Information (apparently)@O’Barone – July 6th, 2010

Contaminate NYC presents:

Opening: Tuesday July 6th, 2020 – 6pm-9pm
Through August 03

O’Barone
360 Van Brunt Street,
Red Hook, Brooklyn

Contaminate NYC is pleased to present Information (apparently) by Andrew Coates. The exhibition, to be held at O’Barone restaurant in Red Hook will open on July 6th, 2010 and will run until August 3rd, 2010.

Information (apparently)is a new way to see reality. Andrew’s innate dadaist instinct allows him to break down and then reconstruct the ordinary to manifest the multiple shapes it can morph in.  The core theme of the show focuses on his long-time study on the BEARS ATTACK BOOKS. The artist dissects existing information and generates a new message with his particular arrangement of the pieces. It is still information, yet stronger, more definite and unusual. It is the triumph of human creativity and originality, the effort of put an innovative and unique stamp on the routines of every day life.

Name

Andrew Coates

Andrew Russel Coates drew sports cars, superheroes and schematics of complex underground habitats below Snoopy’s doghouse during a bucolic childhood on a small farm in rural northeast Pennsylvania until he was directed away from art by the practical powers that be and entered the Pennsylvania State University as an architectural engineering major, got bored, joined a fraternity, and switched to pre-med (BS 1996).  After working in various medical jobs, he rejected that field too, but was again struck by the ensuing onus of career when faced with acceptance to the nation’s best dental school. What an awful idea. Emboldened by a magazine ad, Andrew pursued furniture design, a decidedly better application of his interests and heritage (lapsed PA Dutch), and eventually arrived at the Rhode Island School of Design (MFA 2003), where he didn’t make much furniture.

Since then, based in Red Hook, Brooklyn, Andrew’s disparate, often derivative work primarily explores the paradoxical nature of meaning. He currently divides his time between the graphic and the fine arts, creating witty, stand-alone multiples (snow globes that put an ironic twist on Milton Glaser’s I [HEART] NY logo; “tree-log” coasters made of cork), as well as thoughtful-yet-whimsical drawings, altered photographs, and found-object-inspired installations.

Andrew Coates

La Passeggiata by Sarah Schmerler

As part of CNYC’s Outbreak Initiative, we are pleased to present Sarah Schmerler’s blog to our community. Sarah is a writer-curator-educator who enjoys her “wandering-into” privileges in Red Hook, and currently blogs about them in a series called “La Passeggiata” on sarahschmerler.com while collaborating with CNYC.

Click here to share Sarah’s lovely journey: La Passeggiata: Designing Serendipity with Andrew Coates

Leisure: Group Show@ Ernest Rubenstein Gallery-Jul 8th, 2010

Contaminate NYC and The Educational Alliance
present:

Opening Reception: July 8th, 2010^th – 6:00-8:00pm
Ongoing Exhibition: July 8th – July 28th, 2010

Ernest Rubenstein Gallery
197 East Broadway, New York

Contaminate NYC and The Educational Alliance are pleased to present  Leisure, a group exhibition to be held at the Ernest Rubenstein Gallery. The show will open on July 8th, 2010 and will run until  July 28th, 2010.

The exhibition will showcase a selection of the most recent, original and sparkling artwork by international and local artists Andrew Coates, Cait O’Connor, Matt Gorrek, Claudia Trombin, Natalie Tyler, Lee Vasu, Evan Kirstein, Bess Sobota, David Rockwell, Diana Oberlander, Solange Umutoni and Gloria Duque.

Playful yet stylish sculptures, paintings depicting misty, dreamy and romantic atmospheres, photographs capturing colorful, shining and iconic images create a spontaneous and enjoyable show that tunes in perfectly with the no-haste, hot and lazy summer evenings.

The Educational Alliance
The Educational Alliance is a community-based organization offering a wide range of programs that integrate education, social services, arts and recreation throughout downtown Manhattan. We offer early childhood education, after school activities, sports and fitness, Jewish cultural events, literary programs, art classes, substance abuse counseling, meals for homeless adults, senior housing and so much more.

The Ernest Rubenstein Gallery and Art School
The Art School is a vital community art center providing instruction and cultural enrichment to people of all ages. In the gallery we present exhibits of emerging and established artist, distinguished alumni and artwork by students of the Art School, Young Artists Program and other educational programs of the Alliance.

Art Classes are offered in: ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, and welding. Adult summer classes begin June 21st and fall classes begin Sept. 27th. To find out about current classes for adults and youth (youth classes begin July 6th), please contact us or visit our website.  The Art School was started in 1895 to provide arts enrichment to young immigrants and neighborhood adolescents and adults. It soon became known for its quality program attracting people from all over the city. Among the artists who studied or taught here are Louise Nevelson, Adolph Gottlieb, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, Jules Olitski, Peter Blume, Chaim Gross, Philip Evergood, Ben Shahn and the Soyer brothers.

This exhibit is support in part with funds provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs