Like the Spice Gallery Events

Eric LoPresti News!

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 02:31:00 +0000

This year Eric LoPresti's art is all over the country. May you be on the East Coast, West Coast, or somewhere in between, You'll be able to have a little LoPresti in your life. Check out these shows, and be sure to post picks of your favorite LoPresti works on Like the Spice's Facebook page!

Forced Collaboration / Two-Person Show curated by Jacob Rhodes
Opening Thursday Oct 4, 6-8pm
The artists are strangers to each other; selected by Field Projects to exchange a finished work and to re-create that work by forcing themselves on it in any way they please. No preconceptions stain their attempts; no obligations of friendship or acquaintance constrain what they can or cannot do. Eric has given the artist a painting, they’ve given him a big colorful sculpture. Strangers in the night, they'll be collaborating, augmenting, reworking, cutting... maiming? destroying? or – just possibly – synthesizing into something new and unexpected.

Field Projects (Chelsea, NYC)

526 W 26th Street, #807

NY, NY 10001

Then In Washington State…
Particles on the Wall Group Exhibition
Opening Thursday Sept 27, 6pm
Museum of Culture & Environment at Central Washington University
Particles on the Wall (POTW) is an interdisciplinary group exhibit exploring elements of science and the nuclear age, Hanford history, their thread through our lives and their bearing on the Columbia River and natural world. The goal of the exhibit is to unite the arts and sciences to forge a more healthy and peaceful world, while exploring Hanford history and the nuclear age.

VEGAS BABY! Coming Spring 2013 for Eric:
A Solo Exhibition of Eric's new works from the Grit Series.
National Atomic Test Museum, part of the Smithsonian Institution

Even more to come this year...

One Last Time At 224 Roebling St.

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 01:54:00 +0000

There was no better way to say good-bye to our home for the last 6 years then with a "224" a celebratory group exhibition which allowed us to look back at the past as we look toward the future of Like the Spice Gallery! Thank you to everyone who came out for the bittersweet occasion as we held our very last opening at 224 Roebling Street Friday, June 8th. The group show "224" featured all new work by Jenny Morgan, Brian LaRossa, Hans + Gieves, Eric LoPresti, Dean Goelz, Matt Stone, Allison Edge, Joe Heidecker, Gieves Anderson, Jason Bryant, Allie Rex, Jessica Stoller, Treasure Frey, Chino Amobi, and Reuben Negron. As of June 22nd, 2012, Like the Spice Gallery will be leaving the constraints of 224 Roebling St. to expand into numerous locations, shows, and events throughout the United States and abroad. As we look for a new location we will continue to maintain our website, blog, and monthly newsletters that will keep all abreast of what is next to come for Like the Spice Gallery. In the works already is a tremendous group exhibition at the 92YTribeca, artist studio tours in Fall 2012 and Spring 2013, pop up exhibitions across the world (locations to be announced summer 2012), and various independent projects by Like the Spice Gallery artists.

Joe Heidecker "Beaded Businessman"

Chino Amobi (left to right) "Nike Meditation™" & "Underworld™"

Jenny Morgan "Oblivion"

Allison Edge "Coldcave"

Chino Amobi (top to bottom) "Achtung™" & "Pink™"

Chino Amobi "Michaels Ascension™"

Chino Amobi (left to right) "Beatnick™" & "Spaceape™"

Joe Heidecker "Portrait 22"

Brian LaRossa "Superposition (Japeth Mennes)"

Jason Bryant "Gaslight"

Eric LoPresti (left to right) "Feather 3", "Feather 2", "Feather 1"

Gieves Anderson "Varanasi 13"

Jessica Stoller "Untitled"

Chino Amobi "Teamwork™"

Chino Amobi (top to bottom) "Adidas Ascension™" & "Nautica Competition™"

Hans + Gieves "Cross-Reference #5"

Hans + Gieves "Cross-Reference #2"

Allie Rex "Plate 11"

Allie Rex "Plate 15"

Allie Rex "10"

Jenny Morgan "Battle"

Reuben Negron "Jsun"

Treasure Frey "Cat's Cradle"

Jenny Morgan "Witness"

Dean Goelz "Untitled (Beaded Curtain 12, Grey)"

Jenny Morgan's Solo Show At Plus Gallery Is...

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:06:00 +0000

AMAZING, of course!!

We are so excited about Jenny Morgan's new show "Kith and Kin" at Plus Gallery in Denver!! The fantastic show just opened on June 1st and will be up until July 14th. It features eight incredible new paintings by the fabulous Ms. Morgan, who is receiving plenty of attention in Denver for her work with an interview with Bree Davies for the Denver's Westword blog, and a feature by Ivar Zeile for Telluride Inside...Out. We are so proud of Jenny! For all of you not able to make it to Denver here is sneaky peek at the show:

In addition to this new exhibition, Jenny is also releasing her second book We are all setting suns, a compilation of her paintings featuring new essays by Plus Gallery owner Ivar Zeile, arts writer Nancy Hightower, and major art collector Wayne F. Yakes. There are also complete interviews with Morgan from her 2011 video profile Jenny Morgan - Self Portrait, and for the first time selected photographs taken by Morgan as source material for her paintings. The book (seen below) is available for purchase on blurb.com. It might be the most wonderful book to have laying around your apartment to impress all your friends;)

If you are in or around Denver please go and check out this show, you won't regret it! Also, if you are interested in available works feel free to email us with questions...

GO JENNY! GO!

Whose booth is bangin'? Our booth is bangin'! #6-1-3 at artMRKT Holla!

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Sat, 19 May 2012 20:23:00 +0000

It's happening people, it's really happening: artMRKT San Francisco is officially underway! The art is beautiful, the convention center is gorgeous (exposed-beam ceiling, whaaaatttttt), and Like the Spice Gallery's booth is bangin'. That's right, I said it, B-A-N-G-I-N'. Unfamiliar with this term I am using? Well, here is the definition according to the folks at urbandictionary.com (yes, they all have PhDs...In swagger):

1.	bangin'	109 up, 16 down
	An adjective used to describe something that is impressive, enjoyable, or just basically good. While originally used to describe fast, pounding music, it can now be used to describe anything.

See? Originally used to describe a type of music but now we can use it to describe ANYTHING. Can you feel the power?!? Ok, so back to the subject at hand, Like the Spice's booth is straight up bangin'. We have work by Jenny Morgan, Treasure Frey, Hans+Gieves, and Joseph Heidecker. It's like, Beyonce bangin'. If our booth were a lady she would be all like, "bitch have you SEEN me?!" I'm serious. Check it out (or rather, CHECK IT):

And who, might you ask, is holding all of this down, like a boss? THIS GIRL:

Ladies and Gents, Marisa Sage is keeping it real at artMRKT San Francisco 2012 (please hold your applause until the end of this blog). She has traveled many a mile to present the west coast with some fantastic work and fulfill LTS' destiny to rule coast to coast. As your official satellite correspondent for this spectacular event (and with Matt Lauer as my inspiration) I have taken it upon myself to get all of the best news stories for you people and to be the first to do so. Ok, ok, so I'm not the first to report (obvi, someone else got up WAY earlier than I did on Friday morning to write this), but I still want to give you the inside scoop, especially about the V.I.P opening benefit party. I think the image below pretty much describes it:

Holy heck, Batman! The crowds! People as far as the eye can see! I for one find this image particularly exciting because it gives me a chance to use the word 'throng,' which is something I do not often get to do. THRONGS OF PEOPLE! Look at it! So cool, don't you just wish you had been there? I know I do. And just look at what a good time they are all having? They love it, they love art you guys! There is no way that you can look at the image below and tell me that the lady in the middle is NOT having a good time. Go ahead, just try and convince me that she's not.

Told you so. That lady is having a FANTASTIC time...In summary, the opening party was highly anticipated and there were no disappointments and Like the Spice's booth was everyone's favorite (again, ask the happy lady).

