BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Westbeth - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://westbeth.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Westbeth REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250715T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250715T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T060510 CREATED:20250511T194852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250521T121526Z UID:10000772-1752566400-1752598800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth GalleryOpen Call 2026 Exhibition Proposals DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-gallery-open-call-2026-exhibition-proposals/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:non-event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/gallery-open-call-sq.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250702T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250727T180000 DTSTAMP:20260423T060510 CREATED:20250608T232649Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250727T183852Z UID:10000791-1751461200-1753639200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:4 Solo Shows: Avri Ohana\, Faten Gaddes\, Tami Luchow\, Masha Neverova DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nJULY 2nd – JULY 27th\, 2025 \nOpening Reception: Wednesday July 2nd \,2025 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM \nGallery Hours: Wednesday – Sunday from 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM \nARTIST TALKS – see below for description and schedule. \nThe Westbeth Gallery is pleased to present four solo shows by the artists: Avri Ohana\, Faten Gaddes\, Masha Neverova\, and Tami Luchow. These artists\, all of whom now live in the USA\, come from four continents. While they represent four different cultural backgrounds\, visions\, and concerns\, they recognize in each other the courage in pursuing their individual freedom of expression. \nAVRI OHANA – NATURE WITHIN (Main Gallery) is a composite of Ohana’s work as a multi style painter. His loveof nature\, as represented in his new paintings\, sensitively combines his semi-figurative and abstract styles. A common thread throughout the works is his rich treatment of color and textual layering. In a way\, this is a retrospective of his 60-years’ work as influenced by his childhood in Morocco\, his formative years in Israel\, and his later life in New York. Ohana finds a sense of freedom as he lets unexpected elements surface in these works. www.avriohana.com \nFATEN GADDES – HALWA (Gallery 1) is a powerful multimedia installation that revisits a work destroyed in Tunisia in 2012 following an act of violence motivated by religious extremism. Thirteen years later\, she returns to this silenced piece through a new creation that weaves together sculpture\, video performance\, drawing\, and archival fragments. Conceived during her residency at Westbeth\, HALWA is both an act of remembrance and transformation — a gesture of healing\, resistance\, and artistic rebirth. The work reclaims a voice and reconstructs a story through presence\, material\, and memory.\nwww.fatengaddes.com | Instagram @fatengaddes | LinkedIn @fatengaddes | X @fatengaddes \nMASHA NEVEROVA – FOOTHOLDS (Gallery 2). For the artist\, such footholds became the plants that grew inplaces of personal significance. This led to a series of drawings and paintings developed over years—first in her native Saint Petersburg and Belarus\, and later in emigration to Israel\, Georgia\, and the United States. The works combine botanical illustration with expressive abstraction in strokes and lines. Together\, they form a layered image that reflects the structure of memory. Alongside the artworks is a boat-shaped installation that stands as a symbol of the path taken and the possibility of moving forward.\nmashaneverova.com| Instagram @masha_neverova_ \nTAMI LUCHOW – DIS IS LIFE : DIS IS YOU : DIS IS ME : DIS IS US (Gallery 3). This is the KICKOFF of THE DIS TOUR with Tami Luchow\, author\, artist\, and speaker\, as she boldly gathers voices from around the country and around the world featuring representation and visibility for marginalized people! The exhibit features multimedia works that push boundaries and foster community across humanity including photography\, multimedia\, sculpture\, mobiles\, and interactive pieces. DON’T DIS US\, JOIN US! www.tamiluchow.com | Instagram @tamiluchow \nFor inquires:zchohendf@gmail.com \nAVRI OHANA and MASHA NEVEROVA moderated by Ze’eva Cohen. professor emerita\, Princeton University\nWednesday July 9\, 7pm -8 pm\nAvri Ohana and Masha Neverova will discuss their artistic journey\, including the main influences that inspired their art\, as well as their current work as represented in their repective shows: Ohana’s\, Nature Within\, and Neverova’s\, Foothold.