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

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

Wonderin’: Wine Tasting Dinner and Silk Paintings by Ria Lussi@ O’Barone – Jun 29th, 2010

Contaminate NYC

presents:

Wine Tasting Dinner
7:00pm-10:00pm
O’Barone,
360 Van Brunt St (Btwn Wolcott and Sullivan St)
Brooklyn, NY

Join Contaminate NYC at O’Barone on Jun 29th, 2010 for a delicious dinner and wine tasting evening along with the presentation of Ria Lussi’s Silk Paintings. Dinner will start at 7:00 pm with a fix price of $35.00 (plus taxes and tip) including appetizers, one entree and a selected list of wines from Piemonte, Italy. Stay tuned for updates on the menu and the wine selection and enjoy a quick preview of Ria’s paintings.

Joshua Ray Stephens

Joshua Ray Stephens is a versatile artist that expresses his creativity and philosophy through several media: graphic design, comics, illustrations, installations, and writing. With the distinguished stylized stroke of his pen he creates provocative and ironic images while his characters wonder on philosophical matters and the contradictions of modern industrial life.

His personal statement is indeed a manifestation of his humorous and original mind:
“Joshua Ray Stephens was born in the dark misty mountains of north Georgia in the heart of the deep deep South. He was raised by a German Shepherd named Honey and a black cat named Boots. One day while dodging Luke, a venomous old snake, he fell into the pond. It was there that he met the wise old Catfish Clemens. Clemens informed him that it was time for the human with a cat and dog for parents to set out into the world. That night a name spoke itself to Joshua Ray in a dream. The very next day he set out for a small town in Italy just north of the old city of Venice. After working in Italy for a while, at a place called Fabrica, he met another Catfish, Peter, who led him into the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Detroit. Joshua Ray studied under Peter the Sage for two years at a place known as Cranbrook. He now resides in the Bloody Hook, underneath the Spotted R, with two kittens named Mars and Gooch and a baby bird named Mary. He spends his time in an old warehouse concocting sacred and magick icons.”

Joshua holds a BFA in Graphic Design at the University of Georgia and a MFA in Graphic Design at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has worked at Fabrica (Treviso, Italy) and for designer Elliott Earls (Bloomfield Hills MI). Since 2004, he teaches typography and comics at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He lives and works in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

http://www.thursdaycity.com/