Ok, so let us review on this year's artMRKT San Francisco...

Great location (check, what up Bay Area)
Fantastic boss lady running the booth (check, what up boss)
Beautiful art (check, what up booth #613)

Welp, looks like we have all the important bases covered. Clearly, my job here is done (can I go home now?)

Art Mrkt:San Francisco Is Here!

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:19:00 +0000

Art MRKT opens tomorrow May 17th! Marisa is currently installing in San Francisco, and we're really excited about art MRKT this year. It will run through May 20th with hours from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm on Friday and Saturday, and noon to 6:00 pm on Sunday. If you are interested in getting tickets you can email us: info@likethespice.com or go through their website. We've brought a lot of lovely pieces by a bunch of our artists, including Jenny Morgan, Allie Rex, Joseph Heidecker, Hans + Gieves, Treasure Frey and Reuben Negron, that are definitely worth a peek.

New work in San Francisco that we are super excited about include the piece above by Allie Rex, as well as other works seen below.

"Oblivion" by Jenny Morgan

"Portrait 22" by Joseph Heidecker

"Cross-Reference #4" by Hans + Gieves

This is going to be a really great fair so if you are in the San Francisco area be sure to stop by and check it out!

Jenny Morgan Is Everywhere!

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:23:00 +0000

Well maybe not everywhere, but we are incredibly excited that our very own Jenny Morgan is featured in not one but two magazines at the moment!! Both Working Class Magazine and Maker Magazine made the fantastically wise decision to feature the amazing Ms. Morgan in their fifteenth and first issues respectively.

In Working Class Magazine's Issue XV: The Girl Issue, Ryan Michael Commins sat down with Jenny Morgan for his article "Confronting the Moment." In it the two discuss the process Morgan goes through in creating her intimately vulnerable portraits. The Brooklyn-based quarterly mag is available online or for free at local joints like Oslo Coffee, ALTER, Kill Devil Hill, and other boutiques, bookstores, and coffee shops in the neighborhood. So grab your very own copy before they're all gone!

Jenny Morgan's work is also featured in Maker Magazine's Issue #1. The magazine can be purchased through their website, which also provides a two-minute long video tour of the magazine's content set to Talamak's "Toro Y Moi" that was quite enjoyable.

Inside the magazine is a gorgeous spread of Morgan's work, including "Practice," "Captured," and "Old Soul."

We could not be more pumped about all this well-deserved attention of Jenny Morgan's work, so do not hesitate to check out both Working Class Magazine and Maker Magazine!!

Dewey Decimal Dinner makes Melvil Dewey himself jealous!

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:33:00 +0000

So, I bet you had no idea who Melvil Dewey was until you read this blog title, am I right? Well, now you know that the inventor of the prestigious Dewey Decimal System was indeed one Mr. Melvil Dewey. Now, go forth and rain some knowledge at some Brooklyn bar trivia night! Ok, ok, so that was a bit off topic, but seriously, Melvil was a really cool guy. Anyway...

So, last night was the Dewey Decimal Dinner, our much anticipated final Like the Spice Artist Dinner in our 224 Roebling Street, Williamsburg location. It was a truly lovely time. Hans + Gieves were our guests of honor and were there to speak about their collaborative show "Cross-Reference," and all about their artistic partnership that has gone one for more than a decade. The main table took up almost the entire gallery floor and everyone had a fantastic view of the gorgeous work up around them. Not only did we have class A artwork to drool over, but the food (THE FOOD!) was spectacular as well...

Our three course meal was created by the lovely and talented Ms. Neilie Meyer, the mastermind behind The Starving Artist Bakery. We started off with a refreshing and crisp beet chopped salad with roasted walnuts, romaine lettuce, with a light lemon vinaigrette. This appe-teaser was then followed by a blue cheese and garlic confit stuffed pork tenderloin served with a potato and kale pancake, and finished with a pomegranate jus and a delicate dab of aioli. It was rad. I ate a lot of it, maybe more than I really needed to (but of course this is how you really know something is delicious).

Am I making you hungry? Basically it was all delicious, right down to the spring berry buttermilk cake that was served with tiny rubies of pomegranate seeds and a sheer sprinkling of powdered sugar. I'd like to purchase one ticket to YUM TOWN please, am I right?!

If you missed the dinner I am sorry, it was not to be missed BUT you do have a chance to redeem yourself by making sure you stop by the gallery anytime between now and May 27th to check out "Cross-Reference: Hans + Gieves," you will be glad you did. And if you really want to try and relive The Dewey Decimal Dinner just ask Marisa or Olivia to recount the courses for you, if they describe them well enough you may be able to imagine how good they all were...

Catalog of Events: The opening of "Cross Reference: Hans +Gieves"!

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:03:00 +0000


"cross reference:: In a catalog or index, a direction that leads a user from one entry or subject heading to another"; Hey folks, hope you are all well and perhaps sprawled out on some green patch of earth soaking in the spring sun and fun. I, ahem, am not hanging out in a park/backyard/patio today because I am here at work (duh) but it is totally cool because I get to look at "Cross Reference: Hans + Gieves" all day and look up fun library terms like the one above. I am cool. What is this "Cross Reference: Hans + Gieves" thing I mentioned? Well, it just so happens to be our newest exhibition here at Like the Spice Gallery; this show features the collaborative work of Nashville-based painter Hans Schmitt-Matzen and Brooklyn-based photographer Gieves Anderson. This particular series of works began in libraries, which the two artists consider sanctuaries of thought. Duly titled "Cross Reference", the series enables a philosophical contemplation of color and composition through an alchemy of the disparate mediums of photography and painting. Nice right? Read the official press release here.; So, last night was the opening reception for "Cross Reference" and it was really quite awesome (see photographic evidence below).

In the words of Brenda Lee, I'm sorry...So sorry..

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:24:00 +0000

Dear All Lovers of Like the Spice & http://likethespice.blogspot.com/,

We apologize from the bottom of our hearts for the lack of blog coverage of Arts Not Fair on http://likethespice.blogspot.com/. It seems that while maintaining a gallery website, and an "art fair" website, we here at Like the Spice Gallery neglected to update our very important gallery blog... for this we are truly sorry. We will never again be so forgetful. For now, accept our most sincerest apologies and please follow all the links to read about our latest project Arts Not Fair, then read all of the great press coverage we have received. Also, check out our Facebook page for opening images, as well as booth imagery. We promise we will have a proper wrap up of the show before the closing date, which by the way has been extended through Thursday, April 5th 2012.
Last but not least in this apology, please also read the new press release for our upcoming exhibition Cross-Reference: Hans + Gieves , a collaborative of Nashville-based painter Hans Schmitt-Matzen and Brooklyn-based photographer Gieves Anderson. We hope you will accept our apology and join us for the opening of Cross- Reference on April 20th, 2012 6:30- 9:00pm.

Love,
Like the Spice

Sutured Dinner

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:51:00 +0000

This past Friday, February 24th, Like the Spice Gallery had our monthly Artist Dinner. Catered by The Starving Artist Bakery, we enjoyed a phenomenal meal and great conversations with Joseph Heidecker, Robert Raphael, Vadis Turner, Richard Saja, and Zoe Sheehan Saldana, all of whom discuss the specific works on display in our February show, Sutured. The intimate meal had Saldana discussing the weaving practice she employed in her work "TEKLA", a piece that she later 'shop dropped' back onto the shelves of IKEA. Heidecker shared the different processes he uses when choosing which pieces he decides to work with. Raphael told us about his destructive yet contained ceramic process he created to produce 'Vertical Garden' and 'Folly.'

Sutured has had a great run, as we prepare for Arts Not Fair which opens the weekend of Armory March 9th - March 11th. Come back on March 9th as we turn Like the Spice Gallery into Arts Not Fair, our personal take on art fairs, with original work from Like the Spice artists Chino Amobi, Brian LaRossa, Allie Rex, Nicki Stager, Eric LoPresti, Jenny Morgan, Reuben Negron, Hans + Gieves, Matt Stone, and new comers Kim Holleman, Sylva Dean and Me, and more.