\nDownload Avri Ohana Individual Press Release\nDownload Masha Neverova Individual Press Release\nDownload Avri Ohana Masha Neverova BiosAvri Ohana \nAvri Ohana\, born in Morocco immigrated to Israel at the age of 12. He lived in Ein Hod\, Israel’s first artist village\, where he was influenced by the European Dadaist Marcel Janco\, and the painter Eric Brauer of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. Ohana’s exhibitions include solo and group shows in Israel\, Europe\, and the United States\, where he has been living for many years. \n\nMasha Neverova \nMasha Neverova was born in Leningrad USSR . As a child\, she was highly influenced by her father who is a visual artist. . She studied at The School of Contemporary Art ‘Free Workshops’ at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Neverova works with themes related to ritual\, trauma\, myth\, and memory. She has participated in solo and group exhibitions in Israel\, Georgia\, Lithuania\, and Russia. \nFATEN GADDES with Valèrie Hallier\, Visual Arts chair Westbeth Gallery\, and Ashley Tucker\, co-director of Artistic Freedom Initiative.\nThursday July 17\, 7pm – 8pm\nThis three-way conversation will revisit the genesis of HALWA\, a work created thirteen years after the burning of a previous installation by the artist in Tunisia.\nDownload Faten Gaddes Individual Press Release\nFaten Gaddes \nFaten Gaddes is a Franco-Tunisian artist based in New York. Her work is firmly rooted in the “duty of remembrance”\, with strong political and social dimensions.She is currently developing a photographic and film-based project entitled “Itinerary”\, in collaboration with Native American communities \nTAMI LUCHOW.\nWednesday July 23\, 7pm – 8pm\nThis marks the official kickoff of THE DIS TOUR\, championing representation and visibility for marginalized communities\, it features photography\, multimedia\, sculpture\, mobiles\, and interactive pieces. \nDownload Tami Luchow individual Press Release\n Tami Luchow is a keynote speaker\, writer\, changemaker\, leader\, and she is the author of the bestselling Poems for A Memory. Tami runs workshops on representation\, community\, belonging and self-care. She advises C-suites\, executive teams\, and human resource professionals. Tami is also a motivational speaker at businesses\, universities\, schools\, camps\, and other organizations encouraging everyone to build more confident\, meaningful\, and successful lives. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/4-solo-shows-avri-ohana-faten-gaddes-masha-neverova-tami-luchow/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/4-SoloShows-SQ-_1080_RGB.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250110T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250126T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T060510 CREATED:20241113T003757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250129T222242Z UID:10000693-1736496000-1737910800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:PAIRIDAĒZA Group Show An exploration of the paradise garden's utopian ideal. DESCRIPTION:Last Weekend – Closes Sunday Jan 26\, 2025\n\nVideo features the work of Krista Gay\, Ali Kaeini\, Kitty Rauth\, Sam Sherman\, and Sasha Fishman. \nClick on image to start slide show.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nOpens Friday January 10\, 2025 6pm – 8pm \nShow dates: January 11 – Janury 26\, 2025 \nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street\nNew York\,NY\nGallery Hours: Wed – Sun 1pm – 6pm \nWestbeth Gallery is pleased to present Pairidaēza\,a group exhibition featuring works by Sam Sherman\, Krista Gay\, Ali Kaeini\, Sasha Fishman\, Kate Stone\, Kitty Rauth\, and Charlie Manion. \nCurated by Celeste del Valle. \nConjuring imaginations of absentminded leisure\, luxury\, and eternal life\, the mythic concept\nof paradise is both a primeval place of origin and an imminent\, realizable future promised to\nthe virtuous few. Even in our “secularism\,” this notion continues to occupy a significant\nplace in our collective consciousness. \nThe word “paradise” can be traced through Latin and Greek to a relative of the Iranian\nlanguage Avestan\, the scriptural language of Zoroastrianism. Its near-Avestan root words\nshape the compound word Pairidaēza\, which translates as “to make or form a wall” and\n“enclosed garden.” \nIn his description of Paul Klee’s 1920 monoprint Angelus Novus\, Walter Benjamin wrote of\nthe angel of history: a creature facing backward towards the wreckage of the past\, forcibly\npropelled into the future by “a storm blowing from Paradise\,” which has “caught in his\nwings with such violence that [he] can no longer close them\,” despite the angel’s wish to\n“stay\, awaken the dead\, and make whole what has been smashed.”