No Longer Empty Presents
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
April 4, 2012 - June 5, 2012

Andrew Freedman Home
1125 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10452

Opening Reception
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
6PM - 8PM

On April 4, 2012, the gates of the Andrew Freedman Home will open to the public. The Home was once built to be a haven, a paradise, for the rich elderly who had lost their fortunes. Bequeathed by millionaire Andrew Freedman, the Home provided not only food and shelter but all the accoutrements of a rich and civilized life style – white glove dinner service, a grand ball room, a wood-paneled library, billiard room and a social committee who organized concerts, opera performances and the like.    

Referencing this quixotic history, This Side of Paradise will reference the past and reconnect the vision of Andrew Freedman to today’s Bronx and its realities. The exhibition and its extensive public programming onsite and offsite will draw together the economic and social history of the Home with the present day realities of the Bronx and its residents.

The selected artists' will work in a site-specific manner and will respond to such issues as memory, immigration, storytelling, aging and the creation of fantasy that the original concept of the Home “being poor in style” suggests. This Side of Paradise will celebrate human ingenuity, the strength of the human spirit and the resilience needed to fashion beauty, hope and rejoicing.

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Fountain Art Fair New York at the 69th Regiment Armory
March 9–11, 2012 | 68 Lexington Avenue at 25th Street

Hours & Special Events:
Friday, March 9, 1pm–7pm – VIP & Press Preview
Friday, March 9, 7pm–11pm – Artlog presents: Public Opening Night Reception, Fab 5 Freddy (DJ set)
Saturday, March 10, 7–11pm – Art For Progress presents: Saturday Night Party, Performances TBA
General Hours: Saturday, March 10 & Sunday, March 11, 1pm–7pm

Big Deal Arts / Curated by Ginger Shulick
Featuring works by Tiffany Carbonneau, Nicholas Fevelo, Jay Paavonpera, Jaanika Peerna, Don Porcella, and Ned Snider 

Church Ave. / Brooklyn Ave.
24" x 24", household paint, crayon, graphite, and spackling paste on sheetrock, 2012 

I have been officially accepted into the Bronx Museum: AIM Residency for 2012.
36 emerging New York artists were selected for the program which will culminate in a biennial exhibtion at the museum in June 2013.

The Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concourse
at 165th Street
Bronx, NY 10456
bronxmuseum.org

Verge Art Miami Beach
1671 Washington Avenue @ 17th Street
December 1-4, 2011

Tomorrow Stars
Featuring works by Chizuco Sophia Yw (Brooklyn, NY), Emi Brady (Brooklyn, NY), Fanny Allie (Brooklyn, NY), Jay Paavonpera (Brooklyn, NY), Eve Lateiner (New York, NY), George Goodridge (Miami FL), Adrienne Outlaw (Nashville, TN), Michael Lauch (Brevard, NC), Jordi Williams (Richmond, VA), Josafat Miranda (Ft. Lauderdale, FL), Cindy Mason (St. Petersburg, FL), Alice Raymond (Biscayne Park, FL), Jovan Karlo Vilalba (Miami, FL), Mare Vaccaro (Lexington, KY), Horst Josch (Meerbusch, Germany), Francesco Vizzini (Brooklyn, NY), Marita Contreras (St. Pete Beach, FL), Michael Harris (Weston, FL), Romy Maloon (Marietta, GA), and Melissa Maddonni Haims (Philadelphia, PA)

Public Hours
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, December 1-3, Noon to 10 pm
Sunday, December 4, Noon to 6 pm

Opening Night Party 
Thursday, December 1, 2011, 6pm to 10pm

Gowanus Studio Space
166 7th Street, Ground Floor
Brooklyn, NY, 11215

Stop by. 

Ocean Ave. / Bedford Ave.
22" x 30", ink transfer and acrylic on 330gsm hot pressed paper, 2011 

Check out my feature online at the art+design blog at complex.com.

A big shout out to Marc Ecko and the entire team over at Complex for their continuing support of the arts!

complex.com/art-design/dirquo

Check out my feature at X / I (Ten Words and One Shot) today. A fantastic project by Kevin Krumnikl out of Germany.

Kevin has curated a fantastic selection of artists for this project and I am proud to be a part of it.

Look for the accompanying book next year!

tenwordsandoneshot.com