Fundraiser for Arts Not Fair

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:16:00 +0000

Like the Spice will be putting on a fundraiser this Wednesday from 7 PM- 9 PM. For more information and an invite to this event contact marisa@likethespice.com.

Arts Not Fair

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:11:00 +0000

Arts Not Fair: A Like the Spice

Gallery Art Fair. A special project created by Like the Spice will transform Like the Spice Gallery (224 Roebling Street

Brooklyn, NY), into a month long "art fair" highlighting special projects by the Like the Spice Gallery artists,

including Chino Amobi, Jenny Morgan, Hans + Gieves, and more.

"Arts Not Fair" will become the most important art event in New

York, taking place no where near Piers 92 & 94 in Manhattan. Like the Spice is re-establishing itself

as the most adventurous and dynamic contemporary art fair in New York City". (Line appropriated

from The Armory Show website)

This year, thousands of people will be hitting the art fairs. What do you do at art fairs? Try to steal a pass,

struggle to find the lounge, squeeze into the V.I.P. room and maybe, maybe manage to find a couple pieces

of art that don't make you want to roll your eyes. And then it's off to the after-party for handshakes and fun

and it's all forgotten until Miami. Doesn't it leave you wanting something a little more intimate? Something

different?

At last a fair that is a piece itself, "Arts Not Fair" has the badges, we've got the lounge, we'll even be

boasting the world's best V.I.P. room (no need to bribe the bouncer). Inside and outside the walls of

Like the Spice artists will present new projects as installation-based pieces created just for this

show. You'll be able to view each booth at a pace YOU set, not by being ordered around by some invisible

committee. The first twenty thousand guests will even be given a very special map of the exhibits, printed

out by our special guest, the Like the Spice HP Color Printer! Ticket prices are set at the cost of printing,

and press passes will be available for anyone who knows how to use Wordpress.

Come March 11th, those other art fairs will have packed up and left town but Like the Spice will still be

going strong, giving you a peak at what happens after the party ends when all that's left are white walls, flat

champagne, and unsold art. "Arts Not Fair" will ask the viewer to question what is a gallery? What is an art

fair? As viewers do we want to see or be seen? is ART FAIR?

Press Preview: Friday March 9th, 2012 4:00pm – 6:00pm

VIP Preview, benefiting the Arts Not Fair foundation: Friday March 9th, 2012 6:00-9:00pm

Opening reception: Saturday March 10th, 6-10pm with special performances, and panels during

Williamsburg Armory Night.

Regular Show hours: Saturday March 10th, 12-7pm.
Sunday March 11th, 2012 hours 12 – 7pm

After the show extend viewing exhibition – April 1st, 2012. (Normal Gallery Hours)

Sutured Opening

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:07:00 +0000

This past Friday we had an exciting opening for our newest exhibition, "Sutured." Featuring the work of Adam Parker Smith, Jude Broughan, Joseph Heidecker, Richard Saja, Robert Raphael, Vadis Turner, and Zoe Sheehan Saldana, seven artists whose work bears, and yet also exploits, the cultural norm associated with textiles and other craft materials.

Even if you missed the opening, it is not too late to see all the great works at Like the Spice from now through February 24th.

Here is a look at some of the pieces in Sutured:

Vladis Turner

"Red Candy and Black Mold"

Acrylic, Paint, Ribbon, Clothing, Quilts, Gloves, Mixed Media

60 x 66 x 6"

2011

Richard Saja

"Green Man"

Mixed Media

19x19"

2011

Robert Raphael

"Vertical Garden"

Mixed Media

72 x 8 x 3"

2009

Joseph Heidecker

"Silver Statue"

Found wood form, Steel Pins, String

16 x 4"

2010

Robert Raphael

"Mold Nest"

Acrylic paint, Clothing, Ribbon, Yarn wool, Jump rope, Mixed Media

20 x 14 x 9"