\nTaking Benjamin’s description of the storm in paradise as a cynosure\, this exhibition\nchallenges the paradise garden’s utopian ideal with questions its etymology implies: who is\nthe garden for? For what function is the wall designed? At what cost is the garden\nmaintained? \nThe artists brought together in this exhibition explore the tensions and questions inherent to\nthe paradise garden through varied media\, methods\, and narratives. Emblems of ritualism\nare interrupted and defanged\, exposing cracks in the walls where a new telos may emerge.\n– Celeste del Valle \nPlease join us for the opening reception of PAIRIDAĒZA on January 10\, 2025\, from 6-8\nPM. The exhibition will be open to the public Wednesday through Sunday\, 1-6 PM from\nJanuary 11 through January 26\, 2025. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-gallery-presents-pairidaeza-group-show-an-exploration-of-the-oparadise-gardens-utopian-ideal/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/PAIRIDAEZA-FINAL_Digital.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241123T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241228T180000 DTSTAMP:20260423T060510 CREATED:20241106T040600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241230T161145Z UID:10000676-1732366800-1735408800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Visual Artists Winter Show 2024 DESCRIPTION:Westbeth Gallery is OPEN on Thanksgiving Day \nShow Dates: Nov 23 – Dec 28\, 2024\nWed- Sun 1pm – 6pm \nCelebrated the recent work of of 100 Westbeth Visual Artists in photography\, fine art prints\, sculpture\, multi-media\, painting\, and installation. \nPhotos of Opening Night\nClick image to start slide show URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-visual-artists-winter-show-2024/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WinterShow-SUE-THISEdited2_Online_1080_2024.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241111 DTSTAMP:20260423T060510 CREATED:20240810T121212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241230T163031Z UID:10000580-1729814400-1731283199@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Global Art Project: CrossingBorders We Are All Immigrants DESCRIPTION:NEW PHOTOS OF EXHIBITON\nClick Image to start Slideshow\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\nClick o enlarge \nOctober 25th -November 10th\, 2024\nOpening Reception\nFriday October 25th 6-8pm \nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street at Washington\nNew York City \nExhibition Hours\nWednesday – Sunday\n1-6pm and by appointment\n\nCurators: Carl Heyward\, Akiko Suzuki\, Mikel Frank\, Joanne Rogers \n \n Inspirational 89 Art Magazine features a profusely illustrated article on the exhibition. GLOBAL ART BORDERS #inspirational 89 – GAP feature \n \nClick to enlarge \nCrossingBorders: WE ARE ALL IMMIGRANTS\nAn exhibition of works by members of Global Art Project\, an international multimedia collaborative collective with over 90 members operating in 19 different countries.\nExhibition Concept: \nThe Borders are wide\, various\, concrete and philosophical\, offering an illusion of safety and definitive organization of reality buttressed by or colliding with the shifts in perception\, power alignments\, cultural imperatives and agendas at play at any given moment both on the international and the personal\, subjective stage.\nBorders as a theme not defined\, but implied. The obvious way to look at Borders is as it relates to geographic demarcation and via socio-political implications\,however\, the artists in this exhibition take it one step further examining Borders that confound and limit us personally; Borders to be psychologically challenged\, broken through and/or accepted.\nCrossingBorders: WE ARE ALL IMMIGRANTS poses the question\, “Where can we find a safe haven?”\nWith immigration looming large as a hot button item politically\, polarizing as well as unifying\, this exhibition will touch demonstrate the many ways artists create works that deal with this question. From the lack of compassion to international and jurisdictional walls being built\, the exhibiting artists dive deeply into depictions of ethnocentric responses and unreasonable blockages to the ever present desperation of immigrants trying to find a home/country they can feel safe in when they do not feel safe in their own. \nIn photographs\, paintings\, monumental sculptures\, installations and performance CrossingBorders offers insight into concerns ranging from gender transformation\, the Atlantic slave trade\, the DNA of consolodation as well as the immigrant at the border\, on the shore welcomed or washed out.