings together musicians, artists, poets and neighbors who are making an effort to vitalize their lives and work. It has been an evolving social sculpture.
The choice of this venue, outside a traditional gallery and in a vegetable garden…
monday september 1st 2008
Dear Fellow Artist:
BRO Reader Submission
Submission by Lukia Costello who recently exhibited her work at the I Shot Lucy show.
I am an artist, and I understand how tiresome it is to be asked to donate your work. When we artists donate, we are really donating three times: with our materials; with our time and inspiration; and with our finished piece. Most times, beyond the gratification that comes with doing something kind and good, there is little in return with respect to exposure for our art. I have donated many, many times, so I know.
I have a different kind of opportunity for you. Please consider submitting work for the Family Justice Center 's (FJC) A New stART art auction. Instructions and an easy online submission form may be found at www.anewstartbuffalo.com.
When I entered into this
sunday august 31st 2008
Bread & Puppet Theater comes to Buffalo
Wudenbachs
In a politically charged election year, many people become active who may have had no opinion or no sense of involvement since the last election cycle. In the time honored tradition of giant Papier-Mâché effigies stirring up the populace towards activism and art, Bread & Puppet Theater comes to Buffalo.
The Vermont based Bread & Puppet Theater is a politically charged group that encourages community participation and advocates a "cheap art" philosophy of inclusion in art and performances along with a literal manifestation of the bread by having fresh baked sourdough bread shared at each performance. Bread & Puppet comes to Buffalo September 10-13 2008 for a mini series of events & Workshops at Artspace and the WNY Book Arts Center.
thursday august 28th 2008
Four MAD Humours at The Alt
Eli George
For Amy Taravella, this weekend means her solo in what took two years to accomplish. The artist has been working in an intensive two-week creation session with three other artists in four different cities in two different countries. Together, they have scrapped together funds to combine their talents and create a unique production based on the four humours.
The four humours was a theory of the makeup and workings of the human body that began with Greek and Roman philosophers. The humours consisted of black and yellow bile, phlegm, and blood. Each artist of this group represents one of the humours and last year, all four of the artists who stem from Buffalo, Chicago, Toronto, and Montreal, managed to make it to Toronto to create the first humour –also known as Jerry. For the first solo out of the planned four solos, they managed to all be in residence at the Toronto Dancemakers…