2011

Robert Raphael

"Folly"

Enamel paint, Satin ribbon, Porcelain

74 x 5 x 5"

2011

Adam Parker Smith

"Proposal"

3,000 hand-woven bracelets

8 x 8.5'

2012

Jude Broghan

"Tan Nasturtiums"

C-print, Leather, Plastic lighting gel, Plastic, Thread

15 x 21"

2011

Jude Broughan

"Peeling"

Photograph, Leather, Thread

18 x 24"

2011

Jude Broughan

"Black Composition"

C-print, Polaroid, Plastic, Leather, Acrylic, Paint, Thread

24 x 17"

2011

Richard Saja

"Has Anyone Seen My Lighter?"

24 x 24"

2011

Curate NYC: "Layer Current" is only up for three more days!

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:21:00 +0000

That's right folks, this fantastic Curate NYC show, "Layer Current," is only up for a few more days here at Like the Spice Gallery and it would be a shame if you weren't able to see all of these great pieces. We all know that the holiday season is a busy one and we promise to forgive all of those who do not make it out to the gallery before "Layer Current" closes and take your names off of the naughty list but we hope that you take a look at the images below and do not hesitate if you have any questions!

Curate NYC Live Exhibition: "Layer Current" Dec. 8th-18th, 2011
Erik Sommer
"Red Lips and Ivory"
36"x36"
Mixed media on canvas (gessos, oils, acrylics, pastes, plasters, cement)
$4,000

Wayne Adams
"ask Me No More Questions, Tell Me No More Lies"
48"x60", 2010
Acrylic on canvas
$2,500

Nicholas Horman
"1000 Layers"
45"x24", 2011
Latex paint on wood
$3,000

Joe Banish
"Nth Degree"
20"x16" (framed)
Edition 1 of 3
C-print, 2011
$350

Keira Kotler
"August 9th to September 2, 2011 (I Look For Light)"
18"x18", 2011
Urethane and varnish over acrylic
$2,200

Rosemary Taylor
"Untitled (On and Off)", 2011
Oil, spray paint, acrylic, ink on canvas and wall
$6,500

Ian Hall
"Patterns of Science"
Mixed media collage, 2011
$325

Rachel Kohn
"Beneath What We Know"
8"x8", 2011
Courtesy of Crossing Art Gallery
Watercolor, plaster, aqua resin, and wax on panel
$500

Rachel Kohn
"Beneath What We Know 2"
8"x8", 2011
Watercolor, plaster, aqua resin, and wax on panel
$500

Dana McClure
Curiosities Series (sold individually)
8"x10", 2011
Rice paper and screen printing
$300 ea.

Dana McClure
Pheasant Triptych No. 1
16"x20", 2011
Rice paper and screen printing
$750

Vadis Turner
"Primrose Path Engulfed in Smoke"
Mixed Media
68"x63"x5", 2011
$12,000

Lael Marshall
"Big Wig"
Oil, acrylic, thread, on various materials
117"x91", 2011
$7,000

Jay Paavonpera
"Hubert St."
Machine oil, rust, household paint, spackling paste, on sheetrock
24"x24", 2011
$ 900

Christina Massey
"Business and Pleasure 9"
Oil on canvas with collared shirt and khakis
42"x42", 2011
$4,500

Hannah Mishin
"Untitled X"
Paper, rubber cement
31.5"x23.5"
$1,900

Mira Alibeck
"FBLE :: Dreams"
Latex, urethane foam, aqua resin, acrylic, and pencil
approx. 50"x27"x27", 2011
$2,600

MaryKate Maher
"Blackout (alluvia)"
50"x27"x30"
Resin, dirt, mirror, tree branch
$15,000

Tamiko Kawata
"Secret Devourer: Final Stage"
Shredder, steel, paper
25"x26"x36", 2009
Price upon request

We're Baaaaaaaaaack!