\nThe Westbeth exhibition is curated by artist Carl Heyward and GAP founding member Akiko Suzuki. \nClick to enlarge \n*CrossingBorders travels to Nine Eighteen Nine Studio Gallery in Charlotte\, NC with artist Mikel Frank and VAPA co-founder and director of the gallery Joanne Rogers joining the curatorial team November 16\, 2024 -January 4th\, 2025.*\n“What Borders are you willing to cross?”\nAdditional info/photos/interviews upon request: \nartspeak2020@yahoo.com\nGLOBAL ART PROJECT \nhttps://www.instagram.com/globalartproject/\nhttps://globartproject.wixsite.com/globalartproject-art\nShow Preview\nClick image for slide show URL:https://westbeth.org/event/global-art-project-presents-crossing-borders-we-are-all-immigrants/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:Current,past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GLOBAL-SQ-ART-PROJET-SIGN-CROSSING-FLYER-LOGO-BORDERS_Mesa-de-trabajo-1-copia-2.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240509T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240524T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T060510 CREATED:20240419T184230Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240528T161606Z UID:10000516-1715241600-1716570000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:WHITNEY MUSEUM INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM PRESENTS 2024 ANNUAL EXHIBITIONS AND SYMPOSIUM DESCRIPTION:Whitney ISP S Emsaki crude education (still) 1908-ongoing. Courtesy of the artist\, scaled. \nISP 23/24 Curatorial exhibition: Not Everything is Given \nISP\n745 Washington St\nNYC \nand right across the street \nISP 23/24 Studio exhibition: At Odds With (curated by Juana Berrio)\nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune St\nNYC \nArtist Reception and Opening for both shows: May 9\, 2024 6pm – 8pm \nShow dates run concurrently: May 9 – May 24\, 2024\nHours: Wednesday – Sunday 1pm – 6pm\nClosed Monday and Tuesday \nSymposium: Sunday May 19\, 2024 \nThe Whitney Museum of American Art’s Independent Study Program (ISP) marks the culmination of the 2023–24 academic year with a symposium at the Whitney on Sunday\, May 19\, and two exhibitions at the ISP and Westbeth Gallery\, May 9–24. These presentations showcase the work of the 2023–24 ISP cohort across three areas of concentration: Critical Studies Program\, Curatorial Program\, and Studio Program. The presentation at the ISP marks the first exhibition in the ISP’s new permanent home at the renovated former studio and home of artist Roy Lichtenstein. \nSymposium: Sunday May 19\, 2024\nThe 2023–24 Helena Rubinstein Critical Studies Fellows will present their current research at the annual ISP Critical Studies Symposium on Sunday\, May 19 from 2–7 pm in the Museum’s Susan and John Hess Family Theater. The fellows\, Alex Fialho\, Sarah Richter\, Blake Oetting\, Geelia Ronkina\, Anamaría Garzón Mantilla\, and Olivia McCall\, will share short papers that address critical topics in contemporary culture. The fellows will be joined in conversation by poet and artist Pamela Sneed\, Columbia University; Claire Bishop\, professor of art history at CUNY Graduate Center; and Rachel Price\, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Princeton University. The symposium will be live streamed with live captioning and ASL interpretation will be provided. The event is free and registration is recommended. \nThe Curatorial Studies Program exhibition\, Not Everything Is Given\, examines the aspirations of language and disturbs the expectations from artworks and artists to “demonstrate\,” “elucidate\,” or “bear witness to” the fraught conditions of our world.The exhibition is curated by the 2023–24 Helena Rubinstein Curatorial Fellows: Ella den Elzen\, Alper Turan\, Gervais Marsh\, and Carlota Ortiz Monasterio. The exhibition will be on view May 9–24 at the ISP\, located at 745 Washington St\, New York\, NY 10014. An opening reception for Not Everything Is Given will be held at the ISP on Thursday\, May 9 from 6–8 pm. \nThe Studio Program exhibition\, At Odds With\, presents recent work by the 2023–24 Elaine G. Weitzen Studio Program Fellows: S Emsaki\, Kimi Hanauer\, sadé powell\, Albert Samreth\, Shobun Baile\, Mae Howard\, Alison Nguyen\, Elliot Reed\, Omolola Ajao\, José De Sancristóbal\, Daniel Ramos\, tarah douglas\, Kearra Amaya Gopee\, Emily Velez Nelms\, and Jennifer Teresa Villanueva\, and Helena Rubinstein Curatorial Fellow Ella den Elzen. Curated by Juana Berrío\, the exhibition will be on view May 9–24 at Westbeth Gallery\, a nonprofit fine arts gallery located across the street from the ISP at 55 Bethune St\, New York\, NY 10014. An opening reception for At Odds With will be held at Westbeth Gallery on Thursday\, May 9 from 6–8 pm. \nThe Independent Study Program symposium\, exhibitions\, and opening events are all free and open to the public. The hours for the ISP Curatorial Studies Program and Studio Program exhibitions are Wednesday–Sunday\, 1–6 pm; closed Monday and Tuesday. For full details and additional information on the ISP\, please visit whitney.org/isp. \nPROGRAM SUPPORT\nGenerous support for the Independent Study Program is provided by Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo\, the Dorothea L. Leonhardt Foundation\, the Helena Rubinstein Foundation\, and Diane and Robert Moss. \nSignificant support is provided by The Capital Group Charitable Foundation\, Margaret Morgan and Wesley Phoa\, Gloria H. Spivak\, and the Whitney Contemporaries through their annual Art Party benefit. \nABOUT THE ISP\nThe Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum of American Art consists of three interrelated areas of study: the Studio Program\, Curatorial Program\, and Critical Studies Program. The ISP provides a setting where students pursuing art practice\, curatorial work\, art historical scholarship\, and critical writing engage in ongoing discussions and debates that examine the historical\, social\, and intellectual conditions of artistic production. The program encourages the theoretical and critical study of the practices\, institutions\, and discourses that constitute the field of culture. Each academic year fifteen students are selected to participate in the Studio Program\, four in the Curatorial Program\, and six in the Critical Studies Program. Curatorial and critical studies students are designated as Helena Rubinstein Fellows in recognition of the substantial support provided to the program by the Helena Rubinstein Foundation. The program begins in early September and concludes at the end of May. Many participants are enrolled at universities and art schools and may receive academic credit for their participation\, while others have recently completed their formal studies. \nABOUT THE WHITNEY\nThe Whitney Museum of American Art\, founded in 1930 by the artist and philanthropist Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942)\, houses the foremost collection of American art from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Mrs. Whitney\, an early and ardent supporter of modern American art\, nurtured groundbreaking artists when audiences were still largely preoccupied with the Old Masters. From her vision arose the Whitney Museum of American Art\, which has been championing the most innovative art of the United States for ninety years. The core of the Whitney’s mission is to collect\, preserve\, interpret\, and exhibit American art of our time and serve a wide variety of audiences in celebration of the complexity and diversity of art and culture in the United States. Through this mission and a steadfast commitment to artists\, the Whitney has long been a powerful force in support of modern and contemporary art and continues to help define what is innovative and influential in American art today.\nWhitney Museum Land Acknowledgment \nThe Whitney is located in Lenapehoking\, the ancestral homeland of the Lenape. The name Manhattan comes from their word Mannahatta\, meaning “island of many hills.” The Museum’s current site is close to land that was a Lenape fishing and planting site called Sapponckanikan (“tobacco field”). The Whitney acknowledges the displacement of this region’s original inhabitants and the Lenape diaspora that exists today. \nAs a museum of American art in a city with vital and diverse communities of Indigenous people\, the Whitney recognizes the historical exclusion of Indigenous artists from its collection and program. The Museum is committed to addressing these erasures and honoring the perspectives of Indigenous artists and communities as we work for a more equitable future. To read more about the Museum’s Land Acknowledgement\, visit the Museum’s website. \nImage credit:\nS Emsaki\, crude education (still)\, 1908–ongoing\, courtesy of the artist \nPRESS CONTACT \nFor press materials and image requests\, please visit whitney.org/press or contact: \nEmma LeHocky\, Senior Publicist\nWhitney Museum of American Art\n(212) 671-1844\nEmma_LeHocky@whitney.org URL:https://westbeth.org/event/whitney-isp-program-joint-exhibit-with-westbeth-gallery/ LOCATION:ISP 745 Washington St NYC and Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/24_ISP_Studio-Exhibition-Social_1080x1080_EW.