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:17:00 +0000

Marisa and Olivia have returned from Miami and are so happy to be back home at Like the Spice! Though they had a fantastic time doing Scope during Art Basel they were certainly looking forward to the festivities of this week and next...

This past Friday was the perfect welcome back as it was the opening for the 2011 Curate NYC exhibition, "Layer Current." This beautiful show features works by Wayne Adams, Mira Alibek, Joe Banish, Ian Addison Hall, Nicholas Horman, Tamiko Kawata, Rachel Kohn, Keira Kotler, MaryKate Maher, Lael Marshall, Christina Massey, Dana McClure, Hannah Mishin, Jay Paavonpera, Erik Sommer, Rosemary Taylor, and Vadis Turner. Selected from over 1500 entries submitted by artists living or working in New York City, the exhibition showcases works built up in layers over time.

"Layering, as a strategy, takes on varying and multiple meanings and uses in each piece, some layers are there to hide or modify what's beneath, other layers combine to produce startling effects, some layers allude to geological stratifications and accumulations, others mark the slow, painstaking process of their intentional layer-by-layer creation. Colleage, decollage, collecting, accreting and composting are all in evidence," Click here to read the full press release!
This incredible show will only be up until Thursday, December 18th, so layer those sweaters up and come and visit us at Like the Spice! Or, better yet, join us for this month's artist dinner featuring many of the artists from "Layer Current." Dinner will be catered by the lovely and talented Neilie Meyer, owner and executive chef of The Starving Artist Bakery and if you have yet to taste her culinary masterpieces now is certainly the time to do it before you start filling up on all of those holiday sweets;) As always, our dinners are RSVP only, click here to get your tickets now. Doors are open at 7pm and dinner will be served promptly at 8pm, just enough time for you to choose your seat, enjoy a glass of wine, and meet our other wonderful guests. We hope to see you there!

Layer Current, Curate NYC 2011 Exhibtion

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:25:00 +0000

"Red Lips and Ivory"

December 8-18, 2011
Opening Reception:
Thursday, December 8th, 2011 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Like the Spice is proud to present the exhibition Layer Current, the Curate NYC 2011 live exhibition for Brooklyn, featuring works by Wayne Adams, Mira Alibek, Joe Banish, Ian Addison Hall, Nicholas Horman, Tamiko Kawata, Rachel Kohn, Keira Kotler, MaryKate Maher, Lael Marshall, Christina Massey, Dana McClure, Hannah Mishin, Jay Paavonpera, Erik Sommer, Rosemary Taylor, and Vadis Turner. Selected from over 1500 entries submitted by artists living or working in New York City, the exhibition showcases works built up in layers over time.

Layering, as a strategy, takes on varying and multiple meanings and uses in each piece, some layers are there to hide or modify what’s beneath, other layers combine to produce startling effects, some layers allude to geological stratification's and accumulations, others mark the slow, painstaking process of their intentional layer-by-layer creation. Collage, décollage, collecting, accreting and composting are all in evidence.

Often labor-intensive and obsessive by design, the works in this exhibition do not aspire to a unified cold glossy surface, seen in so much “Blue Chip” luxury art today, but revel in the handmade humanity of their production. Even the sensual surfaces are here the result of painstaking processes, not mechanized perfection.

Several works take up mundane experience as subject matter, transforming materials, though precise attention to detail and refined technique, into embodiments of the ridiculousness and subtle hidden meanings of the everyday. Other works have their own magical arbitrariness of process, becoming systems for living through work, rather than systems for producing works; the slow buildup of layers making art of slow, incremental, repetitive, obsessive actions that are more process than product, intense accumulations of time in material form.

There is something to this idea of surface upon surface upon surface, which is distinctly of our time. In Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time there is an anecdote, possibly invented, about an old woman who confronts a scientist after his public lecture on astronomy,

"What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise." The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, "What is the tortoise standing on?" "You're very clever, young man, very clever," said the old lady. "But it's turtles all the way down!"

When it comes to contemporary society, unlike world-supporting turtles, we get the feeling that perhaps life really is just surface layers, all the way down.

Curate NYC is an online platform designed to heighten exposure and opportunities for New York City visual artists and promote New York as a vital cultural hub. This December, Curate NYC has selected one gallery in each borough of the city to curate exhibitions from the over 1500 works submitted online by open call. In addition, the top 150 works will be featured as postcard prints in an additional exhibition. Funding for Curate NYC is provided by the New York City Economic Development Corporation and Full Spectrum Experience, Inc. More information on Curate NYC can be found at www.curatenyc.org

Erik Sommer (Press release image)
"Red Lips and Ivory"
36"x36"
Mixed media on canvas (gessos, oils, acrylics, pastes, plasters, cement)
$4,000

Like the Spice Scope Miami Booth C06 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:15:00 +0000

Like the Spice Scope Miami Booth Co6

Tuesday Nov 29th, 2011 - Sunday Dec 4th, 2011

Like the Spice Gallery will be showing all new works by Jenny Morgan, Jessica Stoller, Allie Rex, Matt Stone, Reuben Negron, Brian LaRossa, Joseph Heidecker, Jason Yarmosky, and Treasure Frey.

Click on the artist names above to view a few of the works we will have with us in Miami!

FIRST VIEW

Tuesday | Nov 29 | 4pm-8pm
For VIP and Press
(or $100 donation at door)

OFFICIAL SCOPE PARTY
Thursday | Dec 1 | 10 pm

SHOW HOURS
Wed – Sat | Nov 30 – Dec 3 | 11am – 7pm
Sun | Dec 4 | 11am – 6pm

SCOPE Pavilion
NE 1st Ave (Midtown Blvd)
at NE 30th St., Miami, FL 33127

Jenny Morgan Scope Miami 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:09:00 +0000

See pieces in Booth Co6 at Scope Miami 2011
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Practice

oil on canvas

70 x 50, 2011

20,000

oil on canvas

55 x 42, 2011

12,000

Battle

oil on canvas

32 x 26, 2011

5,200

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Matt Stone Scope Miami 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:06:00 +0000

See pieces in Booth Co6 at Scope Miami 2011
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Cyclone

Resin, cardboard, polyurethane foam, spandex, steel, wood

67” x 15” x 16”, 2011

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Brian LaRossa Scope Miami 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:04:00 +0000

See pieces in Booth Co6 at Scope Miami 2011
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Superposition – Patrick & Van Hanos

Mixed media output as digital c-print on Fujicolor Crystal Archive matte, 2010

Edition of 3 + 1 AP

24” x 36”

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Allie Rex Scope Miami 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:59:00 +0000

See pieces in Booth Co6 at Scope Miami 2011
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Plate 21, 2011

Mylar, Acrylic, pins, coloring book page

12.5” x 9.5”

Plate 15, 2011

Mylar, Acrylic, pins, coloring book page

11.75 x 8.75

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Reuben Negron Scope Miami 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:55:00 +0000

See pieces in Booth Co6 at Scope Miami 2011
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Click here to return to Reuben Negron's artist page on www.likethespice.com

Jessica Stoller Scope Miami 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:51:00 +0000

See pieces in Booth Co6 at Scope Miami 2011
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Jessica Stoller

Untitled, 2009

porcelain, china paint, 6”x8”x6.5”

Jessica Stoller

Untitled, 2010

porcelain, china paint 10.5" x 7.5" x 5.5"

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Jason Bard Yarmosky Scope Miami 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:48:00 +0000

See pieces in Booth Co6 at Scope Miami 2011
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Portrait of a Shieldless Captain study

Pencil on paper

18” x 24”, 2011

Portrait of a Wondering Women study

Pencil on paper

18” x 24”, 2011

The Prayers study

Pencil on paper

24” x 18”, 2011

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Joseph Heidecker Scope 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Like the Spice) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:45:00 +0000

See pieces in Booth Co6 at Scope Miami 2011
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National Beauty Series

String on photograph

22” x 27”, 2009

National Beauty Series (Bakery String)

String on photograph

22” x 27”, 2009