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240105T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240125T190000 DTSTAMP:20260423T060510 CREATED:20240111T133345Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T193309Z UID:10000438-1704474000-1706209200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Beyond the Surface: Constructing DestructionGroup Show DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nShow Dates: January 5 – January 25\, 2024 \nWestbeth Gallery is pleased to launch its 2024 season with “Beyond the Surface: Constructing Destruction.” Curated by Vida Geranmayeh and Daniel G. Hill\, this exhibition brings together a diverse group of artists who challenge and expand the boundaries of painting\, drawing\, and sculpture. \nFeaturing Artists:\nGail Biederman\, Lily de Bont\, Daniel G. Hill\, Kathleen Kucka\, Steven Millar\, Gelah Penn\, David Rhodes\, Mary Schiliro\, Howard Schwartzberg\, Jan Maarten Voskuil \n“Beyond the Surface: Constructing Destruction” navigates the nuanced space between creation and disruption\, with a focus on transformative techniques and the integral role of materials in the creative process. The exhibition re-contextualizes the traditional mediums of painting and sculpture\, as each artist explores the dynamic interplay of contrasting transformations. In an era marked by global challenges\, the exhibition positions art as a platform for dialogue and positive change. It confronts self-censorship\, extends the reach of artistic expression\, and encourages viewers to investigate uncharted territories. By reexamining the familiar\, these artists discover new paths within established genres\, inspiring viewers to question and reconsider prevailing artistic notions. The exhibition underscores the importance of mastery of craft in achieving innovation\, often leading to an expansion of artistic boundaries. \nGail Biederman utilizes felt and yarn\, creating psychogeographic maps in her large-scale installations and intimate works on paper\, drawing upon experience and memory. \nLily de Bont radically reimagines the painter’s linen\, deconstructing the canvas into loose threads\, leading to complex compositions where gravity plays a pivotal role. \nDaniel G. Hill explores the physical and metaphorical roles of gravity in art\, creating self-reflexive pieces that provoke wonder and contemplation. \nKathleen Kucka uses burning as a transformative technique\, exploring rebirth and destruction through a personal language of forms and patterns. \nSteven Millar draws inspiration from diverse allusions\, from atmospheric phenomena like rainbows to symbolic objects such as memorial stones. Merging the handmade\, fabricated\, and found\, his pieces cultivate unique forms of expression. \nGelah Penn’s site-responsive installations and wall constructions blur the lines between drawing and sculpture\, orchestrating events of perceptual incident and psychological unease. \nDavid Rhodes’s paintings feature material brevity\, elemental facture and compelling visuality. He uses only black paint on canvas. The complex figure ground configurations and rhythmic pattern are typical. \nMary Schiliro experiments with acrylic paint and Mylar\, exploring the tangible versus the ephemeral as metaphors for the human condition. Her work expands the boundaries of painting and presents new possibilities for presentation. \nHoward Schwartzberg uniquely employs paint and canvas to craft shapes\, pushing beyond traditional painting boundaries and exploring the canvas’s multidimensional roles in artistic expression. \nJan Maarten Voskuil stretches painting into the third dimension\, cutting and reconstructing canvases into modular forms that blur the lines between painting\, sculpture\, design\, and architecture. \nContact: Vida Geranmayeh (917) 838-1774 vida@gallerygeranmayeh.com \nGallery hours: Wednesday through Sunday\, 12pm–6pm and by appointment \nClosing Event/Artist Reception: Thursday\, January 25\, 2024\, 5-7pm \nWestbeth Gallery\, 55 Bethune Street\, New York\, NY 10014 www.westbeth.org URL:https://westbeth.org/event/beyond-the-surface-constructing-destructiongroup-show-2/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Construction-DestrucT-SQ-REV-_1080x1080_Constructing-Destruction_white.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR